The year is almost halfway over, and there have already been so many incredible new releases. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share their best albums of 2025 so far. Plus, they'll hear picks from the production staff.

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Featured Songs:

Viagra Boys, "Man Made of Meat," Viagr Aboys, Shrimptech Enterprises, 2025

Tune-Yards, "Sanctuary," Better Dreaming, 4AD, 2025

Sex Scenes, "I'm Not Your T.V.," Everything Makes Me Sick, Big Neck, 2025

Jetstream Pony, "Bubblegum Nothingness," Bowerbirds and Blue Things, Spinout Nuggets, 2025

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, "Toecurler," Death Hilarious, Rocket, 2025

Pneu, "Egyptocratie Numéraire," Get Old Or Die Tryin, Head, 2025

Lucy Dacus, "Big Deal," Forever is a Feeling, Geffen, 2025

Trupa Trupa, "Sister Ray," Mourners, Glitterbeat, 2025

Lambrini Girls, "Special Different," Who Let the Dogs Out, City Slang, 2025

YHWH Nailgun, "Pain Fountain," 45 Pounds, AD 93, 2025

Lady Gaga, "Abracadabra," Mayhem, Interscope, 2025

Viagra Boys, "Bog Body," Viagr Aboys, Shrimptech Enterprises, 2025

FKA Twigs, "Room of Fools," Eusexua, Atlantic, 2025

mckusky, "autofocus on the prime directive," the world is still here and so are we, Ipecac, 2025

Horsegirl, "Switch Over," Phonetics On and On, Matador, 2025

Local H, "Bound for the Floor," As Good as Dead, Island, 2025

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