Chris’s Picks 2025 volume 3
2025 is somehow both flying and crawling by at the same time. However that also means there’s been a crazy amount of new releases to consume, so here we are already with volume 3 of 2025 Chris’s Picks. Some highlights here are the latest from Liquid Mike and PUP, the return of Young Widows and My Morning Jacket, a new single from Ben Kweller that features Waxahatchee, and a Nirvana cover from Father John Misty.
For those OG fans of the blog, there’s a little nod to the Screamo post with new music from Saetia as well as Poison The Well, L.S. Dunes, and mclusky also makes their much-anticipated return.
Like always, there’s something here for everyone with tracks from Perfume, Genius, Bob Mould, Julien Baker & TORRES, Beirut, and tons more.
And a little shout out to Dead Pioneers who just played KEXP.
Liquid Mike - “Crop Circles”
Dead Pioneers - “Po$t-American”
Deafheaven - “Magnolia”
Poison The Well - “Trembling Level”
Saetia - “Tendrils”
Fucked Up - “Disabuse”
L.S. Dunes - “Forgiveness”
mclusky - “unpopular parts of a pig”
Red Fang - “It’s Always There”
Origami Angel - “Dirty Mirror Selfie”
Aren’t We Amphibians - “country mac”
PUP - “Hallways”
Weatherday - “Angel”
J Mascis - “Breathe”
Momma - “I Want You (Fever)”
Julien Baker & TORRES - “Sylvia”
Black Country, New Road - “Besties”
Bob Mould - “Here We Go Crazy”
Pink Fuzz - “Coming For Me”
Tunde Abebimpe - “Drop”
Sunflower Bean - “Champagne Taste”
Perfume Genius - “It’s a Mirror”
Hamilton Leithauser - “Knockin’ Heart”
Dead Meadow - “The Unhounded Now”
Ben Kweller feat. Waxahatchee - “Dollar Store”
My Morning Jacket - “Squid Ink”
Black Ends - “Pretend 2 Be (Protect Me)”
Young Widows - “The Darkest Side”
The Men - “PO Box 96”
Swervedriver - “Volume Control”
Drop Nineteens - “Mayfield”
Preoccupations - “Focus”
Courtney Barnett - “Lotta Love”
Beirut - “Guericke’s Unicorn”
Bon Iver - “Everything Is Peaceful Love”
Jason Isbell - “Foxes In The Snow”
Horsegirl - “2468”
The Minus 5 - “Words & Birds”
Father John Misty - “Heart-Shaped Box”
Fontaines D.C. - “It’s Amazing To Be Young”
Cut, paste, enjoy: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5g99WsxLY2TpwDCR2KcuBB?si=4DbpDZKCThCG8t6H3RQE-Q&pi=OoAUyhwmScuVt
