Even though I'm at an age where the years are supposed to get (i.e. seem) shorter, I swear 2025
felt like a decade. Sigh....... But at least there was a lot of good music. I'm not sure if artists were just making great downbeat music or I gravitated more (than usual) to downbeat music. Maybe it's both.
In particular, I would recommend the 2025 releases by Folk Bitch Trio, the Sinners soundtrack, Antibalas, De La Soul, Neko Case, Ken Pomeroy, Sessa, and Tobacco City.
Once again, I only included artists that were not on the 2023 or 2024 best of volumes. Also, all of the previous year-end compilations are available (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024).
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Disc 1 |
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Morning on K Road |
Steve Gunn |
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Wake |
SYML |
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Bright Yellow Sun |
West Texas Exiles |
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Leads Me Home |
The War And Treaty |
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Last Hard Bible |
Sunny Sweeney |
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The Catastrophe (Good
Luck With That, Man) |
Car Seat Headrest |
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Sweet Danger |
Obongjayar |
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Dearest Darling |
Thee Headcoats |
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Summer Of Love |
Throwing Muses |
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Nowhere Now |
Eve Adams |
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Praga |
Tim Bernardes |
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Fallen Leaves |
Mekons |
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Afterlife |
Sharon Van Etten |
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Lo Life |
Antibalas |
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Into Nothing |
Lera Lynn |
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That There's a Strategy |
Shrunken Elvis |
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Town Lights Fade |
Chris Eckman |
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Into My Arms |
Lykke Li |
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Disc 2 |
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Cathode Ray |
Folk Bitch Trio |
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Estou Pensando Em Você
(feat. Johanna) |
Nyron Higor |
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Nearsight [SID] |
Miguel |
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Cabin In The Sky |
De La Soul |
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The Third Door |
Vanishing Twin |
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Bienvenue à la maison |
Amadou & Mariam |
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Wang Dang Doodle |
Cedric Burnside, Shardé
Thomas, & Tierinii Jackson |
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NOIRE |
Sudan Archives |
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Winchester Mansion of
Sound |
Neko Case |
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Better Deal Blues |
Daniel Donato |
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Workin' Man Blues |
Willie Nelson |
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Hush |
Jessie Baylin |
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Lifetime |
Erika de Casier |
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Flannel Cowboy |
Ken Pomeroy |
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Coronation Street |
CMAT |
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God Knows |
Tunde Adebimpe |
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Heart of Gold |
Fiona Apple |
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Love Me Like You Used To
Do |
Margo Price |
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Disc 3 |
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Everybody Hurts |
Lucius |
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Snow Camping |
Laura Veirs and the
Choir Who Couldn't Say |
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Survival Mode |
Lilliana Villines |
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El Techno |
Geckøs |
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My Get Back |
Holly Golightly |
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Glencoe |
Paul Burch |
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Dead Or Gone To Dallas |
Steve Earle &
Reckless Kelly |
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Time Ain't Nothin' |
GARRETT T. CAPPS |
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I Don't Care |
Kelly Willis |
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Let Me Dream |
Julianna Riolino |
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Dodói |
Sessa |
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Here Comes The Sun |
anaiis |
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Pale, Through the Window |
Ruston Kelly |
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Big Deal |
Lucy Dacus |
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Don't Miss Your Bus
Lorraine |
The Delines |
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Colorado |
Tobacco City |
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Bullfighter |
Joleen Brown |
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The Mouth |
Anna von Hausswolff |
