A quick rundown of my favorite Finnish EPs of 2025. Again subjective and order is not important. Probably also forgot something. I’ll add a song from these to the end of the Finnish albums playlist, because it probably does not make sense to make separate playlist of half a dozen songs. Especially the top 2 were among my favorite Finnish releases this year and basicly could have shared the top spot. They are very different too and show the two sides of this blog. Una Harnett is beautiful and haunting folk music and Kismet is fast and sweet punk rock power pop blast. Love them both, but went with Una Harnett this time around.

Tidal playlist
Spotify playlist
YouTube playlist

6.		Takay-Sin - Silmänkorkeudelta (Minna Records)
5.		Jere Ijäs - Jeremias 1 EP (Texicalli Records)
4.		Krypta - Lasipalatsi (Svart Records)
3.		Hamina - Laula huolet pois (Luova Records)
2.		Kismet - fast and sweet (Kammio Records / Tobold Piipari Records)
1.		Una Harnett - The Keeper (Panama-levyt)

Continuing the year-end routine. This time a quick rundown of my favorite EPs of 2025. Again numbers but pretty arbitrary. Entirely subjective too. I think a few would have been long enough to be considered as albums too, but I think I’ve seen them mostly referred as an EP. So they are here. It’s less crowded here anyway. Apologies if someone thinks they are on the wrong list. What really matters is that they are great. I hope I didn’t forget something important. I went through the old blog posts and searched stuff that I marked as an EP. But there was at least a couple that I hadn’t marked as an EP and those almost flew under my radar when compiling this. There might be more. But yeah, these often get overlooked a bit, but they shouldn’t. There were some really wonderful ones this year. A handful of these were on heavy rotation all year long.

There’s again Tidal, YouTube and Spotify list, if you want an easy way to listen to these.

Tidal playlist
Spotify playlist
YouTube playlist

FAVORITE EPS OF 2025

20.		Whitney's Playland - Long Rehearsal (Dandy Boy Records / Meritorio Records)
19.		Swimming Bell - Somnia (Perpetual Doom)
18.		Spencer Kilpatrick & The Sand Gators - Adelman
17.		Wil Cope - King of Nothin' (Spooky Poncho)
16.		Zach Thompson - Algebra Parable (Breakfast Records)
15.		Ryan Necci & The Buffalo Gospel - The Letting Go Part 1
14.		Kim Ware & The Good Graces - Grand Epiphanies (Fort Lowell Records)
13.		Greazy Alice - Just Another One (Loose Music)
12.		Daudi Matsiko - Dead Bird Dream (Real Good / Daudi Matsiko)
11.		Beche - Like Dancers (Beche Forever)
10.		Bobby Tenderloin Universe - A Fistful of Metal (Country Moon Records)
9.		Katie Mae & The Lubrication - Object Impermanence (Soggy Anvil Records)
8.		The Innocence Mission - The Raindrop Cars (Therese Records)
7.		Anja Churchill - Children of the North (Open Sound)
6.		Logan Farmer - Butchers (Western Vinyl)
5.		Julie Arsenault & Aaron Comeau - How I Found You (Son Canciones)
4.		Coltt Winter Lepley - Coltt Winter Lepley (Keystone Artist Connect)
3.		54 Ultra - First Songs
2.		Thomas Dollbaum - Drive All Night (Dear Life Records)
1.		Alex Amen - The Zorthian Tapes (Country Worm Studios)

Next up my favorite Finnish albums of 2025. Same as before. There’s numbers but they are mostly arbitrary. Music is love, not a competition. I changed them like a million times, so could have a gone with alphabetical list too. Again entirely subjective list of things I loved in 2025. For example Aili Järvelä is a glaring absence, because if I tried to make an objective list I would probably consider VUORI as the album of the year. It’s really spectacular on its own way, but it’s not really in my wheelhouse. For example Rättö & Lehtisalo, Tinyhawk & Bizzarro, Oiro Pena and Lyyti kind of fall into the same bracket. Impressive albums and while I do like them, they are still not the closest thing to my heart. And other way around, it’s probably borderline mad that ITE EEROLA is really high, because it’s an album made in three days, has six songs and three of them are not that special. But Reetta is my favorite songwriter and I love the other three songs probably more than anything else on this list. Also Juovat is a really short blast of 21 minutes, but I love most of those minutes so it made the cut. It was super crowded at the tail end of this list though and there are several others that were on various versions of this list. I’ll probably add a large bubbling under section to the playlist at some point.

