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Year-end countdown · KALX 90.7 · 2025

KALX 300 Most Played New Songs in 2025

The year-end countdown (2025) from KALX 90.7 in San Francisco Bay Area ranks 300 songs, with “Hyperglyph” by Chicago Underground Duo at number one. The list features 211 different artists; Stereolab has the most entries with seven songs.

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Ranked by airplay: the station's count of the most played new songs by KALX DJs during the year ('In 2025, KALX DJs played over 100,000 songs! Out of those, here’s the 300 most played new songs of the year.'). The page gives album and label for each song; only artist and title are kept.

# Song ListsBest
1 Hyperglyph Chicago Underground Duo 1 #1
2 Life Signs Water From Your Eyes 2 #2
3 Playing Classics Water From Your Eyes 1 #3
4 Angoisse ALVILDA 1 #4
5 Bus Naked Roommate 1 #5
6 S.N.C Darkside 2 #6
7 Behind The Black Curtain Budos Band 1 #7
8 Transmuted Matter Stereolab 1 #8
9 Rooms Without End Aux Meadows 1 #9
10 l'histoire de ta vie Céline Dessberg 1 #10
11 Circles Artificial Go 1 #11
12 out of body out of mind above me 1 #12
13 Bonne Année Ale Hop & Titi Bakorta 1 #13
14 Take My Hand Big Freedia 1 #14
15 Changing States Matmos 1 #15
16 Raoul Snapped Ankles 1 #16
17 Quand le grenier aura pris feu Anadol & Marie Klock 1 #17
18 catch these fists Wet Leg 21 #1
19 Catastrophe (Good Luck with that Man) Car Seat Headrest 4 #17
20 Black Notes Ibibio Sound Machine 1 #20
21 Steel Tongues Matmos 1 #21
22 Tension Mulatu Astatke 1 #22
23 I Think I Need You Around Ryli 1 #23
24 Chewing Gum Amyl and the Sniffers 3 #15
25 Le silence Juniore 1 #25
26 Kişisel İsa (Personal Jesus) Al-Qasar 1 #26
27 El nuevo Prometeo Los Pirañas 1 #27
28 woman in white sachi's mirror 1 #28
29 a window figure eight 1 #29
30 Machiriso WITCH 1 #30
31 Any Other World Deradoorian 1 #31
32 Triplicate Rrose 1 #32
33 Favorite Fontaines D.C. 18 #3
34 Overlander Budos Band 1 #34
35 Hearsay Anika 1 #35
36 Mucho Mistrust Fake Fruit 1 #36
37 Melodie Is A Wound Stereolab 1 #37
38 Russian Oscillator Adrian Sherwood 1 #38
39 Swarm TuneYards 1 #39
40 Keep Pushing clipping. 1 #40
41 What is ashwagandha Babe Rainbow 1 #41
42 rupture & mend sachi's mirror 1 #42
43 Shere's Theme Leroi Conroy 1 #43
44 Pay the Rent Snapped Ankles 1 #44
45 Aerial Troubles Stereolab 3 #38
46 I Made It Annie and the Caldwells 1 #46
47 COLORATURA Ichiko Aoba 1 #47
48 Rock City Horsegirl 1 #48
49 Swim Christina's Trip 1 #49
50 KISS HER OR BE HER CHIME OBLIVION 1 #50
51 Float The Altons 2 #21
52 Worth Yer While The Boars 1 #52
53 Pleasurezone Transmitter Dub Syndicate 1 #53
54 Norway Doorway Matmos 1 #54
55 Joget Sumatera Rani Jambak 1 #55
56 Tiger Trot Leroi Conroy 1 #56
57 Berlin Pachyman 1 #57
58 Ha, Ha Ha Ha, Haaa Deerhoof 1 #58
59 What's That Got To Do (With Loving You)? Los Microwaves 1 #59
60 la paradoja Juana Molina 1 #60
61 mangetout Wet Leg 21 #1
62 Eusexua FKA twigs 1 #62
63 Luciférine Ichiko Aoba 1 #63
64 Can You Hear My Heart Leave ML Buch 1 #64
65 Starburster Fontaines D.C. 21 #1
66 Nightingale St. Etienne 1 #66
67 Morning In Madison Daughter of Swords 1 #67
68 Psychosis Is Just a Number Guerilla Toss 1 #68
