2015
Have You In My Wilderness
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★ 8.3 15 ratings
Julia Holter genre: Pop
release date 2015-09-25 publisher: Domino
Have You In My Wilderness is Julia Holter’s most intimate album yet, a collection of radiant ballads. Her follow-up to 2013’s widely celebrated Loud City Song explores love, trust, and power in human relationships. While love songs are familiar fodder in pop music, Holter manages to stay fascinatingly oblique and enigmatic on her new album. Have You in My Wilderness is also Holter’s most sonically intimate album. Here, she and producer Cole Marsden Greif-Neill lift her voice out of the layers of smeared, hazy effects, putting her vocals front and center in the mix. The result is striking—it sounds as if Holter is singing right in your ear. It sounds clear and vivid, but also disarmingly personal. The focused warm sound and instrumentation — dense strings, subtle synth pads — adds to the effect. Like Holter’s previous albums, Have You in My Wilderness is multi-layered and texturally rich, featuring an array of electronic and acoustic instruments played by an ensemble of gifted Los Angeles musicians. Have You In My Wilderness deals with dark themes, but it also features some of the most sublime and transcendent music Holter has ever written. The ten songs on the album are shimmering and dreamlike, wandering the liminal space between the conscious and the subconscious.
In Colour
Douban
★ 8.4 79 ratings
Jamie XX genre: Electronic
release date 2015-06-01 publisher: Young Turks
In Colour is the debut studio album by British producer and The xx member Jamie xx. It is set to be released on June 1, 2015 on the Young Turks label. A deluxe version of the album, cut on coloured vinyl and featuring two exclusive instrumental tracks, will be made available for a limited time.
Art Angels
★ 8.8 136 ratings
Grimes genre: Electronic
release date 2015-11-06 publisher: 2015 4AD Ltd
Art Angels is the fourth studio album by Canadian recording artist Grimes; it is scheduled to be released digitally on November 6, 2015 by 4AD and physically on December 11, 2015. Its lead single "Flesh without Blood" was released on October 26, 2015 alongside the preorder of the parent record.
Depression Cherry
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★ 8.6 107 ratings
Beach House genre: Rock
release date 2015-08-28 publisher: Bella Union
Depression Cherry is the fifth album by American dream pop band Beach House. It was announced on May 26, 2015, and will be released on August 28, 2015. According to the band, the album will be a return to the simpler style of dream pop from their first two albums. On the Sub Pop Website, the band has released this statement under the album's page: "In general, this record shows a return to simplicity, with songs structured around a melody and a few instruments, with live drums playing a far lesser role. With the growing success of Teen Dream and Bloom, the larger stages and bigger rooms naturally drove us towards a louder, more aggressive place; a place farther from our natural tendencies. Here, we continue to let ourselves evolve while fully ignoring the commercial context in which we exist."
E•MO•TION
Douban Discogs
★ 8.1 69 ratings
Carly Rae Jepsen genre: Pop
release date 2015-06-24 publisher: Interscope
On April 10, 2015, Jepsen announced that the title of her third studio album will be titled "Emotion", stylized as E·MO·TION.
Carrie & Lowell
Douban
★ 9.1 209 ratings
Sufjan Stevens genre: Folk
release date 2015-03-30 publisher: Asthmatic Kitty Records
Carrie & Lowell sounds like memory: it spans decades yet does not trade on pastiche or nostalgia. Stevens's gauzy double-tracked vocals wash across the dashboard of long-finned, drop-top Americana, yet as we race towards the coast we are reminded that sunshine leads to shadow, for this is a landscape of terminal roads, unsteady bridges, traumatic video stores, and unhappy beds that provide the scenery for tales of jackknifed cars, funerals, and forgiveness for the dead. Each track in this collection of eleven songs begins with a fragile melody that gathers steam until it becomes nothing less than a modern hymn. Sufjan recounts the indignities of our world, of technological distraction and sad sex, of an age without neither myths nor miracle and this time around, his voice carries the burden of wisdom. Carrie & Lowell accomplishes the rare thing that any art should achieve, particularly in these noisy and fragmented days: By seeking to understand, Sufjan makes us feel less alone.
