Currently running through the year and I figured I'd throw these recommendations out into the wind if anyone's looking for some great records from this year! In no particular order my favorites so far are:

Ethel Cain - Perverts

Havukruunu - Tavastland

Ghost Mountain - October County

Huremic - Seeking Darkness

Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power

Backxwash - Only Dust Remains

Skrillex - F*ck U Skrillex, You Think Ur Andy Warhol But Ur Not!!! <3

Jane Remover - Revengeseekerz

PulciPerla - Tatekieto

Natalia Lafourcade - Cancionera

SENTRIES - Gem of the West

Model/Actriz - Pirouhette

The Callous Daoboys - I Don't Want to See You in Heaven

Uboa - All the Dead Melt Down as Rain

Much fabulous music is cannibalistic, and there’s great thrill in identifying the styles and sounds that have been consumed in order to produce the sinews, organs and lifeblood of new art. Tatekieto has much of that rush, only mostly from its intense vibrance, extraordinary rhythmic variety and grand sense of occasion – after all, one has to be familiar enough with cannibalised arts to recognise them, and my knowledge of Colombian music is limited (to say the very least). 

With 2025 coming to a close, it's once again time to share some of my favorite albums of the year! This was a good year for music as a whole, so here are my numbers 20-11, with (maybe) my favorite track from each to go with it! More to follow! :)

20. Milo J - La vida era mas corta

19. Danny Brown - Stardust

18. Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out

17. Viagra Boys - viagr aboys

16. Ethel Cain - Willoughby Tucker, I Will Always Love You

15. Huremic - Seeking Darkness

14. Ghost Mountain - October Country

13. Miley Cyrus - Something Beautiful

12. Titanic - Hagen

11. PulciPerla - Tatekieto