My Top 10 Albums of 2025
10. Eat This by Bite Me Bambi This is my tenth straight year of compiling these lists, and I think this is somehow the first time I've had a ska album on my year end list. Eat This is 24 minutes of pure infectious ska energy from beginning to end along with a cover of one of my favorite Offspring songs. 9. Pathways by The Birthday Massacre I've been a fan of The Birthday Massacre for a number of years; their 2020 album Diamonds even made my top 10 list that year. I'm glad to report that the album delivers on what we've come to expect from the band: dark-tinged music with strong hooks. Standout tracks include The Vanishing Game, Wish, and the title track Pathways. 8. Lighten Up by Bad Cop/Bad Cop I've been a big fan of BC/BC for almost a decade, ever since I originally fell in love with the band after hearing their 2017 album Warriors. Then in 2020, their album The Rise also made my top 10 list that year. Lighten Up continues their trend of hard rocking punk music w...