69 I Know It Tom Conneely & Birds of Paradise 1 #69
70 Joy, Joy! Valerie June 7 #17
71 Digital Gravestone Deradoorian 1 #71
72 Turu Uku Cruzloma 1 #72
73 Abyss Anika 1 #73
74 Know Yourself Kae Tempest 1 #74
75 Pulling a Truck Up a Hill Manslaughter 777 1 #75
76 Rock'n'Roll Enemy No. 1 CPC Gangbangs 1 #76
77 Anahita Sholeh Asgary 1 #77
78 Boma Marshall Allen 1 #78
79 Salty Road Dogs Victory Anthem Alabaster DePlume 1 #79
80 Journey Through Life Femi Kuti 1 #80
81 Kayfa Taltaqi El - Qulub Farah Kaddour & Marwan Tohme 1 #81
82 Téléphone ALVILDA 1 #82
83 All Good Things Will Come To Pass Lael Neale 1 #83
84 I Said What I Said The Softies 1 #84
85 Lie In the Gutter Peel Dream Magazine 1 #85
86 I'm on My Way (1960 Remastered) Barbara Dane 1 #86
87 Plains of Africa (Echo, Echo, Echo) Dub Syndicate 1 #87
88 The Blossom and the Thunder Hakushi Hasegawa 1 #88
89 Two Horses Black Country, New Road 1 #89
90 Let's Come Together Adrian Sherwood 1 #90
91 Three Over Steel SML 1 #91
92 Inside Salami Rose Joe Louis 1 #92
93 Dissolved Self Improvement 1 #93
94 Träume Spinnen 1 #94
95 Rollover Dog Eat Dog 1 #95
96 Shotan Femi Kuti 1 #96
97 River That Flows Two Ways Jefre Cantu-Ledesma 1 #97
98 Love That Takes You Up Nice Biscuit 1 #98
99 Nobody Cares Ora the Molecule 1 #99
100 Lady Liberty Galactic & Irma Thomas 1 #100
101 Habibon SANAM 1 #101
102 Lonely Striped Sock PyPy 1 #102
103 Layered Presence Tortoise 1 #103
104 Heir Born Damu The Fudgemunk 1 #104
105 Reasons Why Naked Roommate 1 #105
106 No Kicker Naked Roommate 1 #106
107 Cactus Farm The Mommyheads 1 #107
108 Mw ML Buch 1 #108
109 Orlando in Love Japanese Breakfast 4 #28
110 Garden Maria Somerville 1 #110
111 Dolphins The Chills 1 #111
112 Angels And Demons At Play Marshall Allen 1 #112
113 On Off Artificial Go 1 #113
114 Sexy Boy - Vegyn Version Vegyn & Air 1 #114
115 Gotta Meet You Fake Fruit 1 #115
116 40 Times The Rent Peace De Résistance 1 #116
117 Tell Me How To Be Here Lael Neale 1 #117
118 Ssir w ztam (Get Busy) Al-Qasar 1 #118
119 Click Song Chicago Underground Duo 1 #119
120 Our Dead Can't Rest (Old Jugha Flute Dance) Lara Sarkissian 1 #120
121 Cosmonaut Blackploid 1 #121
122 Sonate au jambon Anadol & Marie Klock 1 #122
123 Waiting The Altons 1 #123
124 Ceremony Galaxie 500 2 #124
125 Permanent (for now) Aux Meadows 1 #125
126 Kelly Watch the Stars - Vegyn Remix Vegyn & Air 1 #126
127 Cruisin' with Mr. Scratch John Carpenter 1 #127
128 African Sunset Marshall Allen 1 #128
129 I Can't Be Found Naked Roommate 1 #129
130 Disappear Yama Uba 1 #130
131 Personal Responsibilities Snapped Ankles 1 #131
132 Live For You Thee Sacred Souls 9 #24
133 Superior Mirage Chuck Johnson 1 #133
134 The Milky Sea Jefre Cantu-Ledesma 1 #134
135 Babystar Herbert & Momoko 1 #135
136 Electrified Teenybop! Stereolab 1 #136
137 Meet My Shadow Swimming Bell 1 #137
138 Lowcountry More Eaze & claire rousay 1 #138
139 No No Yes Yes Deradoorian 1 #139
140 Hovering Chuck Johnson 1 #140
141 Vermona F Transistor Stereolab 1 #141
142 Animate Lore City 2 #99
143 Sunset Key Melt Tim Hecker 1 #143
144 Get Up Ebo Taylor 1 #144
145 The Convenience of Being Grooblen 1 #145
146 Have Heaven Florist 2 #67
147 Nimzat Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force 1 #147
