This is the last new music episode before the end of year roundup, don't be sad. New releases are slowing to a trickle, best of year lists start coming out around Thanksgiving or just afterwards.

This year my best of 2025 record list has 38 releases on it, which is historically high. As you may not know from my podcast commentary I'm a finicky mofo, my definition of a best record of the year involves the record being good, having some meaning and nutritional value to it, and music that bears repeated listening. Most of the records on the major music outlets' best of year lists do not meet these requirements, especially the repeated listening part.

The music industry is notoriously lazy and corrupt, so that's one of my main arguments in favor of The Magic Organ ruling the roost in terms of picking music, my shit is honest and professional.

Hopefully this nerded out description has you super hotted up for the best of year roundup and there are three records on my best of 2025 list in this episode, so some last minute entries into the derby. I have to listen more to the new Shad record to see if it qualifies.

Thanks for listening.

Excerpts from this episode:

Shad: Slanted

Algernon Cadwallader: Shameless Faces

Cabaca: Africanoise

Armand Hammer & The Alchemist: Scandinavia

Blawan: WTF

Old Saw: The Wringing Cloth

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