Join host Jeff McCord for the very best new releases, along with reissues, musical milestones and a classic album tribute!
This week, wrap up 2025 (a less-than-great year with a lot of great music) with a lot of the very best and most overlooked songs of the year, along with lots of reissues, musical milestones and a classic Joe Ely album tribute!
What’s Next 12.18.25 playlist
| Hour One | ||
| Horsegirl | In Twos [demo] | Julie In Twos |
| KeiyaA | K.i.s.s. | Hooke’s Law |
| Animals [Chas Chandler birthday 12.18.1938] | We Gotta Get Out of theis Place | single |
| The Stayres | The Spaniard | Duplex |
| Lucrecia Dalt | The Common Reader | A Danger To Ourselves |
| Rolling Stones [Keith Richards and Bobby Keys birthday 12.18.1943] | Happy | Exile on Main Street |
| Bon Iver | Everything Is Peaceful Love | Sable Fable |
| SML | Taking Out the Trash | How You Been |
| T Rex [hit #1 in UK 12.18.1971] | Cosmic Dancer | Electric Warrior |
| Pinkpantheress | Illegal | Fancy That |
| De La Soul | A Quick 16 for Momma | Cabin in the Sky |
| Khruangbin | Two Fish and an Elephant II | The Universe Smiles Upon You II |
| Jeff Tweedy | No One’s Moving | Twilight Override |
| Yo La Tengo | Moby Octopad | I Can Hear The Heart Beating s One |
| Hour Two | ||
| Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band | New Threats From the Soul | New Threats From the Soul |
| Frankie and the Witch Fingers | Gutter Priestess | Trash Classic |
| D’angelo | Jonz in my Bones | Live at the Jazz Café, London |
| Sudan Archives | Come and Find You | The BPM |
| Antibalas | Escape | Hourglass |
| Joe Ely [classic album tribute] | Honky Tonk Masquerade | Honky Tonk Masquerade |
| Joe Ely [classic album tribute] | Boxcars | Honky Tonk Masquerade |
| Joe Ely [classic album tribute] | Fingernails | Honky Tonk Masquerade |
| Nightmares on Wax | Bang Bien (feat. Yasiin Bey) | Echo 45 Soundsystem |
| They Are Gutting a Body of Water | Trainers | Lotto |
| Replacements | Unsatisfied [alt mix] | Let It Be [super deluxe] |
| Hour Three | ||
| Oklou | Choke Enough | Choke Enough |
| The xx | Teardrops | The xx [espanded] |
| Wednesday | Wound Up Here (By Holdin On) | Bleeds |
| Specials [Terry Hall died 12.18.2022] | Concrete Jungle | The Specials |
| Trio of Bloom | Diana | Trio of Bloom |
| Dijon | Higher! | Hey! |
| Professor Longhair [birthday 12.19.1918] | Doin’ It | Rock N/Roll Gumbo |
| Caroline | Total Euphoria | Caroline 2 |
| Dry Cleaning | Hit My Head All Day | Secret Love |
| Patricia Brennan | Andromeda | Of the Near and Far |
| Cats [Elliot Easton birthday 12.18.1952] | Just What I Needed | The Cars |
| Jay Som | Float On [ft.Jim Adkins] | Belong |
| Water From Your Eyes | Playing Classics | It’s a Beautiful Place |
| Pogues [Kirsty MacColl killed 12.18.2000] | Fairytale of New York | If I Should Fall From Grace With God |
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