#NewMusicFriday – The Best Of 2025

So here it is. The ultimate list. No others count, to be honest, because my #NewMusicFriday show on Radio Stradbroke is the definitive new music show on any radio in the known and unknown universes.

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20 songs from the longlist

Vampire Slumber Party – Sea Kelp
Ramona’s Tea Party – How To Make You Fall In Love
The Youth Play – A Fair Life
Stereo Silence – Gimme More
Those Fucking Snowflakes – Straight Pride Month
Crying In Colour – Fever Dream
Damp Matches – Parasite
After London – Alive
MeMe Detroit – Good Life (Talkin’ Bout The)
The Macs – Helter Skelter
Nell Davies – The End Of The World Or Whatever
Split Second – I Wanna Hear It From You
HorthWorld – Beast & Burden
The Man The Myth The Meatslab – (1000(1)000): one in a million
Superafim – WTF
NevilleSounds – Right On Time
Lene B. – Not The Air
The Sunshine Cartel – 6Am
The Illicits – Eternity
Box5 – Hi There

The Top 25 (in the order in which I presented them on the Not Nul Points 2025 CD)

Ant Thomaz feat Wendy Rae – Flying
Rudimentary Paste – That’s Why She Lost Her Job As A Blue Peter Presenter
Sacred Shit – Trust The Fuck Out Of Yourself
Red Light Factory – Riot Act
Shirley Holmes – Wanna fck Your Reflection
Breakup Haircut – I’m OK (I Lied)
Twat Union – Tiny Shorts
ALT BLK ERA – Come Fight Me For It
Vinterkarusell feat Liquid Turtle – I Need It All
Roisin Quinn – Unknowns
Skies Up – Hate Cannot Exist Here
holybones – These Are The Rooms
Celestial Skies – Smaller Lives
Richard Pierce feat The Big Grey Man – James Bond Is Dead
Misery Prize – A Dozen Red Flags
Girl Jockey – SBS
Erotic Secrets Of Pompeii – Moving Sideways Into Lightning
The Trusted – Yellowhammer
Charcoal Greys – Sober (a vid link)
Amelia & The Housewives – Pantomime
The Outers – Wishy Washy
SUEP – The Rain
Cherry Cinema – Lost In Translation
The Kellows – Breathe Me In
Mudi Sama – End Of The World