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2025 New Music Thread (1 Viewer)

St. Paul & The Broken Bones - Sushi and Coca-Cola

Birmingham, Alabama, Retro Soul band who specialized in the 60's Stax Records sound, now has incoporated some 70's Nile Rodgers type funk.


 
The Rosadocs - In The Storm

"Anthemic and festival-ready"

🎶I will keep on searching, when all hope is through
If you feel disjointed, join the queue🎶


 
Hollie Cook - Shy Girl

New from reggae's Orator of Love.

Fun Facts:
Hollie Cook is the daughter of Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook. Her mother Jeni was a backing singer for Culture Club, and Boy George is her godfather.


 
Ax and the Hatchetmen - Hotel Room

"Chicago-based Indie Rock band channeling heartache and horns on infectious new single."

Reminds me a lot of another band from Chicago I've posted over the years, Friday Pilots Club.


 
Charlotte OC - Cider And Black

This borders on Trip Hop...think Portishead in a Lounge setting (perhaps not surprising to learn that a few years back they covered Glory Box).


 
The new Wet Leg album is out today. I know people like to make fun of them but after a couple listens, I think it’s a perfectly fine, hooky album.
People make fun of them? Here?

They had a couple of really solid tunes from their first, and the rest didnt strike me too much. But thats true of a lot of bands for me. They kinda reminded me of Panic Shack who came out around the same time, iirc. The songs that work, really work...so I'm in.
 
Hollie Cook - Shy Girl

New from reggae's Orator of Love.

Fun Facts:
Hollie Cook is the daughter of Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook. Her mother Jeni was a backing singer for Culture Club, and Boy George is her godfather.


Wow...hadn't heard her in ages. I first playlisted her tune, 99, which was a fun summer tune from- i don't even remember what year.
 
Penelope Road - So It Goes

"We grew up on Yacht Rock" ⛵

Atlanta, Georgia based band.


 
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NoSo - Don't Hurt Me, I'm Trying (2025 Live)

"Good drive, beat, it's sassy. On repeat!"

NoSo is a Chicago born and based Korean-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and composer.


Spotify only has the studio version.

 
Catching up on some 2025 classical releases. One of my favorite I’ve listened to so far (honestly, maybe one of my favorites in any genre)… Abel Selaocoe’s Hymns of Bantu album. He’s a South African cellist and vocalist, performing here with the Manchester Collective. Fusion of traditional South African sounds with western classical music.

Opening track of Tsohle Tsohle based on a traditional South African hymn.

 
Accidentally posted this in the listening now thread. Not that I wasn't actually listening to it at the time, it's just that's it's a 2025 song and I should have posted it here. So here goes.
 
The Rosecaps - Just My Luck

Galway, Ireland Indie Rock band.

@PlaylistBucket
"I love their ability to straddle pop, rock and folk."


 
Night Moves - Almost Perfect (2025)

Minneapolis, Minnesota Indie Rock band. John Pelant's vocals have a Stevie Nicks quality to them.


 
Balu Brigada - What Do We Ever Really Know?

"New Zealand Indie Rock band with an euphoric Existential Pop anthem, channeling cosmic doubt into shimmering Alt Pop. A big Strokes vibe here."


 
Kula Shaker - Broke As Folk

"A swirling organ-filled blast of Cadillac choruses, Doors-y grooves and apocalyptic joy"


 
Parcels - Summerinlove

Parecels (Aussie band that has relocated to Berlin) "deliver the ultimate feel good vibe with a radiant new Indie Pop anthem"

"Summerinlove" entered the "New Alt 40" Chart this week at #14.


 
New Raekwon. Club banger, Ghost and Meth guest appearance, or Conway the Machine and Benny the Butcher from Buffalo?

Ghost and Meth wins

 
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Yungblud - Zombie (Live from Hansa Studios)

"Lyrically, Yungblud described the track as a ballad about “feeling you’re ugly, and learning to battle that”. The song features strings from the London Philharmonic Orchestra"


 
Night Tapes - Storm

"Such an old school sound made fresh again. This Is a new level of Shoegaze/Dream Pop."

