Episode 7- Top 5 Albums of 2015

Needing that sloppy like a Chevy in quicksand, it's Strictly Butter! On this special year-end episode, we count down our individual Top Five albums of 2015. This includes diving in deep on Kendrick Lamar (spoiler alert,) bringing up the Sega Dreamcast game "Seaman" and several other entertaining tangents. This is a long one (as any worthwhile year-end recap should be,) so maybe go grab the podcast snack of your choice now, and then proceed right to enjoying!

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Ryan's Top 5
1) Periphery- Juggernaut
2) Kendrick Lamar- To Pimp a Butterfly
3) Miguel- Wildheart
4) Courtney Barnett- Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
5) Sleater-Kinney- No Cities to Love

Alex's Top 5
1) Kendrick Lamar- To Pimp a Butterfly
2) Periphery- Juggernaut
3) Our Oceans- Our Oceans
4) Bill Seaman- F Noir
5) Sufjan Stevens- Carrie & Lowell

Jeremy's Top 5
1) Kendrick Lamar- To Pimp a Butterfly
2) Courtney Barnett- Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
3) Colleen Green- I Want to Grow Up
4) Father John Misty- I Love You, Honeybear
5) Grimes- Art Angels

Fun Links to Fun Things:
Kendrick Lamar Videos for "King Kunta" (https://youtu.be/hRK7PVJFbS8), "Alright" (https://youtu.be/Z-48u_uWMHY), and "These Walls" (https://youtu.be/drV0QatqbRU?list=RDdrV0QatqbRU)

Courtney Barnett- "Pedestrian At Best"- https://youtu.be/o-nr1nNC3ds

Periphery- "The Bad Thing"- https://youtu.be/0sNIbcqxYL0

Miguel- "Waves"- https://youtu.be/_aPzdHSmcH0

Sleater-Kinney- "A New Wave"- https://youtu.be/Kc1htX3q-F0

Our Oceans- "Illuminate"- https://ouroceansband.bandcamp.com/track/illuminate

Bill Seaman- "A Dark Thought"- https://eileanrec.bandcamp.com/track/a-dark-thought

Sufjan Stevens- "Fourth of July"- http://music.sufjan.com/track/fourth-of-july

Colleen Green- "TV"- https://colleengreen.bandcamp.com/track/tv

Father John Misty- "Bored in the USA"- https://youtu.be/JODshFyKHuA

Grimes- "Flesh Without Blood/Life in the Vivid Dream"- https://youtu.be/Tv9YoYCKNoE

Protesters Chant Kendrick's "Alright" (just one instance of this happening)- https://youtu.be/VUC_DOhfzwQ

And finally, an ad for the deeply unsettling Seaman: https://youtu.be/yfW6EbFXtCQ

Merry This and Happy That!