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Top 89 of 2025: Lindsay Kimball's top music of the year

by Lindsay Kimball

December 08, 2025

TOP 89 2025 - Staff Picks - Lindsay Kimball
TOP 89 2025 - Staff Picks - Lindsay KimballPhoto: Sara Fish | Graphic: Natalia Toledo

The end of the year is upon us, and it's time to reflect on your favorite music of 2025! Here is Lindsay Kimball's favorite music of the year. Once you've made your own list, vote in The Current's Top 89 poll by Sunday, Dec. 14, and we'll count down your Top 89 of 2025 at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 31.

Top Songs (Alphabetical)

Abraham Alexander - Another Love Song

Anna Graves - Hollow Bones

Annie DiRusso - Wearing Pants Again feat. Ruston Kelly

Blondshell - Arms feat. Gigi Perez

Bob Moses - Last Forever

Bon Iver - Walk Home

Clover County - Ultraviolet

CMAT - When A Good Man Cries

Ethel Cain - Nettles

Everything is Recorded - Never Felt Better

Florence and the Machine - One of the Greats

Jon Batiste - Dusklight Movement

Jonah Kagen - You Again

Julien Baker and Torres - Sugar in the Tank

Kathleen Edwards - Save Your Soul

Lucy Dacus - Ankles

My Morning Jacket - Time Waited

Of Monsters and Men - Fruit Bat

S.G. Goodman - Fire Sign

Sarah McLachlan - Reminds Me feat. Katie Gavin

Stephen Wilson Jr. - If There's a Heaven feat. Noah Cyrus

Turnstile - Never Enough

Tyler, The Creator - Sugar on my Tongue

Wet Leg - Catch These Fists

Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom

Top 89 of 2025: Lindsay Kimball's top music of the year