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TAPE TRASH - Black Kites Babylon
💿 Eden (@tinyengines.bsky.social)
Capping off part 1 of the 2025 Rewind with the powerful closer from this Oslo band's new record, Eden. We'll see you December 22nd for part 2 - hope you found something you liked. Take care out there 💜
TAPE TRASH - Black Kites Babylon
💿 Eden (@tinyengines.bsky.social)
Capping off part 1 of the 2025 Rewind with the powerful closer from this Oslo band's new record, Eden. We'll see you December 22nd for part 2 - hope you found something you liked. Take care out there 💜
Turnstile - Look Out For Me
💿 Never Enough
One song from this band is Never Enough so we decided to go with the seven-minute centrepiece from their boundary-smashing new record, which is effectively two songs in one. Said Dublin show was an absolute stunner, you had to be there 🌈
Turnstile - Look Out For Me
💿 Never Enough
One song from this band is Never Enough so we decided to go with the seven-minute centrepiece from their boundary-smashing new record, which is effectively two songs in one. Said Dublin show was an absolute stunner, you had to be there 🌈
@gurriers.bsky.social - Erasure
You should Come and See this band at their pair of Dublin shows on December 20th and 21st, assuming you've got a ticket that is because DAMN those sold out quick. We saw them open up for Turnstile in a much bigger venue recently. New album next year ❌
@gurriers.bsky.social - Erasure
You should Come and See this band at their pair of Dublin shows on December 20th and 21st, assuming you've got a ticket that is because DAMN those sold out quick. We saw them open up for Turnstile in a much bigger venue recently. New album next year ❌
@anamanaguchi.bsky.social - Sapphire
💿 Anyway (@polyvinyl.bsky.social )
More songs about a band's early days should go this hard - their DIY comeup is the subject of this mosh-ready ripper from Anamanaguchi, who also get a twofer because the new album is just THAT good. 🏠🏠
@anamanaguchi.bsky.social - Sapphire
💿 Anyway (@polyvinyl.bsky.social )
More songs about a band's early days should go this hard - their DIY comeup is the subject of this mosh-ready ripper from Anamanaguchi, who also get a twofer because the new album is just THAT good. 🏠🏠
Petey USA - Anything in Between
💿 A Case of Yips
Have you got A Case of Yips? Petey Martin might be able to help. The Los Angeles man's unflinching third album The Yips arrived in July, and a deluxe edition drops Friday with three new songs; this is one of them 🍺
Petey USA - Anything in Between
💿 A Case of Yips
Have you got A Case of Yips? Petey Martin might be able to help. The Los Angeles man's unflinching third album The Yips arrived in July, and a deluxe edition drops Friday with three new songs; this is one of them 🍺
Dance With the Dead - Psycho Disco
The California synthwave-metal duo follow up 2022's Driven to Madness next year - this is a new song of theirs slated to appear on the album. More when we get it 🧟
Dance With the Dead - Psycho Disco
The California synthwave-metal duo follow up 2022's Driven to Madness next year - this is a new song of theirs slated to appear on the album. More when we get it 🧟
We Are Scientists - The Big One
💿 Qualifying Miles
In addition to those aforementioned shows (we were in London and had a ball 🪩), the New York trio released their brilliant ninth album in July. irish shows are planned for next year, please stand by 👀
We Are Scientists - The Big One
💿 Qualifying Miles
In addition to those aforementioned shows (we were in London and had a ball 🪩), the New York trio released their brilliant ninth album in July. irish shows are planned for next year, please stand by 👀
Sean McVerry - Better
💿 STEVE
Please excuse us while we go wear this song out again, brb. As well as an excellent new record from June, McVerry is all but part of We Are Scientists now, joining them as multi-instrumentalist for their With Love and Squalor shows in October. Speaking of!
Sean McVerry - Better
💿 STEVE
Please excuse us while we go wear this song out again, brb. As well as an excellent new record from June, McVerry is all but part of We Are Scientists now, joining them as multi-instrumentalist for their With Love and Squalor shows in October. Speaking of!
