2015

Albums | Current Jams | Movies/TV | Books

Albums

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell | 10/10
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear | 8.5/10
Natalie Prass - Natalie Prass | 8.5/10
Jamie xx - In Colour | 9/10
Aero Flynn - Aero Flynn | 7.5/10
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly | 8.5/10
Tobias Jesso Jr. - Goon
Earl Sweatshirt - I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside | 8/10
San Fermin - Jackrabbit
Purity Ring - another eternity | 8/10
Tallest Man On Earth - Dark Bird Is Home
My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall
Vince Staples - Summertime '06 | 8.5/10
A$AP Rocky - AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP | 8/10
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind
Of Monsters & Men - Beneath The Skin
BØRNS - Candy | 6.5/10
Young Thug - Barter 6 | 8/10
Joey Bada$$ - B4.DA.$$
Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth
Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late
Action Bronson - Mr. Wonderful
L'Orange & Jeremiah Jae - The Night Took Us In Like Family
Towkio - .Wav Theory
Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment - Surf | 8/10
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love
Viet Cong - Viet Cong
The Decemberists - What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
The Amazing - Picture You
Imagine Dragons - Smoke + Mirrors
Dutch Uncles - O, Shudder
Iron & Wine - Archive Series Volume No. 1
The Wombats - Glitterbug
Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper | 5.5/10
Ryn Weaver - The Fool | 7/10
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea | 10/10
The Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace Is There | 8.5/10
Diet Cig - Over Easy EP | 7.5/10
EasyFun - Deep Trouble EP | 8.5/10
London O'Connor - O∆ | 8.5/10
Wavves & Cloud Nothings - No Life For Me | 6.5/10
Beach House - Depression Cherry | 9.5/10
Lil B & Chance The Rapper - Free Based Freestyles | 8/10
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Future - Dirty Sprite 2 | 6/10
The Weeknd - Beauty Behind The Madness| 7.5/10
Dan Deacon - Gliss Riffer
NO WIFIII - Memorial Day | 9.5/10
Travi$ Scott - Rodeo
Drake & Future - What A Time To Be Alive
Kevin Abstract - MTV1987
Mac Miller - GO:OD AM
Chvrches - Every Open Eye

Current JamsJune

Jamie xx - "I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)" feat. Popcaan & Young Thug
Yuma X - "Swimming Pool"
Kero Kero Bonito - "Picture This"
Third Eye Blind - "The Background"
EasyFun - "Fanta"

July

Post Malone - "White Iverson"
My Bloody Valentine - "Sometimes"
Brockhampton - "Bet I"

August

Wavves & Cloud Nothings - "Nothing Hurts"
Broken Social Scene - "Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl"
Young Thug - "With That"
The Rolling Stones - "Beast of Burden"

September

Justin Bieber - "What Do You Mean?"
Allan Kingdom - "Evergreens"
Kevin Abstract - "Not On Doasm 03"
Colleen Green - "Deeper Than Love"

Movies/TV

True Detective Season 1
No Country For Old Men
Fargo
St. Vincent
True Detective Season 2
Gone Girl
Ex Machina
2001: A Space Odyssey

Books

Travis Sawchik - Big Data Baseball
George R.R. Martin - A Game of Thrones
Kim Cooper - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (33 1/3)

Original Writing/ContentGenius

"Following the 2015 VMAs, Liking a Justin Bieber Song, and the Ensuing Fallout"

Isthisirony

"i used to think blogging was lame"
"being a person is weird, man"
'vibez'
"captain’s log: idsc day 2"
"noises"
"telescopy"

Concerts

4/22: Sufjan Stevens - Northrop Hall, UMN
7/11: Corbin & Bobby Raps - MoMA PS1, NYC
7/17-18: Eaux Claires - Eau Claire, WI
7/31-8/1: Lollapalooza - Grant Park, Chicago
9/23: Beach House - First Avenue, MN

Articles I Dig

"Auth Music" - carles
"A Highly Scientific, Real-Life Exploration Into How Anyone Could Possibly Like J. Cole" - Shea Serrano
"Fall Is the Worst Season" - Jia Tolentino
"why I h8 online media" - carles