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Some albums I’m looking forward to in 2025 (updated)

Alan Cross 0 Comments 4 min read

The recorded music industry really won’t get back to normal after the holidays for another week, but we can at least look ahead to some big rock and alt-rock albums coming in 2025. Here’s what I have so far:

January 10

  • Julian Cope, How Friar Tuck
  • Franz Ferdinand, The Human Fear
  • Lambrini Girls, Who Let the Dogs Out

January 17

  • The Weather Station, Humanhood

January 24

  • Mogwai, The Bad Fire

January 31

  • Manic Street Preachers, Critical Thinking

February 7

  • Dream Theatre, Parasomia
  • Guided By Voices, Universe Room
  • Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment, Self-titled
  • Squid, Cowards

February 14

  • Art d’Ecco, Serene Demon
  • Doves, Constellations for the Lonely
  • Horsegirl, Phonetics On and On
  • Lacuna Coil, Sleepless Empire
  • The Lumineers, Automaticc
  • The Velveteers, A Million Knives

February 21

  • Silverstein, Antibloom
  • The Murder Capital, Blindness
  • The Wombats, Oh! The Ocean

February 28

  • Architects, The Sky, The Earth & All Between
  • hHead, Jerk/Fireman
  • Panda Bear, Sinister Gift
  • Sports Team, Boys These Days

March 7

  • The Shuffle Demons, Are You Really Real (actually coming out on March 6)
  • Spiritbox, Tsunami Sea

March 14

  • Coheed and Cambria, The Father of Make Believe

March 21

  • The Horrors, Bright Life
  • Japanese Breakfast, For Melanchony Brunettes (& sad women)

March 28

  • The Darknessm Dreams on Toast

April 4

  • The Waterboys, Life, Death and Dennis Hopper

August

  • The Cure, TBA

October

  • Nine Inch Nails, Tron: Ares OST

That’s about all the firm dates I have right now. Here are some other albums on the schedule for release at some point in 2025.

  • Anthrax, TBA
  • Travis Barker, TBA
  • Blondie, TBA
  • Big Thief, TBA
  • Bush, I Beat Loneliness
  • Deftones, TBA
  • The Distillers, TBA
  • Finger Eleven, TBA
  • Gojira, TBA
  • Jet, TBA (First album in 15 years!)
  • LCD Soundsystem, TBA
  • Massive Attack, TBA
  • Mastadon, TBA
  • Ministry, TBA
  • Modest Mouse, TBA
  • Morrissey, Bonfire of Teenagers, TBA
  • Propagandhi, TBA
  • Pulp, TBA (First album since 2001!)
  • Social Distortion, TBA (First album since 2011)
  • The Strokes, TBA
  • Turnstile, TBA
  • Violet Grohl, TBA (yes, Dave’s daughter)
  • Zack de la Rocha TBA (but I’ll believe when I see it)

Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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