Are your music listening habits stuck in a rut? Did you open your Spotify Wrapped and realize you listened to the same five songs on an endless loop?

Maybe you want to mix it up in 2025, and become more acoustically adventurous. 

Soundside is here to help you out - we've rounded up a panel of local music experts to give you some fresh recommendations for albums to check out before we head into the new year.

GUESTS:
Bekah Flynn, senior publicist, international promotions manager, and A&R representative at Sub Pop Records. 
Cameron Lavi-Jones, lead singer and guitarist of King Young Blood.
Kevin Diers, host of Metal Shop and Loud and Local on 99.9 KISW.

Bekah's picks:
Frenching the Bully - The Gits
Billboard Heart - Deep Sea Diver 
Grim Iconic...(Sadistic Mantra) - J.R.C.G
Exotic Birds of Prey - Shabazz Palaces
Robed in Rareness - Shabazz Palaces
Right Back to It - Waxahatchee

Cam's picks: 
Honest Bloom - Brenna Bruce
Psychotic Spew - Black Ends 
Take Care - Big Xtha Plug 
Play For Someone You Love - i///u
We Talk to Birds - Beautiful Freaks
SORRY, IT'S OVER - The OBGMs
Neighborhood - Liv Victorino

Kevin's picks: 
For WHAT Reason! - Fastbacks 
Guardian of The Universe (The Final Hope) - Oxygen Destroyer 
The Crucible of Life - The Home Team
Verses In Oath - Hulder
I Never Lie - Zach Top

Are your music listening habits stuck in a rut? Did you open your Spotify Wrapped and realize you listened to the same five songs on an endless loop?
Maybe you want to mix it up in 2025, and become more acoustically adventurous.&nbsp;
Soundside is here to help you out - we've rounded up a panel of&nbsp;local music experts to give you some fresh recommendations for albums to check out before we head into the new year.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">Bekah Flynn, senior publicist, international promotions manager, and A&amp;R representative at Sub Pop Records.&nbsp;</li>
<li dir="ltr">Cameron Lavi-Jones, lead singer and guitarist of <a href="https://kingyoungblood.bandcamp.com/">King Young Blood</a>.</li>
<li dir="ltr">Kevin Diers, host of Metal Shop and Loud and Local on 99.9 KISW.</li>
</ul>
Bekah's picks:
<ul>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://megamart.subpop.com/products/the-gits_frenching-the-bully-2024-remaster">Frenching the Bully - The Gits</a></li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSJI7FveC-c">Billboard Heart</a> - <a href="https://www.thisisdeepseadiver.com/">Deep Sea Diver&nbsp;</a></li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://jrcg.bandcamp.com/album/grim-iconic-sadistic-mantra">Grim Iconic...(Sadistic Mantra)</a> - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/j_r_c_g/?hl=en">J.R.C.G</a></li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://shabazzpalaces.bandcamp.com/album/exotic-birds-of-prey">Exotic Birds of Prey</a> - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/shabazzpalaces/?hl=en">Shabazz Palaces</a></li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://shabazzpalaces.bandcamp.com/album/robed-in-rareness">Robed in Rareness</a> - Shabazz Palaces</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL3iHhERWJw">Right Back to It</a> - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/waxa_katie/?hl=en">Waxahatchee</a></li>
</ul>
Cam's picks:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://brennabruce.bandcamp.com/album/honest-bloom">Honest Bloom</a> - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/brennabruce/">Brenna Bruce</a></li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://blackends.bandcamp.com/album/psychotic-spew-2">Psychotic Spew</a> - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/black.ends/?hl=en">Black Ends&nbsp;</a></li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v62RzdlMPU">Take Care</a> - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bigxthaplug/?hl=en">Big Xtha Plug&nbsp;</a></li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2n7UpNI7gOqfr6WD8JdlHN?si=R6nNcQI5QN6_rOG1tAez3g">Play For Someone You Love</a> - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/iu.band/?hl=en">i///u</a></li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://fr3aks.bandcamp.com/album/we-talk-to-birds">We Talk to Birds</a> - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/beautifulfreaksonline/?hl=en">Beautiful Freaks</a></li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://theobgms.bandcamp.com/album/sorry-its-over">SORRY, IT'S OVER </a>- <a href="https://www.instagram.com/theobgms/?hl=en">The OBGMs</a></li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://livvictorino.bandcamp.com/track/neighborhood">Neighborhood</a> - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/liv_victorino/">Liv Victorino</a></li>
</ul>
Kevin's picks:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li><a href="https://fastbacks.bandcamp.com/album/for-what-reason">For WHAT Reason!</a> - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thefastbacks/">Fastbacks&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://oxygen-destroyer.bandcamp.com/album/guardian-of-the-universe">Guardian of The Universe (The Final Hope)</a> - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/oxygendestroyer/?hl=en">Oxygen Destroyer&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://invoguerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-crucible-of-life">The Crucible of Life</a> - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thehometeam/?hl=en">The Home Team</a></li>
<li><a href="https://20buckspin.bandcamp.com/album/verses-in-oath">Verses In Oath</a> - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hulder_official/?hl=en">Hulder</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6LeMSLYhko">I Never Lie</a> - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/zachtop/?hl=en">Zach Top</a></li>
</ul>

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