Currents
★ 8.4 93 ratings
Tame Impala genre: 另类音乐 / Music / 独立摇滚 / Rock / 迷幻
release date 2015-07-17 publisher: Mis
Tame Impala may have been forged in the familiar fires of guitar-driven psych-rock, but Kevin Parker began expanding that brief almost immediately, shifting from dank, distorted solos to widescreen, synth-swept fantasias. By the time <i>Currents</i> arrived in 2015, the Fremantle home-studio whiz had made his grandest leap yet, offering his particular take on outsized, club-ready pop. That meant mostly sidelining guitars and ramping up the lead role of those synths.<br /> Parker had always made Tame Impala records as a solo endeavor, using a proper band primarily to realize songs in a live setting. Yet this third album saw him applying more painstaking control than ever before, not just playing and writing every single part but recording and mixing the entire thing as well. Even fans who had noticed Parker’s increasing pop sensibilities across 2012’s <i>Lonerism</i> were somewhat taken aback by <i>Currents</i>’ bravura opening statement, “Let It Happen,” an ambitious dance-floor epic that foregrounded glitter-bomb synths and alternately dipping and peaking rhythms. The band’s trajectory changed over the course of a single track, which stretches out over nearly eight minutes and indulges in remix-style record-skipping and lengthy stretches without vocals.<br /> Between the disco grooves, Parker still finds time for Tame Impala’s sonic signatures—floaty vocals, soul-searching lyrics, fleeting interludes. As lush as the production is (which you can hear in the joyous vocal layering and panning on “The Moment”), the increased scope of these songs is matched by the same rich emotional content, making it feel like Parker is sharing his most private moments. From the vulnerability displayed on “Yes I’m Changing,” which muses on growing older against unironic soft-rock motifs, to his interrogations of masculinity and romance on “'Cause I’m a Man,” Parker is still committed to airing intimate, almost diary-like sentiments. Meditative album closer “New Person, Same Old Mistakes” says it all.<br /> Still, Parker doesn’t have to distance himself from formative heroes like Todd Rundgren and The Flaming Lips in the name of artistic growth. Evoking the mirror-ball dazzle of roller rinks and discos, here he continues to cherry-pick from the past in order to imagine a sophisticated musical future that’s appealing across multiple fronts but still strikes directly at the heart. And the risky decision to shelve guitars clearly paid off: <i>Currents</i> took Tame Impala to the big leagues, where he could now collaborate with Lady Gaga, get covered by Rihanna (a version of “New Person, Same Old Mistakes” appeared as “Same Ol’ Mistakes” on 2016’s <i>ANTI</i>), and headline Coachella. It also provided a natural progression to 2020’s <i>The Slow Rush</i>, an even more immersive and personal synth-funk odyssey.
To Pimp a Butterfly
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★ 9.4 142 ratings
Kendrick Lamar genre: Hip Hop
release date 2015-03-16 publisher: Interscope Records
To Pimp a Butterfly is the third studio album by American hip hop recording artist Kendrick Lamar. The album was released on March 16, 2015, by Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment, and distributed by Interscope Records. The album, which features the songs 'The Blacker The Berry' and 'i', was originally due for release on March 23 but is available to stream and download now. 'To Pimp A Butterfly' is the follow-up to 2012's 'Good Kid, MAAD City'. Lamar's two most recent releases, 'i' and 'The Blacker The Berry', both feature on the album's 16-song tracklisting. The latter was produced by Boi-1da, and references the 2012 killing of African American teenager Trayvon Martin. 'i' won Grammy Awards for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance in February. Speaking in a recent interview about the album, Lamar said the music ranges from "the intensely personal to the swaggeringly aggressive".
Sound & Color
Douban
★ 8.9 36 ratings
Alabama Shakes genre: Rock
release date 2015-04-17 publisher: Rough Trade Records
Alabama Shakes’ Sound & Color is the follow-up to the band's Gold-certified debut album, Boys & Girls, which earned the group three GRAMMY nominations, including a nod for Best New Artist. Sound & Color demonstrates the tremendous strides made by a group of musicians who had only been playing together for a few months when they recorded their first album. From the searing single "Don't Wanna Fight" to the garage-rock freak-out on “The Greatest” to the psychedelic space jam “Gemini,” Alabama Shakes build on the soulful blues-rock base and map a surprising, innovative new direction.
