Rich Allen Poop 2025
FAVORITE THINGS 2025 ~ Albums: Ludwig Göransson // BRUIT≤ // Gwenifer Raymond // Penelope Trappes // Jake Muir // Tunnel // Lyra Pramuk // Katarina Gryvul // Of Monsters and Men // Yoichi Kamimura //
Stan Twist Poop 2025
Maybe it’s just because I’m getting older, but there seemed to be a lot fewer albums that grabbed my attention this past year. I started out with a batch of 215 albums in a folder, but only 56 made the cut to be considered best of the year. I boiled that down to the Top 20 you see here and another 36 good enough to pull selected tracks from for my overall pool of decent music from 2025. In no particular order, here are the 20 albums that gave me the most pleasure this year. // Anton Barbeau // Emma Swift // James McMurtry // Jason Isbell // Kathleen Edwards // Jim Jones All-Stars // M Ross Perkins // Nick Frater // Novelty Island // Peter Holsapple // Soft Hearted Scientists // The Chills // The Flower Machine // The On and Ons // The Penrose Web // Tom Henry // Vanity Mirror // Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill // Wreckless Eric //
Dan Wilmer Poop 2025
Best Albums of 2025 – Dan Wilmer, Jersey City, NJ // Dummy // Horsegirl // Carseat Headrest // Sierra Ferrell // Dove Ellis // Andy Bell // Snocaps // Deep Sea Diver // Margo Price // Belair Lip Bombs // The Cords // Nation of Language // JD McPherson // Husker Du
Main Poop Analysis 2024
To everything there is a POOP. This marks POOP’s 38th annual rite of passage, bringing both the usual musical musings to your device screens and even more digital clutter to your life. This is the point where I typically carp, grouse and grumble about the state of affairs in the nation and the world. But like many I am too numb and too exhausted (too pooped to pop, if you will) to deal with the dread I feel as I write this on January 21st. It just feels different this time. Day by day, I get closer to not even recognizing my own country, a new feeling for me. At this point it’s brace for impact. But this does render the arrival of POOP to be most timely and welcome. Sixteen people chose to share their picks this year.
Don Cohen Poop 2024
Adrianne Lenker // / Beth Gibbons // / Billy Strings // / Chuck Prophet // / Corb Lund // / Ian Hunter // / Iron and Wine // / Kamasi Washington // / Larry Campbell and Theresa Williams // / Liam Gallagher & John Squire,
Andrew Stewart Poop 2024
MJ Lenderman /// Being Dead /// Program /// Anna McClellan /// Perennial /// Ty Segall /// Friko /// English Teacher /// Sam Evian /// Shellac
Jim Finnigan Poop 2024
I was not enthused about ‘new music’ this year. But, I gotta keep up with my old faves, so here goes: #fuckyeahphysicalmedia /// Taylor Swift /// Alicia Svigdals /// The Unholy Modal Rounders /// Peter Stampfel /// The Down Hill Strugglers /// Hopalong Andrew /// Cole Quest and the City Pickers /// The One Eighty Gs /// The Linich Family Trio /// Brian Eno ///
John Lefsky Poop 2024
There’s a lot that I didn’t sit with long enough and will likely grow in my estimation, but that’s the way time goes. There are a bunch I didn’t even get to hear, but as it is I heard a lot. /// Mary Timony, Tristwch Y Fenwod, Beth Gibbons, Redd Kross, KugelschreIbaer,peter Perrett, Amyl And The Sniffers, The Bevis Frond, Oneida, Pypy
Duncan Clark Poop 2024
The Decemberists /// Fontaines D. C. /// Richard Thompson /// Real Estate /// Mdou Moctar /// Nick Lowe And Los Straightjackets /// Gary Clark Jr. /// Linda Thompson /// Vampire Weekend /// His Lordship ///
Eric Fine Poop 2024
Another year in the books! Something feels different about what’s to come. Any ideas why? Stay safe out there people! — Arooj Aftab /// MJ Lenderman /// Still House Plants /// Mount Eerie /// Mannequin Pussy /// Mk.gee /// Friko /// Shellac,Beth Gibbons /// Magdalena Bay
Jay Stewart Poop 2024
We told you Trump was no good, but nah. You were more concerned with the price of eggs than you were about putting a fascist back in the White House. Well here we are.
