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A Closer Listen (https://acloserlisten.com/)

The Year in Review

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The Year’s Best Music Videos

The Year’s Best Packaging

The Happiest Music of the Year

Music for Stained Glass

The Year’s Best Album Covers

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The Year’s Best Film Scores

The Year’s Best Videogame Soundtracks

Top Ten Ambient

Top Ten Drone

Top Ten Electronic

Top Ten Experimental

Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape

Top Ten Modern Composition

Top Ten Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

The Top 20 Albums of the Year

A Jazz Noise (https://ajazznoise.com/)

A Strangely Isolated Place (https://www.astrangelyisolatedplace.com/blog)

Reflection on 2025

Aquarium Drunkard (https://aquariumdrunkard.com/)
Year In Review 2025

Avant Music News (https://avantmusicnews.com/)

Bandcamp (https://daily.bandcamp.com/)
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Best Of Jazz (https://bestofjazz.org/)

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Bleep (https://bleep.com/)

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Boomkat (https://boomkat.com/)


Brainwashed (http://www.brainwashed.com/)

Crack Magazine (https://crackmagazine.net/)

The Top 50 Albums of 2025

Create Digital Music (https://cdm.link/)

Cyclic Defrost (https://www.cyclicdefrost.com)
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top albums of 2025

Echoes (https://echoes.org/)

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Free Form Freakout (http://www.freeformfreakout.com)
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FreeForm, FreeJazz (https://freeformfreejazz.blogspot.com/)
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Free Jazz Blog (http://www.freejazzblog.org/)

Gorilla vs. Bear (http://www.gorillavsbear.net/)

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Headphone Commute (https://headphonecommute.com/)

Holiday At The Sea (https://www.holidayatthesea.com/)

I Care If You Listen (https://icareifyoulisten.com/)

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Igloo Magazine (https://igloomag.com/)


In Sheep's Clothing (https://insheepsclothinghifi.com/)

Our Favorite Releases of 2025

Our Favorite Archival Releases of 2025

Indie Rock Mag (http://www.indierockmag.com/)

L’oeil sur 2025 - 150 albums : #150 à #136

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Inverted Audio (https://inverted-audio.com)

Jazz Desk (https://jazzdesk.wordpress.com)
Best jazz albums 2025

Jazzist (https://jazzist.ru/)

Jazzwise Magazine (http://www.jazzwise.com/)
The 20 best new jazz albums of 2025: Jazzwise critics' poll

Junodownload (https://www.junodownload.com/)

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Low Light Mixes (http://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/)

Rock Instrumental Albums 2025

MixMag (http://mixmag.net/)

Modem Radioshow (https://radiostudent.si/glasba/modem)

Monolith Cocktail (https://monolithcocktail.com/)

End of the Year Revue For 2025: Part One: A to M

End of the Year Revue For 2025: Part Two: N to Z

Musique Machine (https://www.musiquemachine.com)

Noise Not Music (https://noisenotmusic.com/)

Norman Records (https://www.normanrecords.com/)

NovaFuture Blog (https://novafuture.blog/)

Optimistic Underground (https://optimisticunderground.com/)
100 Best Albums of 2025

Pitchfork (https://pitchfork.com/)

The Best Music of 2025

Post Ambient Lux (http://postambientlux.tumblr.com/)
Best Ambient of 2025

Presto Classical (https://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/)

Recordings of the Year 2025 - Our Top 10

Raven Sings The Blues (http://www.ravensingstheblues.com/)

2025 Favorite Reissues

2025 Favorite Albums

Resident Advisor (https://www.residentadvisor.net/)
The Best Releases of 2025

South Recordshop (https://www.southrecordshop.com)
End of year review 2025

Stationary Travels (https://stationarytravels.wordpress.com/)

A Sense of Place and Time

Ted Gioia (https://tedgioia.substack.com/)

The 100 Best Recordings of 2025 (Part 1 of 2)

The 100 Best Recordings of 2025 (Part 2 of 2)

Textura (http://textura.org/index.htm)
2025 Picks

The Moderns (https://themoderns.blog)

The Quietus (http://thequietus.com/)

Albums of the Year 2025

The Vinyl Factory (https://thevinylfactory.com/)

Tone Glow (https://toneglow.substack.com)

Nick Zavriev (https://t.me/toomuchambient)

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