Daily Newsletter, December 10, 2025

These artists put out indelible introductory albums this year – don’t sleep on them. Here are NME’s 20 best debut albums of 2025

Looking at this year’s Reissues etc chart I was struck just how close in release date some of the records are to The Quietus’ founding in 2008. Our number one album came out just eight years before our official launch, the third only three years prior. You’ll have to read the damn chart below to […]

I’M WITH HER SONGS FROM THE STAGE: KANSAS CITY (HI RES) ROUNDER Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan, and Sara Watkins made a name for themselves both as solo artists and as a trio that goes under the banner, I’m With Her. Their album Wild and Clear and Blue earned them three Grammy nominations, for an abundance […]

The '70s more or less invented the rock gods. But the '80s found many of these icons struggling to adapt to the sounds of a new decade

As 2025 draws to a close, we asked artists to become critics, getting The Beths, Yaang, Curser and more to share their favourite release of the year.

Some say it was little more than a 'Sgt. Pepper' ripoff. Others consider it one of their most original LPs. We gave a fresh listen.

Near-breakups, chaos and doubt: these 15 iconic albums almost never existed

Banned for drugs, chaos, or politics: The 13 bands America wouldn't let in

From Paul Thomas Anderson’s jaw-dropping One Battle After Another to Ryan Coogler’s auteur-driven blockbuster Sinners, these are our highlights from the last year

These awesome '90s movies only cool kids remember helped define that era of teen spirit and relative prosperity.

A look at 'Ghostroads: A Japanese Rock N Roll Ghost Story' and how it came to be one of the most bonkers horror movies of recent years.

From Miles Davis to Mahavishnu Orchestra, we run through the 15 greatest albums fusing jazz and rock into arresting new soundscapes

When the dust settles on 2025, what songs will remain in heavy rotation? We look back at a dizzying amount of music and share some of our picks for the best tracks of the year.What you'll hear in this episode is an incredibly incomplete list that obviously just scratches the surface of all the incredible music that came out this year. For a more comprehensive breakdown of what we loved in 2025, check out NPR Music’s list of the 125 best songs. Artists and songs featured on this episode:1. Dijon: “Yamaha,” from ‘Baby’2. Nourished By Time: “Max Potential,” from ‘The Passionate Ones’3. Patrick Watson: “Peter and the Wolf,” from ‘Uh Oh’4. FKA twigs: “Room of Fools,” from ‘EUSEXUA’5. PinkPantheress: “Stateside,” from ‘Fancy That’6. Asher White: “Beers with my name on them,” from ‘8 Tips for Full Catastrophe Living’7. Wednesday: “Townies,” from ‘Bleeds’8. Gabriel Jacoby: “the one,” from ‘gutta child’9. Olafur Arnalds & Talos: “We Didn’t Know We Were Ready (feat. Niamh Regan & Ye Vagabonds),” from ‘A Dawning’Enjoy the show? Share it with a friend and leave us a review on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: [email protected]