DJ Zostress’ 2025 in Review
By WTJU Rock
2025 Releases in no particular order (& very likely leaving many things out):
Steve Gunn: Daylight, Daylight
Brandee Younger: Gadabout Season
Brian Eno & Beattie Wolf: Liminal/Luminal/Lateral
Rose City Band: Sol Y Samba
Diane Cluck: House Tears
Disinblud/Rachika Nayar/Nina Keith: Disinblud
Horse Girl: Phonetics On and On
Sharp Pins: Radio DDR
Lightheaded: Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming
The New Eves: The New Eve is Rising
Compilation:
Anthology Recordings Maybe I’m Dreaming
Topical singles:
Dandelions & Here Come the Robots by Devon Sproule
Little Flame by Carsie Blanton
Lullaby by Together for Palestine
No Kings by Jesse Welles (feat. Joan Baez)
Bands, in no particular order, I loved seeing live:
All the WTJU Rock Third Rail concerts
La Luz with opening band, Color Green, at the Southern
Radon Abatement and Added Dimensions at Visible Records
Magnolia and Johnson Electric Co. at the Southern
Mass Sabbath with opening band, Please Don’t Tell, at the Southern
Honeycuss at Paw Paw Daze
Animal Surrender at Infinite Repeats
Nicole Mitchell & the Black Earth Ensemble at Unity Church
Rebecca Porter at Offbeat Roadhouse
Devon Sproule & Paul Curreri at Durty Nelly’s
Rose City Band with opening act, Sarah Louise, at the Southern
Ista at the Middle East in Boston
DJ Zostress co-hosts Foggy Notion, Wednesdays, 2 – 4 p.m.
