New music thus far in 2025 has been crazy great. A great record is one that bears repeated listens, is interesting and creative in a unique way, and makes you feel something emotionally. Making people feel something through music is not as easy as it may sound.

In a normal year I listen to well over 1,000 excerpts from new recordings and find maybe 20-25 recordings that fit my definition of a best of year recording. You can laugh at me for my nerdy approach to online new music scavenging but I keep a spreadsheet of great records that I find and thus far I've found 17 records that could quite easily end up on my best of 2025. That's a shit ton of new music in a very short period of time.

In this episode the Agender record is easily a candidate to be on my best of 2025 list. Fronted by an Australian woman the record sounds like Devo went to the gym and got ripped and read a lot of feminist literature. The track from Kenya Eugene is a follow up to a single called Bun it, which I most definitely would love folks to check it out.

Otherwise I just keep hitting all the genres, I love the mash what can I say?

Excerpts from this episode:

Baalti: Raja

clipping.: Malleus

Kiala & Afroblaster: One Race

Pissgrave: Dissident Amputator

Kenya Eugene: In and Outtah Love

skaiwater: pop

Agender: Damaged Girls

Feel free to follow me on the Insta where I conversate as themagic_organ. I got it friggin' goin' on over there, it's beyond #epic. Or hit me up with 5 shits on the itunes, that would be helpful, 5 shits on the itunes I dare not dream!!! I think it just moved.

I'm always open to listener suggested playlists if you feel you can hang with the host.

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