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2025 Highlights

Stephen picks out some of his favourite moments in music over the last 12 months.

Music highlights of 2025. Stephen takes a look back through the last 12 months and picks out a selection of just some of his favourite moments in music in 2025. From the return of big names like Deftones, Soulwax and David Byrne to emerging artists like Becky McNeice, rad.typo and Cartin not to mention a dazzling array of bangers from Fontaines DC, CMAT, Geese, Stereolab and Turnstile.

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2 hours, 51 minutes

Last on

Boxing Day 202519:03
BBC Radio Foyle & BBC Radio Ulster

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Music Played

  • Fontaines D.C.

    It's Amazing To Be Young [Radio Edit]

  • CMAT

    EURO-COUNTRY

  • John Glacier & Sampha

    Ocean Steppin'

  • Ulster Orchestra

    Glue [Live At Celtronic Symphony 2025]

  • Cartin

    Call Me Please

  • Fionn Regan

    HEADPHONES [Stephen McCauley Session Live At Stendhal 2025]

  • The Divine Comedy

    The Last Time I Saw The Old Man

  • Joshua Burnside

    Up and Down

  • Andy White

    Ghostwriter [Stephen McCauley Session 2025]

  • Far Caspian

    An Outstretched Hand [Radio Edit]

  • Matt Berninger

    No Love

  • Becky McNeice

    Need U 2

  • Leo Miyagee

    Bills [Clean Edit]

  • David Byrne

    Everybody Laughs

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Hiding In Plain Sight

  • rad.typo

    What's Not To Like

  • EtrA

    I'M UP!

  • Little Simz & Sampha

    Blue [Clean Edit]

  • Our Krypton Son

    The First Daffodils Of Spring

  • David Keenan

    Amelioration [Radio Edit]

  • Geese

    Taxes

  • ROIS

    What Do You Say [Live At The NI Music Prize 2025]

  • Huartan

    Cad É Sin

  • Stereolab

    Melodie Is A Wound [Radio Edit]

  • Four Tet

    Into Dust (Still Falling)

  • Lael Neale

    All Good Things Will Come To Pass

  • Barry Can't Swim

    Wandering Mt. Moon

  • Turnstile

    I CARE

  • Fabulist

    The Cords

  • Horsegirl

    Switch Over

  • Deftones

    My Mind Is a Mountain

  • SPRINTS

    Coming Alive

  • Mount Palomar & Karla Chubb

    L'Aliment

  • Soulwax

    Hot Like Sahara

  • The Darkling Air

    You, The Lighthouse [Stephen McCauley Session 2025]

  • Martin Hayes

    Toss The Feathers/The Magherabaun Rell [Stephen McCauley Session 2025]

  • Lilith

    George Houston

  • Zach Thompson

    Be As It May

  • Michael D Higgins

    The Truth of Poetry [Radio Edit]

  • Rory Friers

    Home II [Radio Edit]

  • Caolán Austin

    Joyful, Joyful

Broadcast

  • Boxing Day 202519:03
    BBC Radio Foyle & BBC Radio Ulster