Mid-Year 2025 Lists (Best of 2025 ... So Far) • Page 2

Spiritbox - Tsunami Sea
FKA twigs - EUSEXUA
The Callous Daoboys - I Don’t Want to See You in Heaven
Black Country, New Road - Forever Howlong
Epica - Aspiral
Grayscale - The Hart
Silverstein - Antibloom
Oklou - Choke Enough
clipping. - Dead Channel Sky
Lady Gaga - Mayhem
Novelists - CODA
Rebecca Black - Salvation
Amira Elfeky - Surrender
Mikau - Agartha
Backxwash - Only Dust Remains
Coheed and Cambria - Vaxis - Act III: The Father of Make Believe
House of Protection - Outrun You All
Ethel Cain - Perverts
The Birthday Massacre - Pathways
The Maine - Dyed (2008 - 2023)
PinkPantheress - Fancy That
The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow
L.S. Dunes - Violet
Bad Valentine - I Am a Mess
Jane Remover - Revengeseekerz

My favourites so far.

 

Bambara
Honningbarna

 

Feels like I'm missing a few but off the top of my head, and in no particular order:

Hamilton Leithauser
Anxious
Bon Iver
Lucy Dacus
Speedway
Arm's Length
Charmer (probably #1 right now)

 

I have a list of like 20 records I need to catch up on but so far have loved Cloakroom, Superheaven, LS Dunes, Momma, Bedridden, Cryogeyser, Soft Blue Shimmer, Glare. Will probably make a real list after I get to the Great Death, Turnstile, and Hotline TNT albums this month.

 

Turnstile, Hotline TNT and Haim this month rules.

 

Deafheaven - Lonely People with Power
The Callous Daoboys - I Don't Want To See You In Heaven
Anxious - Bambi
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Phantom Island
Spiritbox - Tsunami Sea
Out of Service - Devastation Awaits
Mac Miller - Balloonerism
L.S. Dunes - Violet
PUP - Who Will Look After the Dogs?
Athletics - What Makes You Think This Is How It All Ends?
Underoath - The Place After this One
The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow
Wionna Fighter - My Apologies To The Chef


I haven't really been grabbed by any hip-hop this year yet

 

You’ve heard Phantom Island? I thought it was out next week

 

Drip drip

 

Ah that’ll do it, I’ll hold off for next week but I’m looking forward to it

 

Terrible year on a personal level and I feel like I'm more disconnected from music than I have ever been but here's my top 10.

1. PUP - Who Will Look After the Dogs?
2. Arm's Length - There's a Whole World Out There
3. Bartees Strange - Horror
4. These New Puritans - Crooked Wing
5. Destroyer - Dan's Boogie
6. Viagra Boys - viagr aboys
7. The Murder Capital - Blindness
8. Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power
9. Maria Somerville - Luster
10. Mogwai - The Bad Fire

 

cameron winter

 

Man I love that Mei Semones record. Anything that takes that much Bossa influence in 2025 is A+ to me

 

5 tracks into that one right now, I must agree. This is awesome

 

The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow
Xink - Dag Nul
The Riptides - Burn After Listening
Anxious - Bambi
Underoath - TPATO
Arms Lenght - TAWNWOT
John Glacier - Like A Ribbon
Hundreth - Faded Splendor
The Maine - Dyed
Beach Bunny - Tunnel Vision