Penny EIC Picks: 19 Favorite Artist Discoveries of 2025
- Erin Christie
- 55 minutes ago
- 3 min read
Editor's Note: Below, find a shortlist of stellar releases from artists I hadn't previously heard of / hadn't otherwise listened to prior to this year that I really enjoyed in 2025! Enjoy and let me know what I missed xx
GOOD FLYING BIRDS - TALULAH'S TAPE (CARPARK)
Favorite Tracks: "Wallace" / "Golfball" / "Down On Me"
JAMES K - FRIEND (AD93)
Favorite Tracks: "On God" / "Doom Bikini" / "Play"
GELLI HAHA - SWITCHEROO (Innovative Leisure)
Favorite Tracks: "Bounce House" / "Funny Haha" / "Dynamite"
CAMILLE KELLER - LACK OF G-LIP
Favorite Tracks: "G-LIP" / "FW2028" / "youdoyou"
JABU - A SOFT AND GATHERABLE STAR
Favorite Tracks: "Oceanside Spider House" / "Too Careful" / "Gently Fade"
Socials: Instagram
MAIYA BLANEY - A ROOM WITH A DOOR THAT CLOSES (LEX RECORDS)
Favorite Tracks: "Recognize Me" / "Could You" / "Honey I"
PREWN - SYSTEM (Self-Released)
Favorite Tracks: "Dirty Dog" / "Cavity" / "System"
>> THROWBACK <<
SAINT ETIENNE - FOXBASE ALPHA (Warner, 1992)
Favorite Tracks: "Spring" / "Stoned to Say the Least" / "London Belongs to Me"
MHAOL - SOMETHING SOFT (Merge)
Favorite Tracks: "Pursuit" / "You Are Temporary, But the Internet is Forever" / "Vin Diesel"
DOVE ELLIS - BLIZZARD (Black Butter/AMF)
Favorite Tracks: "Love Is" / "Pale Song" / "Little Left Hope"
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BOB DESPER - NEW SOUNDS (Discourage Records, 2010)
Favorite Tracks: "The World Is Crying Out For Love" / "Dry up Those Tears" / "Lonely Man"
ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF - ICONOCLASTS (YEAR0001)
Favorite Tracks: "Facing Atlas" / "The Iconoclast" / "Stardust"
TRICKPONY - PILLOW TALK (Step Ball Chaoin)
Favorite Tracks: "Sponsored Ritual" / "Shiver (On Ice Dub)" / "Room To Breathe"
Socials: Instagram
SNUGGLE - GOODBYEHOUSE (escho)
Favorite Tracks: "Marigold" / "Dust" / "Woman Lake"
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EIAFUAWN - BIRDS IN THE GROUND (Numero Group, 2006)
Favorite Tracks: "Good God Y'all" / "Birds" / "No More Like That"
SAFE MIND - CUTTING THE STONE (NUDE CLUB)
Favorite Tracks: "6' Pole" / "Life in a Jar" / "What's Left"
QUICKLY, QUICKLY - I HEARD THAT NOISE (Ghostly International)
Favorite Tracks: "Take It From Me" / "I Punched Through The Wall" / "Enything"
CORRIDOS KETAMINA - CORRIDOS KETAMINA (PWR SOURCE)
Favorite Tracks: "GALLO DROGADO" / "V-NENO" / "CEPILLÍN"
GETDOWN SERVICES - YOUR MEDAL'S IN THE POST (Breakfast Records)
Favorite Tracks: "Dog Dribble" / "Head Down for the Conversation" / "Caesar"
