2025's Best Indie Rock, From Alex G to Horsegirl to Geese

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🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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We go deep on the best indie rock of 2025 so far, touching on acts from Lifeguard to Wet Leg to Japanese Breakfast. Simon Vozick-Levinson joins host Brian Hiatt for the discussion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:35.4	Vosick Levinson, and I thought it would be a good time to talk about the year in indie rock so far. Simon
1:42.6	tracks this pretty closely. He has a list for us of his favorite
1:46.7	indie rock albums of the year. We'll talk maybe a little bit more broadly, maybe about some
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