“The only true voyage of discovery would be to behold the universe through the eyes of another.”
― Marcel Proust
This first mix of 2025 favorites maps out a field of indie pop, art pop, and folk-leaning tracks that foreground melody, lyricism, and songcraft. Music of beauty and immediacy, grounded in emotion.
This is first in a series of 10 mixes of 2025 favorites. The selections reflect a personal, exploratory approach to discovery and curation, with artists and tracks that tend to fall outside typical “best of” lists.
The mix is timestamped and the tracklist is in the first comment.
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Tracklist
Playing tracks by Flora Hibberd, Jeff Tweedy, Foxwarren, Sharon Van Etten, The New Pornographers and more.
Comments
Guns N Roses was trying to cover this song, and ended up with Sweet Child O' Mine
Hah! I hear that!
Once again, there’s beauty and high sensitivity overflowing here too! Love it, Vodem.
absolutely love this! :)
Highly enjoyable, cheers! Wish you all the best in '26!
Thanks for listening and the comment! All the best to you as well!
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Great set!
Beautiful selection dear Vodem 🎶👍🏽🎩 my favs Jeff Tweedy, The Beths, and Alabaster DePlume 🌟🌟🌟
Beautiful tracks, enjoyed it bigly 👍😍
Tracklist:
1. Flora Hibberd “Auto Icon”
2. Jeff Tweedy “Out in the Dark”
3. Foxwarren “Wings”
4. Sharon Van Etten “Somethin’ Ain’t Right”
5. The New Pornographers “Ballad of the Last Payphone”
6. Wet Leg “davina mccall”
7. The Beths “Take”
8. Samia “Spine Oil”
9. Deep Sea Diver “Tiny Threads”
10. Big Thief “Words”
11. Wilder Maker “Strange Meeting with Owls”
12. Jazmine Mary “Back of the Bar”
13. Emile Mosseri “Coyote”
14. Jonathan Richman “Night Fever”
15. Los Gatitos “Cortometrajes”
16. Juan Wauters “Dime Amiga”
17. Allo, Darlin’ “Tricky Questions”
18. Autocamper “Red Flowers”
19. Takuro Okada “Shadow”
20. Sam Gendel & Sam Amidon & Philippe Melanson “D-Jam”
21. Alabaster DePlume “Prayer For My Sovereign Dignity”