148 The 23 Nels Cline 1 #148
149 Redwoods (Anxious God) Haley Heynderickx 1 #149
150 Canopy of Eden Circuit des Yeux 1 #150
151 Lady DJ Skip The Needle 1 #151
152 Medicine Speed Ryli 1 #152
153 A Different Girl Miki Berenyi Trio 1 #153
154 Information Content Horsegirl 1 #154
155 36378 Molly Joyce 1 #155
156 New Ages Lael Neale 1 #156
157 Black Love Zachary James Watkins 1 #157
158 I remember I forget بنسى وبتذكر Yasmine Hamdan 1 #158
159 I Tune Into You John Howard 1 #159
160 die in california!! friendship games 1 #160
161 I Hunt You Pray L.A. WITCH 1 #161
162 Fundraiser bar italia 1 #162
163 Chaiyo! Helen Ganya 1 #163
164 Fantastic Tomb Ty Segall 1 #164
165 Girl Feels Good FKA twigs 1 #165
166 Abiding Leroi Conroy 1 #166
167 Shades of Nambei Bella Wakame 1 #167
168 Sakuramochi Evelyne / Masao 1 #168
169 She's Lost Control The Routes 1 #169
170 High Tide Eddie Suzuki 1 #170
171 Down On The Freeway Lael Neale 1 #171
172 T.H. Sault 2 #80
173 Hatula Mulatu Astatke 1 #173
174 Swollen Thankles The Dwarfs of East Agouza 1 #174
175 Lamp Fall Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force 1 #175
176 Løveskatt Ora the Molecule 1 #176
177 Friend of a friend cootie catcher 1 #177
178 Soul Lady Mieko Hirota 1 #178
179 Speedboat Benjamin Fulwood 1 #179
180 Soft Materials- Permanent Rose Sadie Powers 1 #180
181 Blades Toma Kami 1 #181
182 Haiya Bushi Minyo Crusaders 1 #182
183 Daybreak Anoushka Shankar 1 #183
184 Lucid Girl Thee Sacred Souls 1 #184
185 Terms of Service Cube 1 #185
186 Anne Sexton's Glasses Thor & Friends 1 #186
187 Do It Do It Amyl and the Sniffers 1 #187
188 Little Old Sod Shanty The Horsenecks 1 #188
189 Misery Winter 1 #189
190 I Dream Watching Rhymies 1 #190
191 mala sangre Lucrecia Dalt 1 #191
192 rejoinder (burning the last puzzle piece) Open Mike Eagle 1 #192
193 Sleep Dreams Surprise Chef 1 #193
194 Don't Worry About the Government Talking Heads 4 #194
195 Hear My Heart St. Etienne 1 #195
196 Hell Island Deradoorian 1 #196
197 Highway Man The New Eves 1 #197
198 Fly Wishy 3 #40
199 Major Mulatu Astatke 1 #199
200 The Luncheon on the Grass HYPER GAL 1 #200
201 Romance Shanti Celeste 1 #201
202 Causing Trouble Again Gina Birch 1 #202
203 Last of the Steam-Powered Trains The Seldom Scene 1 #203
204 You Are Absurd Peace De Résistance 1 #204
205 Immortal Hands Stereolab 1 #205
206 Frustration The Mystic Tide 1 #206
207 Doubt claire rousay 1 #207
208 Blessed in the Chapel of the Tears (Crying) Pacific Walker 1 #208
209 Tajmid Ejbari Farah Kaddour & Marwan Tohme 1 #209
210 See Moin 1 #210
211 Summer of Love Throwing Muses 1 #211
212 Harik SANAM 1 #212
213 Honey Water Japanese Breakfast 1 #213
214 All the Way Down Swell Foop 1 #214
215 Perdida Blanco Teta 1 #215
216 Gadabout Season Brandee Younger 1 #216
217 The Apartment Block The Ex 1 #217
218 Pateando culos Los Pirañas 1 #218
219 Vacation Say Sue Me 1 #219
220 Ich weiss nicht mehr Evelyne / Masao 1 #220
221 no death no danger Lucrecia Dalt 1 #221
222 Portrait of My Heart SPELLLING 1 #222
223 Lasso Artificial Go 1 #223
224 Reality Does Artificial Go 1 #224
225 Mud Waxahatchee 5 #23
226 the common reader Lucrecia Dalt 1 #226
227 Nest of Earrings Mary Lattimore & Walt McClements 1 #227