Arm's Length - Fatal Flaw
💿 There's a Whole World Out There (@purenoiserecords.bsky.social)
The Ontario emo trailblazers came out swinging on their visceral second album in May, buffing up every facet of their sound to leave an already impressive debut album in the dust. 🌐
Arm's Length - Fatal Flaw
💿 There's a Whole World Out There (@purenoiserecords.bsky.social)
The Ontario emo trailblazers came out swinging on their visceral second album in May, buffing up every facet of their sound to leave an already impressive debut album in the dust. 🌐
Daniel Avery - In Keeping (Soon We'll Be Dust) [feat. Walter Schreifels)
The London polymath signed to @dominorecordco.bsky.social this year, dropping his best record & one of the best albums of 2025, Tremor, on Halloween, with a huge scope & the features list to match. Essential. ⛰️
Daniel Avery - In Keeping (Soon We'll Be Dust) [feat. Walter Schreifels)
The London polymath signed to @dominorecordco.bsky.social this year, dropping his best record & one of the best albums of 2025, Tremor, on Halloween, with a huge scope & the features list to match. Essential. ⛰️
@spanishlovesongs.bsky.social - Lifers Too (feat. Dan Campbell)
We've been waiting on this one for a few months and the full-band version of Lifers Too (a response to the opener from 2023's No Joy) delivers in spades even BEFORE Dan of The Wonder Years' guest spot. Yes please. ⏲️
@spanishlovesongs.bsky.social - Lifers Too (feat. Dan Campbell)
We've been waiting on this one for a few months and the full-band version of Lifers Too (a response to the opener from 2023's No Joy) delivers in spades even BEFORE Dan of The Wonder Years' guest spot. Yes please. ⏲️
The Maccabees - Something Like Happiness (Acoustic)
💿 Marks to Prove It (10th Anniversary Edition)
Resurrected from 2015 (and the band themselves from 2017!), this gorgeous rework of an album highlight goes out to a special someone 💜
The Maccabees - Something Like Happiness (Acoustic)
💿 Marks to Prove It (10th Anniversary Edition)
Resurrected from 2015 (and the band themselves from 2017!), this gorgeous rework of an album highlight goes out to a special someone 💜
@michaelcerapalin.bsky.social - Crypto
💿 We Could Be Brave (@bsmrocks.bsky.social)
A typically dense highlight from The Best Debut Album of 2025 (their London album show in September confirmed it) that skewers interlinked American fascist rhetoric and worthless digital currency 💵
@michaelcerapalin.bsky.social - Crypto
💿 We Could Be Brave (@bsmrocks.bsky.social)
A typically dense highlight from The Best Debut Album of 2025 (their London album show in September confirmed it) that skewers interlinked American fascist rhetoric and worthless digital currency 💵
@bartees-strange.bsky.social - Backseat Banton
💿 Horror (@4ad.com)
Responsible for one of favourite albums and shows of the year (YES Basement, Manchester, August 25th), Baltimore-based Bartees Strange ALSO put a new EP out last month. It's all happening for him 🛞
@bartees-strange.bsky.social - Backseat Banton
💿 Horror (@4ad.com)
Responsible for one of favourite albums and shows of the year (YES Basement, Manchester, August 25th), Baltimore-based Bartees Strange ALSO put a new EP out last month. It's all happening for him 🛞
@acloudyskye.com - Float
💿 This Won't Be the Last Time
New Yorker Skye Kothari made it two albums in two years with This Won't Be the Last Time, a captivating indie/electronic/emo hybrid that completes an impressive double paired with last year's There Must Be Something Here 🌊
@acloudyskye.com - Float
💿 This Won't Be the Last Time
New Yorker Skye Kothari made it two albums in two years with This Won't Be the Last Time, a captivating indie/electronic/emo hybrid that completes an impressive double paired with last year's There Must Be Something Here 🌊
Boxplot - Rose Tint
We love a good tempo match here and are trying to emphasise the 'mix' part of 'mixtape episode', so we're dropping you straight into this cracking single from Boston's Ian Shelton, thank us later 🌹
