It’s always hard to believe when we reach this time of the year, but we’ve officially made it halfway through 2025. That means it’s time for my 25 Best Songs of 2025 (So Far) list.

A quick note: I decided not to rank these. So this playlist is ordered solely on what makes for a good flow in terms of the listening experience. (But if you really wanna know, I think Penny & Sparrow’s Dogs of War is the best song of the year so far…)

Here’s the track list:

1. Lucius: Gold Rush
2. Mat Kearney: Drowning in Nostalgia
3. Wet Leg: catch these fists
4. Lola Kirke: Bury Me in NYC
5. Mt. Joy: Coyote
6. Alessia Cara: Subside
7. Elton John & Brandi Carlile: Who Believes in Angels?
8. Penny & Sparrow: Alphabet
9. The Blue Stones: Happy Cry
10. Natalie Bergman: Gunslinger
11. Bon Iver: Day One (ft. Dijon & Flock of Dimes)
12. Lord Huron: Nothing I Need
13. Beach Bunny: Just Around the Corner
14. Chappell Roan: The Giver
15. Penny & Sparrow: Dogs of War (ft. JOSEPH)
16. Mumford & Sons: Rushmere
17. HAIM: The farm
18. Mark Ronson & RAYE: Suzanne
19. Bon Iver: Everything is Peaceful Love
20. Elbow: Sober
21. Mt. Joy: In the Middle
22. Lord Huron: Bag of Bones
23. Larkin Poe: Mockingbird
24. Medium Build: Problem Solver
25. Alison Krauss & Union Station: Looks Like the End of the Road

You can find it on Apple Music and Spotify.

Apple Music
Spotify