Some late additions to my 2025 favorite albums list!
Automatic - Is it Now?
Loose Lips - Last Laugh
Private Lives - Salt of the Earth
Rocket - R is For Rocket
Sextile - yes, please
Ultrabomb (Hüsker Dü, Soul Asylum, Adolescents) drop 'Artificial Stars' from upcoming The Bridges That We Burn album
#music #PunkRock #AltRock #UltraBomb #HuskerDu #SoulAsylum #SocialDistortion #AgentOrange
For the alt rock, punk rock and indie music I write about, 2025 was a great year - and the strongest one in a while, as far as I’m concerned.
I found new bands, reconnected with old ones, continued my 30+ love affair with Bob Mould and changed my mind about AFI's latest.
These were my favourite albums:
https://tangleofwires.substack.com/p/10-great-albums-from-2025
#music #punk #PunkRock #Indie #IndieMusic #AltRock #AlternativeRock
Satanic Gigantia, with DarkCompass
https://hardrockhellradio.com/2026/01/02/satanic-1000-with-darkcompass/
#AltRock #DeathMetal #DesertRock #doom #HardRock #HeavyMetal #metal #podcast #Rock #stoner
#hrhrocks
Putting The Shaming Pumpkins on a "Happy 90s Alt Rock" playlist I'm listening to feels wrong even if they had one or two bittersweet to borderline happy songs up their sleeves.
Foo Fighters – Next Year
https://wgom.org/2026/01/01/foo-fighters-next-year-2/الموجة – AYWA – Lmouja
https://amf.didiermary.fr/aywa-lmouja/
“AYWA distills an explosive mixture which invites people to gather and dance, a meeting between the songs of the Maghreb and the musics of the world, Rock, Jazz…
By merging the music of North Africa and the world with the electric sounds of the West, AYWA delivers an attractive and original music, energetic and rebellious.The band […]
Happy birthday, Westy …
Listen to my Paul Westerberg playlist on Amazon Music ... #PaulWesterberg #happybirthday #thereplacements #themats #90srock #rock #altrock #collegerock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky
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John McCabe - Belmont EP
"Over the course of several releases on our Subjangle label it is has been wonderful to see this talented jangly, college rock acts' fanbase and critical acclaim increase beyond measure."
The Upside Down Show – 29th December 2025
Shopping carts, pizza disasters and croquet vs crochet. Plus a fabulous selection of new rock releases with Doris Brendel.
https://hardrockhellradio.com/2025/12/30/the-upside-down-show-29th-december-2025/
#AltRock #blues #HeavyRock #indie #metal #podcast #ProgRock
#hrhrocks
Was just thinking it is funny that I read a full biography of Guided by Voices when I was a teenager during their hiatus, and now they have released SO MANY more albums that they'd have to write an entire second book to cover them all.
#gbv #indierock #altrock #alternative #alternativerock #music #bookstodon
Now Playing: Kat Von D – Love Made Me Do It
https://album.link/us/i/1564287228
#NowPlaying #NowSpinning #Vinyl #Music #KatVonD #Rock #AltRock
I can't see her til I'm foaming at the mouth
Alt Rock Improvisation - Bonsai Jam 37
#altrock #rock #jamming #rockjam #music #rockmusic #alternativerock #indierock #goodvibes #atmosphericmusic #darksideofsynth
Just an atmospheric alt rock jam with electric guitar, bass, drums and keyboards in an alternative rock style.
The Upside Down Show – 22nd December 2025 XMAS SPECIAL
It’s a Christmas special!! Christmas jokes and disaster stories that will make you glad to be alive plus more Xmas rock tunes than you can shake a stick at.
https://hardrockhellradio.com/2025/12/23/the-upside-down-show-22nd-december-2025-xmas-special/
#AltRock #blues #Christmas #HeavyRock #podacst #ProgRock #xmas
#hrhrocks
Softcult - Francis Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle
(2022, Shoegaze, Kitchener)
https://softcult.bandcamp.com/track/frances-farmer-will-have-her-revenge-on-seattle
#music #softcult #cover #coversong #nirvana #indie #alternative #altrock #shoegaze #riotgaze #grunge #slowcore #ambient
Alvvays - Many Mirrors
(2022, Indie Pop, Toronto)
https://alvvays.bandcamp.com/track/many-mirrors
#music #alvvays #indie #indiepop #alternative #altrock #noise #noisepop #shoegaze #electronic
Wanted to make a list of my favorite EPs from 2025- narrowed it down to a top 10, from over 200 I'd liked and documented this year. The list contains multiple genres & I've written a brief blurb about each. Most of these I've talked about here this year. Might be something here for everyone!
Mood Bored - Too Much? (shoegaze/alt rock from the Netherlands with great female vocals - Breeders, Pixies, that dog, Throwing Muses vibes)
https://moodboredband.bandcamp.com/album/too-much
Top Dollar - Objects of Misfortune (well produced, tight hardcore punk from New York- Jerry's Kids meets Floorpunch, or MDC, even - killer drums)
https://11pmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/objects-of-misfortune
Sectarian Defacement - Chaotic Demiurge (tight, catchy brutal deathgrind from Kyiv, Ukraine)
https://sectariandefacement.bandcamp.com/album/chaotic-demiurge
Trompeta - Fastfood (bizarre, synthy, Krautrock-tinged, spacey, surreal, Throbbing Gristle-esque electronica with sparse vocals, from Benicarló, Spain)
https://trompetatrompeta.bandcamp.com/album/fastfood
Spy - Seen Enough (ripping, raw, rough, unforgettable California punk - loud, feedbacky, intense)
https://spyhc.bandcamp.com/album/seen-enough
Bullfinch - Louse (riffy, catchy, groovy unique sludge from Glasgow)
https://bullfinchsludge.bandcamp.com/album/louse
Putrid Requiem - Engulfed in Rot... You Lay (cavernous, crusty, grody debut from Saint Petersburg, Russia band- maybe my #1 favorite metal EP of 2025)
https://putridrequiem.bandcamp.com/album/engulfed-in-rot-you-lay
Dripped - Utopia of Euphoric Envisionment (brutal death from Perth, Australia- Dripped had one of my favorite LPs in 2023, and are one of my favorite metal bands - so consistent) https://dripped.bandcamp.com/album/utopia-of-euphoric-envisionment
Cytophagia - Spewed from Festering Sludge (3 brief songs of great riffy, dynamic goregrind from Slovakia)
https://calvos73records.bandcamp.com/album/spewed-from-festering-sludge
Brain Matter - Divine Opulence (dynamic, ripping, chugging death with some doom from Fort Worth, Texas, via Iron Corpse)
https://ironfortressrecords.bandcamp.com/album/divine-opulence
#punk #metal #electronica #shoegaze #DeathMetal #HardcorePunk #PunkRock #AltRock #sludge #goregrind #BrutalDeath #BrutalDeathMetal #2025Albums #2025Records #deathgrind @brian @HailsandAles @rtw @vanessawynn @swampgas @irafcummings @jeffrey @derthomas @hl @Kitty @umrk @poetaster
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The Walter Pistols - A Weekend At Jerzy's
"For those who like indie guitar rock in a variety of sub-genres"