25
Douban
★ 7.8 178 ratings
Adele genre: Pop
release date 2015-11-20 publisher: XL Recordings
「上一張專輯關於分手,如果要這張專輯下一個註解,我會說是它是一張和解/彌補的作品。」─ 愛黛兒 ★關於與自己和解,關於彌補消逝的時光。葛萊美 / 全英音樂獎 / 奧斯卡金像獎 / 金球獎流行天后完美回歸 ★全球3000萬銷量經典專輯《21》後,暌違近五年全新專輯 ★首支單曲〈Hello〉橫掃102國iTunes冠軍,【親愛媽咪】【聽媽媽的話】加拿大天才導演Xavier Dolan操刀MV首日創下2770萬點播紀錄 ★〈Rolling in the Deep〉葛萊美搭檔Paul Epworth再度攜手合作,力邀告示牌冠軍天王Bruno Mars、葛萊美得主Max Martin(Taylor Swift、Katy Perry)、Greg Kurstin(Ellie Goulding、Lana Del Rey、Sia)、嘻哈怪傑Danger Mouse,新生代英倫鋼琴才子Tobias Jesso Jr.聯手打造。 25 is the upcoming third studio album recorded by British singer and songwriter Adele. It is scheduled to be released on 20 November 2015, through XL Recordings. Following the release and international success of Adele's second studio album 21 (2011), she had planned to quit the music industry and go out on a positive note. However, Adele decided to take a hiatus instead and raise her son. During her sabbatical, she suffered with writer's block and rescheduled the album's studio sessions fearing she had lost her ability to write songs. In 2013, Adele had a breakthrough and the material that eventually became 25 manifested, with writing and recording continuing through to 2015. According to the singer, the album's title is a reflection of her when she was 25 and the frame of mind she was in during that age. The lead single, "Hello", was a critical and commercial success, topping the charts in 26 countries including the United Kingdom and the United States, where "Hello" became the first single to sell one-million downloads in a release week.
The Bright Side
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★ 6.6 7 ratings
Lenka genre: Pop
release date 2015-05-29 publisher: Sony Music Entertainment (Sony Music)
Australian artist Lenka announced that she will be releasing a new album, “The Bright Side”, on June 16th, 2015. Lenka began her artistic career as a Sydney-based television personality and went on to become an accomplished actress in her adolescence through her early adult years. Her musical career began when she became the lead singer of the seminal Australian rock band, Decoder Ring. But, after two albums, Lenka left the band, and moved to America. First, she settled in Los Angeles, and later moved to Brooklyn, New York, as she established herself as a successful recording artist and songwriter. “The Show”, a song on Lenka’s first self-titled solo album, was used in the film “Moneyball”, along with many other commercials, served to put Lenka on the map in North America, Europe, Asia, and various other places around the world. Additionally, her song “Everything at Once” was used during the Microsoft Windows 8 global commercial, and that only further cemented Lenka’s place in modern music. According to a press release, American actor & singer Billy Crystal even sang one of her songs on the 2012 edition of the Academy Awards. To date, Lenka has released three albums: the aforementioned self-titled “Lenka”, her upbeat and infectious sophomore album “Two”, and “Shadows”, an album of lullabies. Now, she has announced plans for her fourth album, “The Bright Side”. According to her PR representatives, the new album will be released on the 16th of June 2015. Lenka worked on “The Bright Side”, while also composing music for television and films. And, she’s been collaborating with her husband, James Gulliver Hancock, to create visual art and music videos that make her live shows an unusual, but enchanted experience. Their collaborations have also garnered Lenka over a million views on Youtube, according to a press release. This week, Lenka premiered the first single from her new album on The FADER. It’s called, “Blue Skies”. And, Duncan Cooper of The FADER describes the song as starting “from a place that’s a bit more down,” when compared to Lenka’s previous releases. While the track may be less peppy than Lenka’s older material, in an email interview conducted with The FADER, Lenka explained how the song came to fruition, and she also discussed her own interpretation of “Blue Skies”. “‘Blue Skies’ was written in my car on a stormy day, singing to my little boy in the back seat,” she said in the email. “It’s about hope for the future and a feeling of certainty that everything will go our way. It’s about seeing though the dark and stormy times with the ones you love.”
