Allston Pudding Staff Picks of 2025

We wrap our year end coverage for 2025 with a roundup of our favorite (non-local) albums, songs, live shows, and more.

Indigo De Souza Keeps Fans on the Precipice at Royale

Indigo De Souza played songs off Precipice and older deep cuts at the Royale in October. Check out our review and photos!

Magdalena Bay brought their unpredictable, lavish Imaginal Disk tour to Boston! Check out our review and photos.

Fans packed into the back room of The Rockwell in Somerville for an intimate performance by Jasmine.4.t and her band.

Rising pop sensations and newly-born duo MARIS and Caroline Kingsbury brought their combined headline tour to Boston’s Brighton Music Hall.

Samia brought her band to House of Blues as part of the Bloodless tour for a rousing night of emotional indie-pop. Check out our review and photos!

mxmtoon put on an exquisite performance of the “Liminal Space Tour” at Roadrunner.

8x Grammy winning singer, songwriter, and producer Finneas brought the For Cryin’ Out Loud Tour to Boston inside MGM Music Hall at Fenway.

We all picked our favorite non-local music from the past year. Albums, songs, gigs, and then everyone makes up a category of their own.

Pop-soul band Lawrence stopped by MGM Music Hall. Nathan Smith and Hannah Sender were there to cover the show.