Influence can be worn on a sleeve. This was my surprise pop punk favorite of 2025 Marketing Team Be Like - ungooglable band name - generic ass album art - generic album title (alliteration and double entendres aside) - sneak release at the end of the year, - Canadian.

I don't know what this sound is? Post HxC with the treble sucked out, but also melodic shoegaze glazed with DC Emo? You know what, nevermind, don't listen to me, listen to Koyo, pronounced Koi-Yo. Koyo - Would You Miss It? September 29, 2023

There might not be a single song on this album that doesn't mention; grinding hard for money, working hard with the boys, getting paid, & shrugging off trolls. Every one of them Closing out 2025 for new music Peoples Champ ain't had a problem in 25 years Paul Wall & DJ Fresh-The Tonite Show

There's a lot of Dashboard Confessional fans out there who don't even know this album exists. Further Seems Forever - The Moon is Down March 27, 2001

After all… why not, Why shouldn't I have a skank for Christmas? Reel Big Fish - Happy Skalidays October 14, 2016

Breaking into AP's list of 100 best singles of the 2000s, at number 99… just as I am (inside joke, it's brand new) "Art is Hard", but this album is wicked. Cursive - The Ugly Organ March 4, 2003

Hey Alaska, you okay broskimos?

The early 10s were full of crunk core party rock & folk indie, Ho Heys They didnt quite reach the stratospheric level of, The Lumineers, but these dudes definitely had their place in the sun. Pressed to wax for the first time, a decade after release American Authors-Oh What a Life March 3, 2014

When you cool, the sun shine on you twenty-four, seven. Do you wear your sunglasses at night? Corey Hart - First Offense November 11, 1983

The entirety of side 4 is literally just "Free Bird" live… …as it should be. Lynrd Skynrd - Icon August 31, 2010

281-330-8004 Still Tippin on fofo's Barre sippin', car dippin', Grant wood grain grippin' Who is Mike Jones? The album, coming soon. Wreckshop Records Swisha House beeyotch Mike Jones - Who is Mike Jones? April 19, 2005

Some kind of an insane irony that a 2001 album called, "Soundtrack for a Generation", from a band everyone forgot about, has a hit single, everyone knows as a Starting Line song... which, more or less, kind of embodies the soundtrack of the Napster generation. You know this song by Student Rick

Drain is the friend you need when one requires melting of the face variety. Drain …Is Your Friend November 7, 2025

Knowledge reigns supreme over everyone. I know, you know, we know, because of KRS-One October 10, 1995

Could you imagine the waking nightmare, if upon death, perverts were the only souls cursed to walk this earth as spirits? Kids See Ghosts June 8, 2018

Sometimes chiptunes are like Pringles. Once you pop, the glitch don't stop. Mega Drive - 200XAD July 21, 2023

Mega Drive - 198X AD May 16, 2014

There hasn't been a single time in human history when an unnofficial mashup, unsupported by either artist, has even artistically worked. Let alone been worth a single solitary fu… Wugazi - 13 Chambers 2011

Create rap music cause I never dug disco. At one point, it sounds like someone is channelling an Eminem that wouldn't drop "Infinite", until later that year, on the s/t track Dr Octagon. Thanks Kool Keith for SciFi rap. Dr Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst April 1996

Every early Thrice fan sleeping on "Wounded Touch"... is old. That's just an unobjective fact. No matter whether you jam this or peanutbutter it. Wounded Touch - A Vivid Depiction of Collapse May 16, 2025

You ever just zone out and make it to side C before you realize you forgot to turn off dust mode on the record player? AKA 45 rpm Still pleasant cranked up a notch 🤣 Call it the reverse chopped and screwed. Most famous for his single, "Fuck the Police" J Dilla - Donuts February 7, 2006

"We have dreams of being dust" Dissolving, the track that drops the album title, is pretty epic. Whole thing is pretty shoegazey, and at other times I hear Castlevania music. These peeps never make 2 albums that sound the same. Not bad. TWIABP&IANLATD - Dreams of Being Dust August 22, 2025

The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die. You should never admit defeat in the name of your band, but I'm fairly certain every album from this outfit has been a different band. "Josh Cyr and friends" I like their broken Stargate album Illusory Walls October 8, 2021

Stoupe, the Enemy of Mankind, is one helluvah moniker. Another Y2K album that recently turned 25. Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design October 3, 2000

Like TayTay, every era of Marshall has haters LPII hate was silly & in further hindsight, it's hands down my favorite cohesive Em unit, behind Bad Meets Evil II The best samples of his discography can be found here & Rubin magic is sprinkled around. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP2 11-5-13

