John Michel & Anthony James - Egotrip Genre: Hip-Hop Saya Gray - SAYA Genre: Art Pop Jim Legxacy - black british music (2025) Genre: Pop Rap $ilkMoney - WHO WATERS THE WILTING GIVING TREE ONCE THE LEAVES DRY UP AND THE FRUITS NO LONGER BEAR Genre: Abstract Hip-Hop JID - God Does Like Ugly Genre: Hip-Hop Ninajirachi - I Love my Computer Genre: EDM Deftones - private music Genre: Alt. Metal Jane Remover - Revengeseekerz Genre: EDM Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out Genre: Hi

JID - Of Blue Genre: Hip-Hop Car Seat Headrest - Gethsemane Genre: Alt. Rock Anna von Hausswolff - Struggle With the Beast Genre: Post-Rock Geese - Islands Of Men Genre: Indie Rock Magdalena Bay - Paint Me A Picture Genre: Prog Pop billy woods - Waterproof Mascara Genre: Experimental Hip-Hop Hayley Williams - Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party Genre: Indie Rock Danny Brown - Copycats Genre: Hyperhop Squid - Crispy Skin Genre: Art-Rock Clipse - Chains & Whips Genre: H

This category is for my favourite banger of the year, including any song that seems intent on giving me whiplash or hearing loss. Anything that feels gnarly and gritty enough to have me stank facing. Honourable mention: Maruja - Look Down On Us I really enjoyed the Maruja album as a whole this year and this song really sums up what I love about it. The prominent use of saxophone in rock music is one of those things that just really works for me, and here it is used to great e

The second of my year-end categories is dedicated to my favourite bop of the year! That means my favourite of the songs that aim to get me moving and grooving. Honourable Mention: underscores - Do it I've been absolutely loving the off-kilter electronic-leaning sound that underscores has been leaning into as of late, and this is my favourite example so far. On Do it she makes use of a wide array of sounds, from acoustic guitar, to a ding that sounds like a cash register, to

By Japanese Breakfast Genre: Chamber pop/indie pop Song to try: Paprika This album is surely one of the albums I've referred to the most since starting this blog over on Tumblr two years ago, and I have no qualms with that at all. Apart from just slowly, over time, becoming one of my favourite albums of the decade so far I've decided to write this post for two reasons: one, to really lay out why I love this album so much; and two, to have something to link to in the constan