With all the “Best of…” lists coming out now, I figured it would be a good time to shine a spotlight on just a bit of the amazing independent music that most likely slipped right by you this year. These artists are from all over the world—the U.S., Canada, Australia, U.K., France, Netherlands, Scandinavia, Ukraine, Brazil, South Africa, China, Israel—and simply don’t live in the mainstream universe. They live right below the surface, and are proving exactly why the independent universe is the place to be for real “new music.”
Here are just 100 of the albums and EP’s that you probably missed in 2015. All were released during the 2015 calendar year, so this gives you an idea of just how small a window into the music world the mainstream actually cuts. As always, albums are in no particular order. Do yourself a favor and go listen to them. Right now.
1. Staring at the Sun – Cherry White – London, England, UK
2. The Demos – It’s Butter – Los Angeles, California, USA
3. Bareknuckle Love – Freya Wilcox & The Howl – Brooklyn, New York, USA
4. Relentless – The Nixon Rodeo – Spokane, Washington, USA
5. Omens – The Furies – Boston, Massachusetts, USA
6. Welcome to the Whist Coast (EP) – Whist – Lyon, France
7. Millipedes – The Head – Atlanta, Georgia, USA
8. Free Recovery EP – Free Recovery – Guilford, England, UK
9. Save Me EP – Forever Still – Copenhagen, Denmark
10. Vacant Youth – The Path Less Traveled – Calgary, Alberta, Canada
11. Sleeping/Dreaming EP – The Abstract – Akron, Ohio, USA
12. Where Has the Music Gone? – General Tso’s Fury – Jacksonville, Florida, USA
13. For Machines EP – Limb to Limb – London, England, UK
14. Stasis – Lucid Fly – Los Angeles, California, USA
15. Ginger and the Snaps – Ginger and the Snaps – New York, New York, USA
16. Mirrors – A Light Divided – Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
17. Electric Symphony – Adam Singer – San Francisco, California, USA
18. The Fair-Weather Friend – Saint Savage – Etna, New Hampshire, USA
19. Centaurus EP – Centaurus – New York, New York, USA
20. Do You Feel Electric? EP – Miss – London, England, UK
21. Fever Pitch – Fever Pitch – Zaporizihia, Ukraine
22. The Steppin Stones – The Steppin Stones – Charleston, South Carolina, USA
23. Paint the Sky – Tigerface – Phoenix, Arizona, USA
24. Egressor – The Body Politic – Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
25. The Lost [EP] – The Beautiful Monument – Melbourne, Australia
![The Lost [EP]](https://adammarxsmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/the-lost-ep.jpg?w=300&h=300)
26. The Black Swan Theory – Imber – Stockholm, Sweden
27. Turkana Boy – Thousand Days – Boston, Massachusetts, USA
28. Own Your Ocean – Direct Divide – Monterey, California, USA
29. Inside – Evenstate – Amsterdam, Netherlands
30. Bottoms Up (EP) – Old Pints – Køge, Denmark
31. March in the Dark: Chapter Two – Anyone’s Guess – Orlando, Florida, USA
32. Skies Collide – Skies Collide – Brisbane, Australia
33. Freakout Hell Bus – Bumpin Uglies – Annapolis, Maryland, USA
34. Darkstone Crows EP – Darkstone Crows – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
35. Let’s Get Dangerous – Backyard Superheroes – New Jersey, USA
36. Egoblaster – Egoblaster – Rouen, France
37. Bootlegger – Black Ally – Leeds, England, UK
38. Destination – Novembervägen – Stockholm, Sweden
39. Sick Like This – Beth Blade and the Beautiful Disasters – Cardiff, Wales, UK
40. Depths – Fogscape – Greenland (Denmark)
41. Runaways EP – Permission to Panic – Brooklyn, New York, USA
42. Get Free – The Freemen – Canberra, Australia
43. Burst – Venus In Aries – New York, New York, USA
