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Genius Is Back (Let’s Get This 2026 Party Started)
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Postcard From Hell Favorite Albums of 2025 Rank Score Artist Album 1 252.5 Fust BIG UGLY 2 170.0 The Beths STRAIGHT LINE WAS A LIE 3 124.5 Snocaps SNOCAPS 4 114.5 Craig Finn ALWAYS BEEN 5 105.5 Wednesday BLEEDS 6 95.0 Ben Kweller COVER THE MIRRORS 7 89.0 Jeff Tweedy TWILIGHT OVERRIDE 8 86.0 Superchunk…
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01. Straight Line Was A Lie – The Beths (Anti Records) As anyone who knows me should realize by now, I am a huge fan of New Zealand’s The Beths. I’ve been listening, seeing and following Elizabeth Stokes, Jonathan Pierce, Benjamin SInclair and Tristan Deck from pretty much the beginning (even before Tristan became the…
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02. Sounds Like – Florry (Dear Life Records) The opening track of Sounds Like, “First It Was A Movie, Then It Was A Book” was hands down my favorite song of 2025. Francie Medosch’s slow talking blues which permeates the song reminds me of early Courtney Barnett which in turn was (and is in this…
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03. Big Ugly – Fust (Dear Life Records) Big Ugly was easily my most listened to album all year. Right from the opening guitar strums of lead track “Spangled”, you immediately get the feel that what you’re hearing is going to be real good. Then Aaron Dowdy’s vocals kick in just ahead of Justin Morris’s…
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04. Coast – Snocaps (Anti Records) With the exception of 2022’s collaboration with Jess Williamson as Plains, everything Katie Crutchfield has touched since 2015’s Ivy Trip has been an end of the year finalist for myself, she’s been on that kind of roll these past 10 years. This year is no exception with the surprise…
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05. Again – Belair Lip Bombs (Third Man Records) he Belair Lip Bombs have been kicking around the Australian indie music scene since roughly 2018 when they released their first LP, the eponymous Belair Lip Bombs. But it’s taken some 7 years and their 2nd full length release (they do also have 2 EPs to…
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07. Always Been – Craig Finn (Thirty Tigers) I realize that what I’m about to say might be blasphemous to some but I’m at the point that I appreciate and enjoy Craig Finn’s solo efforts even more than his recent work with The Hold Steady. That’s not a knock on albums like The Price of…
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The original Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg (it has now been franchised all over the country) and its owner Peter Shapiro have been very kind to the New Orleans music world for years now. Over the course of its history Brooklyn Bowl has hosted a myriad of amazing shows from not only well known NOLA acts…
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07. American Recordings – Truman Sinclair (R & R Digital) I first came to know the name Truman Sinclair when I saw his name listed as a performer at the 2025 Green River Festival. After making some inquiries about said festival and any obscure names I should not miss, Truman Sinclair was mentioned as a…
W.S. Walcott Medicine Show 