CincyMusic.com Top Albums of 2015

Courtney Phenicie

Tuesday, December 29, 2015, 1:07am

The CincyMusic.com Contributors have voted and below is our list of Top National Albums of 2015.

Go follow our CincyMusic.com Top Albums of 2015 Playlist on Spotify HERE!

1 - Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit

2 - Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear

Check out pics from Father John Misty at The Madison Theater HERE!

T3 - Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

T3 - My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall 

5 - Tame Impala - Currents 

Check out our preview of their Bunbury Music Festival performance HERE!

6 - EL VY - Return To The Moon 

Check out a review of the album HERE!

7 - Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly 

8 - Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love 

Check out pics of the recent Sleater-Kinney show at Bogart’s HERE!

9 - The Weeknd - Beauty Behind The Madness 

10 - Heartless Bastards - Restless Ones 
Check out our pics of the band HERE!

11 - Death Cab For Cutie – Kintsugi

Check out pics from the Death Cab show at PNC Pavilion this summer HERE!

12 - Lord Huron - Strange Trails 

13 - FIDLAR – Too

Check out pics of the band HERE!

T14 - Wilco - Star Wars 

Check out pics of the band HERE!

T14 - Of Montreal - Aureate Gloom

T14 - Blur - The Magic Whip 

T14 - Ryan Adams - 1989 

T14 - The Dead Weather - Dodge and Burn 

T14 - Leon Bridges - Coming Home 

T20 - Of Monsters and Men - Beneath the Skin 

T20 - Dawes - All Your Favorite Bands 

Check out a review of the Dawes concert at The Shoe with pics HERE!

22 - The Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World 

Check out our preview of their Bunbury Music Festival performance HERE!

T23 - Pokey LaFarge- Something in the Water 

Check out photos from the recent Pokey LaFarge show at Southgate House Revival HERE!

T23 - Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color 

T25 - Faith No More - Sol Invictus 

T25 - Fall Out Boy - American Beauty/American Psycho 

T25 - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird's - Chasing Yesterday 

T25 - Palma Violets- Danger in the Club

Courtney Phenicie

Courtney Phenicie is the Editor-in-Chief of CincyMusic, Director of Content Strategy at Patchboard, and an alum of Northern Kentucky University. She enjoys live music with strangers, singing in the car, and supporting local music.

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Heartless Bastards

Dead Confederate

The Southgate House Revival (The Sanctuary)
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8pm doors / 9pm show

May 5

Wilco

Steve Gunn

The Taft Theatre
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
7pm doors / 8pm show

Sep 18

Death Cab For Cutie

Twin Shadow

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Friday, September 18, 2015
7:30pm

Sep 21

Father John Misty

Tess & Dave

Madison Theater
Monday, September 21, 2015
7pm doors / 8pm show

Dec 6

Sleater-Kinney

Waxahatchee

Bogart's
Sunday, December 6, 2015
7pm

Dec 19

Pokey LaFarge

Margo Price

The Southgate House Revival (The Sanctuary)
Saturday, December 19, 2015
8pm doors / 9pm show

Pokey LaFarge

Photos of Pokey LaFarge and Margo and The Pricetags :: Courtesy of KP Photography

KP Photography

Saturday, December 19, 2015

Sleater-Kinney

Photos of Sleater-Kinney and Waxahatchee at Bogart's courtesy of Rubato Photography

Rubato Photo

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Fidlar

Photos of Fidlar :: Courtesy of Jensen Faye

Jensen Faye

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Father John Misty

Photos of Father John Misty at The Madison Theater courtesy of Rubato Photo.

Rubato Photo

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Death Cab for Cutie and Twin Shadow

Photos of Death Cab for Cutie and Twin Shadow :: Courtesy of Rubato Photo

Rubato Photo

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Wilco

Photos of Wilco at The Taft Theatre. Courtesy of Michael Kearns (fftv media)

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