The Bad Penny‘s friends at Veil of Sound have assembled a nifty 2025 recap that encompasses the records, concerts and other highlights that the German website’s 10 contributors enjoyed the most last year. Check it out here.
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Veil of Sound Shares Bad Penny’s Favorite LPs, Gigs, More From 2025
Posted in Lists with tags Agriculture, Chat Pile, Chat Pile and Hayden Pedigo, Cloakroom, Deafheaven, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Messa on 01/16/2026 by Kurt OrzeckThe Bad Penny’s Top 50 Best LPs of 2025, Pt. 4: Wode, Floating, Jason Isbell, Glare, Havukruunu
Posted in Album Reviews, Lists, Reviews with tags Chat Pile and Hayden Pedigo, Floating, Glare, Greet Death, Harakiri for the Sky, Havukruunu, Jason Isbell, Mors Principium Est, Saor, Wode on 12/20/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
A lot of fucked-up up shit happened in the U.S. this year. Way, way too much of it. For many of us Americans who actually carry values in our hearts instead of bloviating about them or slapping bumper stickers on our monster trucks, it was almost too much to bear.
Fortunately, 2025 also saw the release of a staggering number of stellar records, which made the year a little more … well, bearable. Hence, for the first time ever, The Bad Penny is deviating from its usual annual tradition of limiting out favorite listens to just 10 and breaking them into a five-part series containing 10 records per installment.
What follows is the fourth batch. (Go here for The Bad Penny‘s favorite albums, #21 through #30; here for The Bad Penny‘s favorite albums, #31 through #40; and here for The Bad Penny‘s favorite albums, #41 through #50.)
11. Wode – Uncrossing the Keys (20 Buck Spin)
• Wode’s ‘Uncrossing the Keys’: Two Cent Review
12. Floating – Hesitating Lights (Transcending Obscurity)
13. Jason Isbell – Foxes in the Snow (Southeastern)
• Jason Isbell’s ‘Foxes in the Snow’: Two Cent Review for Treble’s Best Albums of 2025
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