Top 19 Songs of 2025 - Your Next Favorite Band & Song

We wanted to share our fav tracks from the year, so we were able to whittle it down to the top 19 according to our earholes.

We decided to provide the one track that we liked the best - which for 2025 is "Never Rest" by Great Grandpa.  The remainder of the list is shared in chronological order of album release date.

Top 19 songs of 2025

• "Never Rest" by Great Grandpa
• “Weird Birthday Song” by Kendall Lujan
• “Abandon” by Windser
• “Eleven Sent (This Time)” by Courting
• “Pleaser” by Wilby
• “Nothing I Need” by Lord Huron
• “catch these fists” by wet leg
• “moody” by Royel Otis
• “Please Don’t Cry” by Kacy Hill
• “God’s Punching Bag” by Barney Cortez
• “Atlas” by CLOVER
• “Rivers” by Daisychain
• “Brand New Day” by Sug Daniels
• “Ain’t Looking Good” by Shane Guerette
• “Way Down In The Valley” by Jesse Roper
• “Legesse Abdi” by Damn Tall Buildings
• “Northgate Way” by Smokey Brights
• “Bad Heart” by Billy Joel Jr
• “The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station” by CMAT

Tell us which ones catch your ears!  And what were your fav tracks of the year?  We'd love to hear from you.

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