Daily Newsletter, December 17, 2025

As 2025 comes to a close, Atwood Magazine recognizes the artists who changed the way we listened this year – the new names our writers couldn’t stop returning to, whose music lingered long after first play. From Nxdia, sombr, and Debbii Dawson, to Penelope Road, The Favors, Petey USA, Dove Ellis, Syd Taylor – and so many more – here are our top artist discoveries of the year!

As a long and eventful 2025 draws to a close, NME remembers the influential and beloved musicians who left us this year

The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter played in the Flatlanders and Los Super Seven, and hopped on songs by the Clash, Uncle Tupelo, and the Chieftans

Including entries by Geese, Lorde, Wolf Alice, Pulp and many other talented artists, these are the 50 best albums of 2025. Read more here.

It was a quiet season for standout new holiday releases, but we uncovered 12 festive gems worth spinning.

The year’s best folk albums transcend genre boundaries, yet each entry remains firmly grounded in the folk ethos of connection and storytelling.

Every year, when we publish our round-up of the year’s best albums, the default reaction on social media and certain corners of Reddit – yes, I have scanned them on occasion I’m afraid – is to assume that we are being pompously obscure in our selections; merely giving ourselves a pat on the back for […]

Curated by Mitch Mosk, this week's Editor's Picks features music from Hudson Freeman, Ski Team, Girl Scout, Vienna Vienna, Queen Quail, & Telescreens!

Disasters on vinyl: The expensive, career-crippling masterpieces that bankrupted rock's greatest bands and tore them apart.

Movies are hard to make, no matter the budget, and it can be impossible to tell whether you’re making a masterpiece or John Carter until it’s too late.

Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat