Best Music 🎵 of 2025!

wokeupnew said:
Best of 2025
  1. Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow
  2. The Murder Capital - Blindness
  3. Squid - Cowards
  4. Youth Lagoon - Rarely Do I Dream
  5. Bob Mould - Here We Go Crazy
  6. Panda Bear - Sinister Grift
  7. Sharon Van Etten - Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
  8. Nadia Reid - Enter Now Brightness
  9. Hamilton Leithauser - This Side of the Island
  10. Horsegirl - Phonetics On and On

Anticipated albums from:
  • Caroline Rose
  • The Cure
  • Deafheaven
  • Florist
  • Japanese Breakfast
  • Julien Baker & Torres
  • Lucy Dacus
  • Matt Berninger
  • Men I Trust
  • Momma
  • Perfume Genius
  • Porridge Radio
  • Tunde Adebimpe
  • Viagra Boys
  • Youth Lagoon
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**updates in bold**

Best of 2025
  1. Momma - Welcome to My Blue Sky
  2. Men I Trust - Equus Asinus
  3. Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow
  4. The Murder Capital - Blindness
  5. Squid - Cowards
  6. Youth Lagoon - Rarely Do I Dream
  7. Bob Mould - Here We Go Crazy
  8. Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power
  9. Panda Bear - Sinister Grift
  10. Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
  11. Sharon Van Etten - Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
  12. Nadia Reid - Enter Now Brightness
  13. Lucy Dacus - Forever Is A Feeling
  14. Perfume Genius - Glory
  15. Hamilton Leithauser - This Side of the Island
  16. Brian D'Addario - Till the Morning
  17. Florist - Jellyfish
  18. Horsegirl - Phonetics On and On
  19. Wet - Two Lives
  20. Black Country, New Road - Forever Howlong

Anticipated albums from:
  • Beirut
  • Car Seat Headrest
  • Caroline Rose
  • The Cure
  • Frankie Cosmos
  • Hotline TNT
  • Julien Baker & Torres
  • Matt Berninger
  • Men I Trust
  • Preoccupations
  • Porridge Radio
  • Pulp
  • PUP
  • Swans
  • Tennis
  • Viagra Boys
  • Youth Lagoon
 
wokeupnew said:
**updates in bold**

Best of 2025
  1. Momma - Welcome to My Blue Sky
  2. Men I Trust - Equus Asinus
  3. Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow
  4. The Murder Capital - Blindness
  5. Squid - Cowards
  6. Youth Lagoon - Rarely Do I Dream
  7. Bob Mould - Here We Go Crazy
  8. Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power
  9. Panda Bear - Sinister Grift
  10. Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
  11. Sharon Van Etten - Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
  12. Nadia Reid - Enter Now Brightness
  13. Lucy Dacus - Forever Is A Feeling
  14. Perfume Genius - Glory
  15. Hamilton Leithauser - This Side of the Island
  16. Brian D'Addario - Till the Morning
  17. Florist - Jellyfish
  18. Horsegirl - Phonetics On and On
  19. Wet - Two Lives
  20. Black Country, New Road - Forever Howlong

Anticipated albums from:
  • Beirut
  • Car Seat Headrest
  • Caroline Rose
  • The Cure
  • Frankie Cosmos
  • Hotline TNT
  • Julien Baker & Torres
  • Matt Berninger
  • Men I Trust
  • Preoccupations
  • Porridge Radio
  • Pulp
  • PUP
  • Swans
  • Tennis
  • Viagra Boys
  • Youth Lagoon
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Some solid picks in that Top10!
 
wokeupnew said:
**updates in bold**

Best of 2025
  1. Momma - Welcome to My Blue Sky
  2. Men I Trust - Equus Asinus
  3. Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow
  4. The Murder Capital - Blindness
  5. Squid - Cowards
  6. Youth Lagoon - Rarely Do I Dream
  7. Bob Mould - Here We Go Crazy
  8. Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power
  9. Panda Bear - Sinister Grift
  10. Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
  11. Sharon Van Etten - Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
  12. Nadia Reid - Enter Now Brightness
  13. Lucy Dacus - Forever Is A Feeling
  14. Perfume Genius - Glory
  15. Hamilton Leithauser - This Side of the Island
  16. Brian D'Addario - Till the Morning
  17. Florist - Jellyfish
  18. Horsegirl - Phonetics On and On
  19. Wet - Two Lives
  20. Black Country, New Road - Forever Howlong

Anticipated albums from:
  • Beirut
  • Car Seat Headrest
  • Caroline Rose
  • The Cure
  • Frankie Cosmos
  • Hotline TNT
  • Julien Baker & Torres
  • Matt Berninger
  • Men I Trust
  • Preoccupations
  • Porridge Radio
  • Pulp
  • PUP
  • Swans
  • Tennis
  • Viagra Boys
  • Youth Lagoon
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I fully support Momma at the top but given your undying devotion to Men I Trust, I will say I was a bit surprised.

