On this week’s show: New Aussie punk (ITCHY & THE NITS) and indie rock (Olivia’s World), Chicago pop (Joe Glass, Silver Dolls) and punk (Bungee Jumpers), Japanese indie rock (The Whoops), and British garage rock ‘n’ roll (Wild Billy Childish & CTMF), sweet melodicism (Railcard) and motorik pop (MEMORIALS). Plus new American indie from New Jersey (Te Vista), New York (Peter Peter Hughes, Lake Ruth), Seattle (Sleeping Bag) and California (Will Ivy).

Check out more from the very first releases of 2026 (plus some 2025 carryovers)…

PLAYLIST:

Te Vista – Living’s Just Like That
https://tevista.bandcamp.com/album/house

Joe Glass – Man Who Lost His Diamond
https://joeglassetc.bandcamp.com/album/snakewards

The Ammonites – All We Had
https://theammonites1.bandcamp.com/album/aye-part-1

Robert Scott – Vertigo
https://allyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-green-house-remastered-2025

Heavenly – Excuse Me
https://heavenlyindie.bandcamp.com/album/highway-to-heavenly

Olivia’s World – Who’s Hungry?
https://hiimbilliam.bandcamp.com/album/so-fresh-tote-ally-summer-for-black-peoples-union

ITCHY & THE NITS – Smelly Boys
https://totalpunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/greetings-from

The Whoops – バラード feat.みちる
https://thewhoops.bandcamp.com/album/feat

Wild Billy Childish & CTMF – Searching From The Losing Place
https://spinoutnuggets.bandcamp.com/album/searching-from-the-losing-place-batman

Sleeping Bag – Bree (dog)
https://sleepingbag.bandcamp.com/album/pets-8-outta-the-crate-3

Bungee Jumpers – Wall
https://giantbeat.bandcamp.com/album/not-today

Will Ivy – Believe U
https://youtu.be/dV_CmUfz0CU

Silver Dolls – Red Scare
https://silverd0lls.bandcamp.com/album/silver-dolls

Railcard – Slow Train
https://railcardband.bandcamp.com/album/railcard-e-p-2

Lake Ruth – An Offering
https://lakeruth.bandcamp.com/album/hawking-radiation

MEMORIALS – Cut Glass Hammer
https://memorialsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/all-clouds-bring-not-rain

Peter Peter Hughes – Happy 20XX Everybody
https://peterpeterhughes.bandcamp.com/track/happy-20xx-everybody

Another great year for new music… and if you pay attention and keep your ears open, they all are! With only an hour to recap my 2025 favorites, I played tracks from my top ten albums (plus two runners-up) and top five EPs. Links in the running playlist below, or scroll to the bottom to see each in the rankings.

PLAYLIST:

The Pennys – Long In The Tooth
https://mtstmtn.bandcamp.com/album/the-pennys

The Hobknobs – My Conditions
https://correctcassettes.bandcamp.com/album/gather-no-moss

time thief – field of depth
https://timethieff.bandcamp.com/album/time-thief

Norm Dogs – Electric Light
https://flexidiscos.bandcamp.com/album/norm-dogs

Sachet – The Source
https://sachetsachetsachet.bandcamp.com/album/taipei-learner

Thalia Zedek Band – Tsunami
https://thaliazedek.bandcamp.com/album/the-boat-outside-your-window

The Bats – Loline
https://thebats.bandcamp.com/album/corner-coming-up

good flying birds – fall away
https://goodflyingbirds.bandcamp.com/album/talulahs-tape

Artificial Go – Hallelujah
https://artificialgo.bandcamp.com/album/musical-chairs

jeanines – On And On
https://jeanines.bandcamp.com/album/how-long-can-it-last

The Tubs – One More Day
https://thetubs.bandcamp.com/album/cotton-crown

Horsegirl – Switch Over
https://thisishorsegirl.bandcamp.com/album/phonetics-on-and-on

Possible Humans – Claws In
https://hobbiesgalore.bandcamp.com/album/standing-around-alive

Strange Passage – Palace Behind the Shade
https://strangepassage.bandcamp.com/album/a-folded-sky

Galore – Bastard
https://galoresf.bandcamp.com/album/dirt

Dumbells – Hammer
https://totalpunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/up-late-with-2

Added Dimensions – Self Improve
https://added-dimensions.bandcamp.com/album/jane-from-preoccupied-america

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Cycles Per Second :: Best of 2025

Top LPs

1. Galore – Dirt (Speakeasy Studios SF)
2. Strange Passage – A Folded Sky (Meritorio Records)
3. Possible Humans – Standing Around Alive (Hobbies Galore)
4. Horsegirl – Phonetics On and On (Matador Records)
5. The Tubs – Cotton Crown (Trouble In Mind Records)
6. jeanines – How Long Can It Last (Slumberland Records/Skep Wax Records)
7. Artificial Go – Musical Chairs (Feel It Records)
8. good flying birds – Talulah’s Tape (Rotten Apple/Carpark Records)
9. The Bats – Corner Coming Up (Flying Nun Records)
10. Thalia Zedek Band – The Boat Outside Your Window (Thrill Jockey Records)

Honorable Mention LPs

Dumbells – Up Late With (Total Punk Records)
Added Dimensions – Jane from Preoccupied America (Domestic Departure)

Top EPs

1. Sachet – Taipei Learner (Tenth Court)
2. Norm Dogs – Norm Dogs (Flexidiscos)
3. time thief – time thief (musical fanzine records)
4. The Hobknobs – Gather No Moss (Correct Cassettes)
5. The Pennys – The Pennys (Mt.St.Mtn.)