If your own favorite didn’t make the cut, make your own list. I’d love to read them and it’s kind of sad that there’s not a whole lot of Finnish music aoty lists available anymore. I know these are somewhat silly and pointless, but still a good way to find things I’ve missed. I’m just one man who looks at things from his narrow perspective plus I have giant holes in my knowledge all over the field. So more lists the merrier.

I won’t add embeds here, because too many of them will make the page load forever or even crash on mobile devices. Below you’ll find a Tidal, Spotify and YouTube playlist, if you want an easy way to listen. ITE EEROLA is only on the Tidal version, because they’ve done what we all probably should and have left Spotify. It didn’t seem to be on youtube either.

Tidal playlist
Spotify playlist
YouTube playlist

FAVORITE FINNISH ALBUMS OF 2025

30.		Rebekka Holi - Vyöry (Booa Music / Vallila Music House)
29.		Longing Louisa - Waterphile (Soliti)
28.		Poni - Poni LP (Minna Records)
27.		Janne Laurila Double Denim - Janne Laurila Double Denim (Stupido Records)
26.		The Snake - Always Bites Back (Svart Records)
25.		Leipä - Auttaa jaksamaan (Tulli-levyt)
24.		Jean Ramsay - Between the Briar and the Rose (Ora & Labora Recordings 2025)
23.		The Moontwins - Night Times (Playground)
22.		Rock Siltanen Group - Systeemi (Rockia ja sporttia)
21.		Joni Ekman - Joko saa laulaa? (Svart Records)
20.		Juovat - Joo joo joo (Alakulttuuritalo)
19.		Lauri Kallio - Turtles, Cats and Other Creatures (Mustik Motel)
18.		Paha Lucia - Paha Lucia (Minna Records)
17.		Neiti Olga - Nuku vain yön yli (Humu Records)
16.		Ville Vuorenmaa - Päivä jolloin minusta tuli tipu (Salaluukku Records)
15.		Ullalintulampi - Kannattelen (Panama-levyt)
14.		Janne Westerlund - Sisar (If Society)
13.		Slack Bird - Jos emme saa tanssia (Harava Records)
12.		Jukka Nousiainen Trio - Jukka Nousiainen Trio (Jukan Musiikki)
11.		A.Reikko & Kaupungin Ääni - Hulluus, Rakkaus ja Maailmanloppu (Karhuvaltio Records)
10.		Topi Saha - Öitä (Soit Se Silti)
9.		Ne Lintuizet - Uusi huone (Texicalli Records)
8.		Lala Salama - Miltähän me näytettäis yhdessä (All That Plazz)
7.		Modem - Interface (Modem Age Records)
6.		Sonja Selene - Pimeä pää (Helmi Levyt)
5.		ITE EEROLA - Kolmen Päivän Levy IV (Panama-levyt)
4.		Rosettes - Lifestyles (Timmion Records)
3.		Jolly Jumpers - Rural Slang (If Society)
2.		Sur-rur - Härveli (If Society / Salatut Elämät / Roku Records)
1.		Kristiina - Muistatko kuka on Kristiina? (Humu Records / Hillotehdas)

What the world needs in December is more year-end lists, so let’s get the ball rolling with my favorite international albums. This is getting harder every year, because I keep on finding more and more stuff that I love. This year there were over 730 albums featured on the new music weekly posts and that thing keeps on expanding to different horizons. I was even more into instrumental jazz-y stuff than ever before and kind of would have liked to include things like Phi-Psonics, Brian John McBrearty, Scree, Laurie Torres on this, but maybe I’m not ready yet and stuck with my usual americana and power pop. Even then I often struggle to fit in my pop faves. For example I think Dandy Boy Records had a great year and I liked everything they released, but still only managed to put one here. Oh and of course I didn’t listen all 730 well enough to consider them, but there was at least 20-30 albums more that I so would have liked to squeeze in and many of them were on the various versions of this list. But 100 is already way too long, so I forced myself to get there somehow. There’s not a lot of big names, because I think my goal in this music world is to shine light to the underground and that drives my listening habits too. There’s a bunch of great big country/americana albums, but I’ve barely listened them so far so doesn’t make much sense to include them here.

