The Year In Music

Nightglow - DuettBIG FISHY - Dolphin Hyperspace, Louis ColeRAINBOW BRIDGE - Joshua MiloNAILS - Spirit Fingers TrioLucidity - ChiminyoWe Close Our Eyes So We Can See - HammockDreams - Meg Lui, Sufjan StevensHere is the link to the video for Spirit Fingers Trio LIVE "Nails"cover artwork:This month's featured artwork is from the album The Second Coming Was a Moonrise by HammockPhotographer: Stephen Proctor @sproctorCheck out my playlists on Spotify:  2026 Playlist - Music from the year 2026 and in some cases late 2025, but mostly 2026.  2026 Instrumental - Songs released in 2026. No words. Besides some oohs or aahs and maybe a la la. 2025 Playlist

Echo From The Flames - Tom MischWhat Is Left To Say - Thundercat, The Lemon Twigsplay - WILLOW, Kamasi WashingtonThreads - Nubiyan Twist, Patrice RushenSmile - dearymettle - she's greenMum Does the Washing - Joshua Idehencover artwork: This month's featured artwork is from the album Birding by dearyPhotographer: Josh Hight @josh._.hightCheck out my playlists on Spotify:  2026 Playlist - Music from the year 2026 and in some cases late 2025, but mostly 2026.  2026 Instrumental - Songs released in 2026. No words. Besides some oohs or aahs and maybe a la la. 2025 Playlist

deliver us from evil - Arms and SleepersDown The Line - Art School GirlfriendEnough - PVADUH - Power SnatchSo Far From Losing You - ArchiveGlimmerine - ApparatIranam - Shervin Hajipourcover artwork: This month's featured artwork is from Lean In by Art School GirlfriendPhotographer: Zak WatsonCheck out my playlists on Spotify:  2026 Playlist - Music from the year 2026 and in some cases late 2025, but mostly 2026.  2026 Instrumental - Songs released in 2026. No words. Besides some oohs or aahs and maybe a la la. 2025 Playlist

Window to Your World - Mammal HandsNo Others - Momoko GillSelfish - Charlotte Day WilsonJaded - Maddie AshmanThe Kites - Almost TwinsDa - Anuk SchmelcherSeven Sorrows - Tigran Hamasyancover artwork: This month's featured artwork is from her side - EP by Maddie AshmanCreative direction: Clemente LohrPhotographer & editor: Sandra EbertCheck out my playlists on Spotify:  2026 Playlist - Music from the year 2026 and in some cases late 2025, but mostly 2026.  2026 Instrumental - Songs released in 2026. No words. Besides some oohs or aahs and maybe a la la. 2025 Playlist

Open Fields - Felsmann + Tiley, The Kite String TangleSeven Sounds - Clean Cut KidDeath of Love - James BlakeScared Of Loving Wild Again - Lucy RoseOn Sitric Road - Ye VagabondsSomething Else - Joshua BurnsideSentimental Value - Hania RaniMusic video for Something ElseDirector | David MoodyProducer | Lee O’HareDirector of Photography | Burschi WojnarStarring | Joshua Burnside + Aine Gordon + Aisling McCormickCheck out my playlists on Spotify:  2026 Playlist - Music from the year 2026 and in some cases late 2025, but mostly 2026.  2026 Instrumental - Songs released in 2026. No words. Besides some oohs or aahs and maybe a la la. 2025 Playlist

In The Sound Of Breathing - SAGESChildhood- Barry Can't SwimLITTLE MORE - Will ReaganIT HURTS - Will ReaganOn an Evening, At the Lake - Felix RöschA Story Yet to Be Told - Federico AlbaneseA Dawning - Ólafur Arnalds, TalosSwim Between Trees - flipturnIn Parking Lots - Insignificant OtherYou Wanted Us, You Got Us (feat. Zayna Youssef) - Ben QuadA House With- Denison WitmerMusic used in the intro of this episode: west cork, 12 feb - Ólafur Arnalds, TalosCheck out my playlists on Spotify:  2026 Playlist - Music from the year 2026 and in some cases late 2025, but mostly 2026.  2026 Instrumental - Songs released in 2026. No words. Besides some oohs or aahs and maybe a la la. 2025 Playlist

Nick of Time - Konradsen, Gia MargaretOtherworld - Afternoon Bike RideThis is what you sound like by the way - SemlerThroughlines - you, infiniteSlanted - ShadSINCE 94 - TAPE TRASHLast Escape - FleshwaterCheck out my playlists on Spotify:  2026 Playlist - Music from the year 2026 and in some cases late 2025, but mostly 2026.  2026 Instrumental - Songs released in 2026. No words. Besides some oohs or aahs and maybe a la la. 2025 Playlist

Infinite Dark (Babel)  - MetavariSooner Or Later - Paul MeanyLiminal - GrandbrothersParty - threddAfraid - Flock of DimesPrism drift - Kelly MoranUnitive/West - ThriceCover art: Artwork from House Tetra Sessions, Vol. 1 by Nathaniel David Utesch check out more of his work here Check out my playlists on Spotify:  2026 Playlist - Music from the year 2026 and in some cases late 2025, but mostly 2026.  2026 Instrumental - Songs released in 2026. No words. Besides some oohs or aahs and maybe a la la. 2025 Playlist

