Our favorite punk rock grandpa Dick Slaughter gives us his picks of photos from 2025 that didn’t get picked, featuring outtakes from Cruel World, PRB, and Rebellion Festivals, with artists including Hayley Williams of Paramore, St. Vincent, Rebecca Black, the Knuckleheadz Band, Nick Cave, Bootsy Collins, the Rifleman String Band, Keith Morris, Iggy Pop, Dick Lucas of the Subhumans, and Perry Boris, plus trips to the Cadillac Ranch in Texas and the “Army” Trump birthday War on America festival in Washington, DC.

John Greenwood gives us his 25 favorite photos of 2025, featuring a heavy dose of snaps from Rebellion Festival and Doll Fest, with appearances from The Damned, Fishbone, Steve Ignorant, MDC, and plenty more.

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.