Best New Albums of 2025

[ToppingSMSL]

New albums only, not ones you just bougfht this year.

Turnstile - Never Enough

https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions/UCshiNtfJ7Dj3nlh41a6M-kg

 

[jjbomber]

Only bought one all year. Those Damn Crows - God Shaped Hole. Expanded Edition. Signed.
Had high hopes that Greta Van Fleet live at the Royal Albert Hall would see the light of the day, but apparently not. Have they split up? Nobody knows. Will Jake release anything with Mirador?
Crown Lands? The Tea Party? Alter Bridge? Vambo have split up. Hoping Oli Brown has something out later in the year as he's touring. It seems everyone is having a year off!

 

[SenseiKofi]

1. If you like Hip Hop, Neo-Soul, Post-Punk, Jazz Rap, Afrobeat all mixed into a very personable album. Listen to this - https://lnk.to/2OLdEEUt

2. Progressive Rock with Metal undertones - https://linktr.ee/edensong_our_road_to_dust

3. Deep Funk, Psychedelic Soul - https://diamondwest.lnk.to/VII

 

[Revolutions]

New albums only, not ones you just bougfht this year.

Turnstile - Never Enough

https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions/UCshiNtfJ7Dj3nlh41a6M-kg

Matt loves Turnstile. This album feels like a continuation from the last, but I'm here for that all day. It's amazing to hear how far they've come & still making new york hardcore sound mainstream 😎

I've been listening to the new Springsteen lost albums today. A lot of really good stuff & surprised by how folk-heavy it is.

 

[ToppingSMSL]

Matt loves Turnstile. This album feels like a continuation from the last, but I'm here for that all day. It's amazing to hear how far they've come & still making new york hardcore sound mainstream 😎

I liked their 2021 album but then forgot about them until this new one came out. I've now listened to their two earlier albums and one sounds like they're trying to be Rage Against the Machine. Even the drummer sounds like Brad Will on that album.

 

[Revolutions]

I liked their 2021 album but then forgot about them until this new one came out. I've now listened to their two earlier albums and one sounds like they're trying to be Rage Against the Machine. Even the drummer sounds like Brad Will on that album.

Inbetween the albums they released a jazz ep with badbadnotgood. A bitt challenging for me, but worth a listen.

As the drums, New York hardcore was/is a street-based thing. The scene grew up right alongside rap & hop-hop in 80s-90s downtown Manhatten.

 

[ToppingSMSL]

 

[Shrek]

I always look for new Artists with streaming not found any recently i like . when you say Album do you mean vinyl or CD ? so many are Sampled copied. these days !

 

[ToppingSMSL]

I always look for new Artists with streaming not found any recently i like . when you say Album do you mean vinyl or CD ? so many are Sampled copied. these days !

Nowadays I use digital downloads or CDs. Not that interested in vinyl.

 

[matthewpianist]

So far...
Sam Kelly - Dreamers Dawn
Alison Krauss & Union Station - Arcadia
Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow
Visiting Rachmaninoff (Alexander Melnikov and Julia Lezhneva)
Schubert D959 & Moments Musicaux (Steven Osborne)
GoGo Penguin - Necessary Fictions
Mumford & Sons - Rushmere
Voces8 - 20
Doves - Constellations for the Lonely
Kate Rusby - When They All Looked Up
Deacon Blue - The Great Western Road
Beatrice Berrut - Abracadabra
Liszt - Piano Sonata etc. (Daniel Grimwood)
Sophie Pacini - Bittersweet
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique (Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä)
Tom Lyne - Well Mixed Blue
Joshua Redman - Words Fall Short

Biggest disappointment: Steeleye Span - Conflict. I've been a huge fan and seen them live multiple times across the years, but their new album is just naff, unfortunately. Atrociously bad recording as well.

 

[nopiano]

@matthewpianist what great selection! I’ve not heard them all but those I have I agree with!

 

[Revolutions]

This came out today, lovely vibe & perfect timing summer album

Bright Nights, by Allo Darlin'

10 track album

slumberlandrecs.bandcamp.com

Not been a stellar year for me so far, but here's some highlights:
Matt Berniger - Get Sunk
Samia - Bloodless
Matt Maltese - Hers
Haim - I Quit
Ben Kweller - Cover the Mirrors
Press Club - To All the Ones I l Love
Turnstile - Never Enough

Looking forward to Big Thief & Wolf Alice albums later this year.

Oh, and a nice anniversary remaster of a modern classic also out today that sounds pretty lovey.

View: https://youtu.be/Ux6do76TS8M?si=B1CMnI-I-AU-Alww

 

[p30better]

visit site: https://youtu.be/xWag5lNUlz4?si=wbrJViV84FOubOT8

Excellent.😎