Zenith  - Aukai, Richard HoughtenRewind - Glass MuseumSpinning - Mini TreesOfferings - ChartreuseL.Y.A.T.T. - Art School GirlfriendHymn of Defeat - Jens KurossTo Keep Everything - AberdeenCheck out my playlists on Spotify:  2026 Playlist - Music from the year 2026 and in some cases late 2025, but mostly 2026.  2026 Instrumental - Songs released in 2026. No words. Besides some oohs or aahs and maybe a la la. 2025 Playlist

samhain - orchestral version  - Gwenno Morgan, European Recording OrchestraIs There Anybody Out There - Lord HuronInside Out - Derek WebbDoubt - Sleeping At LastTrue Believer - Hayley WilliamsI AM - GungorI KNOW I'VE BEEN CHANGED - Samora Pinderhughes, The Healing Project ChoirCheck out my playlists on Spotify:  2026 Playlist - Music from the year 2026 and in some cases late 2025, but mostly 2026.  2026 Instrumental - Songs released in 2026. No words. Besides some oohs or aahs and maybe a la la. 2025 Playlist

Soft Gradient Beckons   -  Rival ConsolesMachine Noise For A Quiet Daydream - Barry Can't Swim, SéamusTRY AGAIN - Will ReaganBreath Inside Your Breath - HammockBedrock - Ólafur Arnalds, Talos, SandrayatiPeople We Used To Be - The Swell SeasonHeaven Thunder - Mina Tindle, Sufjan StevensArtwork: Soft Gradient Beckons art by Anthony DickensonSoft Gradient Beckson music videoCheck out my playlists on Spotify:  2026 Playlist - Music from the year 2026 and in some cases late 2025, but mostly 2026.  2026 Instrumental - Songs released in 2026. No words. Besides some oohs or aahs and maybe a la la. 2025 Playlist

Vice   -  Droid BishopMean Time - Born RuffiansBig Dipper - VulfpeckClassic Wrock- The Dear HunterAlma's Cove - YuufFallowfield Loop - GoGo PenguinFourth of July - Version 4 - Sufjan StevensCheck out my playlists on Spotify:  2026 Playlist - Music from the year 2026 and in some cases late 2025, but mostly 2026.  2026 Instrumental - Songs released in 2026. No words. Besides some oohs or aahs and maybe a la la. 2025 Playlist

Feeling Better  -  Poppy DanielsMoon Rocks - flipturnSuffering In Silence - nobigdyl., Kato On The TrackBoilerbeek- ECHT!Sanctuary - Rebekka KarijordLuminescence - Chiminyoanything - live - Adrianne Lenker Artwork: flipturnCheck out my playlists on Spotify:  2026 Playlist - Music from the year 2026 and in some cases late 2025, but mostly 2026.  2026 Instrumental - Songs released in 2026. No words. Besides some oohs or aahs and maybe a la la. 2025 Playlist

Rhythm Resolve  -  The Album LeafGoatman - FMSkylineGhost Train - BeirutLighthouse- Tara Nome DoyleStealth Rollback - CourtingAWARDS SEASON - Bon IverLimbo Rainbow - Ciao Kennedy Artwork: Tara Nome DoyleCheck out my playlists on Spotify:  2026 Playlist - Music from the year 2026 and in some cases late 2025, but mostly 2026.  2026 Instrumental - Songs released in 2026. No words. Besides some oohs or aahs and maybe a la la. 2025 Playlist

Opening  -  SAGESMy Choices Are Not My Own - Max CooperThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Fallacy - Antony Szmierek Back in the Game - Mark Pritchard, Thom YorkeDust Bunnies - Postcards Do You Like What You See in Me - HachikuSlow Motion Snow - Denison Witmer Artwork: On Being cover art by MinJeong AnCheck out my playlists on Spotify:  2026 Playlist - Music from the year 2026 and in some cases late 2025, but mostly 2026.  2026 Instrumental - Songs released in 2026. No words. Besides some oohs or aahs and maybe a la la. 2025 Playlist

All In Your Hands  -  Christian SeanDeep Scene - Skeleten Faithful -  Red Telephone Hi Chaos - MogwaiPowerful Things - The Howl & The Hum Ghost of the Bloomfield Road - Joshua Burnside We Didn’t Know We Were Ready - Ólafur Arnalds, Talos Strangers on A Bench podcast Episode 21 - I Want to Be Un-UniqueAlbum art from Teeth of Time by @emtextiles and Lambeg painted by @szuszusigncoLive performance of We Didn't Know We Were ReadyProduced and Edited by: Scott CangemiCheck out my playlists on Spotify:  2026 Playlist - Music from the year 2026 and in some cases late 2025, but mostly 2026.  2026 Instrumental - Songs released in 2026. No words. Besides some oohs or aahs and maybe a la la. 2025 Playlist

January 21, 2025: Planet Parade / Comet Atlas  -  Sleeping At LastTime Waited - My Morning Jacket Bovine Excision -  Samia MC Hammer - Parchman Prison Prayer Keep Pushing - clipping. H.B.W - Saya Gray More; Less. - A Burial At Sea Check out my playlist on Spotify:  2025 Playlist Check out my playlists on Spotify:  2026 Playlist - Music from the year 2026 and in some cases late 2025, but mostly 2026.  2026 Instrumental - Songs released in 2026. No words. Besides some oohs or aahs and maybe a la la. 2025 Playlist