Bill Still Poop 2024
Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee /// Roedelius: 90 – these 2 releases dominated my listening & mere words cannot convey the brilliance they display. /// //// //// Khruangbin /// Kim Gordon /// Kim Deal /// Kali Malone /// Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy ///
Tindersticks /// Willie Nelson /// Xiu Xiu ///
Mike Jurkovic Poop 2024
If you awoke fragile today steer clear I’m standing on the dry line gathering steam And may say things I don’t mean or purport to have written Hitch my ride to the pity parade and parrot its opiate shuffle Barely disguise my disgust for the words you choose to screed your codex Your rabid unholy verse Your clown’s redress and how it persuades your querulous legion to shoot me on sight Your sucker theorems historical record Your crap orange portrait alongside FDR his cousin Lincoln and the black guy you’ve demeaned deplored You piece of shit You rat’s ass You hellbent blind soldier at war against science At war against ourselves in which no house stands Not even the gold engraved ones No not even the gold engraved
Mark Rosen Poop 2024
My POOP DISC-CLAIMER (disc-lamer?):
Here’s the usual backwards-looking, retro-inspired list of the records that kept me entertained and engaged these past 12 months. Par for the POOP, there’s not a whole lot of modern, new-to-the-world invention here but it is the stuff that had no problem getting under my skin.
Matt Nerney Poop 2024
There’s been way too much craziness happening this year for me to really focus on new music. I heard a lot of
music, but I just didn’t have the bandwidth to give it more serious consideration. I’ve been trying to catch up for the
last month or so, but the white noise (Trump, if you didn’t know) is overwhelming right now. Hopefully I’ll get a
chance to really dig into all of this music at some point and truly hear it. For now, it feels like this, which is good
enough, I guess.
Mike Miller Poop 2024
Roedelius /// Ahmed Malek /// Piero Piccioni /// Rick White & the Sadies /// Tindersticks /// Roger Eno /// Helado Negro /// La Lom /// Bremer/McCoy /// Brian Eno
Mark Zip Poop 2024
ChatGPT 4o mini prompt: Create a 2024 best of list in the style of rock critic Legs McNeil / Jessica Hooper / Greil Marcus / Ernest Hemingway using the following music albums… : Four Tet /// The Umbrellas /// Nia Archives /// Kelly Lee Owens /// NewDad /// Mdou Moctar /// The Cure /// Amyl and the Sniffers /// Beth Gibbons /// Fontaines D.C. /// English Teacher /// Vampire Weekend /// Waxahatchee /// Jamie XX
Michael Hodgkiss Poop 2024
This year I tried something a bit unique for me. Over the years I have never been a fan of “pop” music but recently I have been curious as to “why” some folks (with limited tastes) herald music by one artist, usually a popular artist, over something I personally enjoy. In other words, “Why is the shit I like not on that list?” So, I decided to go “over to the other side” to experience what others consider as “best of the year”. Using a wide variety of polls from various sources I compiled a list (or used their list) and downloaded their choices of albums to listen to. Some choices are pretty interesting (do not mistake interesting with either good or bad). Then, I listened intently to see the “why”, as in Why do folks like this shit?
Dan Wilmer Poop 2024
The Nude Party /// Waxahatchee /// Jack White /// Mannequin Pussy /// Vampire Weekend /// Kim Deal /// Mdou Moctar /// Hermanos Gutierrez
Rich Allen Poop 2024
Dame Area /// Lola de la Matagalen /// galen Tipton & Holly Waxwing /// Coldplay /// The Cure /// Anoice /// MONO /// Max Richter /// Gabríel Ólafs /// NINA EBA ///