Playlist: The Best New Holiday Songs: tinyurl.com/HolidayPL25 #holidays #Playlist #Christmas #Christmasmusic

Playlist: The Best New Holiday Songs: tinyurl.com/HolidayPL25 #holidays #Playlist #Christmas #Christmasmusic

The Best Books of 2025: tinyurl.com/BooksBest25

The Best Books of 2025: tinyurl.com/BooksBest25

As we nestle into our hibernation pods for the holidays this week, we got an early gift from @popmatters.com who listed an astonishing -SIX- of our titles on their Best DVDs of 2025 list! We are absolutely gobsmacked and honored to not only be listed here, but simply to be among some of

The Best DVDs of 2025 These are the works of serious auteurs whose films will stick in your brain like haunting melodies or shards of glass. READ: tinyurl.com/BestDVDs25

The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle is adept at carving patterns, often creating threads in his music by returning to idols that are both familiar and ever-evolving.

Amadou & Mariam’s final album is a testament to their creative and personal chemistry. Their music has always brightened a room. 'L'amour à la folie' is a #PMPick

The 10 Best Brazilian Pop Albums of 2025. 🇧🇷

Dead Kennedys’ Frankenchrist is sadly relevant at 40 years old. The album is a full-scale assault on Reagan’s America–the hypocrisy, seedy undercurrent beneath the slogans, and institutional racism. tinyurl.com/DeadKenn85

Rob Reiner was the creator of unassuming film masterpieces

The 10 Best Soul and R&B Albums of 2025

The 10 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2025

The Best Film of 2025

Celebrated writer, actor, director, and activist Rob Reiner had a broad appeal and a political conscience, making his untimely passing all the more tragic. READ: tinyurl.com/4wrm2m23

The 25 Best Folk Albums of 2025 READ: tinyurl.com/BestFolk25

Dead Kennedys’ Frankenchrist is sadly relevant at 40 years old. The album is a full-scale assault on Reagan’s America–the hypocrisy, seedy undercurrent beneath the slogans, and institutional racism. tinyurl.com/DeadKenn85

The 25 Best Electronic Albums of 2025

The 25 Best Pop Albums of 2025: tinyurl.com/BestPop25

In Robert Kramer’s documentary 'Route One/USA', a fictional character rides shotgun in this road trip through history and memory. READ: tinyurl.com/Route1USA

Amadou & Mariam’s final album is a testament to their creative and personal chemistry. Their music has always brightened a room. 'L'amour à la folie' is a #PMPick

This music is a testament to the pleasures of pop, where the Beatles' peerless melodies shine through in every number, making for very entertaining listening.

The 25 Best Pop Albums of 2025 The year's pop music radiates with unstoppable playlist power, much-needed sweet escapism, self-reflection, self-criticism, and killer melodies. READ: tinyurl.com/BestPop25

Trey Anastasio's music might not be able to save the world per se, but it shines a light that provides spiritual sustenance for fans. – @gms111.bsky.social READ: tinyurl.com/Trey2025

The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle is adept at carving patterns, often creating threads in his music by returning to idols that are both familiar and ever-evolving. READ: tinyurl.com/MGIdols

Sharp Pins’ catchy new album should be celebrated for its authentic 1960s pop-rock representation, even if it’s unclear what exactly makes the band unique.

Listening to 'The Return of the Durutti Column' is like being given the key to a world that, while not as secret as before, is well worth exploring. 'The Return of the Durutti Column (Expanded & Remastered)' is a #PMPick via @londonrecords.bsky.social REVIEW: tinyurl.com/DuruttiReturn

The 25 Best Americana Albums of 2025 READ: tinyurl.com/Americana25

The 80 Best Albums of 2025

The 15 Best Ambient Albums of 2025 In a year of daring experimentation in #ambient music, sometimes the most classic-minded records are the ones that gave people what they wanted. – @sawdeye.bsky.social READ: tinyurl.com/Ambient25

The 80 Best Albums of 2025: tinyurl.com/BestLPs25

Like Steven Soderbergh, director Michael Winterbottom has become very good at shapeshifting, making his work difficult to shoehorn into a genre. READ: tinyurl.com/MWntrbttm

Laura Fisher has added another unique entry to her compelling discography, creating a piece that is impressive on a technical level and a captivating listen.

Yves Jarvis beefs up the Polaris Prize-winning album 'All Cylinders' with more songs for a new release. It's the sound of the experimental becoming accessible. 'All Cylinders (Deluxe)' is a #PMPick out now. REVIEW: tinyurl.com/YvesJarvis25

The 80 Best Albums of 2025

The 30 Best Rock Albums of 2025 This was another noteworthy year for the best rock music. Some artists followed a debut with a stunning second LP and mainstays showed a return to form or evolved. READ: tinyurl.com/BestRock25

The 30 Best Rock Albums of 2025 This was another noteworthy year for the best rock music. Some artists followed a debut with a stunning second LP and mainstays showed a return to form or evolved. READ: tinyurl.com/BestRock25

James Claville’s ‘Shōgun’ is about profound transformation through understanding, but FX’s ‘Shōgun’ is just a dazzling spectacle of surfaces, empty of meaning. READ: tinyurl.com/Shogun24

The 10 Best Global Music Albums are powerful examples of musical communion from the past year that defy the frictional fictions of borders.

The 20 Best Jazz Albums of 2025 The future of jazz lies in places where it's less insular and more artistically adventurous. These records are outstanding examples of that impulse. READ: tinyurl.com/BestJazz25

The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2025 This year has been particularly exciting for experimental music, ranging from free-form guitar freak-outs to lush, ambient, and constantly pushing boundaries. READ: tinyurl.com/BestExp25

Andy Weir, sci-fi author of 'The Martian', cites Asimov and Clarke as inspirations, but he’s more likely the cosmic literary incarnation of Jules Verne. READ: tinyurl.com/WeirVerne

The 20 Best Jazz Albums of 2025 The future of jazz lies in places where it's less insular and more artistically adventurous. These records are outstanding examples of that impulse. READ: tinyurl.com/BestJazz25

Tangerine Dream's albums from the early to mid-1970s are not only iconic in the strongest sense of the word; they’re influential beyond compare. The 50th anniversary edition of 'Rubycon' is a #PMPick [9/10] out now via @cherryredrecords.bsky.social. REVIEW: tinyurl.com/TangDream50

This 4K release of the Val Kilmer sci-fi flick 'Red Planet' is gorgeous. READ: tinyurl.com/RedHoffman

Amy Speace keeps folk traditions alive. With just her guitar and her voice, she inspires, entertains, and reminds us why heartfelt storytelling never goes out of style.

The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2025 This year has been particularly exciting for experimental music, ranging from free-form guitar freak-outs to lush, ambient, and constantly pushing boundaries. READ: tinyurl.com/BestExp25

'Hourglass' is Antibalas through and through: no novelties, no gimmicks, all consummate professionalism. That is a comfort. Out now via @daptonerecords.bsky.social REVIEW: tinyurl.com/Antibalas25

3 Unsettling TV Shows You Shouldn’t Miss Sci-fi philosophy, shocking history, and metafictional puzzles dominate these unsettling yet weirdly intriguing TV shows. READ: tinyurl.com/3UnsettlingTV