Here is some new music that I enjoyed in 2025. Despite the absolute shitshow of everything about this year, it was a pretty decent year for music!

In only vague and fickle order of favoriteness:

• Emika - Vega & Frames
• Ela Minus - Acts of Rebellion & Día
• Marie Davidson - City of Clowns
• Lou Hayter - Unfamiliar Skin
• Vanbot - How Could I Prepare For This
• The Knocks & Dragonette - Revelation
• Garbage - Let All That We Imagine Be The Light
• Scratch Massive - Nox Anima
• Screensaver - Three Lens Approach
• Black Honey - Soak
• Witch Fever - Congregation
• Pudéndüm - Øne
• Zanias - Cataclysm
• Chloe Qisha - Chloe Qisha & Modern Romance
• Au/Ra - Soundtrack to an Existential Crisis
• Wet Leg - Moisturizer
• Gloomy June - Gloomy June
• Lydia Night - Parody of Pleasure
• Scowl - Are We All Angels
• Shriekback - Monument
• Vowws - I'll Fill Your House With an Army
• Just Mustard - We Were Just Here
• Al1ce - As Above, So Below
• Catherine Moan - Chain-Reaction
• Causeway - Anywhere
• Llynks - Time Reborn
• Bootblacks - Paradise
• Immortal Girlfriend - Sojourner
• Ovrgrwn - Chasing The Good Dreams
• Momma - Welcome To My Blue Sky
• Sally Shapiro - Ready to Live a Lie
• Vague Lanes - Divergence And Declaration
• Winona Fighter - My Apologies to the Chef
• Guerilla Toss - You're Weird Now
• Magic Wands - Cascades
• Rocket - R is for Rocket
• Lambrini Girls - Who Let The Dogs Out
• Die Spitz - Something To Consume

Please enjoy jwz mixtape 256 -- a nice round number.

Previously.