Happy New Year. There was so much more I wanted to happen this year but I just couldn’t make it work. It was humbling to see my 50th year go by like that. However, a lot of good things did happen. When I release expectations from the arbitrary system of numbering, I see that there is much to be grateful for.
I found some great places for music recommendations and then it just set me in a lot of new directions. I’m reminded there is still so much to take in and learn. I’m leaving things out but I’ll hear them when the time is right.
Here are some of my favorites of 2025:
Djrum, "Under Tangled Silence"
Mary Somerville, "Luster"
Barker, "Stochastic Drift"
Voice Actor & Squu, "Lust 1"
Jay Som, "Belong"
Whirr, "Raw Blue"
Runo Plum, "Patching"
Raven, "Gnosis"
Matthew Herbert and Momoko Gill, "Clay"
Oneohtrix Point Never, "Tranquilizer"
HAAi, "HUMANiSE"
Deep Sea Diver, "Billboard Heart"
Jeff Tweedy, "Twilight Override"
Lucy Daucus, "Forever Is A Feeling"
Rival Consoles, "Landscape from Memory"
David Allred, "The Beautiful World"
Annahstasia, "Tether"
Sharon Van Etten, "Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory"
Thredd, "It's Lovely, Come On In"
Kieran Hebden and William Tyler “41 Longfield Street Late 80s”
Tim Hecker, "Shards"
Verses GT, Nosaj Thing & Jacques Greene
Xexa, "Kissom"
Winter, "Adult Romantix"
Julien Baker & TORRES, "Send A Prayer My Way"
Bicep, "Chroma 000"
Matt Berninger, "Get Sunk"
Tortoise, "Touch"
Casual Hex, "Zig Zag Lady Illusion II"
Blonde Redhead, "The Shadow of the Guest"
Juicy J & Endea Owens, "Caught Up In this Illusion"
Hiromi, "Electrifying Piano"
Johnny Nash, "Once Was Ours Forever"
Intrusion, "echospace313-3-:P-2"
James K, "Friend"
Clark, "Steep Stims"
Surgeon, "Shell-Wave"
Open Mike Eagle, "Neighborhood Goes Unlimited"
Ceri Wax, “ONDATONDA”
Blood Orange, "Essex Honey"
William Tyler, "Time Indefinite"
Chika, "Wish You Were (T)here"
Thom Yorke and Mark Pritchard, "Tall Tales"
Sally Shapiro, "Ready To Live A Lie"
Karis-Lis Coverdale, “From Where You Came”















