Top 20 songs

March 12, 2025

I’m in the process of writing two extremely detailed posts, because one just isn’t enough. In the meantime, I’ve been listening to some great music I want to share, in case anyone (like myself) needs to detox from daily updates of our republic.

1. Adagio: Σtella

2. Metaverse: Cage the Elephant

3. Messy: Lola Young

4. TTYLSOS: DWLLERS

5. Basic Being Basic: Djo

6. So Cold: Balu Brigada

7. Billy (Yeah Yeah Yeah): Inhaler

8. Billboard Heart: Deep Sea Diver

9. Sailor Song: Gigi Perez

10. Moonlit Floor (Kiss Me): Lisa

11. I’m in Love: Jelani Aryeh

12. Worm in the Sun: Alexsucks

13. Lady Parts and Mannequins: mehro

14. Somebody’s Son: Empire of the Sun (featuring Lindsey Buckingham)

15. Mega Circuit: Japanese Breakfast

16. Why on Fire?: Matt Berry, Eric D. Johnson

17. Birds of a Feather: Billie Eilish

18. It’s Amazing to be Young: Fontaines D.C.

19. Two Times: Blondshell

20. Drown My Fear: The Rifles

A few thoughts:

• I’ve decided to only include one song per artist, even though I’m listening to a BUNCH of songs from a few of these artists (hello, Alexsucks! and Fontaines DC)

• I also tried to limit my list to songs that were released in 2025 OR are still on the charts.

• If you like the song above by Σtella, I recommend a deep dive. There’s some great stuff there.

• Most who read this would likely know a song by Empire of the Sun, but how exactly did that conversation go when they recruited Lindsey? I’ve wondered about that as well for the Bombay Bicycle Club reaching out to Chaka Khan.

For your listening pleasure…until I’m back with another post.

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