Michael Tatum's A Downloader's Diary: Year 2015 Index
- Aesop Rock: The Impossible Kid (Rhymesayers) A-
- Chance the Rapper: Coloring Book (free download) A
- Joey Purp: iiiDrops (free download) A-
- Konono No. 1: Konono No. 1 Meets Batida (Crammed Discs) A-
- Paul Simon: Stranger to Stranger (Concord) A-
- Thao & the Get Down Stay Down: A Man Alive (Ribbon Music) A
- White Lung: Paradise (Domino) A-
- Skepta: Konnichiwa (Boy Better Know) ***
- Flume: Skin (Mom + Pop) ***
- Kaytranada: 99% (XL Recordings) ***
- DJ Shadow: The Mountain Will Fall (Mass Appeal) ***
- Sturgill Simpson: A Sailor's Guide to Earth (Atlantic) ***
- Animal Collective: Painting With Animal Collective (Domino) **
- Avalanches: Wildflower (Modular/Astralwerks/XL/EMI) **
- Daniel Romano: Mosey (New West) **
- Dori Freeman: Dori Freeman (Free Dirt) **
- Bob Dylan: Fallen Angels (Columbia) C+
- Brian Eno: The Ship (Warp) C+
- Nice as Fuck: Nice as Fuck (Loves Way) B-
- Gold Panda: Good Luck and Do Your Best (City Slang) B-
- Case/Lang/Veirs: Case/Lang/Veirs (Anti-) B-
- Frankie Cosmos: Next Thing (Bayonet) B-
- Whitney: Light Upon the Lake (Secretly Canadian) C+
- Beyonce: Lemonade (Parkwood/Columbia) A+
- Bombino: Azel (Nonesuch) A-
- Robbie Fulks: Upland Songs (Bloodshot) A
- Anderson .Paak: Malibu (Steel Wool) A
- Parquet Courts: Human Performance (Rough Trade) A
- Pet Shop Boys: Super (x2) B+
- Gwen Stefani: This is What the Truth Feels Like (Interscope) A-
- Wussy: Forever Sounds (Damnably) A-
- Lucy Dacus: No Burden (Egghunt) ***
- Seth Bogart: Seth Bogart (Hardly Art) **
- Loretta Lynn: Full Circle (Sony Legacy) **
- Bob Mould: Patch the Sky (Merge) *
- Nada Surf: You Know Who You Are (Barsuk) *
- Hamburger Helper: Watch the Stove (free download) *
- PJ Harvey: The Hope Six Demolition Project (Island) B
- Margo Price: Midwest Farmer's Daughter (Third Man) B-
- Kevin Gates: Islah (Artist Partner Group) B-
- Kamaiyah: A Good Night in the Ghetto (free download) B-
- Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool (XL) C+
- Anna Meredith: Varmints (PIAS/Moshi Moshi) C+
- Venetian Snares: Traditional Synthesizer Music (Planet Mu) C+
- Bibio: A Mineral Love (Warp) C+
- The 1975: I Like It When You Sleep for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It (Polydor) C
- Babyface: Return of the Tender Lover (Def Jam) A-
- Erykah Badu: But You Cain't Use My Phone (Motown/Control Freaq) A-
- BJ the Chicago Kid: In My Mind (Motown) A-
- Hamilton: Original Broadway Cast Recording (Atlantic) A
- Archy Marshall: A New Place 2 Drown (True Panther Sounds) A-
- Willie Nelson: Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin (Legacy) A
- Bonnie Raitt: Dig in Deep (Redwing) A
- Rihanna: Anti (Westbury Road Entertainment/Roc Nation) A-
- Rokia Traoré: Né So (Nonesuch) B+
- The Velvet Underground: The Complete Matrix Tapes (Polydor) A-
- Kanye West: The Life of Pablo (Def Jam/G.O.O.D. Music) A-
- Tricky/Skilled Mechanics: Skilled Mechanics (False Idols) ***
- Future: EVOL (Epic/Freebandz/A1) **
- Lyrics Born: Real People (Mobile Home) **
- David Bowie: Darkstar (Columbia) **
- Lucinda Williams: The Ghosts of Highway 20 (Highway 20/Thirty Tigers) *
- Pinegrove: Cardinal (Run For Cover) *
- El Guincho: Hiperasia (Nacional) B-
- Jeremih: Late Nights (Def Jam) C+
- Elton John: Wonderful Crazy Night (Island) C
- Milk Teeth: Vile Child (Hopeless) C+
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