Pitchfork’s editors are already sorting, compiling, and straining to recollect all of the music that’s been launched this yr. So we’re spotlighting a few of 2025’s most excellent data to this point by rounding up albums which have earned excessive scores and Finest New Music designations with a fast record of RIYLs (that’s Really useful If You Like) and hyperlinks to our protection.
In contrast to our year-end lists, this one is organized in reverse chronological order. That will help you hold monitor of the yr’s finest music, we’ll be updating it periodically all through the rest of 2025.
(All releases featured listed here are independently chosen by our editors. Whenever you purchase one thing via our retail hyperlinks, nevertheless, Pitchfork might earn an affiliate fee.)
March
RIYL: Psychotic artwork rock; drummers; New York noise rock; Battles; Hella; rototoms; bands so tight they sound digital
Hear/Purchase: Amazon | Apple Music | Bandcamp | Tough Commerce | Spotify | Tidal
RIYL: Energy pop completed proper; yung Guided by Voices; Royal Headache; huge lo-fi hooks; Chicago rock; DIY areas; a capsule that makes you keep younger ceaselessly
Hear/Purchase: Amazon | Apple Music | Bandcamp | Tough Commerce | Spotify | Tidal
RIYL: Having a formative Andy Warhol part as a youngster; maximalism; analog synths; the idea of lipsyncing in your life; this picture of David Bowie and Trent Reznor hanging out; a contact of funk; campy horror films; inventing your individual nachos
Hear/Purchase: Amazon | Apple Music | Tough Commerce | Spotify | Tidal
RIYL: Mannequin/Actriz; Modest Mouse; Deafheaven; “weightlifting music” typically; the tortured artist; the deliberately ugly; getting it off your chest
Hear/Purchase: Amazon | Apple Music | Bandcamp | Tough Commerce | Spotify | Tidal
RIYL: Alan Watts; jiu-jitsu; meditation retreats; Whole Refreshment Centre; woolly sweaters; child animals; becoming a member of a The Artist’s Approach e book membership
Hear/Purchase: Amazon | Apple Music | Bandcamp | Tough Commerce | Spotify | Tidal
February
RIYL: Anti-capitalism; open-source software program; culture-jamming; UbuWeb; the Digital Frontier Basis; 2000s electroclash; gabber remixes; self-aware bangers that aren’t afraid to interrupt a sweat
