A lot of wonderful new melodies and lyrics successfully made their way to my ears, brain, and feet in 2025. Here are the standouts, in collectible and solitary form:
jmunney’s Favorite Music of 2025
February 7, 2026
Best of 2025, Best of Music 2025, Music Addison Rae, Best of 2025, Blood Orange, Brandi Carlile, De La Soul, Doechii, Doja Cat, Florence + the Machine, Garbage, George Harrison, Haim, Hayley Williams, Huntrix, Ice Spice, Jack White, Kyle M., Kyle Mooney, Lily Allen, Miley Cyrus, Music, Portugal. The Man, Reneé Rapp, Sabrina Carpenter, sombr, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Tame Impala, Tears for Fears, The Beaches, Wet Leg, Zara Larsson Leave a comment
jmunney’s Favorite Music of 2023
January 31, 2024
Best of 2023, Best of Music 2023, Music Andre 3000, Bebe Rexha, Best of 2023, Cannons, Caroline Polachek, Corinne Bailey Rae, Demi Lovato, Dua Lipa, Fall Out Boy, Flavor Flav, Halo Maud, Jessie Ware, Kim Petras, Lil Yachty, Miley Cyrus, Music, Necry Talkie, Olivia Rodrigo, Paramore, Queens of the Stone Age, Reneé Rapp, Royal Blood, Sam Smith, Snoop Dogg, Sparks, The Chemical Brothers, Troye Sivan, U.S. Girls Leave a comment
It’s tricky to fall in love with new songs when I don’t drive as much as I used to and therefore don’t listen to the radio as much as I used to either. But somehow, a dozen or so songs still manage to annually bubble their way up to a very special place in my heart.
Albums, meanwhile, typically have a better chance of making an impression on me nowadays, as I tend to sit and listen to them straight through on a popular music streaming service while taking care of business.
With all that mind, here’s the new music that made the biggest impression on me in 2023:
jmunney’s Favorite Albums of 2022
February 10, 2023
Best of 2022, Best of Music 2022, Music Albums, Best of 2022, Beyoncé, Cody Carpenter, Daniel DDavies, Firestarter, Florence + the Machine, John Carpenter, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Lizzo, Mandy Moore, Music, Santigold, Silversun Pickups, Soccer Mommy, Soft Cell, The Black Keys, The Weeknd, Tove Lo, Yeah Yeah Yeahs Leave a comment
Before publishing this list, I listened to each of these albums again to make sure that I still liked them. And I did! (But there was one other that I had on my preliminary list that I ultimately decided I didn’t like enough to include. Bonus points if you can guess what it was.)
jmunney’s Favorite Songs of 2022
February 2, 2023
Best of 2022, Best of Music 2022, Music Best of 2022, Beyoncé, Big Sean, Bob Moses, Chandrabose, Ellie Goulding, Kaala Bhairava, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Lizzo, M. M. Keeravani, Music, Naatu Naatu, Rahul Sipligunj, Regina Spektor, Steve Lacy, The Black Keys, The Weeknd, Tove Lo, Vedala Hemachandra, Weird Al Yankovic, Yeah Yeah Yeahs Leave a comment
CREDIT: Music Video Screenshots
Strong showing from movie tunes this year. And man, I just love it when those music-makers just jam out and go for it.
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