In the first Review Round-Up of 2026, The Cribs get off to a bad start, but at least Beyond The Black and especially I Promised The World are setting a higher bar.
As always, there’s been a huge amount of music released this year, and we’ve scoured through it all to pick out the top 30 best albums of 2025.
For our second lot of 2025’s awards, we skew a lot more positively and take a look at the best, most interesting and most standout music of the year.
The end of the year is almost here, so we take a look back at some of the worst, most disappointing, and just overall regrettable music released in 2025.
Clutch bring some serious heat to close out the year, thanks to what’s still among some of the most vital and vivacious hard rock out there.
Celebrating 15 years of their seminal album ‘Dirt’, Kids In Glass Houses cast back to a fan-favourite era of Britrock with rejuvenated punch.
The Bootleg Beatles arrive in Bristol to deliver an experience of far greater purpose than the usual tribute act fare.
Even decades in, the love for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club hasn’t faded, as they take to Manchester for a packed headline show.
The highs and lows of pop across 2025 have been numerous and unmissable, so we’ve gone back through to chronicle the biggest releases of the year.
Playing two sets of music instrumental to the rise of Britpop and Manchester’s ‘90s scene as a whole, The Charlatans return home for a truly special night.