色
Douban
★ 8.8 32 ratings
FLOWER FLOWER genre: Pop
release date 2015-02-18 publisher: SMR
橋本愛主演、四季4部作『リトル・フォレスト』主題歌のために書き下ろした4曲+それぞれの曲をつなぐインタールード的な要素を収録したミニアルバム。
Butterfly
Douban
★ 9.0 8 ratings
Fox Capture Plan genre: Jazz
release date 2015-11-04 publisher: Playwright
4月リリース「UNDERGROUND」、7月リリース「COVERMIND」に続き、オリジナル曲中心に構成された待望の4thフルアルバム「BUTTERFLY」は以前にも増して洗練された楽曲と演奏クオリティの違いを感じさせるだけでなく、彼らの進化が作品とりわけ楽曲単位で如実に表れていることに気付かされる。ノスタルジックな音像が心地よく、そのループが奏でる深淵に耳を傾ければ万華鏡をのぞきこんでいるような音世界に聴く者を誘う…そんな中毒性の高いトラックは健在どころかパワーアップすらしているように感じられる。 日本ジャズ史に残る大ヒット作「WALL」収録の「疾走する閃光」の流れを汲むロックチューン11「Supersonic」、ストリングスを大胆にフィーチャリングした本作のリード曲3「Butterfly Effect」、本作よりスタートする(?) 2000年代ロックカヴァーシリーズの幕開けとしてMUSEの7「Plug In Baby」カヴァー、そしてTBS系ドラマ「ヤメゴク~ヤクザやめてもらいます」の劇中音楽として制作・使用された9「In the Darkness」の再アレンジ・録音に加え、菊地成孔氏がソプラノ・サックスで参加した4「混沌と創造の幾何学」、これはメンバーたっての希望が実現したfox capture plan史上、歴史的なトラックとなった。 さらに過去2作にわたって収録された「the beginning of the myth」の完成型2やドラムス井上司の初作曲6「inchoate」、クリスマスソング10「Christmas comes to our place」もファンには胸熱な一曲! “現代版ジャズ・ロック”をコンセプトとした情熱的かつクールで新感覚なピアノ・トリオ・サウンドを目指し、それぞれ違った個性を持つバンドで活動する3人が集まり2011年結成。2012年8月にタワーレコード新宿店のみで発売したシングルCDR「Sampleboard」が全くのノー・プロモーションにも関わらずフロア・デイリーチャート1位の売り上げを記録。同年10月にタワーレコード限定でミニアルバム「FLEXIBLE」、2013年5月に1stアルバム「trinity」を発売。さらに10月、同レーベルからリリースする盟友bohemianvoodooとのスプリット・ミニアルバム「color & monochrome」、2nd album"BRIDGE"を12月に発売し、「JAZZ JAPAN AWARD 2013アルバム・オブ・ザ・イヤーニュー・スター部門」、第6回「CDショップ大賞2014」ジャズ部門賞を受賞した。2014年7月に最新作”WALL”は2014年下半期発売にも関わらず、タワーレコード・ジャズ年間セールスチャートの2位に輝く。同年8月には初の海外ツアーとして香港・中国ツアーを決行。2015年4月にはTBSドラマ「ヤメゴク〜ヤクザやめて頂きます〜」の劇伴を担当しながらも、年間3枚のアルバム発表を公言。 脅威のハイペース・リリースで業界を席巻する! Ryo Kishimoto: Piano (JABBERLOOP) Hidehiro Kawai:Double Bass (Immigrant's Bossa Band) Tsukasa Inoue:Drums (nhhmbase)
大龄女子
Douban
★ 5.1 7 ratings
彭佳慧 genre: Pop
release date 2015-06-20 publisher: 风流女生工作室
