Another year in the books. Another year of music listened and logged. The list mostly remains the same but with some really fun surprises.

  1. Benson Boone
  2. Black Sabbath
  3. The Murder City Devils
  4. Hot Water Music
  5. Social Distortion
  6. AFI
  7. Bad Religion
  8. Dispatch
  9. Explosions in the Sky
  10. Propagandhi

Let’s talk about Benson Boone.

Sometime over the summer, one of this kiddos came home from camp raving about Benson Boone. It turned into the soundtrack of our lives. Every time we were in a car, they asked to play Benson Boone (which was conveniently hooked up to my Spotify account).

Of course, it was also played constantly on the speakers in the house… also hooked up to my account. We listened to so much damn Benson Boone this past year (6 months even!) that my Spotify Wrapped showed me a fun statistic:

We (I) was one of the top 1% of global listeners in 2025.

That backflip though…