Who out there is keeping that Dirty Bay, chopped and screwed spirit alive? That Mexican OT - Lonestar Luchador July 8, 2023

That underground smellroad turned 25 recently. Shout out Miss Jackson, I am fo real. Outkast - Stankonia October 31, 2000

Just a few more years until that neon pop punk, electro crunk core, ayy lmfao, ridicurap nostalgia comes back around. The fact that this exists on vinyl is hilarious to me. 3OH!3 3OH!3 3OH!3 MY PEEP-POLE WANT July 8, 2008

Not a big Diary stan, this is my favorite SDRE album. Sunny Day Real Estate - How it Feels to be Something On September 8, 1998

Is the chemical miracle Chlorine? Trophy Eyes - Chemical Miracle October 14, 2016

I got faith in yall, yall gonna blow up like N'SYNC THE RADIO PLAYS OUR FAVORITE SONG IT'S WHAT KEEPS ME HOLDIN' ON TAMMAY DO YOU MISS ME? NOW THAT I'M GOOONE Lucky Boys Confusion - Growing Out of It May 30, 1998 Dumb Pop Song Fred Astaire Arizona Stand Untitled

My new favorite genre is, "things that got missed during the pandemic". This appears to be a modern midwest cult classic, steak sub, in the making. Worst Party Ever - Here, Online February 14, 2020

Some fellows who go by the names Loudwire and Metalhammer (dick euphemisms if I ever heard one), called this one of the greatest metal albums of the 21st century. Poison the Well (Proudly Presents their own DiY audio mastered) - You Come Before You July 1, 2003

Do you know how many bands I can count on one finger, that drop, "prime meridian", lyrics? The Swellers - Good for Me June 14, 2011

I keep thinking these are spooky albums, and guessing wrong. This was significantly better than a spooky album. Senses Fail - If There is Light, It Will Find You February 16, 2018

Hey, Bing Siri, draw doors to Heaven and Hell. *Wipes Hands* _writes "album artist" on resume_ Sum 41 - Heaven x Hell March 29, 2024

Fun Fact: This released within weeks of: From Under the Cork Tree Vheissu Almost Here - The Academy is... A Fever You Can't Sweat Out All We Know is Falling Crimson - Alkaline Trio The Bravery Bayside August 23, 2005

Nothing goes Y2K harder than a tribal tattoo album cover for a greatest hits album. Love them or hate them, they want blind men to see. Creed - Greatest Hits November 22, 2004

Good Songs by JVB Simple as that. Blessid Be the Beat. Joey Valence & Brae - Good Songs RSD April 20, 2025

No one alive is doing medievil Appalachian Breeders grunge like Wednesday Wednesday - Twin Plagues August 13, 2021

There are human beings walking amonst you, who's first introduction to, "The Beastie Boys", were through cheat codes in "NBA JAM Tournament Edition" for the Super Nintendo. Beastie Boys - Licenses to Ill November 15, 1986

If you were casually searching for the greatest post hardcore love song ever written, look no further than, "The Weight" Thrice - Beggars August 9, 2009

Some say September 24, 1991 was the day grunge killed hair metal. Others say October 24, 2000, is the day that numetal took over the new millenium. The most popular emo rap band to ever exist. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory Turns 25 today.

The rare cross fanbase contamination of Captain Planet and LOTR, culminates in Thrice's element themed, "Alchemy Index" Each element album closes with a sonnet, written from the viewpoint of the spirit of that element, explained Kensrue (he was reading a lot of Tolkien). October 16, 2007

There was a period of time when the kids over in the post hardcore scene were really pumped to let everyone know that they were awake at 4am Slam poetry breakdown "I am drowning in a river of deja vu dreams" The Used - The Used June 25, 2002

There are shades of Deja Entendu here. The emo subreddit voted this the best album of 2021, and it's technically an EP. Home is Where - I Became Birds March 5, 2021

Typically the French don't get an American pass, but it's a lot of fun to say "One of the best pop punk metal bands from Paris, France… actually exists While it's true that there is only one, like the last Highlander, it's awesome" Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! - "Pardon My French" April 30, 2013

The Good Charlotte boys got me good. There is absolutely nothing spooky about this album. Drugs are bad mmkay Good Charlotte - Generation RX September 14, 2018

What's a spotify? Apparently this guy has 50 monthly listeners 🤣 Wild for something so beautiful. Never change internet. Cade Earick - The Blinding Light of a Million Stars July 13, 2022 AKA This is what happens when a professional sound engineer produces their own music.

Gremlins should always be encouraged to induce volcanic activity after midnight. Mogwai - The Bad Fire January 24, 2025