Every month, our writers and editors spotlight a few of their favourite new music from the previous 4 weeks for Consequence’s Staff Picks column. Try the choices for the most effective albums of June 2025 under.
Earlier this month, Consequence surveyed the primary half of 2025 with our mid-year report, highlighting the most effective music the yr has supplied followers to this point. Nicely, simply inside the few weeks since then, there’s already a protracted listing of recent contenders which can be proper there in rivalry with our earlier favourite. Like, a protracted listing. Far be it from us to complain about an inflow of worthwhile music, although!
From Addison Rae proving her star energy to our June CoSigns Hotline TNT persevering with their scorching streak, Little Simz wowing us as soon as once more to Greet Demise offering the soundtrack to a summer season of melancholy, these are the data from the previous 4 weeks which have us coming again for hear after hear. Learn on for the total listing of our favourite albums of June 2025 under, listed in alphabetical order.
Addison Rae — Addison
Look, I used to be simply as shocked as you. I, too, thought she was a TikTok dancer — no, wait, actress? — and when she began making music, I most likely uttered a “yeah, certain, no matter” to myself and carried on. After which I heard “Headphones On” when it dropped in April and I didn’t want way more convincing that Addison Rae was the actual deal. Her music is heat and serene and continuously attractive, cleverly toying with nostalgic concepts and marrying them to extra modern, moody manufacturing selections. Her feather-light voice might be downright medicinal, and songs like “Weight-reduction plan Pepsi” and “Summer time Ceaselessly” really feel like light, euphoric reminiscences. She’s not reinventing the wheel, however her imaginative and prescient of pop music is nonetheless intoxicating and stylish. — Paolo Ragusa
Stream Addison on Apple Music or Amazon Music | Purchase on Vinyl/CD
Annahstasia — Tether
Thank God Annahstasia broke away from her early handlers. The trade hobnobbers who first grew to become conscious of the Nigerian-American’s immense expertise initially tried to shoehorn her into R&B and pop areas, a lot to the chagrin of the people singer-songwriter, guitarist, and mannequin (whom you will have seen as Kendrick Lamar’s love curiosity within the music video for the chart-topper “Luther”). As heard within the hovering highs and deeply-felt lows of her debut LP Tether, Annahstasia’s husky, intimate growl is significantly better fitted to the people area. Throughout the album, she sings startlingly over stripped-down soundscapes, usually pushing her earthy vocals into heartrending territory. “It’s the identical, identical unrest/ Sitting in my chest,” she sings on “Unrest,” a figuring out, quavering ache echoing all through her supply. — Kiana Fitzgerald
Stream Tether on Apple Music or Amazon Music | Purchase on Vinyl/CD
BAMBII — INFINITY CLUB II
The Toronto-based DJ’s followup to her 2023 EP, INFINITY CLUB, is greater than a easy continuation of her earlier challenge. The polyglot works her magic on the brand new set, exploring a variety of genres, from jungle to dancehall to R&B. The EP additionally contains showstopping visitor options, akin to, Ravyn Lenae, Yaeji, Aluna, and BEAM, who all add their very own flavors. Above every thing, BAMBII showcases the significance of neighborhood constructing on the dance flooring. — Solar Noor
Stream INFINITY CLUB II on Apple Music or Amazon Music
