Strange Currency Best Local/Regional Releases 2025

Best Albums

1. Way Over The Rainbow—David Lord/Don’t Get Lost—Social Cinema (tie)
2. Red Flag—Stay The Course
3. What About The Butterfly—Jackie Myers
4. Dead Heat—TF Bundy/ Lucky One—Lalanea Chastain (tie)
5. Stay Put—Elexa Dawson
6. Soft Stuff—The House
7. Slaughter—Yasmin Nur
8. Make That Sound—Katy Guillen & The Drive
9. Grigori—Drifter
10. Must Love—Sontia Soul

Best EPs

1. Gently—Madi Laughlin/An Open Letter To Myself—Gray Shore (tie)
2. Buddy—The Velvet Fever/Avec Amour—Go Indigo (tie)
3. I’m On Your Side—Milkwave
4. Zero Context—Old Man of Storr
5. The Ruin—Sometimes on Sunday
6. he says he is the king (a lenten symphony)—Geo-Joe
7. Out of Mind-Out of Sight—Conrad Stolze
8. No Life Worth Living—Stepped On
9. With Every String Attached—Old Coffins
10. Knife—Virgins

Best Singles

1. “Hide and Seek”—Brave Boy
2. “Eyesore”—Keo & Them
3. “Step In Line”—Fulton Calvery
4. “It’s My Farm”—Emily Judson
5. “You Know Nothing About Love”—Jim Vegas
6. “Frost/Ash Wednesday”—Geo-Joe
7. “Who Knows How Long”—Les Easterby
8. “Stone After Stone”—Terry Quiett Band
9. “Green Eggs and Jam”—Daydream
10. “East of Midnight”—Blonde Wiseau