I don’t consume new music like I did when programming at CJSW.
What I have added:
Salt Horse - Lucky Teeth
Rheostatics - Great Lakes Suite
Geese - Getting Killed
Husker Du - 1985: The Miracle Year
Sugar - House of Dead Memories (single)
Chrissie Hynde - Duets Special
Sloan - Based On The Best Seller
Spinal Tap - The End Continues
Bob Mould - Here We Go Crazy
Night Committee - Your Plans Mean Nothing
Magnet Magazine usually is closest to my tastes:
https://magnetmagazine.com/2025/12/1...lbums-of-2025/
1) Guided By Voices Thick Rich And Delicious (GBV Inc.)
2) Horsegirl Phonetics On And On (Matador)
3) Snocaps Snocaps (Anti-)
4) Geese Getting Killed (Partisan)
5) Alan Sparhawk With Trampled By Turtles (Sub Pop)
6) They Are Gutting A Body Of Water Lotto (ATO/Julia’s War/Smoking Room)
7) Midlake A Bridge To Far (Bella Union)
8) Panda Bear Sinister Grift (Domino)
9) Wednesday Bleeds (Dead Oceans)
10) Damien Jurado Private Hospital (Maraqopa)
11) Spiritual Cramp Rude (Blue Grape)
12) Nation Of Language Dance Called Memory (Sub Pop)
13) Mogwai The Bad Fire (Rock Action/Temporary Residence Limited)
14) Teethe Magic Of The Sale (Winspear)
15) Sloan Based On The Best Seller (Yep Roc/Murderecords)
16) Curtis Harding Departures & Arrivals: Adventures Of Captain Curt (Anti-)
17) Cass McCombs Interior Live Oak (Domino)
18) Sharp Pins Balloon Balloon Balloon and Radio DDR (K)
19) Emma Pollock Begging The Night To Take Hold (Chemikal Underground)
20) The Dears Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! (Next Door)
21) Jeff Tweedy Twilight Override (dBpm)
22) Insecure Men A Man For All Seasons (Fat Possum)
23) Mavis Staples Sad And Beautiful World (Anti-)
24) The Black Keys No Rain, No Flowers (Easy Eye/Warner)
25) Grace Vonderkuhn Into The Morning (self-released)
26) Hotline TNT Raspberry Moon (Third Man)
27) Stereolab Instant Holograms On Metal Film (Duophonic UHF Disks/Warp)
28) Lael Neale Altogether Stranger (Sub Pop)
29) The Beths Straight Line Was A Lie (Anti-)
30) Pulp More (Rough Trade)