"Reminds me of the Cocteau Twins."


 
The Mavericks - Without a Word

A Herb Alpert like trumpet combined with Raul Malo's Roy Orbison-ish vocals.


 
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Phantom Island

I saw this album performed live with some Gizz heads who were kind meh on the album and preferred their harder stuff, but I think this album is brilliant and was excellent live. Glad I got to see it.


 
Hoxie Rae - Best Of Luck

"Hoxie Rae's debut Best of Luck doesn’t shout - it simmers. A sultry slow-burn piano track with quiet conviction and raw honesty. It offers no apologies - and that’s the point"

File Under: Pop Music, Blues Rock, R&B.


 
The Fades - This Scene is Over

A powerful Post Punk/Garage Rock rallying cry about the disappearance of local venues that have been supporting Indie Rock bands for decades in the UK (and also in this country).

Check out the guitar. 🎸



Edited to add: Here is article I ran across about the band and the song by a US reviewer.

 
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The Royston Club - 30/20 (2025 at TRNSMT Festival)

The Royston Club just came out with the studio track for this banger (see Spotify below) but I like this live version better.



Edited to add, per Rolling Stone UK, their album looks to hit the #1 spot there beating out the new Oasis release:

 
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Soraia - Body In The Backyard

Found a body in the backyard
Now I guess it is my problem 😬

"Philadelphia Garage Rockers Soraia are back with an absolute ripper of a song driven by a Stooges-style Proto Punk guitar riff"


 
Death Bells & Sans Merit - Landslide

Kool Rock Radio's "Single of the Week"

L.A. via Sydney, Australia, Post Punk, Garage Rock, Dream Pop, Alt band.


 
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The Black Skies - Morning Sun

"Time for some riffed up bluesey rock! York, England's The Black Skies have given us the filthiest riffs of the day!" :oldunsure:


 
Badflower - No Place Like Home (2025 Live Kansas City Audience Video)

Better than the studio version (see Spotify link) which I find a bit heavy handed.

This is the opening number on their current US tour. I really like the funkier and more R&B direction the band has recently taken.


 
Two artists I stumbled on this week (with new music) that I am really digging:

Jerel Williams - 'This Ones For Me" - 9 days ago


Thorn Haze - "Hellhound" (really enjoy the Black Keys vibe) - 1 month ago

 
Racing Mount Pleasant — Racing Mount Pleasant
I mentioned this album in another thread but wanted to mention it here too. It just came out last week. I’ve been listening to it on repeat for the last several days. I honestly can say that this might be the most beautiful album I have ever heard in my entire life.

Singular songs without repeated listens don’t do it justice but I’ll post some anyway:



 
FLEECE - How Far Would You Go

"Montreal-based band @fleecemusics strikes back with ''How Far Would You Go'', the latest single from their upcoming album ''TORNADO'', out October 1st. Produced by Gus Van Go, the track is a harmonious brew of dreamy psychedelia and modern pop."

"A concoction of dreamy pop, colourful psychedelia and a sprinkling of jazz, it's the inviting guitars, sprightly rhythm and airy vocals that make this cocktail taste delectable"



 
Wolf Alice seems to have annoyed some of their fans by releasing a 70s soft rock inspired album instead of the 90s inspired music that they are known for.

I’ve never been a Wolf Alice fan (possibly just haven’t listened to them enough) but this 70s stuff is an enjoyable listen.

Awesome album cover, by the way.


 
Wolf Alice seems to have annoyed some of their fans by releasing a 70s soft rock inspired album instead of the 90s inspired music that they are known for.

I’ve never been a Wolf Alice fan (possibly just haven’t listened to them enough) but this 70s stuff is an enjoyable listen.

Awesome album cover, by the way.



Not a big fan their past stuff either, but this one I checked out after seeing it on the playlist of someone I follow.

I like it, I think it is a blend of Fleetwood Mac and Yacht Rock with a touch of Jazz.

Wolf Alice - Just Two Girls


 
Sombr - Crushing

I miss the days when we were crushing on each other
Now you're just crushing my soul, my lover
I miss the days when you could never love another
Now you're just someone that I'll never recover


 

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