{"id":81720,"date":"2025-11-17T15:19:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T14:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/?p=81720"},"modified":"2025-12-29T14:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:13:10","slug":"best-new-music-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/best-new-music-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Best New Music \u2022 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 id=\"a-year-in-400-snacks-served-without-cutlery\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>A year in 400 snacks, served without cutlery<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns cnvs-block-core-columns-1770163844099 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-border-color has-e-9-ecef-border-color cnvs-block-core-column-1770163846655 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 id=\"playing-now_\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Playing Now_<\/h3>\n\n\n<div style=\"--scrobble-artwork-size: 200px;\" class=\"wp-block-scrobble-blocks-now-playing wp-block-scrobble-blocks-now-playing has-small-font-size\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"scrobble-artwork\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img  decoding=\"async\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Inner Seasons by Alba Lua\"  loading=\"lazy\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/lastfm.freetls.fastly.net\/i\/u\/300x300\/2c77622a78a5497eabe7a49b8018cdd1.jpg\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"scrobble-info\">\n\t\t<span class=\"scrobble-track\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhen I&#039;m Roaming Free\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"scrobble-artist\">Alba Lua<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"scrobble-timestamp\" datetime=\"2026-05-06T15:27:19+00:00\" title=\"May 6, 2026 17:27\">\n\t\t\t\t7 hours ago\t\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-small-font-size\">View more <a href=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/now-playing\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/now-playing\/\"><strong>Now Playing\u2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 id=\"best-new-music_\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best New Music_<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-resized is-style-default cnvs-block-core-image-1770164103228\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/go\/BestNewMusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img  data-dominant-color=\"394739\"  data-has-transparency=\"false\"  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  width=\"690\"  height=\"690\"  data-attachment-id=\"84354\"  data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/bnm-sodwee-selecta-2026-normal-light\/\"  data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BNM-SODWEE-SELECTA-2026-Normal-light.jpg\"  data-orig-size=\"1900,1900\"  data-comments-opened=\"1\"  data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\"  data-image-title=\"BNM-SODWEE-SELECTA-2026-Normal-light\"  data-image-description=\"\"  data-image-caption=\"\"  data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BNM-SODWEE-SELECTA-2026-Normal-light-940x940.jpg\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"\"  class=\"wp-image-84354 not-transparent pk-lazyload\"  style=\"--dominant-color: #394739; 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We\u2019re talking\u00a0over 400 tracks\u00a0\u2014 yes, four\u00a0<em>hundred<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 all dropped in the past twelve months, all carefully extracted from the great streaming swamp like nuggets of pure auditory gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think of it as the\u00a0ultimate tasting menu: bite-sized bangers, delicate oddities, heart-throttle anthems, and the occasional \u201cwhat the hell is this and why do I love it?\u201d moment. It\u2019s the kind of playlist that makes your Release Radar look like it needs a long nap and a stern pep talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-green-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-regular-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/3lu9HCd3mBkSc9ki2mWwYw?si=179217d2459541b8\" style=\"border-radius:30px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Add this playlist to your <strong>Spotify<\/strong> faves<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"hand-picked-absolutely-curated-obsessively\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hand-picked? Absolutely. Curated? Obsessively.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>But mostly, it\u2019s a love letter to the idea that somewhere, somehow, someone is putting out something brilliant every single day \u2014 and that your ears deserve\u00a0<em>all<\/em>\u00a0of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So hit play, hydrate, stretch a little (trust us), and dive in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/3lu9HCd3mBkSc9ki2mWwYw?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"652\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>With\u00a0<strong>BEST NEW MUSIC \u2022 2025<\/strong>, you\u2019re not just catching up on the year \u2014 you\u2019re devouring it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dive into a meticulously Sodwee curated playlist of 400 standout tracks 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