It’s that time of year. We have asked our lovely pool of writers for some of their favourite albums of 2025. Do you care? Probably not. Are we gonna tell you anyway? Of course. Disagree? We don’t care. This is literally the definitive list.

‘In The Bleak Midwinter’ was written by Christina Rossetti in 1872, and since then it has remained one of the most popular Christmas songs in the UK and Ireland, and remains a favourite cover option for many contemporary musicians. But why? Edie McQueen gives us her thoughts.

Brand new Sheffield band Cinder Path played their hotly-anticipated debut show this month. Here’s what we thought.