Today's edition of not too shabby for a slab of wax—
Cream (2025) by Kassa Overall
Jazz covers of hip-hop classics— I don't usually go for gimmicky cover albums, but this is pretty cool— Kassa's renditions of Spottieottiedopaliscious and the title track are phenomenal— hoping he does a sequel—
La Linea Del Rubicón (2025) by Architectural Also not usually my thing, but this short tribal/dubtechno-y release has some pristine production. Worth listening just for the mix. It's like a really good beer—
Áshira (2025) by Gamelan Salukat & Jan Kadereit
Danish-Indonesian gamalan collab— makes for a nice, chill vibe— not as rough or textural as I usually prefer my gamalan, but it's a lovely release that's flown completely under the radar—
Selva Selva (2025) by Wayku
Peruvian Inca-inspired pysch-rock— gets a little sloppy here and there, but I like his style, solid work—
Peki Momés (2025) by Peki Momés
(For people who wear sunglasses while riding on the back of a moped through Cihangir at golden hour)—
Strange Heavens (2025) by Linda May Han Oh / Ambrose Akinmusire / Tyshawn Sorey
Linda teams with Akinmusire for an unexpected collab that hits its weight— they tame and focus each other shockingly well— I was having a hard time imagining this being anything but sloppy, with two very prominent bandleaders in different genres trying to weave, but it's really solid— should probably be on my chart—
Agg Punk! (2025) by Mal Trip
Do you know egg punk? I didn't know egg punk. No idea. What is egg. What is punk. Egg punk was laid out of the chicken that is Chile-Peru-Colombia-Argentina, like a top-notch football team. I listened to at least a dozen egg punk 'albums' this month. I hope it continues— _________________ Doubles & Conch
this is the first time in a number of years (maybe since... 2018?) where I'm completely lost or out-of-the-loop on what the pillar bangers for the year are—
What's... like... the prediction for SOTY on year-end lists n stuff? Where are those tracks at? What are they?—
Yeah, I’ve not been paying attention so will have missed some bangers, but in 2024 pop made us pay attention.
Nothing stone cold on the new Taylor album, but Opalite comes pretty close and Father Figure is a very good song. Quite a middling album overall, though I’m not too disappointed. After 12 albums, some artistic decline is inevitable and this is still okay.
Edit: I changed my mind: Father Figure is the stone cold banger on The Life of a Showgirl. It’s also the one song to resonate with the album title lyrically and musically (at least in the bridge).
Ikr, the vibes are pretty down this year what with the . . . Well you know. The world?
Yeah, I'm feeling that—
Bizarre though— and I'm not familiar with the Kpop Demon Hunter tracks— but I feel SOTY (and top 5, etc all, blah blah) come year-end lists is going to be sporadic. Which, is fun, of course, but I'd just like to know what they are when they're fresh n stuff—
I haven't fallen for Cain's Nettles as so many others seem to have, but maybe that? _________________ Doubles & Conch
This amazing shoegaze Vocaloid album is my outtake from the 2025 album listening club, since it is a compilation album which 9 tracks of its 12 were not released this year, although it's nice 7 of 12 tracks got released on an official album, since they were only originally uploaded on YouTube and/or Nico Nico Douga.
So since most of the album is not "2025 music", II'm gonna type about 2 of the 3 "2025 tracks" on it, which are so far in my opinion the best two songs of 2025:
Enrai, which means "distant thunder" in Japanese, is a song which could be said it does sound like its title, as the unconventional semi-swingy striking drum rhythm of it and the D# minor key along the guitars' wall of sound make this shoegaze song sound more serious, sinister and thrilling than the common major-keyed and simpler drum-rhythmed shoegaze music.
Also Mai is a voice synthesizer which sounds like a real singer.
A quite very uplifting shoegaze song in C major with a good wall of sound and climatic choruses.
This time Kasane Teto (Synthesizer V version) sings in it, and Magnolia Cacophony made her sing higher notes than usual, which make her voice sound more breathy and whistling.
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This compilation album made me discover more of the discography of Magnolia Cacophony and zddn, and also るいご [Ruigo], along observing the other artists' body of work, who participated in this album, so II'm very grateful for it.
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