SPIN's 20 Best Avant Albums of 2015

Hard and fast boundaries don't mean much these days. M.I.A. would tell you as much, offering a big ol' "what's up with that?" at the very concept and

Published: December 09, 2015 17:01 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 The Ark Work Liturgy Mar-24-2015, Experimental Rock
#2 Garden Of Delete Oneohtrix Point Never Nov-13-2015, Post-Industrial
#3 A Readymade Ceremony Felicia Atkinson Mar-06-2015, Electroacoustic
#4 Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee Matana Roberts Feb-03-2015, Experimental
#6 Where All Is Fled Steve Hauschildt Sep-25-2015, Progressive Electronic
#7 River Daniel Bachman May-19-2015, American Primitivism
#8 American Drift Elysia Crampton Aug-07-2015, Latin Electronic
#9 Frozen Niagara Falls Prurient May-12-2015, Noise
#10 Olympic Mess Helm Jun-19-2015, Ambient
#11 Platform Holly Herndon May-15-2015, Glitch
#12 Vertigo The Necks Oct-30-2015, Free Improvisation
#13 No. 3 Christina Vantzou Oct-16-2015,
#15 I Am A Problem: Mind in Pieces Wolf Eyes Oct-30-2015, Noise Rock
#16 Hackers All of Them Hackers Dreamcrusher Oct-30-2015, Power Noise
#17 The Female Form Loke Rahbek, Puce Mary Feb-26-2015, Industrial
#18 Music for Snowdrifts Jenks Miller, Rose Cross, NC May-04-2015,
#19 Perfect World Uniform Jun-08-2015, Noise Rock
#20 Automaginary Bitchin Bajas, Natural Information Society Aug-28-2015, Free Improvisation
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | The Ark Work | Liturgy | Album, Mar-24-2015, Experimental Rock |
| #2 | Garden Of Delete | Oneohtrix Point Never | Album, Nov-13-2015, Post-Industrial |
| #3 | A Readymade Ceremony | Felicia Atkinson | Album, Mar-06-2015, Electroacoustic |
| #4 | Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee | Matana Roberts | Album, Feb-03-2015, Experimental |
| #6 | Where All Is Fled | Steve Hauschildt | Album, Sep-25-2015, Progressive Electronic |
| #7 | River | Daniel Bachman | Album, May-19-2015, American Primitivism |
| #8 | American Drift | Elysia Crampton | Album, Aug-07-2015, Latin Electronic |
| #9 | Frozen Niagara Falls | Prurient | Album, May-12-2015, Noise |
| #10 | Olympic Mess | Helm | Album, Jun-19-2015, Ambient |
| #11 | Platform | Holly Herndon | Album, May-15-2015, Glitch |
| #12 | Vertigo | The Necks | Album, Oct-30-2015, Free Improvisation |
| #13 | No. 3 | Christina Vantzou | Album, Oct-16-2015,  |
| #15 | I Am A Problem: Mind in Pieces | Wolf Eyes | Album, Oct-30-2015, Noise Rock |
| #16 | Hackers All of Them Hackers | Dreamcrusher | EP, Oct-30-2015, Power Noise |
| #17 | The Female Form | Loke RahbekPuce Mary | Album, Feb-26-2015, Industrial |
| #18 | Music for Snowdrifts | Jenks MillerRose Cross, NC | Single, May-04-2015,  |
| #19 | Perfect World | Uniform | Album, Jun-08-2015, Noise Rock |
| #20 | Automaginary | Bitchin BajasNatural Information Society | Album, Aug-28-2015, Free Improvisation |