Thanks to everyone who chose their top 10 albums of 2025, and to Darren from Midlothian who won our Grand Prize: A $500 Gift Card to Plan 9 Music in Richmond and Charlottesville!
Congratulations to Eileen from Richmond who took advantage of our Countdown Special and won a pair of tickets to Florence + The Machine’s sold out show at Capital One Arena in D.C. on April 18 + overnight hotel accommodations, a signed album cover, and a copy of Everybody Scream on vinyl!
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100. Patty Griffin – Crown of Roses
99. Panic Shack – Panic Shack
98. Southern Avenue – Family
97. Tunde Adebimpe – Thee Black Boltz
96. Sports Team – Boys These Days
95. Don Was And The Pan-Detroit Ensemble – Groove In The Face Of Adversity
94. Mavis Staples – Sad And Beautiful World
93. Bruce Springsteen – Tracks II: The Lost Albums
92. Margo Price – Hard Headed Woman
91. Matt Berninger – Get Sunk
90. The Bug Club – Very Human Features
89. Jade Bird – Who Wants To Talk About Love?
88. dodie – Not For Lack Of Trying
87. Wes Parker – fantom EP
86. Turnpike Troubadours – The Price of Admission
85. Lorde – Virgin
84. Portugal. The Man – SHISH
83. ROSALÍA – Lux
82. Cass McCombs – Interior Live Oak
81. Warren Haynes – The Whisper Sessions
80. Bahamas – My Second Last Album
79. Lukas Nelson – American Romance
78. Counting Crows – Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets
77. Will Overman – Stranger
76. Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory – Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
75. Julien Baker & TORRES – Send A Prayer My Way
74. Lily Allen – West End Girl
73. Clover County – Finer Things
72. Grace Potter – Medicine
71. The Last Dinner Party – From The Pyre
70. Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram – Hard Road
69. Colter Wall – Memories and Empties
68. Loaded Honey – Love Made Trees
67. The Black Keys – No Rain, No Flowers
66. Butcher Brown – Letters From The Atlantic
65. Bob Mould – Here We Go Crazy
64. S.G. Goodman – Planting by the Signs
63. Jesse Welles – Pilgrim
62. Of Monsters And Men – All Is Love And Pain In The Mouse Parade
61. Blondshell – If You Asked For A Picture
60. HAIM – I Quit
59. Snocaps – Snocaps
58. Car Seat Headrest – The Scholars
57. Sabrina Carpenter – Man’s Best Friend
56. Bad Bunny – DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
55. Wolf Alice – The Clearing
54. The Lumineers – Automatic
53. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Phantom Island
52. Hayley Williams – Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
51. Sierra Hull – A Tip Toe High Wire
50. The Belair Lip Bombs – Again
49. Neko Case – Neon Grey Midnight Green
48. Caamp – Somewhere EP
47. James McMurtry – The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy
46. Watchhouse – Rituals
45. Nation of Language – Dance Called Memory
44. Flock of Dimes – The Life You Save
43. Jon Batiste – Big Money
42. flipturn – Burnout Days
41. Lucius – Lucius
40. St. Paul & The Broken Bones – St. Paul & The Broken Bones
39. Samia – Bloodless
38. Daniel Donato – Horizons
37. Tame Impala – Deadbeat
36. The Wood Brothers – Puff of Smoke
35. Big Thief – Double Infinity
34. Goose – Everything Must Go
33. The Head & The Heart – Aperture
32. Deep Sea Diver – Billboard Heart
31. Olivia Dean – The Art of Loving
30. Mt. Joy – Hope We Have Fun
29. Mumford & Sons – Rushmere
28. Kathleen Edwards – Billionaire
27. Goose – Chain Yer Dragon
26. Charley Crockett – Dollar A Day
25. I’m With Her – Wild and Clear and Blue
24. Wednesday – Bleeds
23. Charley Crockett – Lonesome Drifter
22. Japanese Breakfast – For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
21. Brandi Carlile – Returning To Myself
20. The Beths – Straight Line Was a Lie
19. Hannah Cohen – Earthstar Mountain
18. Royel Otis – hickey
17. Florence + The Machine – Everybody Scream
16. Billy Strings & Bryan Sutton – 04/07/2024 Nashville, TN (Live At The Legion)
15. Geese – Getting Killed
14. Molly Tuttle – So Long Little Miss Sunshine
13. Lord Huron – The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1
12. Alison Krauss & Union Station – Arcadia
11. My Morning Jacket – is
10. Laufey – A Matter Of TIme
9. Tyler Childers – Snipe Hunter
8. Jason Isbell – Foxes In The Snow
7. Jeff Tweedy – Twilight Override
6. Bon Iver – SABLE, fABLE
5. Turnstile – Never Enough
4. David Byrne – Who Is The Sky?
3. Palmyra – Restless
2. Lucy Dacus – Forever Is A Feeling
1. Wet Leg – moisturizer
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