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
Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 8/29/25
August 29, 2025
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Podcasts, Television Beavis and Butt-Head, Belinda Carlisle, Blood Orange, Caught Stealing, Essex Honey, Hard Headed Woman, Jaws, Man's Best Friend, Margo Price, No Hard Feelings, Once Upon a Time in California, Podcasts, Pokémon Concierge, Sabrina Carpenter, The Beaches, The Hives, The Hives Forever Forever The Hives, The Paper, The Toxic Avenger Unrated, What's Our Podcast? Leave a comment
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–Caught Stealing (Theaters)
–Jaws 50th Anniversary Re-Release (Theaters)
–The Toxic Avenger Unrated (Theaters) – A reboot of the original, not an unrated version of the original.
TV
–Beavis and Butt-Head Season 11 Premiere (September 3 on Comedy Central) – Note that this season is originally airing on the basic cable channel Comedy Central, as opposed to the streamer Paramount+, which was the case for the previous two seasons.
–The Paper Season 1 (September 4 on Peacock) – A sort of spinoff of The Office.
–Pokémon Concierge Episodes 4-8 (September 4 on Netflix)
Music
-The Beaches, No Hard Feelings
-Blood Orange, Essex Honey
-Belinda Carlisle, Once Upon a Time in California
-Sabrina Carpenter, Man’s Best Friend
-The Hives, The Hives Forever Forever The Hives
-Margo Price, Hard Headed Woman
Podcasts
–What’s Our Podcast? – Hosted by Beck Bennett and Kyle Mooney.
jmunney’s Favorite Music of 2024
January 31, 2025
Best of 2024, Best of Music 2024, Music Alice Merton, Ariana Grande, Cage the Elephant, Camila Cabello, Charli XCX, Chris Stapleton, Dhani Harrison, Father John Misty, Fever Ray, Future Islands, Jack White, Justice, Kacey Musgraves, Kim Deal, Kim Gordon, Lauren Mayberry, Lenny Kravitz, Megan Thee Stallion, Milky Chance, Pharrell, Reneé Rapp, Sabrina Carpenter, Sleater-Kinney, Snoop Dogg, St. Vincent, Tame Impala, Tenacious D, The Beaches, The Black Keys, The Cure, The Last Dinner Party, The Smile, Tommy Richman, Tori Kelly Leave a comment
Every week, I check the schedule of new albums coming out and listen to the ones that catch my ear. Then I make a note throughout the year of the ones that made a strong impression. And then to finalize my Best Albums of 2024 list, I re-listened to everything on that shortlist to confirm whether or not I did in fact like them enough to enshrine them among the crème de la crème.
As for my favorite new songs of the year, they can be hard to find, since I live in a city with reliable public transportation, and thus rarely drive, and thus rarely listen to the radio. So I hope that I’ll encounter some good ones on the albums that I seek out, or that they otherwise reach me via pop cultural osmosis. Also, I try to stick with songs that were released as singles, but it’s okay if they weren’t.
Anyway, here’s the music that happily stuck with me in 2024:
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