Also, I don’t know if you would buy the vinyl for your 20th best album of the year but The Black Country, New Road album sounds awesome on vinyl it’s super dynamic and made me enjoy the album more than just streaming.
 
wokeupnew said:
**updates in bold**

Best of 2025
  1. Momma - Welcome to My Blue Sky
  2. Men I Trust - Equus Asinus
  3. Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow
  4. The Murder Capital - Blindness
  5. Squid - Cowards
  6. Youth Lagoon - Rarely Do I Dream
  7. Bob Mould - Here We Go Crazy
  8. Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power
  9. Panda Bear - Sinister Grift
  10. Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
  11. Sharon Van Etten - Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
  12. Nadia Reid - Enter Now Brightness
  13. Lucy Dacus - Forever Is A Feeling
  14. Perfume Genius - Glory
  15. Hamilton Leithauser - This Side of the Island
  16. Brian D'Addario - Till the Morning
  17. Florist - Jellyfish
  18. Horsegirl - Phonetics On and On
  19. Wet - Two Lives
  20. Black Country, New Road - Forever Howlong

Anticipated albums from:
  • Beirut
  • Car Seat Headrest
  • Caroline Rose
  • The Cure
  • Frankie Cosmos
  • Hotline TNT
  • Julien Baker & Torres
  • Matt Berninger
  • Men I Trust
  • Preoccupations
  • Porridge Radio
  • Pulp
  • PUP
  • Swans
  • Tennis
  • Viagra Boys
  • Youth Lagoon
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Is there another Youth Lagoon coming?
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
I fully support Momma at the top but given your undying devotion to Men I Trust, I will say I was a bit surprised.

Also, I don’t know if you would buy the vinyl for your 20th best album of the year but The Black Country, New Road album sounds awesome on vinyl it’s super dynamic and made me enjoy the album more than just streaming.
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There are better songs on the MiT album but overall the Momma album is much more cohesive and consistently good.
 
Been spending so much time in a music league with @Rip_City that I'm behind on new releases. But these 10 albums have all been some level of very enjoyable to these ears:

Tier 1:
Greentea Peng: Tell Dem It’s Sunny (rap, neo-soul, dubstep)
Heartworms: Glutton for Punishment (indie rock, post-punk)
FKA Twigs: Eusexua (hyper pop)
Darkside: Nothing (neo-psychedia, electronic)

Tier 2:
Sharon Van Etton & the Attachment Theory (singer / songwriter, indie rock)
Viagra Boys: Medicine for Horses (post-punk)
Maribou State: Hallucinating Love (neo-soul, house)
Decius: Vol 2 (Splendor and Obedience) (techno)
Circuit Des Yeux: Halo on the Inside (you tell me)
Sunflower Bean: Mortal Primetime (indie rock)

Just bought tickets to catch Sharon at the Salt Shed after finding myself disappointed by the Riot Fest lineup and being enveloped in sadness by Pitchfork's death.
 
DownIsTheNewUp said:
Been spending so much time in a music league with @Rip_City that I'm behind on new releases. But these 10 albums have all been some level of very enjoyable to these ears:

Tier 1:
Greentea Peng: Tell Dem It’s Sunny
Heartworms: Glutton for Punishment
FKA Twigs: Eusexua
Darkside: Nothing

Tier 2:
Sharon Van Etton & the Attachment Theory
Viagra Boys: Medicine for Horses
Maribou State: Hallucinating Love
Decius: Vol 2 (Splendor and Obedience)
Circuit Des Yeux: Halo on the Inside
Sunflower Bean: Mortal Primetime

Just bought tickets to catch Sharon at the Salt Shed after finding myself disappointed by the Riot Fest lineup and being enveloped in sadness by Pitchfork's death.
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Mentioning Coachella again, but I had never heard of Maribou State until I saw them at Coachella and I still need to listen to their stuff.
 
DownIsTheNewUp said:
Been spending so much time in a music league with @Rip_City that I'm behind on new releases. But these 10 albums have all been some level of very enjoyable to these ears:

Tier 1:
Greentea Peng: Tell Dem It’s Sunny (rap, neo-soul, dubstep)
Heartworms: Glutton for Punishment (indie rock, post-punk)
FKA Twigs: Eusexua (hyper pop)
Darkside: Nothing (neo-psychedia, electronic)

Tier 2:
Sharon Van Etton & the Attachment Theory (singer / songwriter, indie rock)
Viagra Boys: Medicine for Horses (post-punk)
Maribou State: Hallucinating Love (neo-soul, house)
Decius: Vol 2 (Splendor and Obedience) (techno)
Circuit Des Yeux: Halo on the Inside (you tell me)
Sunflower Bean: Mortal Primetime (indie rock)

Just bought tickets to catch Sharon at the Salt Shed after finding myself disappointed by the Riot Fest lineup and being enveloped in sadness by Pitchfork's death.
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Love seeing Heartworms in the top tier!
 
DownIsTheNewUp said:
Been spending so much time in a music league with @Rip_City that I'm behind on new releases. But these 10 albums have all been some level of very enjoyable to these ears:

Tier 1:
Greentea Peng: Tell Dem It’s Sunny (rap, neo-soul, dubstep)
Heartworms: Glutton for Punishment (indie rock, post-punk)
FKA Twigs: Eusexua (hyper pop)
Darkside: Nothing (neo-psychedia, electronic)

Tier 2:
Sharon Van Etton & the Attachment Theory (singer / songwriter, indie rock)
Viagra Boys: Medicine for Horses (post-punk)
Maribou State: Hallucinating Love (neo-soul, house)
Decius: Vol 2 (Splendor and Obedience) (techno)
Circuit Des Yeux: Halo on the Inside (you tell me)
Sunflower Bean: Mortal Primetime (indie rock)

Just bought tickets to catch Sharon at the Salt Shed after finding myself disappointed by the Riot Fest lineup and being enveloped in sadness by Pitchfork's death.
Click to expand...
Wonderful to see Circuit Des Yeux on a favorites list. It will likely be on mine as well (her record -io is one of my top10 of 2021) for now.
 
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