We continue our wind-down of the year with part 3 of our split series end-of-year Mixtape, in which we look back on some of our favourite music releases of 2025. In the playlist below, you can find album review links, so feel free to take some time out to read why we thought this music was so special.
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Playlist
- Michael Hurley – Fava (Broken Homes and Gardens) 00:00
- Dean Johnson – Before You Hit the Ground (I Hope We Can Still Be Friends) 03:19
- Rose City Band – Lights on the Way (Sol Y Sombra) 06:36
- Mike Polizze – Around Sound (Around Sound) 11:02
- Sir Richard Bishop – They Shall Take Up Serpents (Hillbilly Ragas) 17:59
- The Burning Hell – Luna FM (Ghost Palace) 22:30
- Richard Dawson – Gondola (End of the Middle) 27:32
- Nadia Reid – Baby Bright (Enter Now Brightness) 32:01
- The Weather Station – Mirror (Humanhood) 35:51
- Josienne Clarke – Tiny Bird’s Lament (Far from Nowhere) 40:39
- Katy Pinke & Will Graefe – Courtyard (Patterns) 44:21
- Poor Creature – Bury Me Not (All Smiles Tonight) 47:38
- Robin Adams – The Rover (The Beggar) 53:01
- Jake Xerxes Fussell and James Elkington – Callie Rose (Rebuilding) 57:24
- Merlyn Driver – Parachutes (It Was Also Sometimes Daylight) 59:57
- Iona Lane – Torus (Swilkie) 01:04:05
- Mason Lindahl – Joshua Underwater (Joshua) (Joshua / Same Day Walking) 01:07:37
- Iona Zajac – Summer (Bang) 01:14:56
- Milkweed – How Conchobor was Begotten (Remscéla) 01:19:57
- Michael Hurley – This (Broken Homes and Gardens) 01:23:07
