2015

NICOLAS JAAR x RESIDENT ADVISOR MIX
NICOLAS JAAR x RESIDENT ADVISOR MIX
NICOLAS JAAR x RESIDENT ADVISOR MIX
Nicolas Jaar made an amazing/sprawling, 66-minute mix — "a strange and lovely bricolage" — for Resident Advisor, to commemorate the venerable electronic music site's 500th podcast. Recorded in December 2015, in Brooklyn, New York, and featuring Talk Talk, Terry Riley, a couple of Jaar's own tracks + more...
Gorilla vs. Bear x 2015 year-end mix
Gorilla vs. Bear x 2015 year-end mix
Gorilla vs. Bear x 2015 year-end mix
Here's our annual year-end retrospective, a definitive 80-minute mix of the songs by which we'll remember 2015 (it also doubles as a very emotional and hopefully serviceable misty-eyed New Year's Eve soundtrack). Thanks for hanging with us this year, see y'all in 2016.
December 2015 mix
December 2015 mix
December 2015 mix
Listen to our last monthly mix of 2015, featuring new tracks from Toro y Moi, Radiohead, Mall Grab, Elysia Crampton, Lil Ugly Mane + more...
Gorilla vs. Bear x Spotify Year in Music: Leon Bridges is the story of 2015
Gorilla vs. Bear x Spotify Year in Music: Leon Bridges is the story of 2015
Gorilla vs. Bear x Spotify Year in Music: Leon Bridges is the story of 2015
We've mentioned a time or two what an unreal year 2015 has been for new music, and that was certainly reflected in our recent lists of the best albums, songs, videos, and Young Thug tracks of the year. Today, we've teamed up with Spotify in collaboration with their Year in Music — where they're highlighting the top music + culture stories of 2015, as well as the year's most streamed artists, songs
Gorilla vs. Bear x SiriusXM // Songs of the Year Edition
Gorilla vs. Bear x SiriusXM // Songs of the Year Edition
Gorilla vs. Bear x SiriusXM // Songs of the Year Edition
Our SiriusXM show airs today and every Thursday at noon EST + again at midnight, on channel 35 SiriusXMU. We'll be counting down our Songs of the Year on today's show, featuring tracks from Grimes, Future, Leon Bridges, Erykah Badu, D'Angelo, CHROMATICS, Carly Rae Jepsen, and more. We've only got two hours though, so we can't get to everything; check our full list of the best songs of 2015 here. L
The 21 Best Videos of 2015
The 21 Best Videos of 2015
The 21 Best Videos of 2015
No one cares about your label's video budget in 2015. The music vids that we found most moving and memorable this year were, in most cases, simple (with a few glossy and/or cinematic exceptions), powerful, often self-directed visual interpretations of our favorite songs. Also featuring one brilliant video made of found footage that seems to have been effectively scrubbed from the internet forever.
GORILLA VS. BEAR’S SONGS OF 2015
GORILLA VS. BEAR’S SONGS OF 2015
GORILLA VS. BEAR’S SONGS OF 2015
Following last week's Albums of 2015 list, here are our favorite songs of the year: we went deeper than ever this time out, and while 111 tracks might seem like a lot to love in any given 12 month span, I feel like the list is a pretty accurate representation of just how unreal 2015 has been for new music. Featuring multiple entries from Grimes, Jamie xx, Young Thug, Kendrick Lamar, Chromatics, Er
top 5 Young Thug songs of 2015
top 5 Young Thug songs of 2015
top 5 Young Thug songs of 2015
Nothing more subjective than picking your favorite Young Thug song in a year when the absurdly prolific rapper seemed to release a new mixtape, collab, or random-ass potential hit every week, so here are our personal top 5, at least until ThuggaXWapp drops (spoiler: at least 4 of these will be on our songs of 2015 list). No wrong answers in this case, so let us know what your list looks like, and
Gorilla vs. Bear x SiriusXM // Albums of the Year edition
Gorilla vs. Bear x SiriusXM // Albums of the Year edition
Gorilla vs. Bear x SiriusXM // Albums of the Year edition
Our SiriusXM show airs today and every Thursday at noon EST + again at midnight, on channel 35 SiriusXMU. Today's special Albums of the Year edition features selections from our favorite releases of 2015, including tracks from Grimes, Panda Bear, Jamie xx, Erykah Badu, Beach House, Vince Staples, and more. Listen here + check the full playlist below:
GORILLA VS. BEAR’S ALBUMS OF 2015
GORILLA VS. BEAR’S ALBUMS OF 2015
GORILLA VS. BEAR’S ALBUMS OF 2015
We feel pretty confident proclaiming 2015 the best year for new music this decade, and we'd even go so far as to say it's been arguably our favorite year in the history of this site. So many stars seemed to serendipitously align this year — our 10th as a blog — for sounds that veered right into our own personal, sometimes insular little lane: the triumphant return of Grimes; the improbable meteori

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