2025, a year that found me finlly catching up with newly released music, though at the tail end of the year. I'm hopeful that 2026 will find me able to review and curate month to month live. I was closer this year in my top 50 picks than last year (especially with Stereogum's list), but still managed to rate some obscure albums much higher than most. But then you wouldn't be coming here if I was just offering cookie-cutter curation! The title for this year of resetting is from A World of Love and Care from Ezra Furman's transcendent album, #17 on my list.
See how my selections match up to these other top album lists:
NYTimes,
Pitchfork,
Consequence Of Sound,
Stereogum,
The Guardian, and
The Needle Drop.