The Most Overlooked Indie Albums Of 2025

Tough as it is to define “emo” in 2025, “overlooked” feels like a much bigger challenge.
BrooklynVegan

15 Albums from 2025 by Britpop / Indie legends

Featuring Pulp, Suede, Saint Etienne, Stereolab, The Charlatans, Richard Ashcroft, Paul Weller, Gruff Rhys, The Divine Comedy ...

Rolling Stones, BTS, Charli XCX, Zach Bryan and more new albums we’re looking forward to in 2026

A new year is upon us, and while we don't know yet about all the music that will be coming out during 2026, some albums have ...
BrooklynVegan

Indie Basement: Top 40 Albums of 2025

40. The Waterboys – The Life and Death of Dennis Hopper (Sun Records) ...
Louder

"While so many of their peers have faded, disappeared or lapsed into pure nostalgia, Suede continue to make music that matters." Every Suede album ranked from best to worst

The highs and lows of the three decades-plus journey undertaken by the UK's most darkly seductive art-rockers over ten albums ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1967, the World’s Greatest Novelist-Turned-Musician Dropped His Debut Studio Album (and It’s One of the Best Folk Records of All Time)

Legendary folk artist Leonard Cohen's first album dropped on this day in 1967, and it remains an essential part of the North ...

Thursday briefing: A short quiz on a very long year – how many questions can you answer about 2025?

Welcome to the newsletter’s first end-of-year quiz. Test yourself on culture, technology and assorted political chaos – and check back on 26 December to see how you fared ...