18個月傾力製作 神級陣容聯手打造 新歌【大齡女子】MV上線兩天 YOUTUBE點閱率速破20萬 未上市就已成為六月最被期待的華語專輯 年代電視系統(包含、國興衛視、年代新聞台、壹電視、東風台、MUCH台….等)整點強力放送 彭佳慧 大齡女子 她是華語樂壇中 女性最心裡的聲音 女人最好的朋友 當柔順成流,就變成強大的衝擊。那能穿孔的細膩就更加動人。 這是一張讓你聽得見音樂的唱片 影像上由無可取代的黃中平美學主導,甚至得到台灣樂壇傳奇女神藍心湄傾力支持主演首波音樂錄影帶。 歷經18個月的聊天、收歌與製作。 聯合了最懂女人心的製作人陳建騏、蔡健雅,樂壇經典級的製作人Jim Lee與最愛創造新音色表現的阿沁全力製作,並由金馬獎電影配樂提名林尚德統籌。 得到神級創作人羅大佑與林夕的量身創作,創作陣容包括蔡健雅與小寒、陳小霞、徐佳瑩、蕭煌奇、阿沁、徐世珍、易家揚、陳宏宇以及大馬創作金童伍家輝、矚目新秀佳旺、饒彗冰、吳振豪等。 每一位創作人與製作人在交出完整創作前,都分別與彭佳慧喝了咖啡、聊了視訊、往來了郵件,最後才訂製出了這張專輯的每首歌曲。 在一年多的製作時間內,他們與彭佳慧的合作,是一段[我們找到女人]的旅程。 讓我們聽得見音樂 華語製作物因為唱片公司行銷習慣的關係,常把配樂中的樂器旋律都混在一起,只求歌聲被突出。然而,卻失去了歌曲的編曲原本要塑造的環境。 歌聲,也是作品中的樂器。是主奏,但需要被襯托。每一首歌曲都要倚賴呈現一個完整的故事。 我們做音樂是很傳統的,沒辦法因為大多數人都改用手機聽mp3而去犧牲了細節。音樂中的每一件樂器都有自己的角色與心情,它們與歌聲在一起,才能說好一個完整的故事。 第一波主打歌 [大齡女子] 詞:陳宏宇(WCM) 曲:蕭煌奇(WCM) 這是兩岸整個五月下旬網路上流傳最廣話題最深感動最強的歌曲。 找到一個能夠以身代表這首歌的女性,成為這支MV最大的功課。即使她是台灣瑪丹娜,即使她是動感音樂界的時尚女神,藍心湄卻是這麼能代表這首歌的女子。 在這支片中藍心湄扮演了一個美麗成功的女強人。在人生中幾次問愛試愛的過程裡,至今仍然沒有遇上最對的人。 在導演黃中平安排下,女演員藍心湄在MV中將藍心湄的鋒芒收起,卸下堅強與開朗之後,MV中的女子只是那麼簡單,簡單的祈望愛的擁抱。 不熱舞,不用力,不需要表現性感。在[大齡女子]裡,她用自然的表演,或笑或嘆,或沉思或奔跑,呈現了一個觀眾久違了卻最單純一致美麗的自己。 第二波主打歌 [走不回去的旅程] 詞:阿沁(WCM) 曲: 黃漢青(阿沁) (WCM) 畢業季開始了,今年一首最美麗的驪歌。 這是一個屬於六個女生一起看流星的故事。 這故事裡,彭佳慧不是唯一的女主角,她們一共有六個人,是相愛對方的六個女主角。從國小到現在,她們經歷了自己的人生故事,不是只當主婦,還在事業上有各自的發展。但她們還是在一起,沒有分開過。她們會在屏東會在高雄或是在台北,隨時找機會碰面。她們年輕時在海邊看星星許願,她們成年後依然還要在海邊牽手一起看星星。 物換星移,故事走了多少不同的路線,但,她們依然在一起。這就是女生們的友情,女生們的故事。 第三波主打歌 [SHUT UP] 詞:徐佳瑩(亞神) 曲:徐佳瑩(亞神) 最具跳躍性而突破的兩代音樂女神嶄新合作。 從春天等到了秋天,徐佳瑩把這個女孩,這首女生的歌,傳給了彭佳慧。 然後,這兩個女生一起完成了一位少女。而號稱近年最了解女歌手的製作人陳建騏在裡面發現了[她],讓[她]以很久沒有人嘗試的風格,跳著DISCO的姿態活了出來。 成為音樂繆思的彭佳慧,陪著高中女生一起面對了初戀與為他心跳的那個男孩。從大自然夏光之下的微笑相會,到最後終於完美成家的幸福結局。音樂充滿了俏皮的舒服顏色,就在整支MV當中漾著滿滿青春的色調。 回到青春期的戀愛感,走到兩人世界的打鬧,無論是翹嘴或是扁嘴,愛情總是給人最溫暖的曖曖光芒。 這不是彭佳慧的故事,是每個年輕女孩都在經歷的現在。 一張專輯是說一次故事的機會。 這一張新專輯,彭佳慧用歌聲說「我們」的故事。 回到「人」與「情」 找最溫柔最需要被安慰的一塊,聊聊寂寞與甘願,甚至是求全過程中得到的微微的幸福。 這一次,彭佳慧用SOFT來演唱自己,收服聽歌的妳。 這是一張堅強而勇敢的唱片 親愛的,我對妳有信心。因為妳是女人。
小霞
Douban
★ 7.4 35 ratings
小霞 / 黄绮珊 genre: Pop
release date 2015-12-25 publisher: SONY MUSIC
褪去包裝 喚醒感官 觸動聽覺 需要這個聲音 索尼音樂2015壓軸女聲 小霞 霞,彩色的雲 小霞,生命中那道最真切的光 這 不是全新的她 這 只是最初的小霞 那一刻,那一年,那一行眼淚。 無論哪個時代都有最初相遇的那個人,那個我們每個人心中的小霞。 「小霞」,這是她的小名,也是這張專輯的名稱。「小霞」是她的分身,也是一個單純而美好年代的記憶。她是一個有故事的人,令人豎起耳朵的推崇唱功,她決定加入「索尼音樂90後新勢力」音樂計劃後,讓一位全心的製作人,用一年的時間,在300首demo中為她挑出10首作品。她不能、也無需過問詞曲作者是誰,因為在這些歌裡,她的歌聲就是絕對的主角,「聲音」是就像她的樂器般,一切都是最好的安排。 「小霞」褪去所有外在的視覺包裝,回歸音樂的最核心--「歌聲」,直接觸動你最細緻的感官。 閉上眼睛,忘記姓名,絕不譁眾取寵, 聆聽這個聲音,帶你回歸聽歌的最原始感動。