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| Discovolante's Best (Stuff I discovered) of: 2025
Well shit, time really does fly. 3 years later, here is another list of albums I dug into this year that I really like. Some brand new stuff, some stuff I didn't get around to till this year or I knew about but never really gave a real shake. Starting from earliest in the year to the latest in the year. | | 1 |  | The Julie Dolphin
Lit
Sometimes, Spotify recs can really deliver, as is the case with The Julie Dolphin. Hailing from London and apparently acquiring a very small cult following in the mid 90s, they pretty much came and went without much of a notice, releasing one album in 1994, "Lit", which has thankfully garnered some slight attention since ending up on Spotify for its unique dark soundscape that blends elements of grunge and shoegaze. | | 2 |  | Inger Lorre
Gloryland
I've been a big fan of the band that should've been massive but weren't (very likely cliche, I know), LA's own Nymphs, for nearly a decade now. But I did not know that its frontwoman Inger Lorre passed away in 2024 until just this year, which came like a sucker-punch. That's when I decided to dig into her solo stuff really for the first time and found what would be her final album, 2023's "Gloryland", her first effort in decades. Given the circumstances that she would pass away just over a year after its release, its somber tone dealing with grief and mortality hits particularly hard. A beautiful swan song to one of the most underrated faces in the vast world of 90s alternative. | | 3 |  | Scarce
Deadsexy
I don't even really remember how I found Scarce, but they were indeed one of the more explosive artists I discovered this year. As evidenced on their sole album, 1996's "Deadsexy", the band revel in ominous, scattered melodies with an underlying post-hardcore edge, which is specifically shown on their unhinged and brilliant single "All Sideways" which screams urgency and is admittedly the odd one out in the album compared to its overall more subdued sound. | | 4 |  | Julie Christmas
Ridiculous and Full of Blood
This one was on my list for a year and I wanted to make sure I had all the time to really feel this one since I've been a big Julie Christmas fan since I was a high schooler and fanboying out over Made Out of Babies. Indeed, that instinctual approach to hearing the album might've very well have been for the best as her first solo album in 14 years, "Ridiculous and Full of Blood", is an album that may very well be the most expressive and captivating thing she's ever done. The tension is indescribable and at times claustrophobic, but goddamn... what a rush. | | 5 |  | The Geraldine Fibbers
Lost Somewhere Between The Earth And My Home
The Geraldine Fibbers is probably the singular most impactful band I found this year, and it all is because of their simply impeccable debut "Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home", from 1995. It is considered to be one of the most unsung albums in the alt country subgenre, and with jagged violins, the unique powerhouse vocals of frontwoman Carla Bozulich that sound like she gargled with razors and whiskey beforehand belting out lyrics that touch on the very personal, and the overall dreary foreground of the album that starts from the opener of "Lilybelle", "Lost Somewhere Between..." is an album that deserves far, far more praise than it has, put mildly. | | 6 |  | Tilt (US)
'Til It Kills
Another new name I found this year is a punk/alt rock band called Tilt, who apparently were quite popular on the West Coast and opened up for Green Day back in '94. They released some good stuff for nearly a decade straight but my personal favorite has to be "'Til It Kills", with their solidly melodious and sobering sound never sounding better, with standouts like "Libel", "Lips Tits Hips", and, my personal favorite of theirs, "Unravel". | | 7 |  | Cocteau Twins
Heaven or Las Vegas
I've had the honor of knowing about Cocteau Twins for a few years and for the longest time, my favorite of theirs was "Four Calendar Cafe", absolutely a cardinal sin in the fandom. However, I have for some reason always neglected "Heaven or Las Vegas" and upon diving into it this year, I can without hesitation give this album the gold medal in their discography. The track "Fifty-Fifty Clown" in particular was probably the most awe-inspiring track I heard in maybe several years. | | 8 |  | Tubeway Army
Replicas
2025 was also the year I dug into Gary Numan's catalog and while I found some stuff I dug, it was his stuff with Tubeway Army that I still really like, with undoubtedly the tiebreaker being the immortal "Are 'Friends' Electric?". Cold, distant and yet with just the right enough of electricity to bring this groundbreaker to life. | |
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12.29.25 | have to comment, grand list as usual. | RVAHC13
12.29.25 | Always nice to see a disco list. Shocked there’s not more ratings for 6 |
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