A Year in Review 2025

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, including Michael Hurley, Dean Johnson, Rose City Band, Mike Polizze, Sir Richard Bishop, The Burning Hell, Richard Dawson, Nadia Reid, The Weather Station, Josienne Clarke, Katy Pinke, Poor Creature, Iona Zajac and lots more.

Listen to Part Two of our End-of-Year Mixtape Series, which includes tracks from our 2025 Albums of the Year. There’s a broad mix of genres from folk and jazz to experimental and ambient. It includes Alex Rex, Jim Ghedi, SML, Chris Brain, David Grubbs, Jim White, Eiko Ishibashi & Jim O’Rourke, Emily A. Sprague, Eli Winter, Fuubutsushi, Cameron Knowler, Glenn Kimpton, Bridget Hayden, Buck Curran and lots more.

As we wind down the year, in a new split series Mixtape, we look back at some of our favourite music releases of 2025, including Big Thief, Varo, Eve Adams, Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver, Cynefin, James Yorkston, Brìghde Chaimbeul, Shabason, Krgovich, Tenniscoats, Quinie, Joshua Burnside, Erlend Apneseth, Joan Shelley, Ian Humberstone, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Sam Amidon, Màiri Morrison & Alasdair Roberts, Constant Follower, and many more.