Boxplot - Rose Tint
We love a good tempo match here and are trying to emphasise the 'mix' part of 'mixtape episode', so we're dropping you straight into this cracking single from Boston's Ian Shelton, thank us later 🌹
Andromedik & Netsky - Out of Body
💿 Ascension
Loved-up D&B songs are like buses, you wait ages for anything and then two come along at once. Axel Demarbaix released his new album Ascension a few weeks back, featuring this STORMING team-up with Netsky. 💜
Andromedik & Netsky - Out of Body
💿 Ascension
Loved-up D&B songs are like buses, you wait ages for anything and then two come along at once. Axel Demarbaix released his new album Ascension a few weeks back, featuring this STORMING team-up with Netsky. 💜
Feint & Kate McGill - It's True
💿 Undertow EP
While the wait for a bonafide album from Andrew Hu continues, his 2025 loosies have been collected as a new EP, which kicks off with a song about the realisation of being head over heels in love - up-tempo bliss 💫
Feint & Kate McGill - It's True
💿 Undertow EP
While the wait for a bonafide album from Andrew Hu continues, his 2025 loosies have been collected as a new EP, which kicks off with a song about the realisation of being head over heels in love - up-tempo bliss 💫
Venjent - Til Death We Do Art
London-based producer Vincent Welch is (a) better known as Venjent and (b) will sample and make a song out of literally anything. He'll make it slap super hard too, this one's spent a while on repeat this year 🖌️
Venjent - Til Death We Do Art
London-based producer Vincent Welch is (a) better known as Venjent and (b) will sample and make a song out of literally anything. He'll make it slap super hard too, this one's spent a while on repeat this year 🖌️
TAPE TRASH - Rapture Boy
💿 Eden (@tinyengines.bsky.social)
High Voltage Track of the Month last month and we're still not over this song - a patented second-album Tiny Engines level up from this Oslo-based duo 🙏
TAPE TRASH - Rapture Boy
💿 Eden (@tinyengines.bsky.social)
High Voltage Track of the Month last month and we're still not over this song - a patented second-album Tiny Engines level up from this Oslo-based duo 🙏
Biffy Clyro - Hunting Season
💿 Futique
The Kilmarnock-formed titans came back from the brink with Futique in September, and return to the 3Arena on Saturday January 10th with The Armed and Soft Play in tow. We'll see you there! 🗡️
Biffy Clyro - Hunting Season
💿 Futique
The Kilmarnock-formed titans came back from the brink with Futique in September, and return to the 3Arena on Saturday January 10th with The Armed and Soft Play in tow. We'll see you there! 🗡️
Sudan Archives - YEA YEA YEA
💿 THE BPM (@4ad.com)
LA's Brittney Parks plays the Academy on Monday December 8th, off the back of last month's new album drop. Should you go if you're on the fence? Yea yea yea. 🎻
Sudan Archives - YEA YEA YEA
💿 THE BPM (@4ad.com)
LA's Brittney Parks plays the Academy on Monday December 8th, off the back of last month's new album drop. Should you go if you're on the fence? Yea yea yea. 🎻
@formerhero.bsky.social - Reclaimed
Yorkshire-based Mike Jones is back at it as Former Hero after stepping away from the project in late 2023. He's (heh) reclaimed the name, with the first official FH song in two years dropping next week, and LP3 in Spring 2026. 🌳
@formerhero.bsky.social - Reclaimed
Yorkshire-based Mike Jones is back at it as Former Hero after stepping away from the project in late 2023. He's (heh) reclaimed the name, with the first official FH song in two years dropping next week, and LP3 in Spring 2026. 🌳
Ghost - Cenotaph
💿 Skeletá
One of our very favourite songs of 2025 from a Swedish band who had a very big year off the back of April's Skeletá. That solo is absolutely everything 🎸
Ghost - Cenotaph
💿 Skeletá
One of our very favourite songs of 2025 from a Swedish band who had a very big year off the back of April's Skeletá. That solo is absolutely everything 🎸