While it is sad to see them go, we will always remember the wonder, the excitement, and the beauty that this band have endured with the music.

This exceptional atmospheric and sludgy blend of post-metal and post-rock has decimated most of the competition on my end of year list.

It seems The Necks have developed a tight empathy and a set of tight instincts, with the three musicians involved always being able to sense where each of them is going, making their runs shift with full sense and logic.

It is undoubtedly an unusual quest to try and reveal the hidden romance of public utilities and national infrastructure through instrumental electronic music, but it’s one which continues to deliver delightful results.

Each of the pieces that is on their latest album, details the tragedy, the downfall, and the moments where it comes out of the blue unexpectedly and not knowing the consequences that come with it.

Burgess’s voice has lost none of its vibrancy and clarity, which is a relief. The band is terrific and the performances are tight.

This isn’t just a live album; this is an event. It sounds more powerful, more incredible, and even more joyful for Black Sabbitch to place an Unwest in the West.

Folklore, weird histories and superstition threaded through uneasy compositions of piano loops, vinyl hiss and odd drones.

The best way to listen to The Baldock Transmission is by putting on your headphones and turn off your mind, relax, you might jump at certain moments, but perhaps there is more to where that comes from.

The band has returned triumphantly with this challenging and cool record. Highly recommended in these dystopian times!

This is so much more than just an anti-fascist black metal record. The rage, depth and intelligence makes this one of 2025’s most vital listens.

Blight is another little gem to add to the treasure box of music from The Antlers. A perfect companion to a warm fire on a cold winter’s evening.

Make no mistake, Guided By Voices have dropped an absolute copper-bottomed banger here.

For those in the realms of post-rock, ambient and doomgaze this is going to be one of the best to drop this year.

The quality of music Charlie Bruber presents on ‘Prized Burden’ just might not keep him in the musical shadows for much longer.

You feel as if you’re inside this surreal western, revealing the past and the present unfolding in front of your very eyes with electronic and ambient arrangements.

Fifty and some years after its original release back in 1971, it still sounds as timeless as it did then, with the new remaster extracting some additional nuances that might have been missed the first time around.

Under the influence? Certainly, but both the influence and its take here are quite great, thank you.

The Spiritual Sound finds this most curious of bands push boundaries with vibrant ideas, a penchant for extreme noise and sublime melodies. Dig in.

The light of the guitars and pen still marches on in this incredible box set. And no matter what, we took the tubes back out of town, back to the rollin’ pin, by adding in a massive streak of rin tin tin.

They revel in lysergic-drenched rainbow tones distorted with fuzzy feedback.