15 Step: Other people's lists

An annual amalgamation of other people's attempts at best-of lists. And, perhaps, the odd worst-of, too.

Part of 15 Step
Last updated 04-01-16

Aux's worst songs of 2015:
Sam Smith - Writing's On The Wall
Neil Young - Monsanto Years
Bloc Party - The Love Within
Hopsin - Fly
Magic! - #sundayfunday
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Downtown
Matt & Kim - Hoodie On
Nate Ruess - Ah Ha
American Authors - Go Big Or Go Home

Billboard's Hot 100 of 2015:
5. Maroon 5 - Sugar
4. Fetty Wap - Trap Queen
3. Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth - See You Again
2. Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
1. Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk

DoubleJ's best albums of 2015:
5. Tame Impala - Currents
4. Bjork - Vulnicura
3. Hiatus Kaiyote – Choose Your Weapon
2. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
1. Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear

Drowned In Sound's 10 Shows that shook 2015:
Peter Hook & The Light, Macclesfield Christ Church
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Glastonbury
Wolf Alice, Best Kept Secret
Ride, Oxford O2
A Place To Bury Strangers, Nottingham Bodega
Thousand Yard Stare, London Borderline
Pinkshinyultrablast / Flyying Colours / Eyre Llew, Nottingham Maze
The Zombies, Brighton Great Escape

Robyn Gallagher's 10 good New Zealand pop tunes:
Disclousure featuring Lorde - Magnets
Avalanche City - Inside Out
MAALA - Touch
Gin Wigmore - New Rush
Jackie Thomas - Until The Last Goodbye
Ginny Blackmore - Under My Feet
Beau Monga - King And Queen
Stan Walker featuring Samantha Jade - Start Again
#kiwiscurebatten - Team Ball Player Thing
Six60 - White Lines

Layla Gibbon's Best of the year via Maximum Rock N Roll:
G.L.O.S.S. – Girls Living Outside Society’s Shit EP
Beef Jerk – Tragic LP
Exit Order – Take the Bait EP
Ausmuteants / Lumpy And The Dumpers – split flexi
Departmentstore Santas – LP
Pleasure Leftists – The Woods of Heaven LP
L Voag – The Way Out LP+7” / Milk From Cheltenham – Triptych of Poisoners LP
X_X – CD / Don Howland – Life Is a Nightmare LP
Century Palm – “Valley Cyan/Accept”
Spary Paint – Dopers LP

Gorilla vs Bear's songs of 2015:
5. Jamie XX - I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)
4. Grimes - Kill vs Maim
3. Metro Thuggin - Free Gucci
2. D'Angelo - The Charade
1. Grimes - Realiti

The Guardian's best albums of 2015:
5. Björk - Vulnicura
4. Julia Holter - Have You in My Wilderness
3. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
2. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
1. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

Independent Music Monday's Spotify Playlist of the best independent tracks of 2015 - a taste of the selections:
Sleater-Kinney - A New Wave
The Bresnard Lakes - Golden Lion
Pony Pony Run Run - Alright
Braids - Miniskirt


Liv Loren's Top 5 Best & Worst Songs of 2015:


Mojo's Best albums:
5. Jim O'Rourke - Simple Songs
4. Tame Impala - Currents
3. New Order - Music Complete
2. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
1. Julia Holter - Have You in My Wilderness

NME's Albums of the year:
5. Tame Impala - Currents
4. Wolf Alice - My Love Is Cool
3. Jamie XX - In Colour
2. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
1. Grimes - Art Angels

Paste's best songs:
5. Father John Misty – Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)
4. Natalie Prass – My Baby Don’t Understand Me
3. The Mountain Goats – Legend of Chavo Guerro
2. Kendrick Lamar – King Kunta
1. Courtney Barnett – Pedestrian At Best


Pitchfork's lyrics of the year - A taste of the selections:
"We're all gonna die"
— Sufjan Stevens, "Fourth of July"
"Put me on a pedestal and I'll only disappoint you"
— Courtney Barnett, "Pedestrian at Best"
"She runnin' away from my weed like it farted"
— Young Thug, "Never Had It"

Spin's best hip-hop albums of the year:
5. Earl Sweatshirt - I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside
4. Drake - If You're Reading This, You're Too Late
3. Future - Dirty Sprite 2
2. Vince Staples - Summertime '06
1. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly

Q Best Album:
Noel Gallagher & The High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday