"GORILLA VS BEAR - TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2025 20 LAURA GROVES - Yes 19 ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER - Tranquilizer 18 YAWNING PORTAL - Anywhere 17 JIM LEGXACY - black british music 16 SWORD II - Electric Hour 15 JOHN GLACIER - Like a Ribbon 14 billy woods - GOLLIWOG 13 SNUGGLE - Goodbyehouse 12 TOPS - Bury the Key 11 DEAN BLUNT - lucre"
"10 SOPHIA STEL - How to Win at Solitaire 09 ARMAND HAMMER + THE ALCHEMIST - Mercy 08 MARIA SOMERVILLE - Luster 07 PANDA BEAR - Sinister Grift 06 ERIKA DE CASIER - Lifetime 05 JOANNE ROBERTSON - Blurrr 04 JAMES K - Friend 03 NOURISHED BY TIME - The Passionate Ones 02 SMERZ - Big city life 01 OKLOU - choke enough"
The Top 20 albums of 2025 list highlights a diverse range of indie, electronic, and experimental releases. Oklou's choke enough occupies the number one position. Smerz, Nourished by Time, James K, and Joanne Robertson fill the remaining top five slots. The compilation features established figures such as Oneohtrix Point Never, Panda Bear, Dean Blunt, billy woods, and Armand Hammer + The Alchemist alongside emerging and genre-crossing acts like TOPS, No Joy, and John Glacier. The selection emphasizes textured production, left-field songwriting, and continuity of a distinct '00s-era blog aesthetic across genres.
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