So, I've decided to offer an alternative to the eight year long sequence of "my music awards", that have been always the same through the years. So, this time, before you find out the winners of "AeMu", here's a new type of list. Here, I will present only two nominations: Album of the year and a short list of the best songs of the year. However, this time, instead of simply naming the winner and going to bed on New Year's Eve, I'll present a TOP10 list here. And instead of naming 10 songs that I liked the most in 2015, I will present 20 songs. Will this strange awards become the new standard or will I quit doing ridiculous recaps altogether, I don't know. Before I start, I would like to point out that readers should not expect to find differences between both lists. They do coincide instead of being alternatives, as I am not a multiple.
Album of the year:
1. Battles – La Di Da Di (Warp)
2. Floating Points – Elaenia (Pluto)
3. Patricia – Bem Inventory (Opal Tapes)
4. Oneohtrix Point Never – Garden of Delete (Warp)
5. Earl Sweatshirt – I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside (Columbia)
6. Wire – Wire (Pink Flag)
7. The Soft Moon – Deeper (Captured Tracks)
8. Young Fathers – White Men Are Black Men Too (Big Dada)
9. Holly Herndon – Platform (4AD)
10. Lapalux – Lustmore (Brainfeeder)
TOP20 songs:
20. Belle & Sebastian – Cat With The Cream
19. Oneohtrix Point Never – Mutant Standard
18. Young Fathers – Rain or Shine
17. Battles – Summer Simmer
[Live versions on YouTube]
16. Patricia – Just Visiting (with Cloudface)
15. The Soft Moon – Wasting
14. Wire – Harpooned
13. Floating Points – Peroration Six
12. Battles – Non-Violence
[No YouTube]
11. Earl Sweatshirt – DNA (feat. Na'Kel)
10. The Soft Moon – Far
9. Tyondai Braxton – Scout1
8. Patricia – Mercury In Retrograde
7. Floating Points – Silhouettes I, II & III
6. Money – You Look Like A Sad Painting On Both Sides Of The Sky
5. Earl Sweatshirt – Grief
4. Death Grips – Pss Pss
3. Oneohtrix Point Never – Ezra
2. Arca – Snakes
1. Battles – The Yabba
