"I listened to more jazz in 2025 than any other type of music, I suspect - that Miles Davis quartet in Paris got a lot of play in the car, I went on a Lester Young kick, I dug deep on Mingus, I play a lot of John Scofield & Manhattan Transfer I believe in phases, I love a good phase, I like to contemplate what phases the next year will bring - piano music? old new age tapes? my money for '26 + JD's listening habits is on early jazz, ever since reading Coming Through Slaughter I've been wanting to wade into my neck anyway those are some year-end-list adjacent thoughts /thread"
""I put together a ranked top 10 for 2025 because everybody's always like 'unranked, it's a big list' and I gotta go the other way," adding, "It was a great year for music! Music is the best!""
"The Mountain Goats released a new "full-on musical" album featuring The Repacements' Tommy Stinson, harpist Mikaela Davis, and Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan, this year, which you can stream below."
John Darnielle compiled a ranked top-ten list of favorite albums for 2025, including Flock of Dimes, Giant Claw, and Ferraro. Indigo De Souza's "Heartthrob" was designated song of the year. The Mountain Goats released Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan, described as a "full-on musical" featuring Tommy Stinson, Mikaela Davis, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Darnielle reported heavy jazz listening in 2025, citing Miles Davis, Lester Young, Mingus, John Scofield, and Manhattan Transfer, and expressed interest in exploring early jazz in 2026. The Mountain Goats announced a 2026 tour with a May 16 Bearsville Theater date.
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