Ever since 2010 I’ve kept track of the music I listen to each month. It’s fascinating to see how some bands stay with me over the years whilst others have their moment on my stereo before vanishing from my mind… well, until years later when I check out to see what I was listening to way back when in any case!

Anyway, I ran a Top 50 (which turned in to a Top 100) bands of the month chart on various social media platforms recording my listening habits for posterity and to share my earworms of the month. I listen to a lot of music when working, and also when relaxing. My tastes are fairly broad and I love discovering new bands, as well as new sounds and genres.

Now I’ve become slightly behind on these as, for whatever reasons, I failed to update the blog in early January for my December Top 100, nor my 2025 yearly Top 100, so I’m playing a bit of catch up starting from today.

December saw 8 new entries hit my Top 100 for the first time. Leading that pack at 31 was Spiritualized, a band I don’t recall really liking when they were initially out but I quite enjoyed on a retrospective listen. Other new entries were The Velvet Underground (33), George Harrison (73), Paavement (76), The Pentangle (93), Cream (96), Public Enemy (99), and The United States of America (100). You can tell several of these were from the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book group I’m in can’t you :p

There were also 20 re-entries this month, with the highest being Kaelan Mikla at #4. Some of the other re-enteries included Bjork (11), Cocteau Twins (18), Air (24), Delerium (49), Sleep Token (56), Faith No More (97), and Toni Castells (98),

Several of Decembers bands have appeared courtesy of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book group I’m now in, where one random album is selected from the book each day for us to listen to and review. Some have been great – either new finds or beloved classics – others less so. But it has meant that a few of those artists have started appearing in the monthly Top 100s.

Anyway, here’s my Top 100 for December 2025…

The Mission – Tower of Strength

Top 100 Bands – December 2025

Position	Last Month	Band
1	2	The Mission
2	1	Fields of the Nephilim
3	11	Holly Humberstone
4	RE	Kaelan Mikla
5	5	AFI
6	24	Conjure One
7	8	Scott Walker
8	29	The Sisters of Mercy
9	22	Pixies
10	23	Sprints

Kaelan Mikla – Solstodur

11	RE	Bjork
12	4	Ari Mason
13	15	The Cure
14	6	Mothica
15	51	Chvrches
16	3	Kite
17	20	Project Pitchfork
18	RE	Cocteau Twins
19	85	Enigma
20	13	Gazelle Twin

Bjork – Army of Me

21	25	F.O.O.L.
22	18	HEALTH
23	28	ZZ Top
24	RE	Air
25	57	Bauhaus
26	30	Hunter as a Horse
27	37	Saint of Sin
28	34	Creaming Jesus
29	7	Portishead
30	39	Sleepthief

Air – Cherry Blossom Girl

31	NE	Spiritualized
32	RE	Suede
33	NE	The Velvet Underground
34	38	Billie Eilish
35	26	Luna Shadows
36	10	The Midnight
37	100	Gary Numan
38	87	Midnight Smoke
39	31	New Model Army
40	40	Pat Benetar

Gary Numan – Cars

41	43	Somewhere off Jazz Street
42	RE	CASHFORGOLD
43	45	Flower Face
44	RE	Florence & The Machine
45	47	Mazzy Star
46	RE	Mind.in.A.Box
47	53	PJ Harvey
48	49	Red Mecca
49	RE	Delerium
50	17	Metric

Florence & The Machine – Dog Days Are Over

51	50	Snakes of Russia
52	52	Now, Now
53	79	Sneaker Pimps
54	69	The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble
55	65	Bob Dylan
56	RE	Sleep Token
57	59	Ghost Dance
58	60	Home Video
59	70	The Smashing Pumpkins
60	64	The White Stripes
61	66	Dusty Springfield
62	67	How To Destroy Angels
63	93	Ladytron
64	56	Sierra Veins
65	RE	Hole
66	71	Hookworms
67	19	Paris Paloma
68	74	Sonic Youth
69	41	All India Radio
70	76	Deerhunter
71	RE	Fat Dog
72	77	Fred Neil
73	NE	George Harrison
74	RE	Moloko
75	78	Paul Simon

Sleep Token – Alkaline

76	NE	Pavement
77	RE	Peter Gabriel
78	32	Carbon Based Lifeforms
79	82	Creedence Clearwater Revival
80	88	MXMS
81	83	Priest
82	84	ALT BLK ERA
83	86	Essenger
84	RE	Morcheeba
85	89	Ray Charles
86	90	Siouxsie and the Banshees
87	91	The Good, the Bad & the Queen
88	98	In Strict Confidence
89	14	Magic Wands
90	RE	Massive Attack
91	RE	Radiohead
92	95	Stevie Wonder
93	NE	The Pentangle
94	96	The Psychedelic Furs
95	RE	Bruce Springsteen
96	NE	Cream
97	RE	Faith No More
98	RE	Toni Castells
99	NE	Public Enemy
100	NE	The United States of America

Morcheeba – Trigger Hippy