228 Exit A Thee Reps 1 #228
229 Cold War Skank Adrian Sherwood 1 #229
230 I Want You (Fever) Momma 12 #13
231 Mae III Filhos 1 #231
232 Moda Gökçen Kaynatan 1 #232
233 36635 Molly Joyce 1 #233
234 Zinek Bekani Cheb Zahouani 1 #234
235 Enough Jeff Tweedy 15 #10
236 Map Like A Leaf Autocamper 1 #236
237 In Love Pachyman 1 #237
238 Ala Bladi Nebki Abderrahmane Djalti 1 #238
239 Only Hinting Clinic Stars 1 #239
240 Doom Bikini james K 1 #240
241 Rearrange Sextile 1 #241
242 To be a rose Jenny Hval 1 #242
243 For the Love of It Dele Sosimi & The Estuary 21 1 #243
244 Control Foxtails Brigade 1 #244
245 Blackoak Maribou State 1 #245
246 He Left The Party With Me The Okmoniks 1 #246
247 R.L. Sault 1 #247
248 Where I Belong Galactic & Irma Thomas 4 #69
249 Runaway From You Fantastic Negrito 1 #249
250 Rodeo Momma 1 #250
251 Dreamstate Kelly Lee Owens 1 #251
252 She's Back PyPy 1 #252
253 Sillhouettes Rrose 1 #253
254 Purple Colored Sky Sally Shapiro 1 #254
255 100% Samba Rogê 1 #255
256 Hemiunu Chicago Underground Duo 1 #256
257 Fire (Luke 12:49) Sister Irene O'Connor 1 #257
258 Heaven Is No Feeling Cate Le Bon 1 #258
259 Ainda Preciso do Sol Adrian Younge 1 #259
260 Incomprehensible Big Thief 11 #10
261 The Evidence (LP Version) The Ex 1 #261
262 Best Laid Plans The Beths 1 #262
263 12 Blown Tires Tennis 1 #263
264 Texas Jailhouse Rock for Sandra Bland Zachary James Watkins 1 #264
265 Axial Seamount Tortoise 1 #265
266 Intercommunications Dub Syndicate 1 #266
267 My Guitar Meat Cube 1 #267
268 Image Magdalena Bay 4 #14
269 HEADLIGHTS IN REARVIEW New Mexican Stargazers 1 #269
270 Belghi Kull Mawaidi Georgette Sayegh & Melhem Barakat 1 #270
271 Blinkmoth (July Mix) james K 1 #271
272 If You Remember I Forgot How To Dream Pt. 1 Stereolab 1 #272
273 Sometimes SPELLLING 1 #273
274 Consulate Case Surprise Chef 1 #274
275 Birdbath Livia Charman 1 #275
276 Mãe II Filhos 1 #276
277 Amaranthine Mary Halvorson 1 #277
278 NEIGHBORHOOD DOG CHIME OBLIVION 1 #278
279 Fanzine Made Of Flesh Mogwai 1 #279
280 dead ringer Rainbow Girls 1 #280
281 The Grand Designer Adrian Sherwood 1 #281
282 In This Mess Say Sue Me 1 #282
283 Pondeggi Yaeji 1 #283
284 Fin De Fete Linda Smith 1 #284
285 Hiroshima Kiyari Ondo Minyo Crusaders 1 #285
286 Qoçəli Rəhman Məmmədli 1 #286
287 Bella Ciao Pink Martini 1 #287
288 Maqam Al Sa'idi Hijaz / Habibi Rah wa Ma Janeh Hamid Al-Saadi 1 #288
289 October Eiko Ishibashi 1 #289
290 NEVER ENOUGH Turnstile 12 #1
291 Verichrome John Davis 1 #291
292 Muffin - A Song For My Cat Joni Void 1 #292
293 The Field Blood Orange 2 #56
294 Dieuw Bakhul Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force 1 #294
295 Return of the Return of the Fire Trick Star Deerhoof 1 #295
296 Mysterious Jump Takao Uematsu 1 #296
297 Ants Darwin Chamber X DJ Spun 1 #297
298 chaperone Mermaid Chunky 1 #298
299 Punish Ethel Cain 2 #56
300 heat resonance sachi's mirror 1 #300

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KALX 300 Most Played New Songs in 2025 was broadcast by KALX 90.7 (San Francisco Bay Area) in 2025. Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

Source: KALX 90.7FM Berkeley, "300 Most Played New Songs in 2025".

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