Back to the email M mike fronczak December 27, 2025, afternoon Many of you won’t care but for what it’s worth here are my favorite albums of 2025 Thanks for Indulging Me Turnstile- “Never Enough” ( hardcore at its roots but so much more ) Viagra Boys-“Viagr Boys” (Swedish post punk) Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Gang- “New Threats For The Soul” (Poetic roots rock) Ethel Cain- “Willoughby Tucker, I Will Always Love You” (Esoteric experimental roots rock) The Salt Collective- “A Brief History of Blindness” (French power pop with an assist from indie giants like Chris Stamey, Mitch Easter among others) Flock of Dimes- “The Life You Save” (Jen Wassner ex Wye Oak) Rochelle Jordan- “Through The Wall” (Canadian soulful house pop) Momma- “Welcome To My Blue Sky (female driven indie rock) Anna Von Haussalhoff- “Iconoclasts” (avant art rock) Racing Mount Pleasant-self titled (horn driven rock/jazz) The Delines- “Mr&Mrs Doom” (Willy Vlautin led band jazz influenced exploring the hard luck side of life) Madison Cunningham- “Ace” (Roots folk rock) Mozart Estate- “Tower Block In A Jam Jar” (English art power pop) The Tubs- “Cotton Crown” ( British punk driven rock) Divorce- “Drive to Goldenhammer” (English indie folk rock) Horsebath- “Another Farewell” (Canadian roots rock ) CMAT- “Euro Country” (Irish roots pop) The Mary Onettes- “Sworn” (Swedish Dream Pop) Dexter In The Newsgate- “Time Flies” (soulful r&b folk) Patterson Hood- “Exploding Trees and Airplanes Scream” (DBT stalwarts best solo album) Favorite Hip Hop albums De La Soul- “Cabin In The Sky” Blood Orange- “Essex Honey” Green Tea Pang- “Tell Dem It’s Sunny” Favorite Jazz albums Emma Jean Thackery-Weirdo Don Was & The Pan Detriot Ensemble- “Groove In The Face of Adversity Favorite Country albums Charley Crockett- “Lonesome Drifter Treaty Oak Revival- “West Texas Degenerate” Favorite Live album The Third Mind- “Live Mind” Reply and Subscribe
Many of you won’t care but for what it’s worth here are my favorite albums of 2025 Thanks for Indulging Me
Turnstile- “Never Enough” ( hardcore at its roots but so much more )
Viagra Boys-“Viagr Boys” (Swedish post punk)
Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Gang- “New Threats For The Soul” (Poetic roots rock)
Ethel Cain- “Willoughby Tucker, I Will Always Love You” (Esoteric experimental roots rock)
The Salt Collective- “A Brief History of Blindness” (French power pop with an assist from indie giants like Chris Stamey, Mitch Easter among others)
Flock of Dimes- “The Life You Save” (Jen Wassner ex Wye Oak)
Rochelle Jordan- “Through The Wall” (Canadian soulful house pop)
Momma- “Welcome To My Blue Sky (female driven indie rock)
Anna Von Haussalhoff- “Iconoclasts” (avant art rock)
Racing Mount Pleasant-self titled (horn driven rock/jazz)
The Delines- “Mr&Mrs Doom” (Willy Vlautin led band jazz influenced exploring the hard luck side of life)
Madison Cunningham- “Ace” (Roots folk rock)
Mozart Estate- “Tower Block In A Jam Jar” (English art power pop)
The Tubs- “Cotton Crown” ( British punk driven rock)
Divorce- “Drive to Goldenhammer” (English indie folk rock)
Horsebath- “Another Farewell” (Canadian roots rock )
CMAT- “Euro Country” (Irish roots pop)
The Mary Onettes- “Sworn” (Swedish Dream Pop)
Dexter In The Newsgate- “Time Flies” (soulful r&b folk)
Patterson Hood- “Exploding Trees and Airplanes Scream” (DBT stalwarts best solo album)
Favorite Hip Hop albums De La Soul- “Cabin In The Sky”
Blood Orange- “Essex Honey”
Green Tea Pang- “Tell Dem It’s Sunny”
Favorite Jazz albums Emma Jean Thackery-Weirdo
Don Was & The Pan Detriot Ensemble- “Groove In The Face of Adversity
Favorite Country albums Charley Crockett- “Lonesome Drifter
Treaty Oak Revival- “West Texas Degenerate”
Favorite Live album The Third Mind- “Live Mind”