Best New Albums of 2025

[ToppingSMSL]

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

Turnstile - Never Enough

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[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.