Year-End Lists

Getting Killed

• 1 Top Albums of 2025: Emilie Hanskamp
• 1 The Best Albums of 2025: Amanda Petrusich: New Yorker
• 1 10 Best Albums of 2025: Kitty Empire: Observer
• 1 The 50 Best Albums Of 2025: Stereogum
• 1 The 10 Best Albums of 2025: Jenn Pelly: Time
• 1 Best Albums of 2025: Lindsay Zoladz: New York Times
• 1 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: NME
• 1 The 25 Best Albums of 2025: The Ringer
• 1 Favorite Albums of 2025: Steven Hyden: Uproxx
• 1 Top 50 Albums of 2025: Beats Per Minute
• 1 Best Albums of 2025: Northern Transmissions
• 1 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Far Out
• 1 Top 30 Albums of 2025: Jordan Cronk
• 1 Favorite Albums of 2025: Grace Robins-Somerville
• 1 Top 100 Albums of 2025: Under the Radar
• 1 Albums of the Year 2025: Clash
• 2 50 Best Albums of 2025: Exclaim
• 2 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Consequence
• 2 The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Our Culture
• 2 Albums of 2025: The Skinny
• 2 The Best Albums of 2025: Flood
• 2 Best Albums of 2025: Obscure Sound
• 3 The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Time Out
• 3 The Best Albums of 2025: The Line of Best Fit
• 3 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Paste
• 3 50 Best Albums of 2025: The Alternative
• 3 2025 Albums of the Year: DIY
• 3 Top 55 Albums of 2025: Brooklyn Vegan
• 3 Top 50 Albums of 2025: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
• 3 Top 20 Albums of 2025: Spectrum Culture
• 3 The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Sunday Times
• 4 Top 30 Albums of 2025: Magnet
• 4 The Best Albums of 2025: Coup De Main
• 4 The Top 50 Albums Of 2025: Still Listening
• 4 The 80 Best Albums of 2025: PopMatters
• 4 The Best Albums of 2025: Spencer Kornhaber: Atlantic
• 4 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Slant
• 4 Best Pop Music Albums of 2025: Dan DeLuca: The Philadelphia Inquirer
• 5 The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Rolling Stone
• 5 Albums of the Year 2025: Dork
• 5 The 20 Best Albums of 2025: Independent
• 5 The Blazing Top 50 Albums Of 2025: Fire Note
• 5 Top 20 Albums of 2025: Rob Sheffield: Rolling Stone
• 6 The 10 Best Albums of 2025: Entertainment Weekly
• 6 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Niall Byrne: Nialler9
• 7 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Pitchfork
• 8 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Crack Magazine
• 8 The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Evan Sawdey: Yardbarker
• 9 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Guardian
• 11 The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Mikael Wood: Los Angeles Times
• 12 Best Albums of 2025: KCRW
• 13 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Treble
• 13 The 20 Best Albums of 2025: Dazed
• 16 The Best 50 Albums of 2025: Billboard
• 17 Albums of the Year 2025: Loud And Quiet
• 29 80 Best Albums of 2025: Uncut
• 32 The 75 Best Albums of 2025: Mojo

• Top 10 Albums of 2025: Robin Hilton: NPR: NPR Music
• Albums of the Year 2025: New Statesman
• Best Albums of 2025: Passerby More of our favorite albums include
• 20 Best Albums of 2025: Glide
• Top 25 Standout Albums of 2025: Melodic Magazine
• Our 30 Best Albums of 2025: Boston Globe
• Albums of the Year 2025: Rough Trade
• Favorite Albums of 2025: Steve Erickson The Next 10
• My Favorite Albums of 2025: Kelsie Herzog: The Yellow Button Other albums loved in 2025
• The 45 Best Albums of 2025: Vogue
• Best Southern Albums of 2025: Bitter Southerner Our Five Obsessions Outside of the South
• 50 Best Albums of 2025: Alternative Press
• Favorite Albums of 2025: Tone Glow Received Two Votes
• The Best Albums of 2025: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture Other Musical Highlights From This Year
• The Best Albums of 2025: Atwood Magazine
• Favorite Albums of 2025: Wilco
• Best Albums of 2025: AllMusic
• The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Josh Terry

4D Country

• 5 Top 50 Albums of 2023: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop Top 15 EPs

3D Country

• 5 The Top 50 Albums Of 2023: Still Listening
• 14 Top 50 Albums of 2023: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
• 18 Albums of the Year for 2023: God Is In The TV
• 22 Favorite Albums Of 2023: Steven Hyden: Uproxx
• 36 Best Albums of 2023: Northern Transmissions
• 42 The Best Albums of 2023: NME
• 50 Top 100 Albums of 2023: Under the Radar
• 52 Top 55 Releases of 2023: The Alternative

• 20 Best Album for 2023: Glide
• Best Albums of 2023: Jon Pareles: New York Times Another 20 worthwhile albums, alphabetically
• The 60 Best Albums of 2023: Josh Terry

Disco

• 25 Top 100 Albums of 2021: Under the Radar

Projector

• 19 Top 50 Albums of 2021: Consequence
• 29 The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Paste
• 48 The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Far Out