Category: BEST OF 2025

1) Guided By Voices Thick Rich And Delicious (GBV Inc.)2) Horsegirl Phonetics On And On (Matador)3) Snocaps Snocaps (Anti-)4) Geese

30 years ago, MAGNET named Guided By Voices’ Alien Lanes the best album of 1995. While, for a lot of

MAGNET’s A.D. Amorosi picks the best reissues/collections of the year 1) John Coltrane 1960-1964 Mono (Rhino High Fidelity) and A

MAGNET’s Hobart Rowland picks the best singer/songwriter releases of the year 1) Kathleen Edwards Billionaire (Dualtone)2) Craig Finn Always Been

MAGNET’s Tim Stegall picks the best punk releases of the year 1) Lambrini Girls Who Let The Dogs Out? (City

MAGNET’s Corey duBrowa picks the best hip-hop releases of the year 1) Clipse Let God Sort Em Out (Roc Nation)2)

MAGNET’s Matt Ryan picks the best hard-rock releases of the year 1) Die Spitz Something To Consume (Third Man)2) Khan That Fair

MAGNET’s Bill Meyer picks the best jazz/improv releases of the year 1) AMM & Sachiko M Testing (Matchless)2) Sophie Agnel

MAGNET’s Devon Leger picks the best indie-roots releases of the year 1) Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson What Did The