{"id":3280429,"date":"2025-12-16T08:25:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3280429"},"modified":"2025-12-16T08:25:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:25:33","slug":"away-from-the-mire-episode-102-the-best-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/music\/away-from-the-mire-episode-102-the-best-of-2025","title":{"rendered":"Away From The Mire Episode 102 &#8211; The best of 2025!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we look back at my favourite releases of 2025. We&#8217;ve got lots of great local music (7 bands!) from what was another strong year for alt rock\/indie in Atlantic Canada and I&#8217;ve got some great cuts from not so local acts as well. I hope you&#8217;ll enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Absolute Losers &#8211; At The Same Time<br \/>\nGeese &#8211; Taxes<br \/>\nWunderhorse &#8211; The Rope<br \/>\nMotherhood &#8211; Wandering<br \/>\nSam Salmon &amp; the Grand Manan Bandits &#8211; No One Likes Losing<br \/>\nPenny &amp; the Pits &#8211; Montenegro On Ice<br \/>\nDoctor Mother Father &#8211; Break the Same<br \/>\nRadiator &#8211; Fortune Teller<br \/>\nThe Burning Hell &#8211; You&#8217;ll Know When It&#8217;s Over<br \/>\nThis is Lorelei &#8211; Dancing in the Club (MJ Lenderman Version)<br \/>\nFontaines D.C. &#8211; It&#8217;s Amazing To Be Young<br \/>\nWet Leg &#8211; catch these fists<br \/>\nSloan &#8211; No Damn Fears<br \/>\nChris Ballew &#8211; Burning So Bright<br \/>\nLammping, Bloodshot Bill &#8211; Never Never<br \/>\nWaxahatchee (feat. MJ Lenderman) &#8211; Mud<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_933\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Away%20From%20The%20Mire\/Away%20From%20The%20Mire%20-%202025-12-15%20Episode%20102%20%28Best%20of%202025%29.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('933','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Away%20From%20The%20Mire\/Away%20From%20The%20Mire%20-%202025-12-15%20Episode%20102%20%28Best%20of%202025%29.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Away%20From%20The%20Mire\/Away%20From%20The%20Mire%20-%202025-12-15%20Episode%20102%20%28Best%20of%202025%29.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3280429-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Away%20From%20The%20Mire\/Away%20From%20The%20Mire%20-%202025-12-15%20Episode%20102%20%28Best%20of%202025%29.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Away%20From%20The%20Mire%20-%202025-12-15%20Episode%20102%20%28Best%20of%202025%29.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we look back at my favourite releases of 2025. We&#8217;ve got lots of great local music (7 bands!) from what was another strong year for alt rock\/indie in Atlantic Canada and I&#8217;ve got some great cuts from not so local acts as well. I hope you&#8217;ll enjoy! Podcast: Play in new window |<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"excerpt-more blog-excerpt\" href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/music\/away-from-the-mire-episode-102-the-best-of-2025\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_935\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Away%20From%20The%20Mire\/Away%20From%20The%20Mire%20-%202025-12-15%20Episode%20102%20%28Best%20of%202025%29.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('935','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Away%20From%20The%20Mire\/Away%20From%20The%20Mire%20-%202025-12-15%20Episode%20102%20%28Best%20of%202025%29.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Away%20From%20The%20Mire\/Away%20From%20The%20Mire%20-%202025-12-15%20Episode%20102%20%28Best%20of%202025%29.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3280429-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Away%20From%20The%20Mire\/Away%20From%20The%20Mire%20-%202025-12-15%20Episode%20102%20%28Best%20of%202025%29.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Away%20From%20The%20Mire%20-%202025-12-15%20Episode%20102%20%28Best%20of%202025%29.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":3270819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13176,3320,70,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3280429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aftm","category-chsr","category-current-shows","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Away-From-The-Mire.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3280429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3280429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3280429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3280430,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3280429\/revisions\/3280430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3270819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3280429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3280429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3280429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}