PopMatters' 70 Best Albums of 2025 So Far

The 70 best albums of 2025 offer sublime music as major artists return with new work and brilliant new sounds bubble up from the underground and worldwide.

Published: June 26, 2025 11:00 Source

# 55

Boys These Days by Sports Team

Album • May 23 / 2025 Indie Rock

# 56

Birthing by Swans

Album • May 30 / 2025 Post-Rock Experimental Rock

# 57

December/Sedimonthole by Thaba

Album • Apr 18 / 2025

# 58

Spirits by The Devil Makes Three

Album • Feb 28 / 2025 Alt-Country Americana Gothic Country

# 59

Matter Does Not Define by The Lathums

Album • Feb 28 / 2025

# 60

Spring Grove by The Ophelias

Album • Apr 04 / 2025

# 61

Life, Death And Dennis Hopper by The Waterboys

Album • Apr 04 / 2025

# 62

Eternal Reverie by TOKiMONSTA

Album • Mar 07 / 2025 Deep House House

# 63

Possession by Ty Segall

Album • May 30 / 2025 Glam Rock Psychedelic Rock

# 64

Owls, Omens, and Oracles by Valerie June

Album • Apr 11 / 2025 Country Soul

# 65

viagr aboys by Viagra Boys

Album • Apr 25 / 2025 Art Punk

# 66

Whatever the Weather II by Whatever The Weather

Album • Mar 14 / 2025 Ambient Glitch

# 67

Points Of Origin by Will Stratton

Album • Mar 07 / 2025 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 68

Southern Belle Raisin' Hell by Willow Avalon

Album • Jan 17 / 2025 Neo-Traditionalist Country

# 69

Evangelic Girl is a Gun by yeule

Album • May 30 / 2025 Alternative Rock Pop Rock Indietronica

# 70

Spiral Your Way Out by zzzahara

Album • Jan 10 / 2025 Slacker Rock Bedroom Pop