I really enjoyed making a few observations last year on my 2024 Spotify playlist. I felt like it would be fun to continue that tradition(?) this year as well!

2025 Spotify Playlist

I would say compared to last year, my tastes have been a lot more all over. The first quarter of the year was very skewed toward my typical indie/folk tastes. I found several songs that I listened to year through the whole year, especially Never Been Better by Ben Abraham, Weird Goodbyes and This isn’t helping by the National.

As we got into the mid year, OK Go was basically all I listened to and watched. I’m not going to link to everything, but with the release of their latest album I was hooked. The video for A Stone Only Rolls Down Hill got the ball rolling and Love kept it going.

After that was Rouge Valley! Again this so heavily dominated I couldn’t possibly link to everything, but I listened through their whole catalog and enjoyed most of it! Their style is very unchanged in the Americana side of things if you want to give them a listen.

The last half of the year was a huge mix. It was lacking in big album releases that got my attention, and so the year is a healthy mix of Americana, Indie, a light touch of rock (several songs on the most recent Goo Goo Dolls album were fun). I also enjoyed a few longs off of Zac Brown Bands latest album. As he continues to lean more into the stoner persona I can’t really recommend the album, but there are a couple of nuggets What You Gonna Do comes to mind.

I’m excited to see what the next year brings, my current favorite band The Arcadian Wild is due for new music, and I can’t wait to see what singles (or hopefully full album) they release!