2025: More hip-hop than I expected. Don’t let the lack of Beastie Boys, Rush and Beatles in this list fool anyone: they’re still 2nd, 3rd and 8th in my Apple Music Replay list of most-listened-to artists (after Simple Minds). And this year I learned I’ve slept on the music from A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving for too long!
- KRS-One: “The Beginning”
- People Under The Stairs: “Hit The Top”
- DJ Format: “Statement of Intent”
- Simple Minds: “Speed Your Love to Me”
- Devo: “Don’t Shoot (I’m a Man)”
- Franz Ferdinand: “The Doctor”
- Pale Blue Eyes: “Hang Out”
- Wire: “In Manchester”
- Wet Leg: “catch these fists”
- The Hives: “Paint A Picture”
- Don’t Sleep: “Promise Made”
- Meat Wave: “For Sale”
- illuminati hotties: “777”
- Prince Buster: “Nothing Takes the Place of You”
- Foster Sylvers: “Misdemeanor”
- Beneficence & Jazz Spastiks: “The Boom (feat. Skyzoo)”
- Breakestra: “Family Rap”
- Deltron 3030: “Positive Contact”
- Camp Lo: “B-Side to Hollywood (feat. Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul)”
- G. Love & Special Sauce: “Rhyme for the Summertime”
- Beck: “Tropicalia”
- Vince Guaraldi Quintet: “Peppermint Patty”
