The music nerds at In Spite Magazine count down their favorite concerts of 2025, featuring Mille Manders and the Shut Up, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Teenage Bottlerocket, Iggy Pop, Levity presents LASERSHIP, My Bloody Valentine, Philthy Dronez, and so much more.

Goody James speaks to Drug Store Raid about their debut album, “Background Music For Family Arguments.”

M. Kim and Dick Slaughter give us a tag-team review of Mosswood Meltdown in Oakland, hosted by John Waters and featuring the B-52s, Redd Kross, a Peaches Christ Drag contest, and so much more