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After a ton of hard work, we launched a new streaming platform called NYPhil+ this week. It’s a subscription platform with great concert footage from the New York Philharmonic:
NYPhil+ subscribers have exclusive, unparalleled access to our Orchestra’s digital concerts. Historic telecasts with musical legends, decades of concerts on audio, newly recorded concerts, and more will be available exclusively to NYPhil+ subscribers.
You can check it out at plus.nyphil.org.
This year was a good one for music. Admittedly, 2013’s Antenna to the Afterworld by Sonny & The Sunsets was the record I listened to the more than any other — a newer discovery for me, but thankfully I found time for a few others.
These are the new records I enjoyed the most in 2015. [Read more…]
50. Dirty Beaches – Drifters / Love is the Devil
49. Jessy Lanza – Pull My Hair Back
48. Fuzz – Fuzz
47. Fuck Buttons – Slow Focus
46. Diarrhea Planet – I’m Rich Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
45. Fidlar – Fidlar
44. James Blake – Overgrown
43. Cuushe – Butterfly Case
42. Foxygen – We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
41. Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
40. Majical Cloudz – Impersonator
39. Grouper – The Man Who Died In His Boat
38. The Mantles – Long Enough to Leave
37. Bent Shapes – Feels
36. Laura Marling – Once I Was An Eagle
50. Teen: Electric
49. Sun Araw: The Inner Treaty
48. Cat Power: Sun
47. Tallest Man on Earth: There’s no Leaving Now
46. Matthew E. White: Big Inner
45. Port St. Willow: Holiday
44. Flying Lotus: Until The Quiet Comes
43 Eternal Summers: Correct Behavior
42. Wild Nothing: Nocturne
41. Actress: R.I.P.
40. Metz: Metz
39. Kendrick Lamar: Good Kid, M.a.a.d City
38. Andy Stott: Luxury Problems
37. Dum Dum Girls: End of Daze
36. Japandroids: Celebration Rock
35. Sufjan Stevens: Silver and Gold
25. The Weeknd, House of Balloons
24. Cave Singers, No Witch
23. Jay-Z/Kanye West, Watch the Throne
22. Sun Araw, Ancient Romans
21. Fucked Up, David Comes to Life
20. Shabazz Palaces, Black Up
19. The War on Drugs, Slave Ambient
18. Beastie Boys, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
17. The Sea And Cake, The Moonlight Butterfly
16. Battles, Gloss Drop
15. Tom Waits, Bad as Me
14. Youth Lagoon, The Year of Hibernation
13. Cults, Cults
12. Yuck, Yuck
11. Washed Out, Within and Without
10. Frank Fairfield, Out on the Open West
9. Wilco, The Whole Love
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