RayRay’s Top Songs 2025
Much like Nathan, I feel like our days in the blogging world are numbered as we continue to see others in the game either falter, put up gaudy pay walls, or liter their sites with intrusive ads. We’ve said it before, this is all just a labor of love for us, and maybe this is why we can press on when others end or drastically change – it’s all just fun for us, our livelihoods don’t depend on it. So we’re gonna press on and keep doing this thing until it starts feeling like real work, and we hope you’ll continue to stick with us and maybe, just maybe enjoy our rambling. And yeah, year end lists are cliche and silly, but a song playlist is enjoyable for me (see keeping the joy is important). I’ve loved diving into playlists from folks I trust, and hopefully you will enjoy my attempt at trimming my favorites down to 100. We consume TONS of new music on the daily, so while 100 may seem like a lot, in our world, it is not. Hit the jump for list and playlist links.
Alphabetical by artist with links back to the artists so you can investigate further and buy stuff (you can stream most songs there as well if you don’t like my Apple homerism). Please head to one of those links and BUY SOMETHING if you enjoy the tracks. For art to survive in the age of streaming, we must support the people who make the art.
Luminosa – Adis Cometa
Bodhidharma – Agriculture
Changes – Alien Boy
Surprise Surprise – Alkaline Trio
Carnage – The Antlers
Proper – Autocamper
Somewhere, Nowhere – Bagdad
Cowbella – bar italia
Lately – Beauty School
Guericke’s Unicorn – Beirut
Angelus – The Berries
No Joy – The Beths
The Burning of Cork – Cardinals
Without A Doubt – Charm School & Andrew Charm
Blue Jay – Charmer
PLEASE – cleopatrick
Angel – The Convenience
After You – Courting
Same Old Story – Dalton
Melody – Dan Mangan
Magnolia – Deafheaven
Used To Be – deleterolf
Peace as a Punchline – Destiny Bond
Another Life – Dirty Nice
All Good – Dream, Ivory
Drawbacks – dust
Fourth Street – Dutch Interior
First Day – Far Caspian
This Is Real – feeble little horse
Long After Midnight – Flock of Dimes
On Your Mind – Flypaper
Face To Face – FOOTBALLHEAD
Hardly – Free Range
Bleached – Fust
Alive – GHOSTWOMAN
Sorrow Again – Glimmer
Fall Away – Good Flying Birds
Knockin’ Heart – Hamilton Leithauser
33 – hey, nothing
Catcher – High.
Switch Over – Horsegirl
Leaning – Hot Joy
Break Right – Hotline TNT
Plagiarist – Humour
Bliss In 7 Languages – I Promised The World
Spell – Joyer
Fold – knitting
Breaking Ground – Knumears
Wonderful Sunlight – LAKE
Pressure – Lawn
Green – Leeches
AT&T – Liquid Mike
Waiter – Living Hour
Drag Along – Lockstep
Anhedonia – Mamalarky
Good Things – Maneater
Shallowing – Maneka
Wasserland – MK Naomi
Snails – MOULD
Big Hips – MX LONELY
Inept Apollo – Nation of Language
Behind the Green Door – Night Beats
cannibal world – Nothing
Hijacked – Odonis Odonis
Waawooweewaa – OK Cool
Jinx – One Step Closer
Glib Tongued – Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs & EL-P
Dozer – Plantoid
Another Boy – Provoker
Hallways – PUP
Wrong Planet – Ribbon Skirt
Dead Air – Smut
Sun Tan – Snuggle
The Road – some fear
JIVE – Sorry
Stale Change – Spite House
Guess I’m Fallin In Love – Spoon
Amelia’s Hand – Stoneyard
Aku Cemas – Subsonic Eye
Cruel Times – Superheaven
I Dont Know When Ill See You Again – Sweet Nobody
AMERICAN FOOD – They Are Gutting a Body of Water
It’s Nice to See You, Stranger – thistle.
Sitting – Tiberius
Magnetic – Tunde Adebimpe
Pool House – TVOD
Love Gently – Twin Shadow
Oneida – Tyler Childers
Man Made of Meat – Viagra Boys
Fighting Back – Voxtrot
So Long – Wavves
Drunk Surfer – Westside Cowboy
Honestly – White Reaper
Bronco Buster – Whitmer Thomas
Floodway Fall – Will Johnson
Danger in Fives – Wombo
Se Sufre Pero Se Goza – The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die & Counterparts
Till I See You Again – Worn-Tin
Speed Freak – Youth Lagoon
True – Yuno
Apple only. Spotify can go to hell.