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
Cycles Per Second :: Best of 2025
Top LPs
- Galore – Dirt (Speakeasy Studios SF)
- Strange Passage – A Folded Sky (Meritorio Records)
- Possible Humans – Standing Around Alive (Hobbies Galore)
- Horsegirl – Phonetics On and On (Matador Records)
- The Tubs – Cotton Crown (Trouble In Mind Records)
- jeanines – How Long Can It Last (Slumberland Records/Skep Wax Records)
- Artificial Go – Musical Chairs (Feel It Records)
- good flying birds – Talulah’s Tape (Rotten Apple/Carpark Records)
- The Bats – Corner Coming Up (Flying Nun Records)
- 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
- Sachet – Taipei Learner (Tenth Court)
- Norm Dogs – Norm Dogs (Flexidiscos)
- time thief – time thief (musical fanzine records)
- The Hobknobs – Gather No Moss (Correct Cassettes)
- The Pennys – The Pennys (Mt.St.Mtn.)