For my money, only one album comes delivers on rap-rock's early promise - the soundtrack to obscure 90s rich-boys-in-ghetto-peril thriller Judgement Night.
Deafheaven's New Bermuda is a totally different concept and should not be held to the same standards as Sunbather. New Bermuda leaves me hungry for more.
If you believe that Twenty One Pilots are anything but puppets of a soulless music industry then Mediocre At Best may be the album of the year for you.
The 20 Best Albums of 2015 according to Dan Vesper and M. Milner with a few albums from Jon including: Kendrick Lamar, Grimes, Drake, Failure, & Tame Impala
The lesson Tame Impala's Currents tries to drill into our skulls is simple, but in the right hands (Kevin Parker's) simultaneously sublime is Let it happen.
My Love is Cool being their debut album with years of songwriting saved up, Wolf Alice blew me out of the water. I hope they continue on this righteous path
Aaron interviews Failure's drummer Kellii Scott about the bands reunion, their new album The Heart is A Monster, and what it's like playing in Failure again.