1. 25, Adele
2. Various Artists, Idaho Ho Ho Vol. 6
3. Trumpet Vine, Belinda Bowler
4. Waking Days, Jeff Crosby
5. It’s a Holiday Soul Party, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
6. Coming Home, Leon Bridges
7. Art Angels, Grimes
8. Montana, Kenny Saunders
9. Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
10. Sundown Over Ghost Town, Eilen Jewell
RECORD EXCHANGE 2015 STAFF PICKS: JOEY
Tis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2015 Staff Picks!
Here’s Joey’s list:
LOU BARLOW
Brace the Wave
BUILT TO SPILL
Untethered Moon
BRAIDED WAVES
Before You Know It
CLARKE AND THE HIMSELFS
The Well-Rounded Clarke and the Himselfs
REVOLT REVOLT
Wild Unraveling
BRETT NETSON AND SNAKES
Scavenger Cult
HELVETIA
Dromomania
MODEST MOUSE
Strangers to Ourselves
KURT COBAIN
Montage Of Heck: The Home Recordings
STEVE MARTIN AND EDIE BRICKELL
So Familiar
RECORD EXCHANGE 2015 STAFF PICKS: ESTI
Tis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2015 Staff Picks!
Here’s Esti’s list:
CHELSEA WOLFE
Abyss
A$AP ROCKY
At.Long.Last.A$AP
KING DUDE
Songs of Flesh and Blood – In the Key of Light
BRAIDED WAVES
Before You Know It
FRANCOISE HARDY
Tous Les Garçons et Les Filles
SCREAMING FEMALES
Rose Mountain
U.S. GIRLS
Half Free
PROTOMARTYR
The Agent Intellect
CHASTITY BELT
Time to Go Home
JAMIE XX
In Colour
RECORD EXCHANGE 2015 STAFF PICKS: BEN
Tis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2015 Staff Picks!
Here’s Ben’s list:
SLEATER-KINNEY
No Cities to Love
SUN BLOOD STORIES
Twilight Midnight Morning
JAMES MCMURTRY
Complicated Game
JASON ISBELL
Something More Than Free
LITTLE BOOTS
Working Girl
FRANK TURNER
Positive Songs for Negative People
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS
It’s Great to Be Alive!
MARSHALL POOLE
Totems
JOSE GONZALEZ
Vestiges and Claws
CHELSEA WOLFE
Abyss
RECORD EXCHANGE 2015 STAFF PICKS: CHLOE
Tis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2015 Staff Picks!
Here’s Chloe’s list:
JOANNA NEWSOM
Divers
PAT JORDACHE
Steps
BEACH HOUSE
Thank Your Lucky Stars
CROSSS
Lo
CHELSEA WOLFE
Abyss
FAITH HEALER
Cosmic Troubles
VIET CONG
Viet Cong
BRAIDED WAVES
Before You Know It
BLACKPAW SOCIETY
People Doesn’t Care/1955
GIRLPOOL
Before The World Was Big