PITCHFORK’s BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

19 December 2025

Many music blogs/websites, big and small, have already posted
their end-of-the-year lists (best song/album/concert/video etc).

PITCHFORK has 2 different lists: Best Rock Album and Best Overall Album.

Best Rock Album: ‘Bleeds’ by WEDNESDAY (Denver, US)

“Bleeds’ squall isn’t its only show of force: In the album’s quieter moments, just when
you think the dust has settled, Hartzman expertly unveils the detail that knifes you in
the gut.”


Photo by Graham Tolbert

ALBUM


.
Best Overall Album: Self-titled LP by LOS THUTHANAKA (Bolivian American)

“It starts with a bang. Then a barrage of DJ tags, sampled vocals, and drum rolls carry
us into a sea of ambience. This is the Los Thuthanaka experience in summary: ceremonial but swaggy, cataclysmic but healing, unrefined but magnificent.”

ALBUM


.

5 Most Eye-Catching Album Covers – SEPTEMBER 2025

30 September 2025

Band: MARUJA
Who: Post-punk bohos from Manchester, UK
who have been making noise together since
2014.

Album: PAIN TO POWER
Their debut.


.
Instagram – Linktree
——————————————————————————————————————————-

Band: SUEDE
Who: London‘s glam
pop/rock vets.

Album: ANTIDEPRESSANTS
Their 10th


.
Instagram – Linktree

Band: WEDNESDAY
Who: Power-emo-pop indies
from Asheville, North Carolina.

Album: BLEEDS
Their 6th.


.
Instagram – Linktree
——————————————————————————————————————————-

Band: LA DISPUTE
Who: Post-hardcore act from
Grand Rapids, Michigan, formed
in 2004.

Album: NO ONE WAS DRIVING THE CAR
5th one.


.
Instagram – Linktree
——————————————————————————————————————————-

Artist: DAVID BYRNE
Who: The former fab talking head.

Album: WHO IS THE SKY?
His 9th solo one.


.
Instagram – Linktree