- Blur – The Magic Whip (Warner Bros.)
- Mikal Cronin – MCIII (Merge)
- Dungen – Allas Sak (Mexican Summer)
- Eleventh Dream Day – Works For Tomorrow (VBR)
- Jacco Gardner – Hypnophobia (Polyvinyl)
- Kurt Vile – B’lieve I’m Goin’ Down (Matador)
- Wand – 1000 Days (Drag City)
7 Splendid Songs of 2015
- Sarah Cracknell – “Nothing Left to Talk About (feat. Nicky Wire)” – Red Kite (Cherry Red)
- Eskimeaux – “Broken Necks” – O.K. (Double Double Whammy)
- Robert Pollard – “Café of Elimination – Faulty Superheroes (GBV, Inc.)
- Sweet Baboo – “Got To Hang On To You” – The Boombox Ballads (Moshi Moshi)
- Warm Soda – “I Wanna Know Her” – Symbolic Dream (Castle Face)
- Wire – “Blogging” – Wire (Pink Flag)
- Neil Young & Promise Of The Real – “People Want To Hear About Love” – The Monsanto Years (VBR)
7 (+3) Amazing Acts of 2015
- The Wombats – Rickshaw Stop, January 22
- Magma – Slim’s, April 8
- Sir Richard Bishop – Brick and Mortar, April 28
- Fuzz – Great American Music Hall, May 20
- Neutral Milk Hotel – Phoenix Theater, June 11
- Burger Boogaloo – Mosswood Park, July 4-5
- Mac McCaughan + The Non-Beleivers – Rickshaw Stop, September 17
- Neil Young & Promise Of The Real – Berkeley Greek Theater, October 17
- The Ex & Ken Vandermark, Surplus 1980 – Bottom of the Hill, October 29
- An Acoustic Evening with Yo La Tengo featuring Dave Shramm -The Masonic, November 14
