Top Albums of 2025

1. CMAT - Euro-Country (AWAL)

2. Geese - Getting Killed (Partisan/PIAS)

3. Rosalía - LUX (Columbia Records)

4. Junior Brother - The End (Strap Originals)

5. Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream (Universal)

6. Lily Allen - West End Girl (BMG)

7. Big Thief - Double Infinity (4AD)

8. Turnstile - Never Enough (Roadrunner Records)

9. Self Esteem - A Complicated Woman (Universal)

10. For Those I Love - Carving The Stone (September Recordings)

11. The Last Dinner Party - From The Pyre (Universal)

12. Wet Leg - Moisturizer (Domino)

13. Tame Impala - Deadbeat (Columbia Records)

14. Wolf Alice - The Clearing (Sony)

15. Pulp - More (Rough Trade Records)

Pulp at 3Arena on June 10th, 2025. Copyright Jason Doherty/ hotpress.com

16. Wednesday - Bleeds (Dead Oceans)

17. Lorde - Virgin (Universal)

18. Sabrina Carpenter Man’s Best Friend (Island Records)

19. Kean Kavanagh - The County Star (HEAVEN-SENT)

20. David Byrne - Who Is The Sky? (Matador)

David Byrne. Credit: Shervin Lainez

21. Sam Fender - People Watching (Universal)

22. Deftones - private music (Reprise Records)

23. Viagra Boys - Viagr Aboys (Shrimptech Enterprises)

24. Lady Gaga- MAYHEM (Interscope Records)

25. Kingfishr - Halcyon (Atlantic)

Kingfishr at Electric Picnic. Copyright Abigail Ring/ hotpress.com

26. Van Morrison - Remembering Now (Exile Productions)

27. Amble - Reverie (Warner Records)

28. The Murder Capital - Blindness (Human Seasons Records)

29. Sprints - All That Is Over (City Slang)

30. Bren Berry - In Hope Our Stars Align (Mercenary Records)

Bren Berry. Photo: Curtis DeSmith.

31. FKA Twigs - EUSEXUA (Young)

32. The Swell Season - Forward (Masterkey Sounds & Plateau Records)

33. Renée Rapp - Bite Me (Interscope Records)

34. Lucy Dacus- Forever Is A Feeling (Geffen Records)

35. Lambrini Girls - Who Let The Dogs Out (City Slang)

Lambrini Girls. Credit: Derek Perlman

36. Black Country, New Road - Forever Howlong (Ninja Tune)

37. PinkPantheress - Fancy That (Warner Records)

38. Blood Orange - Essex Honey (RCA Records/Domino)

39. Ash - Ad Astra (Fierce Panda)

40. NewDad - Altar (A Fair Youth)

NewDad at 3Olympia Theatre on October 31st, 2025. Copyright Jason Doherty/ hotpress.com

41. Skinner - New Wave Vaudeville (Faction Records)

42. Bad Bunny - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (Rimas Entertainment)

43. David Keenan - Modern Mythologies (Good Form Recordings)

44. Mac DeMarco - Guitar (Mac’s Record Label)

45. Ethel Cain - Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You (Daughters of Cain Records)

Credit: Hayden Anhedönia and Silken Weinberg

46. Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) (Dead Oceans)

47. Dave - The Boy Who Played The Harp (Dave/Neighbourhood Recordings)

48. Peter Doherty - Felt Better Alive (Strap Originals)

49. Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out (Clipse)

50. KETTAMA - Archangel (Steel City Dance Discs)