There are again some sort of ranking. I know many of you hate them and I kind of agree. Music is love, not a competition. But this list is again so long that I assume most won’t have the time to check out everything and might want to know what were my biggest favorites. So the numbers are there but they are mostly arbitrary and I didn’t take a whole lot of time on them. Especially after the first 20 or so it could have easily been only alphapetical.

As usual, the list is entirely subjective. I have zero desire to make an objective list of best albums or try to figure what will stand the test of time. This is just a snapshot of how I felt about 2025 music in December 2025. Even my own list might look a lot different in a few months. There’s no small blurbs, because I’m too lazy and I don’t think many would even read them. I didn’t add bandcamp or YouTube embeds, because well a hundred of them, would make this page super slow and most likely it would crash at least on mobile devices. There’s a Tidal, YouTube and Spotity playlist though, if you want an easy way to listen to my picks.

Tidal playlist
Spotify playlist
YouTube playlist

But I don’t think you came here to read pointless ramblings, so here’s the list.

100 FAVORITE ALBUMS 2025

100.		James Steinle - Heat of Morning (Soggy Anvil Records)
99.		The Pink Stones - Thank the Lord.. It's The Pink Stones (Normaltown Records)
98.		Patton Magee - The Last Cowboy on the Prairie (Nudie Records)
97.		Kristina Murray - Little Blue (Normaltown Records)
96.		Tristen - Unpopular Music (Pupsnake Records / Well Kept Secret)
95.		Silver Synthetic - Rosalie (Curation Records)
94.		Massage - Coaster (Bobo Integral / Mt. St. Mt / Prefect Records)
93.		Ryli - Come and Get Me (Dandy Boy Records)
92.		Twilark - The Taming Ties Create
91.		Friendship - Caveman Wakes Up (Merge Records)
90.		Will Stewart - Moon Winx (Earth Libraries)
89.		Ryan Necci & The Buffalo Gospel - The Dead Can't Take a Hint
88.		Brennen Leigh - Don't You Ever Give Up on Love (Signature Sounds)
87.		Bonnie Prince Billy - The Purple Bird (Domino Recording Co)
86.		Katie Spencer - What Love Is (Lightship Records)
85.		Dead Gowns - It's Summer, I Love You and I'm Surrounded by Snow (Mtn. Laurel Recording Co)
84.		Winter McQuinn - Where Are We Now? (Third Eye Stimuli)
83.		Jacksonport - Ting Ting (Ay Caramba Records)
82.		Emily Hines - These Days (Keeled Scales)
81.		Lefty Parker - Ark (Airloom)
80.		Rowan Newby - Some Hippie You Turned Out to Be (Perpetual Doom)
79.		The Burning Hell - Ghost Palace (BB*Island)
78.		Beauty - I'd Do Almost Anything for You (Strange View)
77.		Cruise Control - Time is an Angel (Curation Records)
76.		Case Oats - Last Missouri Exit (Merge Records)
75.		Dylan Earl - Level-Headed Even Smile (Gar Hole Records)
74.		Scott Ballew - Paradiso (Leisure Rodeo)
73.		Josiah Flores - Doin' Fine (Speakeasy Studios SF)
72.		Nick Shoulders - Refugia Blues (Gar Hole Records)
71.		Tobacco City - Horses (Scissor Tail Records)
70.		Cactus Lee - Cactus Lee (Western Vinyl)
69.		Brian D'Addario - Till the Morning (Headstack Records)
68.		Sloan - Based on the Best Seller (Yep Roc)
67.		Cass McCombs - Live Interior Oak (Domino Recording Co)
66.		Reb Fountain - How Love Bends (Fountain Records)
65.		Cooper Kenward - haha, now I'm sad (Soggy Anvil Records)
64.		Leslie Graves & Toby Goodshank - Between Worlds (BB*Island)
63.		Adeline Hotel - Watch the Sunflowers (Ruination Record Co)
62.		Will Johnson - Diamond City (Keeled Scales)
