This year’s musical slate was filled with plenty of goodies for me. Some of my favorite artists released new albums (Craig Finn, My Morning Jacket), while some of my other favorite artists returned from lengthy hiatuses (The Hives, Deftones).
Along with those releases from favorites, I started to feel like a local music blogger again with a lot of my year-end favorite albums coming from PNW artrists (Suzzallo, Kassa Overall and plenty of others). In fact, 50 percent of my top 20 albums of the year were from artists with ties to the Pacific Northwest.
Here’s a look at what I enjoyed most throughout 2025:
20. Coral Grief “Air Between Us”
19. The Head & the Heart “Aperture”
18. Neko Case “Neon Grey Midnight Green”
17. The Hives “The Hives Forever Forever The Hives”
16. Bob Mould “Here We Go Crazy”
15. Acapulco Lips “Now”
14. De La Soul “Cabin in the Sky”
13. Patterson Hood “Exploding Trees and Airplane Screams”
12. Smokey Brights “Dashboard Heat”
11. Linda From Work “Linda From Work”
10. Turnstile “Never Enough”
9. My Morning Jacket “Is”
8. Brandi Carlile “Returning to Myself”
7. Craig Finn “Always Been”
6. Franz Ferdinand “The Human Fear”
5. Deep Sea Diver “Billboard Heart”
4. Hayley Williams “Ego Death at the Bachelorette Party”
3. Deftones “Private Music”
2. Kassa Overall “CREAM”
1. Suzzallo “The Quiet Year”
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