WorkTape closes out its 2015 deep dive with a wide-angle look at the year’s final sonic shifts, from indie folk’s last mainstream breath to hip-hop’s most defining statements of the decade. On the way, we mind Mumford & Sons’ electric pivot on Wilder Mind, the singer-songwriter wave led by Sufjan Stevens and Father John Misty, and the indie resurgence that shaped playlists and soundtracks alike. There’s plenty to cover with 2015’s genre sprawl through trap, neo soul, experimental rock, and modern classics, before landing on the records that ultimately defined the year’s legacy. Don’t miss the discussion!

🎧 Episode Highlights:

• Was “stomp-clap” mockery the catalyst for Mumford & Sons’ Wilder Mind comeuppance?
• Was 2015 the true final statement for indie folk before the genre’s mainstream nail-in-the-coffin?
• Did Chris Stapleton’s Traveller yield the decade’s most classic country song?
• Is Everything Everything’s Get to Heaven an overlooked 2015 classic?
• Did Blurryface mark twenty øne pilots’ true breakthrough, reshaping rock’s relationship with hip-hop?
• Did DS2 go on to become Atlanta trap’s biggest ambassador of the 2010s?
• Was If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late the spark of the end of Drake’s creative peak?
• Was To Pimp a Butterfly the rare album that immediately reshaped hip-hop’s artistic ceiling?