44. Vagabond – A Reluctant Arrow – Oxford, England, UK
45. Burning Down EP – No Damn Good – Cascais, Portugal
46. Faces – Sydney Eloise & The Palms – Atlanta, Georgia, USA
47. West EP – The Red Harbour – California, USA
48. It’s Alright to See Black – I Shot Samo – Montreal, Quebec, Canada
49. Death of a Cynic – Only Forever – Johannesburg, South Africa
50. Medicine EP – Lucille’s Voodoo – Graz, Austria
51. Out of Order – The Pastures – Newcastle upon Tyne, England UK
52. Paintbox Fires – Paintbox Fires – Manchester, England, UK
53. Passengers EP – The Fallen Prodigy – New York, New York, USA
54. Dais EP – Dais – Jacksonville, Florida, USA
55. Demo – Third Season – Atlanta, Georgia, USA
56. Fourstory EP – A Black Eye Affair – Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
57. Come On Come Out – The Shooks – Lyon, France
58. Anchors – The Wonderlife – Palo Alto, California, USA
59. Rise to Fall EP – Altermind – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
60. In My Head – Hillary Hand – Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
61. Take Control EP – Free Sergio – Israel
62. Last Known Surroundings – Carousel Scene – Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
63. Jellyfish EP – Blaine the Mono – Orlando, Florida, USA
64. Francis Duffy & The Kingpins EP – Francis Duffy & The Kingpins – Dundee,
Scotland, UK
65. Dead Echo Paranoia – Electric Deathbeat – Finland
66. Nuclear Minds EP – Nuclear Minds – Gandía, Spain
67. Gloomy Tunes – Weakend Friends – Boston, Massachusetts, USA
68. Bring the A Game – Beneath the Reef – Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
69. Half Blue – Half Blue – Wroclaw, Poland
70. Tottie & the Wanderers – Tottie & the Wanderers – Melbourne, Australia
71. The Black Album (EP) – AggronympH – Yichang, China
72. Perceptions – All Comes Down – Rotterdam, Netherlands
73. In Bloom – yougetthewordswrong – Moscow, Russia
74. Demo EP – The Last Exposure – Sydney, Australia
75. Bring The Light – Elie & the Engine – Gothenburg, Sweden
76. Blood Lines – These Little Kings – Glasgow, Scotland, UK
77. Bury Me At Sea – The Shillelaghs – Calgary, Alberta, Canada
78. Red Calling – Red Calling – Tampa, Florida, USA
79. Art Capital – Art Capital – Angra do Heroísmo, Azores (Portugal)
80. Sleepless Nights – Never Count Me Out – Atlanta, Georgia, USA
81. Battled – West Winds – Tucson, Arizona, USA
82. Where It Ends – The Joy Arson – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
83. Starcoast – Starcoast – Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
84. Augment – Noveaux – Sydney, Australia
85. Dollmination – The Inferno Doll – Santiago, Chile
86. Dreadful World – Dust Idols – Madrid, Spain
87. Revery EP – Revery – Johannesburg, South Africa
88. Stories EP – in Codes – Calgary, Alberta, Canada
89. Blur of Our Souls – Heavy Gloom – Moscow, Russia
90. Detours – Damn Mondays – Berchtesgaden, Germany
91. Do It Yourself – Count Me Out – Cardiff, Wales, UK
92. Generation Dreams – Teenage Buzz – Salvador, Brazil
93. Tide of Mind – Tide of Mind – Lørenskog, Norway
94. My Cruel Goro EP – My Cruel Goro – Italy
95. Small Town Ghost Stories – Take Me Alive – Atlanta, Georgia, USA
96. Summer Fits EP – Summer Fits – Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
97. Progress of Elimination – The Infinity Process – Toledo, Ohio, USA
98. RTP EP – Ready The Prince – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
99. Up Not Down – The Bright Black – Manchester, England, UK
100. Will We Never Learn? – The Pisdicables – London, England, UK
![The Lost [EP]](https://adammarxsmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/the-lost-ep.jpg)
