Dylan’s Favorite Independent Rap Records of 2025
My favorite rap under-the-radar rap releases of 2025, from Bay Area swag rap and psychedelic freakouts to a euphoric footwork/juke/rap hybrid
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The Dumbest Songs of 2025
A break from our regularly scheduled program to discuss the absolute worst of the year.
Andy's Favorite Music of 2025
From drizzly digital grunge to jackhammering club music, lo-fi guitar explorations to glacial jazz standards, this is the music that moved me most this year.
Ryan’s Favorite Music of 2025
The sounds that struck me most this year, including subversive slowcore, deranged future-pop, apocalyptic techno, and more.
Jill’s Favorite Music of 2024
Getting right back to it with Mag Bay’s cosmic art-pop, J-Pratt’s dispatches from another century, the Ginger Root cinematic universe, and a sage-of-mind country duet from Waxahatchee x MJ Lenderman
Ryan’s Favorite Music of 2024
Including TikTok mashups and epic albums, ambient jazz and sugar-rush pop, beloved stalwarts and geniuses you’ve never heard of
Andy’s Favorite Music of 2024
The DIY live shows, YouTube loosies, local radio broadcasts—and OK, a few albums—that defined my year
Dylan’s Favorite Independent Rap Projects of 2024
Twenty great hip-hop joints from off the beaten path
Julianne’s Favorite Music of 2024
A non-hierarchical list of music that kept me going in the Year of the Basura
100 Songs That Define Our Decade So Far
Consider this an introduction to our taste, both individually as veteran music journalists and together as Hearing Things.