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Episode 5 of Fairly Local, a music review podcast from hosts Chase Schweitzer and Parker Reed. We discuss music fairly local to us or fairly local to you.

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43/50: Favorite Music this Year

This is me making a list.

Turns out, I can’t keep up with all of the music released each year. So here’s my list of favorite albums from this year and years past in alphabetical order.

Alabama Shakes*, Sound & Color (2015)

Annalibera*, Nevermind I love You (2015)

Charles Bradley*, Victim of Love (2013)

Father John Misty*, I Love You, Honeybear (2015)

José González, Vestiges & Claws (2015)

Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)

Lucius*, Wildewoman (2013)

Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats**, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats (2015)

Neon Indian, Night School (2015)

Sufjan Stevens**, Carrie & Lowell (2015)

Tame Impala***, Currents (2015)

Twin Shadow****, Eclipse (2015)

Albums I should have gotten into:

Beach House, Depression Cherry (2015)

Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)

Deerhunter, Fading Frontier (2015)

Jamie xx, In Colour (2015)

Shamir, Ratchet (2015)

Songs I Listened to When No One Was Around:

“Where Are U Now,” Skrillex & Diplo feat. Justin Beiber

“Jealous,” Nick Jonas

“Can’t Feel My Face,” The Weeknd

“Sorry,” Justin Beiber

“Summer,” Calvin Harris

It was a great year in music. And 2016 is looking good. Here’s what I’m most looking forward to next year:

Blood Orange

St. Lucia

Lucius

Bon Iver

HAIM

Oh, yes, MAIDS.

Second edition of my own Skyscraper tape, K & L, now available, but I only made 10 tapes. They’re available from the Warm Gospel Bandcamp page.

I dubbed them in preparation for Arbor Fest in Fairfield, IA this week. I’m playing some beautiful sounds with Annalibera on Thursday and DJing some deeeeep bass on Friday.