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20 records from 2025 that deserved more love Welcome to stübermania, where I normally dig into my box of dust-covered interview cassettes from the 1990s and 2000s (and crusty mp3 files from the 2010s) to present bygone conversations with your favourite alterna/indie semi-stars and the occasional classic-rock icon. (Check who’s been featured so far here.) However, for the remainder of 2025, I’ll be pushing pause on regular programming to feed the year-in-review content beast. My Top 100 songs of 202525 favourite cover songs from 202525 favourite concert moments from 2025As I outlined in this newsletter around this time last year, the space between wanting to write about a record and actually getting to do it for a reputable publication is vast and riddled with many potential obstacles, from editor approval to budgetary constraints to personal availability. So like last year, we begin the stübermania year-in-review with: 20 RECORDS FROM 2025 THAT: a) I loved, but
R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. R.E.M. was noted for Buck's arpeggiated "jangle" guitar playing; Stipe's distinctive vocal style, unique stage presence, and cryptic lyrics; Mills's countermelodic bass lines and backing vocals; and Berry's tight, economical drumming. In the early 1990s, other alternative rock acts suc...
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