Best of 2025: Adam J

by josh keller · December 26, 2025

Making a list of good things that happened in 2025 may feel like a very short exercise…however despite the world being on fire, somehow, some way, great music is still getting produced every single day. Join us in celebrating our favorite albums, songs, and shows of the past year. Check out some music Adam J liked this year.

Best Popular Album Releases 2025

Lambrini Girls – Who Let the Dogs Out
jasmine.4.t – You Are The Morning
The Velveteers – A Million Knives
Elton John & Brandi Carlille – Who Believes In Angels?
FACS – Wish Defense
Scour – Gold
Stereolab – Instant Holograms On Metal Film
Carbs – Promoters Repotizion Sbatte
Nao – Jupiter
Bartees Strange – Horror
Zombie Zombie – Funk Kraut
Songhoy Blues – Héritage
Snapped Ankles – Hard Times Furious Dancing
Deep Sea Diver – Billboard Heart
Rattle – Incircle
Ripship – Crawling Chorus
Heavy Lungs – Caviar
Viagra Boys – viagr aboys
Kinski – Stumbledown Terrace
Aesop Rock – Black Hole Superette
Brittany Davis – Black Thunder
Mary Halvorson – About Ghosts
Casua Sui – In Flux
GoGo Penguin – Necessary Fictions
Deadguy – Near-Death Travel Services
Jimi Tenor – Selenites, Selenites!
Dumbo Gets Mad – FIVE EGGS
Rún – s/t
Superchunk – Songs In the Key of Yikes
Guerilla Toss – You’re Weird Now
The Beths – Straight Line Was A Line
Marc Maron – Panicked
Abraded – Ethereal Emanations From Chthonic Caries
Smoking Popes – Lovely Stuff
Spiritual Cramp – RUDE
WITCH – SOGOLO