Best Albums of 2015 So Far: 1st Quarter Report

My actual "Best of 2015" list includes four albums not yet released, but since this is labeled as the "1st Quarter Report," I decided to stay true to the title and not include those four. However, you should know that my favorite album I've heard this year is actually Whitey Morgan's Sonic Ranch ...and by a long shot. It comes out in May. But here's the list of my favorite albums released thus far in 2015.

 1. Father John Misty - I Love You Honeybear

2. J.D. McPherson - Let the Good Times Roll

 3. Blackberry Smoke - Holding All the Roses

 4. American Aquarium - Wolves

5. James McMurtry - Complicated Game

6. Wrinkle Neck Mules - I Never Thought It Would Go This Far

 7. Allison Moorer - Down to Believing

 8. JEFF the Brotherhood - Wasted on the Dream

 9. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

10. Butch Walker - Afraid of Ghosts

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11. Benton Leachman - Bury the Hatchet

12. Earl Sweatshirt - I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside

13. Houndmouth - Little Neon Limelight

14. The Delta Routine - You and Your Lion

15. The Lone Bellow - Then Came the Morning

16. The Mavericks - Mono

17. Aaron Watson - The Underdog

18. Ryan Bingham - Fear and Saturday Night

19. Striking Matches - Nothing But the Silence

20. Gurf Morlix - Eatin' at Me

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Yet to hear or need to hear more of: Gretchen Peters - Blackbirds, Jackson Taylor - Cantina del Diablo, Haley Cole - Illusions, Great Lake Swimmers - A Forest of Arms, Joe Pug - Windfall, Willie & the Giant - s/t, JJ Grey & Mofro - Ol' Glory, Brandi Carlile - The Firewatcher's Daughter, No Dry County - The Night Before, Cody Jinks - Adobe Sessions.