Top 25 Songs of 2025

Welcome to the best tracks of 2025! Easily, one of the best lists I've ever made. So many choices and a really strange and diverse list. Without further adieu, here it is.

25. How To Make Your Ass Bigger by Six Sex

A crazy, fun song starts us off at number twenty five. Six Sex is a fucking riot!

24. Debut Song by KiiiKiii

Easily, the most adorable song of the year. Just wow!

23. Make Me Whole by Yukimi, Little Dragon

Slick, beautiful, nostalgic...just an amazing track.

22. Eyes Too Big For My Belly by Stereophonics

The 'phonics released a helluva a record this year. This track is the best one. Rocker!

21. Knocking (At Your Door) by Rusty Williams

Thank god for Hayley Williams grandpa. He made this record back in the day and now it's finally out. Soft rock bliss!

20. More The Life by The Horrors

The Horrors continue to blow me away. This track is chill to the core....literally

19. Speaker's Corner by Suzanne Vega

Nice to see Vega back with one of her finest efforts ever. This track is pure gold.

18. Everyday Magic by My Morning Jacket

Easily the most pure pop song on my list this year. Just a stunner....

17 Joyride by Kesha

"You say you love me. Well, so do I."

Hahahahahah....awesome:)

16 Feel Free by Jeff Tweety

Love this one the moment I heard the first notes. One of his most personal and best tracks ever.

15 Never Know by Kooks

Kooks keep making great music. What a massively cool track...

14 Javelin by Rizzle Kicks

The vibe of this song is just fucking great. It simmers right along.

13. More Than a Friend by Triptides

Just gorgeous psych pop....so so good!

12. A Drop In The Ocean by Doves

Another gem from the Mancunian treasures. This song is universe expanding.

11. Hooked by Franz Ferdinand

This song just kicks ass. So so club!

10. Lay Low by Eddie Chacon

Please put this song on with some candlelight, wine and a romantic partner. Just beaucoups of romance!

9. Someplace on Madison by Monkey House

Monkey House is a great fucking band. They have recaptured a sound I thought was gone forever. 

8. Can't Say No by The Wombats

Hey, the Wombats are back, la'! Thank goodness. 

7. Mean Time by Born Ruffians

This song absolutely kicks ass all over the place. The hooks, my god the hooks!, all over the place and simply wonderful.

6. Walking Away by Michi

Sexiest song I've heard in years. I shake every time I listen to it...

5. Paradise by Durand Jones and the Indications

Durand Jones is a treasure of soul. He is carrying the torch foeward!

4. Coming Down The Road by Miles Kane

Miles...Miles...Miles....you wonderfully naughty boy. You keep making stellar music. 

3. Seoul City by Jennie

What a song. Seriously, just sit back and imagine yourself in Seoul, South Korea. All the vibes and haps, folks. Just incredible.

2. Lovin' You by Richard Ashcroft

Richard Ashcroft (aka god's fist) is back with a new record that has this insanely good track on it. It makes me want to love everyone. 

1. Can't Shake This Dream by Two Harbors

The best track of 2025 is Can't Shake This Dream by Two Harbors. It's the title track from their album released this year. Many things impress me about this song...the sound, of course, the female back up vocal that reminds one of some "Gimme Shelter" action, and the groove is most honest. Great rolling beats of love!

But the part of the song that is the best is how positive it is. The lads from Two Harbors are some of the kindest people I know who stick to their Oasis style of music no matter what. It's a really awesome thing to see that level of commitment in a band. 

And their commitment is to having a kind, positive world where anyone can do anything. 

Cheap Trick: All Washed Up (Album of the Week)

Cheap Trick is back! And it's yet another classic fucking record that sounds like it came out in 1979. All Washed Up is pure Trick and it opens up that way.

The Rockford, Illinois lads sound better than ever on the eleven tracks contained on this smoker of a record. 

It just keeps going...

It's one of those "never lets up" Cheap Trick records that puts the listener right back in the year 1979 with all its glory. Check it out!

runo plum: patching

runo plum's latest record is called patching and it's just about near perfect in terms of its alternative indie vibe. 

For example...

The vibe is so so cool. 

Tulpa: Monster of the Week (Album of the Week)

Tulpa is a truly wonderful Brit Rock outfit. This Leeds outfit has their first offering out and it's called Monster of the Week. Straight away, it sends the mind out into the cosmos...

