Get ready for an exciting wave of new music as 2024 winds down and 2025 kicks off with a bang! From iconic artists to emerging talent, this list covers the most anticipated albums and EPs across diverse genres. Whether you’re into indie gems, pop anthems, or experimental sounds, there’s something here for everyone.
Stay tuned as legends like The National, Interpol, and Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre drop fresh projects alongside rising stars like Ethel Cain, Mereba, and Sasami. Plus, anniversary editions, live recordings, and boundary-pushing collaborations promise to keep your playlists buzzing.
Explore the full calendar of releases and mark your favorites—2025 is shaping up to be a phenomenal year in music!
December 1, 2024
• Drakeo the Ruler: The Undisputed Truth [Stinc Team]
December 6, 2024
• Angel Olsen: Cosmic Waves Volume 1 [Somethingscosmic]
• Claire Rousay: Sentiment Remix [Thrill Jockey]
• Dua Lipa: Dua Lipa Live From the Royal Albert Hall [Warner]
• Interpol: Live at Third Man Records [Third Man]
• Kassie Krut: Kassie Krut EP [Fire Talk]
• Lauren Mayberry: Vicious Creature [Island]
• Shabaka: Possession EP [Impulse!]
• Siete7x: Stuck in the Hole [Empire]
December 13, 2024
• Daniel Blumberg: The Brutalist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Milan]
• The National: Rome [4AD]
• Saint Etienne: The Night [Heavenly]
• Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre: Missionary [Death Row/Aftermath/Interscope]
January 8, 2025
• Ethel Cain: Perverts [Daughters of Cain]
January 10, 2025
• Franz Ferdinand: The Human Fear [Domino]
January 17, 2025
• Ela Minus: Dia [Domino]
• Frank Black: Teenager of the Year (30th Anniversary Edition) [4AD]
• Mac Miller: Balloonerism [Warner]
• Television Personalities: Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out – Radio Sessions 1980-1993 [Fire]
• The Weather Station: Humanhood [Fat Possum]
January 24, 2025
• Benjamin Booker: Lower [Fire Next Time]
• Boilermaker: Not Enough Time to Get Anything Halfway Done [Numero Group]
• Central Cee: Can’t Rush Greatness [Columbia]
• FKA twigs: Eusexua [Young]
• Mogwai: The Bad Fire [Temporary Residence Ltd.]
• Studio: West Coast [Ghostly International]
• The Weeknd: Hurry Up Tomorrow [XO/Republic]
January 31, 2025
• Bonnie “Prince” Billy: The Purple Bird [No Quarter]
• Eddie Chacon: Lay Low [Stones Throw]
• Freckle: Freckle [God?]
• Geologist & D.S.: A Shaw Deal [Drag City]
• MIKE: Showbiz! [10k]
February 7, 2025
• James Brandon Lewis: Apple Cores [Anti-]
• The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Perfect Right Now: A Slumberland Collection 2008-2010 [Slumberland]
• Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory: Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory [Jagjaguwar]
• Squid: Cowards [Warp]
• Traxman: Da Mind of Traxman Vol. 3 [Planet Mu]
• Wilco: A Ghost Is Born (Expanded Edition) [Nonesuch]
February 14, 2025
• Alessia Cara: Love & Hyperbole [Def Jam]
• Bartees Strange: Horror [4AD]
• Horsegirl: Phonetics On and On [Matador]
• Mereba: The Breeze Grew a Fire [Secretly Canadian]
• Richard Dawson: End of the Middle [Weird World]
February 21, 2025
• Sam Fender: People Watching [Capitol]
• Saya Gray: Saya [Dirty Hit]
February 28, 2025
• The Chills: Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs [Fire]
• Edith Frost: In Space [Drag City]
• Everything Is Recorded: Temporary [XL]
• Ichiko Aoba: Luminescent Creatures [Hermine/Psychic Hotline]
• The Men: Buyer Beware [Fuzz Club]
• Mdou Moctar: Tears of Injustice [Matador]
• Panda Bear: Sinister Grift [Domino]
March 7, 2025
• Sasami: Blood on the Silver Screen [Domino]
March 21, 2025
• The Horrors: Night Life [Fiction]
April 4, 2025
• DJ Koze: Music Can Hear Us [Pampa]