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Previous year lists: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015

Decade of me doing this. A lot of good tunes (yes know it is 11 years in reality). Anyway, here's my 12 for this year (playlists at the bottom):

Geese: Au Pays au Cocaine

caroline: U R UR ONLY ACHING

Free Range: Hardly

Floating Clouds, hemlock: No One in Portland Says Howdy Anymore

Friendship: Resident Evil

Sophie Jamieson: I still want to share

Angela Autumn: Roving Jewel

Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band: The Simple Joy

Renny Conti: Looking at the Geese

Samia: Carousel

Dead Gowns: Maladie

Lily Seabird: Arrow

And Decade 2015-2025:

Another end of year list and another great year for music. So great I have decide to double my usual count from 12 to 24 (it is 2024 after all).

I was fortunate to be able to see 10 of the bands listed live this year - I hope 2025 is as good a gigging year.

Previous year lists: 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015

Anyway here we go (there is a Spotify playlist at the bottom) my favourite 24 songs released this year:

King Hannah: Big Swimmer

Waxahatchee (ft MJ Lenderman): Right Back to It

Bonny Light Horseman: I Wanna Be Where You Are

Sam Evian: Rollin' In

English Teacher: Sideboob

Alan Sparlawk: Not the 1

MJ Lenderman: Wristwatch

Ex-Easter Island Head: Norther

Cassandra Jenkins: Clams Casino

Rosali: Hills on Fire

The Cure: Alone

Bon Iver: SPEYSIDE

Merce Lemon: Foolish and Fast

Tucker Zimmerman, Big Thief: The Idiot's Maze

Hannah Frances: Bromwyn

Clairo: Sexy to Someone

Wild Pink: St Catherine Street

Soccer Mommy: Driver

Dummy: Sudden Flutes

Tapir!: Nail in a Wooden Truck

Allegra Kreiger: Came

Jessica Pratt: World on a string

Jane Weaver: Love in Constant Spetacle

Adrianne Lenker: Sadness as a Gift