January 2, 2016 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #279)

This was part two of my special Top 50 albums of 2015 countdown. The ranked albums are indicated in parentheses.

9:01 AM Ought • Sun's Coming Down • Sun Coming Down •Constellation (#25)

9:06 AM Protomartyr • Dope Cloud • The Agent Intellect •Hardly Art (#24)

9:09 AM Kishi Bashi • Manchester • String Quartet Live! •Joyful Noise

9:14 AM Ashley Monroe • Bombshell • The Blade • Warner Bros. (#23)

9:18 AM Jennylee • Long Lonely Winter • right on! • Rough Trade

9:22 AM Natalie Cole • The Man With the Child in His Eyes •Leavin' • Verve

9:28 AM Deerhunter • Snakeskin • Fading Frontier • 4AD (#22)

9:32 AM The Chills • Tomboy • Silver Bullets • Fire (#21)

9:40 AM Negative Scanner • Fan vs. Wild • Negative Scanner• Trouble in Mind (#20)

9:43 AM Songhoy Blues • Soubour • Music In Exile • Atlantic (#19)

9:47 AM R. Dean Taylor • There's a Ghost in My House • The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter... Ever! • Virgin

9:51 AM Eleventh Dream Day • Works for Tomorrow • Works for Tomorrow • Thrill Jockey (#18)

9:54 AM Swervedriver • Lone Star • I Wasn't Born to Lose You • Cobraside (#17)

9:59 AM Shigeto • Do My Thing • Intermission • Ghostly International

10:02 AM Susanne Sundfør • Memorial • Ten Love Songs •Sonnet Sound Limited (#16)

10:12 AM Erykah Badu • U Don't Have to Call • But You Cain't Use My Phone • self-released

10:16 AM Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment •Sunday Candy • Surf • self-released (#15)

10:20 AM Richard Hawley • I Still Want You • Hollow Meadows• Parlophone (#14)

10:24 AM Carlos Timón • Mambo Jambo • Solar Rapé • Pueblo

10:28 AM Courtney Barnett • Elevator Operator • Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit • Mom + Pop (#13)

10:31 AM Christian Scott aTunde Adujah • Perspectives •Stretch Music • Ropeadope (#12)

10:35 AM The Specials • Pearl's Cafe • More Specials •Chrysalis

10:41 AM Motor Sister • A Hole • Ride • Metal Blade (#11)

10:44 AM The Troggs • I'm On Fire • Archeology (1966-1976) •Polygram

10:47 AM Downtown Boys • Break a Few Eggs • Full Communism • Don Giovanni

10:50 AM Lianne La Havas • Green & Gold • Blood • Nonesuch (#10)

10:55 AM Royal Headache • Love Her If I Tried • High • What's Your Rupture? (#9)

10:58 AM Savage Beliefs • What's Left in The Fridge • Big Big Sky • Alona's Dream

11:01 AM Shamir • Call It Off • Ratchet • XL (#8)

11:03 AM Gaz Coombes • The English Ruse • Matador • Hot Fruit (#7)

11:08 AM Torres • Strange Hellos • Sprinter • Partisan

11:14 AM Julia Holter • Everytime Boots • Have You in My Wilderness • Domino (#6)

11:17 AM We Ragazzi • The Ache • The Ache • Self-Starter

11:20 AM The Loud Family • Sodium Laureth Sulfate •Interbabe Concern • Alias

11:26 AM Girl Band • Pears for Lunch • Holding Hands with Jamie • Rough Trade (#5)

11:29 AM Ryley Walker • Summer Dress • Primrose Green •Dead Oceans

11:34 AM Odetta Hartman • Dreamcatchers • 222 • Northern Spy

11:38 AM Kamasi Washington • Final Thought • The Epic •Brainfeeder (#3)

11:45 AM Jessica Pratt • Jacquelyn in the Background • On Your Own Love Again • Drag City (#2)

11:49 AM Baroness • Kerosene • Purple • Abraxan Hymns

11:56 AM FFS • Piss Off • FFS • Domino (#1)