Exclaim!'s 25 Best Albums of 2025 So Far

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# 1
Album • Apr 11 / 2025 Indie Rock
# 2
Album • Feb 21 / 2025 Indie Folk Art Pop
# 3
Album • Mar 19 / 2025 Bedroom Pop Indie Folk
# 4
Album • Mar 28 / 2025 Blackgaze Post-Metal
# 5
Album • May 09 / 2025 Experimental Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 6
Album • Feb 07 / 2025 Alt-Pop Electronic
# 7
Album • Apr 28 / 2025 Emoviolence Screamo
# 8
Album • Jan 31 / 2025 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 9
Album • Jan 10 / 2025 Garage Punk Riot Grrrl
# 10
Album • Apr 25 / 2025 Poetry Atmospheric Sludge Metal Avant-Garde Metal
# 11
Album • Mar 28 / 2025 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop
# 12
Album • Mar 28 / 2025 Progressive Rock Heavy Psych
# 13
Album • Apr 11 / 2025 Pop Soul Art Pop
# 14
Album • Feb 28 / 2025 EBM Electroclash
# 15
Album • Feb 14 / 2025 Indie Rock Pop Rock
# 16
Album • Apr 25 / 2025 IDM
# 17
Album • Apr 04 / 2025 Progressive Pop Art Rock Baroque Pop
# 18
Album • May 02 / 2025 Industrial Rock Dance-Punk
# 19
Album • Feb 28 / 2025 Psychedelic Pop Neo-Psychedelia
# 20
Album • Mar 28 / 2025 Conscious Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop
# 21
Album • Jan 05 / 2025 Reggaetón Caribbean Music
# 22
Album • Feb 14 / 2025 Glam Rock
# 23
Album • Apr 25 / 2025 Art Punk
# 24
Album • Mar 28 / 2025 Indie Rock Indie Folk
# 25
Album • May 02 / 2025 Indie Rock Pop Punk Post-Hardcore
# 26
Album • May 06 / 2025 Bedroom Pop Dream Pop