Next we get melancholy...

Later, things get really crazy...

The pscyh pop vibes are strong with this outfit. Start listening!

PinkPantherness: Fancy Some More?

Pinkpantherness is back with a banger of a dance pop record called Fancy Some More? Upon first listen, you will want to groove it!

Dude, get me to the club!

The Belair Lip Bombs: Again

The Belair Lip Bombs are quite a fun band from down under. Their jangle pop is infectious! Their latest is called Again and it starts off with this catchy number...sort of the title track, I guess.

Just fucking rocks!

Daniel Caesar: Son of Spergy (Album of the Week)

Daniel Caesar is back with a wonderful new record called Son of Spergy. It's quite a beautiful R&B kiss from the Canadian wunderkind. It opens with this tone setter...

The haunting nature just sucks you in...

Later we get this gem...

He lets us know where we are all at....

The future of soul music is secure with folks like this dude around!

Sparks: Madder!

Sparks put out a new EP a couple of weeks back and I've been overplaying it ever since, of course! Madder! is just a ton of fun. Can't help but dance to every track, starting with the opener!

Casey Daniel: My Heart Is An Outlaw

Casey Daniel is back with fab new record called My Heart Is An Outlaw. This is the best effort yet from the Texan as she really nails the Americana vibe quite well on this one. Opening track lets you know where it's at...

The Subways: When I'm With You (Album of the Week)

One of my favorite bands of all time, The Subways, just dropped a greatest hits package with some new tracks added for a bonus. When I'm With You is completely bril' with all of you favorite Subways songs. 

One of the new ones is massive power...

Still kicking ass! Check this out!!

Automatic: Is It Now?

LA's own Automatic has release their third and finest record yet. Is It Now? has the best vibe of club and indie all mixed together in a fantastic aural delight.

Opening track sets the mood...

Brainwasher: 39 Lightyears from Heaven

39 Lightyears from Heaven is the latest space age drone offering from Brainwasher. It's one of those sit back and cruise to the cosmos records from the Germans which makes it truly spectacular.

Here is one of my faves...

Trip out, kids. My mind is blown

Good Flying Birds: Talulah's Tape

Good Flying Birds are quite a fun band from Indianapolis, Indiana. They have a great jangle pop album out called Talulah's Tape. It sounds magically like it was recorded in someone's garage which means finest kind. Check it out!

Opening track...

The Charlatans: We Are Love (Album of the Week)

The Charlatans have kissed me deeply every day for the last 35 years. Their latest is called We Are Love and it's hard to disagree with this sentiment. These West Midlands lads spread their hearts out every day across the cosmos.

First track...just a stunner...the vibe...

Next is the title track which is perfect...

Later we get this fucking gem...

Brit rock, forever, people!!

Lathe of Heaven: Aurora

The heavy and dream pop sound of Lathe of Heaven is on my mind today as I listen to their latest offering, Aurora. This record is an absolute powerhouse of cosmic love. Check it out!

Opening track...

Say She She: Cut & Rewind

I'm quite happy to see that Say She She is still making great music. Their latest is called Cut & Rewind and it's quite spectacular in all its popness. It has just enough of an edge to maintain their alternative and indie vibe.

One of my faves...

Mappe Of: Afterglades

Mappe Of has a new record out called Afterglades and it's quite the mellow, introspective album. It really suits me these days and sets my mind in a very chill place which is a good thing.

One of my faves...

The Autumn Defense: Here and Nowhere

October really rolled by fast and I feel like I've neglected the Autumn Music Series this year. Not many posts. But the latest album from The Autumn Defense marginally makes up for it. Here and Nowhere is quite a fall wonder and I highly recommend a listen.

Opening track...

The Besnard Lakes: The Besnard Lakes are the Ghost Nation

The Besnard Lakes have a new record out called The Besnard Lakes are the Ghost Nation. It is the year's finest example of Americana gothic. Dive in!

Opening track...

Twenty One Pilots: Breach (Album of the Week)

Twenty One Pilots are, in many ways, the perfect American band. They tell stories about middle America and their life experiences in very painful yet wonderful ways. Their latest is called Breach and it forcefully continues this general theme.

The able opens with this fantastic number

The imagery...just haunting.

This one is likely my favorite on the record. It just kills!

The last track on the record honestly sums up who they are...

I am very grateful that this outfit continues to tell the story of my country.