Playlist 570 - Best of 2025: Part 2

himeji to los angeles. glasgow to berlin. belfast to nashville.

enjoy.

x



Playlist
1. Oh No Noh – Dog years (Teleskop)
2. Bella Wakame – Shades of Nambei (Umor-Rex)
3. Echolalia – Little bird (Full Time Hobby)
4. Geckos – Lo Hice (Org Music/PIAPTK Recordings)
5. Junk Drawer – Nids Niteca (Pizza Pizza Records)
6. Keeley Forsyth & Matthew Bourne – Talk to me (Fat Cat Records)
7. Pierre Bastien & Michel Banabila – Closing time: The party is over (Pingipung)
8. Quinie – Macaphee turn the cattle (Upset The Rhythm)
9. Albertine Sarges – Stand near your fire (Moshi Moshi)
10. Deradoorian – Digital gravestone (Fire Records)
11. Le Volume Courbe – Two love (Duophonic Super 45s)
12. Sam Prekop – Light shadow (Thrill Jockey)
13. Water Machine – River (Fat Cat Records)
14. Damian O’Neill – Inside out (Tompkins Square) (Imaginational Anthem XIV)
15. Me Lost Me – A souvenir (Upset The Rhythm)
16. Lael Neale – Tell me how to be here (Sub Pop Records)
17. Eddie Marcon – Slow na yume (Morr Music)
18. Jamie Lidell – The center (Todo Records)
19. Brian Bilston & The Catenary Wires – 31 Rules for Midlife Rebellion (Skep Wax)

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