And here as ritual is a round up of round ups of November and December’s best submissions with all the sonics and skulduggeries you’d expect and nothing less. I thought things would slow down for Xmas. I was wrong GodJesusDammit. And I couldn’t have been moreso.

So, with a warning of big hits of industrial EDM playthings and some cactus jack flamenco, add some surfabilly moonshine with a dash of 90’s rave, a fine spice of wonder, nu-shoegaze and garage, and even a fleck of folksome shots of grandeur, we got ourselves the last ROTR Radio of the year.

Shove all these songs through your undulating now-adulterated tweeters and give them some pre 2025 love. Hell. Listen to them all, every month in one playlist. Curated and crunched for your pleasure.

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Strange New World – Pinpointedly Referenced 60s Folksadelica Shoegaze
Rosa Damask – Retro Never Retrograde Sultricity
The Ultimate Dreamers – DemiGoth Denigration and synthpop
Nova Materia – Electroclash Be SCREWED, we are Anew!
B.B.dOOM – Experimental Industrial with Minimalist Hits
Big Mountain County – Read the Reviews and the Interviews Dammit
Ffa Coffi Pawb – A Candy Talking Trip Me Up PleasureDome
Soundwire – Lysergic Lacerations of Britpop
Cherry i – The Most Savage(es) of Post Punk Guitar Grind
Surfing Pointers – Cherry Red on their Sleeves and California in the Soul. Yuck!
Shapes Like People – A Simple Sweetness for Sweetness’s Sake
Conveniens – Synthwave PreNeon Insecurities Abound
Makina Girgir – For Whom the Synths Toll
Pappa Jupe’s TC – Pappa Jupe’s Just Makes the World Better
Man of Moon – Asymmetrical Indie in a Twilight Suburbia
Huge Molasses Tank Explodes – Take a Plunge into the softness of Distortion
Edwyn Collins – Not new. But New to Spotify is Enough for an Idol
Sebastian Lillo – A Cactus Satch of Salubrious Reprieve
Killer Tone Jones – Take Your Favourite Song. Add some Psychobilly
Andres Gilando Arteaga – Pan’s Labyrinth remade iFor Amega
HY?NO – If Ambient was Angry with Intent
The Men – A Full Frontal Nosedive into Noise
Diogo – Remember the Sounds and Hit the Floor Twice as Hard
FABZFOREAL – The Rarity of the Recapture of Rave
Elsie Hua – The Future Sound of Anywhere but London
ALIEN TEARS – Expansive Neon Synthwave Noir
Fie Eike – The Choral Voice of a Beacon that Hones
Ys Atlov – The Comfort of Home Breaking Out

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