2025 Side A: Best Albums So Far
The year is almost halfway over, and there have already been so many incredible new releases. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share their best albums of 2025 so far. Plus, they’ll hear picks from the production staff.
Best of 2025 So Far
The year is almost halfway over, and there have already been so many incredible new releases. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share their best albums of 2025 so far. Plus, they’ll hear picks from the production staff.
List: Greg Kot
- Horsegirl, “Phonetics On and On”
- FKA twigs, “Eusexua”
- Trupa Trupa, “Mourners”
- Jetstream Pony, “Bowerbirds and Blue Things”
- Tune-Yards, “Better Dreaming”
- Saba and No ID, “From the Private Collections of Saba and No I.D.”
- Lambrini Girls, “Who Let the Dogs Out”
- Tunde Adebimpe, “Thee Black Boltz”
- Mekons, “Horror”
- Stereolab, “Instant Holograms on Metal Film”
List: Jim DeRogatis
- Horsegirl, “Phonetics On and On”
- Mclusky, “The World Is Still Here and So Are We”
- Viagra Boys, “Viagr Aboys”
- Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, “Death Hilarious”
- Sex Scenes, “Everything Makes Me Sick”
- Lambrini Girls, “Who Let the Dogs Out”
- Sharon Van Etten, “Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory”
- Throwing Muses, “Moonlight Concessions”
- Julien Baker & Torres, “Send A Prayer My Way”
- Saba and No ID, “From the Private Collection of…”
Featured Songs:
- Viagra Boys, "Man Made of Meat," Viagr Aboys, Shrimptech Enterprises, 2025
- Tune-Yards, "Sanctuary," Better Dreaming, 4AD, 2025
- Sex Scenes, "I'm Not Your T.V.," Everything Makes Me Sick, Big Neck, 2025
- Jetstream Pony, "Bubblegum Nothingness," Bowerbirds and Blue Things, Spinout Nuggets, 2025
- Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, "Toecurler," Death Hilarious, Rocket, 2025
- Pneu, "Egyptocratie Numéraire," Get Old Or Die Tryin, Head, 2025
- Lucy Dacus, "Big Deal," Forever is a Feeling, Geffen, 2025
- Trupa Trupa, "Sister Ray," Mourners, Glitterbeat, 2025
- Lambrini Girls, "Special Different," Who Let the Dogs Out, City Slang, 2025
- YHWH Nailgun, "Pain Fountain," 45 Pounds, AD 93, 2025
- Lady Gaga, "Abracadabra," Mayhem, Interscope, 2025
- Viagra Boys, "Bog Body," Viagr Aboys, Shrimptech Enterprises, 2025
- FKA Twigs, "Room of Fools," Eusexua, Atlantic, 2025
- mckusky, "autofocus on the prime directive," the world is still here and so are we, Ipecac, 2025
- Horsegirl, "Switch Over," Phonetics On and On, Matador, 2025
- Local H, "Bound for the Floor," As Good as Dead, Island, 2025
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