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Happy 239th birthday, United States!

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I don’t blog much. Not much time. I haven’t even put out my Favorites from 2013 or 2014… well, here goes for my Top 10 of 2015 so far…

 Artist – Album (style)

1. Failure – The Heart is a Monster (rock)
2. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell (indie rock)
3. Faith No More – Sol Invictus (hard rock)
4. Steve Taylor & the Perfect Foil – Goliath (rock)
5. Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree) – Hand. Cannot. Erase. (progressive rock)
6. Daniel Johns (of Silverchair) – TALK (pop, dance, rock)
7. John Zorn’s The Dreamers with Mike Patton, Sofia Rei & Jesse Harris – The Song Project Live at Le Poisson Rouge (jazz, avant garde, pop)
8. Dave Douglas – High Risk (jazz with electronics)
9. Nellie McKay – My Weekly Reader (cheeky 70s rock tribute)
10. DRKWAV (Skerik, Medeski & Deitch) – The Purge (doom, jazz, electronic, all over)

What’s still to come in 2015…

Ben Folds with yMusic, Holy Fuck (no release date, but they recorded it in late 2014), John Zorn (about every month), Puscifer (teaser on their Instagram?), TOOL (music done, lyrics nearing completion?), Charlie Hunter, and based on kickstarters/pledgemusic that I’ve supported: Chali 2Na of Jurassic 5 has a couple more EPs due, Dweezil Zappa, Jeremy Enigk of Sunny Day Real Estate, Jude Christodal, Dylan Carlson of Earth, and Fleming & John.

Will I continue with blogs in the future? I don’t know. :P

Dan – np: Critters Buggin – Stampede