Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Hey! You! It's my Favorite 100 Songs of 2025

Oh good, you're back.  It was actually kind of hard to limit myself to just 100 songs this year, though i don't believe i have an actual favorite this time around.  But i listened to the shit out of these all year long.  As per usual, these are in no particular order.  Can you imagine trying to rank 100 songs?  I mean, what's really the difference between #96 and #97?  Let's get real here.  Anyway, check out the list below and listen to a handful of them now.



1. Black Lips - "Satan (I'm Tired of You)"
2. Maruja - "Look Down on Us"
3. Dean Blunt & Elias Ronnenfelt - "1"
4. Ozean - "Streets of Chrome"
5. Whirr - "Enjoy Everything"

6. Dean Wareham - "You Were the One I Had to Betray"
7. Omilgop - "Fleetingmoment"
8. Kite (featuring Nina Persson) - "Heartless Places"
9. Chairs - "Not the Same"
10. Clipping. - "Keep Pushing"

11. BE/HOLD - "These Woods Are Haunted"
12. Dax Riggs - "Sunshine Felt the Darkness Smile"
13. The Laughing Chimes - "He Never Finished the Thought"
14. Preoccupations - "Focus"
15. Hekla - "Var"

16. Daydream Twins - "No Coming Down"
17. Glare - "Guts"
18. Ethel Cain - "Punish"
19. VOWWS - "Blood's on Fire"
20. Ciśnienie - "My childhood was a period of waiting for the moment when I could send everyone and everything connected with it to hell"



21. Black Taffy - "Pendulum Song"
22. Wings of Desire - "A Few More Years"
23. Rude Films - "Death Hex"
24. LLORA - "Forward"
25. Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke - "The White Cliffs"

26. Set Dressing - "Valedictorian"
27. Babe Lewis - "I Don't Mind"
28. Pyramids - "Fools Gold (Mi Vida Ha Ido Pa Atras)"
29. Queen Serene - "Glitter Disco"
30. Heavy Meddo - "Le Mer"

31. Ora Cogan - "Lucille"
32. Akira Galaxy - "Hit the Ground"
33. Maria Somerville - "Spring"
34. NINA - "Till the Devil Gets Bored"
35. Factory Floor - "Between You"

36. Black Moth Super Rainbow - "All 2 of Us"
37. Graham Reynolds - "The Lost Weekend"
38. Feeling Small - "Maiden Lane"
39. KARLA KVLT - "KARMA"
40. Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals - "A City Drowning. God's Black Tears"



41. Men I Trust - "I Come with Mud"
42. Brian Ellis - "Blurred"
43. Huremic - "Seeking Darkness Pt. 1"
44. Demora - "Torpor"
45. Deer Park - "Crystal"

46. Monde UFO - "Samba 9"
47. Milkweed - "Exile of the Sons of Uisliu"
48. THiQ - "Yes/No"
49. She's Green - "Figurines"
50. Ciao Kennedy - "Foire du Midi"

51. YAANG - "Comfort"
52. Damien Jurado - "Bergamot '25"
53. Backxwash - "Wake Up"
54. Squid - "The Hearth and Circle Round Fire"
55. Charms - "Lifetime Warranty"

56. Sun Parker - "Swan"
57. Yndling - "As Fast As I Can"
58. Lazy Legs - "Rot"
59. The Pennys - "Say Something"
60. Fat Dog - "Pray to That"



61. Pulp - "Got to Have Love"
62. Smerz - "You Got Time and I Got Money"
63. Everything Else - "Two Monkeys"
64. Diiv - "Return of Youth"
65. Daphne's Demise - "Canyon of Love"

66. Mount Mural - "Pattern Fades"
67. Billy Woods - "BLK XMAS"
68. Matt Jencik & Midwife - "Delete Key"
69. Menow - Tsukinoyakusoku"
70. Lorelle Meets the Obsolete - "Regresar/Recordar"

71. Ladytron - "I Believe in You"
72. IDLES - "Rabbit Run"
73. Halloween - "Crown"
74. Indoor Voices - "Flakey"
75. Sister Ray Davies - "Aidan"

76. Romance - "We'll Always Have Paris"
77. 0XN - "Cruel Mother (DROKK Remix)"
78. Blood Cultures - "Emptylands"
79. The Giraffe Told Me in My Dream - "Glimpse"
80. Nine Inch Nails - "As Alive as You Need Me to Be"



81. Just Mustard - "Pollyanna"
82. Tony Jay - "Lose a Day"
83. Dope Purple - "Children in the Darkness"
84. Honey Radar - "Chelsea Frame"
85. Tortoise - "Night Gang"

86. Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo - "Demon Time"
87. Geckos - "Wedding Waltz"
88. Hilary Woods - "Taper"
89. Sungaze - "Rice Crispies"
90. Optic Sink - "Construction"

91. Birds of Peace Orchestra - "Ties"
92. The Eternal Decay - "Kiss Me I'm Dying"
93. pot-pot - "Sextape"
94. The Thorn - "Fountain"
95. The Serfs - "Cold Hand in Mine"

96. Sha-La-Das - "Stop Using My Love"
97. Armand Hammer - "No Grabba"
98. Drop Nineteens - "Fools"
99. Perturbator (featuring Alcest) - "Age of Aquarius"
100. Ruth Radalet, Nat Walker, and Adam Miller - "The Wild Unknown"




There you go.  Be back tomorrow for a few of my favorite cover songs of 2025.

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