re: Favorite Albums of 2025

No list, but my favorite album of 2025 is Hayley Williams Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party. Not a bad song on the entire album. “True Believer” is one of the best songs I’ve heard in a long time.

Hon. Mention: Neko Case Neon Grey Midnight Green

Folk Bitch Trio-Now Would Be a Good Time (The Actor)
Billy Woods-Golliwog (BLKXMAS)
Nation of Language-Dance Called Memory (Under the Water)

Lord Huron - The Cosmic Sector Vol 1
Caamp - Somewhere (EP)
Chance Pena - When I Change My Mind I Don't Mean It
Sam Barber - Music For The Soul (EP)
Bon Iver - Sable Fable


Quite a few I still haven't gotten to dive into.

Tier 1
Turnpike Troubadours - The Price of Admission - Just a fantastic release from the first notes. One of the best country albums of the last 10 years. 
Lord Huron - Cosmic Selector Vol. 1 - Possibly their best entry yet, loved the full album take of it. Making a concept album is a lost art, but Schenider does his best to keep it alive. Great mix of catchy more pop-oriented tunes and more experimental pieces.
Daniel Donato - Horizons - Did not think I would like an album like this as much as I did. A fun listen, great for singles with some quality bangers, but also put it on and just it go. Great album.
Joe Stam Band - Little Crosses - In any other year this might have been my top album all by itself, but this was just packed. Anyone wanting the natural continuation of Heatland Rock - it's these guys. They keep going away from direct country with the last two releases. Stamm is a great songwriter. The record is full of great moments.

Tier 2
Midlake - A Bridge to Far - If anyone was waiting for a follow-up to Van Occupanther - this is it. That's all I need to say.
Lance Roark - Bad Reputation - Seems to be from the TT creative tree. Great sound that is equal parts country, heartland rock and a dash of Southern rock. I can't get it out of my head that this guy almost sounds like a country extension of 90's jangle pop/folk rock - Hootie/Counting Crows/etc. Solid songwriter to boot.
Colter Wall - Memories and Empties - His best and most composed album yet. Highly listenable, but he's still an acquired taste.
Fust - Big Ugly - Great alternative album. I still need to listen to Geese, but this was tops for me.


Tier 3
Myron Elkins - Nostalgia for Sale -
Nicholas Jamerson - The Narrow Way
The Wilder Blue - Still in the Runnin
Curtis Harding - Departures and Arrivals: The Adventures of Captain Curt
Tyler Childers - Snipe Hunter
Charley Crockett - Dollar a Day

Tier 4
Cody Jinks - In My Blood
Bonnie Prince Billy - "Purple Bird"
Leon Majcen - Making a Livin'
Jesse Daniel - Son of San Lorenzo
My Morning Jacket - is

Turnpike Troubadours - Price of Admission
Cody Jinks - In My Blood
Mark Morton - Without the Pain
Whiskey Myers - Whomp Wack Thunder

My favs this year

Weft- blue lake
Clarity of cal- vulfpeck
Sinister grift- panda bear
One of us- lamp
Time indefinite- william tyler
Golliwog- billy woods
Another side of the sound- sam fribush, ari teitel, adam deitch
Let god sort em out- the clipse
Snipe hunter- tyler childers
Horizons- daniel donato
Orcutt shelley miller- self titled
Bleeds-wednesday
Twilight override- jeff tweedy
**Getting killed- geese (AOTY)**
Driving blind- LIFEOFTHOM
Dead blues vol 1- luther dickenson
Sounds like….- florry
Mercy- armand hammer
Cabin in the sky- de la soul
Last ride- joe harvey-whyte and bobby lee

Bartees Strange - Horror
Sam Fender - People Watching
Sharon Van Etten - Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory
Fust - Big Ugly
Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow
Bon Iver - Sable Fable
Momma - Welcome to My Blue Sky
Alien Boy - You Wanna Fade?
Friendship - Caveman Wakes Up
Florry - Sounds Like…
caroline - caroline 2
Perfume Genius - Glory
Hotline TNT - Raspberry Moon
Spacey Jane - If That Makes Sense
Alex G - Headlights
Lord Huron - The Cosmic Selector Vol 1
Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out
Deftones - Private Music
Water From Your Eyes - It’s A Beautiful Place
Nourished By Time - The Passionate Ones
Wolf Alice - The Clearing
Liquid Mike - Hell Is An Airport
Viagra Boys - Viagr Aboys
Hayley Williams - Ego Death At a Bachelorette Party
Wednesday - Bleeds
Geese - Getting Killed
crushed - no scope
Greg Freeman - Burnover
Dijon - Baby

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So we have Geese and Goose? This is confusing.

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One is a solo album and the other is when the band is together.

Turnpike - The Price Of Admission
Ben Nichols - In The Heart Of The Mountain
Bleu Edmondson - To The End