61.		Slow Motion Cowboys - Wolf of St. Elmo (Arkam Records)
60.		Renny Conti - Renny Conti
59.		Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band - New Threats from the Soul (Sophomore Lounge / Tough Love)
58.		Alice George Perez - A Song with the Title of Lunch Bells (Mokuhi Sonorities)
57.		The Bird Calls - Melody Trail (Ruination Record Co)
56.		King Husky - King Husky (Hype City Music)
55.		Jordan Smart - Confessions of a CEO
54.		Sunny War - Armageddon in a Summer Dress (New West Records)
53.		Luke Bell - The King is Back (All Blue Recordings / Thirty Tigers)
52.		Avry Truex - Without the E, Vol.1
51.		Joe Wunderle - Here to Stay (Anti-Corp)
50.		Travesura - Travesura (Nudie Records)
49.		Peaceful Faces - Without a Single Fight (Glamour Gowns)
48.		John Calvin Abney - Transparent Towns (Well Kept Secret)
47.		Bells Larsen - Blurring Time (Royal Mountain Records)
46.		Attention Bird Utopia - Best of Kings (here, here recordings / Many Hats Distribution)
45.		Kathleen Edwards - Billionaire (Dualtone)
44.		Mariel Buckley - Strange Trip Ahead (Birthday Cake Records)
43.		Jerry David DeCicca - Cardiac Country (Sophomore Lounge)
42.		Greg Freeman - Burnover (Transgressive Records)
41.		Dan Darrah & The Rain - There's a Place (Sunday Drive Records)
40.		Chris Lyons - Painters Street
39.		Leanne Betasamosake Simpson - Live Like the Sky (You've Changed Records)
38.		Clara Mann - Rift (The State51 Conspiracy)
37.		Fittonia - Fittonia (Watch that Ends the Night)
36.		Josienne Clarke - Far From Nowhere (Corduroy Punk)
35.		Little Mazarn - Mustang Island (Dear Life Records)
34.		The Weather Station - Humanhood (Fat Possum)
33.		Joan Shelley - Real Warmth (No Quarter Records)
32.		The While - The While
31.		Hallelujah the Hills - Deck (Discrete Pageantry Records)
30.		Sharp Pins - Balloon Balloon Balloon / Radio DDR (K recs / Perennial)
29.		James McMurtry - The Black Dog and The Wandering Boy (New West Records)
28.		The Deep Dark Woods - The Circle Remains (Victory Pool)
27.		Ken Pomeroy - Cruel Joke (Rounder Records)
26.		Devin Shaffer - Patience (American Dreams Records)
25.		Esther Rose - Want (New West Records)
24.		Juliet McConkey - Southern Front (Soggy Anvil Records)
23.		Carson McHone – Pentimento (Merge Records)
22.		Ruth Parker - Otherwise Occupied (Flippin Yeah Records)
21.		Haley Heynderickx & Max Garcia Conover – What Of Our Nature (Fat Possum Records)
20.		Cici Arthur - Way Through (Western Vinyl)
19.		The Telephone Numbers – Scarecrow II (Slumberland)
18.		Pearl Charles - Desert Queen (Taurus Rising Records)
17.		Greg Jamie - Across a Violet Pasture (Orindal Records)
16.		Flora Hibberd - Swirl (22TWENTY)
15.		Colin Miller - Losin' (Mtn. Laurel Recording Co)
14.		The Delines - Mr. Luck and Ms. Doom (Decor Records)
13.		Willi Carlisle - Winged Victory (Signature Sounds)
12.		Andres Miguel Cervantes - Songs for the Seance (Speakeasy Studios SF)
11.		Jesse Lovelock - Jesse Lovelock & The Velvet Voices
10.		S.G. Goodman - Planting By the Signs (Slough Water Records / Thirty Tigers)
9.		Kassi Valazza - From Newman Street (Loose Music / Fluff & Gravy Records)
8.		Sabine McCalla - Don't Call Me Baby (Gar Hole Records)
7.		Will Stratton - Points of Origin (Bella Union / Ruination Record Co)
6.		Fust - Big Ugly (Dear Life Records)
5.		Mia Wilson - Mia Wilson (Royal Oakie Records)
4.		Lou Hazel - Riot of the Red
3.		Dean Johnson - I Hope We Can Still Be Friends (Saddle Creek)
2.		Hectorine - Arrow of Love (Take a Turn Records)
1.		Anna Tivel - Animal Poem (Fluff & Gravy Records)