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Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2025

Words: Loren • December 23, 2025

Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2025
Greg Raelson (Celebration Summer)

Mr. Cap (DFMK)

What are your top five albums that were released in 2025? (In order 1-5)

  1. Dead Pioneers – PO$T AMERICAN
  2. Home Front – Watch It Die
  3. Sex Mex – Repackaged II
  4. Dead Bars – All Dead Bars Go To Heaven
  5. Béton Armé – Renaissance

What band did you discover in 2025 (can be a brand new band or an older band) that had an impact on your life? How so?

The band I discovered this year was Sex Mex from San Antonio, Texas. What impressed me the most is that it’s just one person creating some of the catchiest power-pop anthems around, it was
like love at first listen. I hope to catch them live soon so I can sing along and shake my tail featherto their awesome music.

How will you remember 2025 (in terms of music)?

I’ll remember 2025 as a milestone year for us (DFMK), releasing our second full-length album through Alternative Tentacles and playing some really cool shows. It was also a year of discovering and enjoying tons of independent bands and their new releases.

What can we look forward to from you in 2026?

We hope to play more shows and releasing more new music.

What records are you looking forward to most in 2026?

Right now, I honestly don’t know what to expect from the records coming out in 2026, but I’m excited to be surprised. I’d love to have my mind blown by anything emerging from the Tijuana, MX or San Diego, USA scenes in particular.

Singles rule the music scene right now. How has that affected you as a band or label? Has it influenced your approach to new releases or touring?

Singles are great for rolling out a new album, they give people a small taste of a bigger pie but, for us, the end goal is always the full release. I know today’s listeners have a shorter attention spans,
but I still love sitting down and listen to a full album. That should always be the main focus.

Mr. Cap – social media links

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Loren • December 23, 2025

Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2025
Greg Raelson (Celebration Summer)

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  1. Opening page
  2. Bree McKeegan (Allegedly Records)
  3. C.C. Voltage (Autogramm / No Rules PR)
  4. Curran Reynolds (Body Stuff)
  5. Greg Raelson (Celebration Summer)
  6. Mo Milan (Cocoa Pastel)
  7. Conan Neutron (Conan Neutron & the Secret Friends)
  8. Scott Pasch (DCxPC Live)
  9. Mr. Cap (DFMK)
  10. Sandra Malak (Elegant Everyone)
  11. Chris Mason (Faulty Cognitions)
  12. Frank Turner
  13. McKeever (Heavy Halo)
  14. Jon Snodgrass
  15. Terence Hannum (Locrian / Axebreaker / Anathemata Editions)
  16. Xadaa (MEGAFAUNA / Syrup Moose Records / VNRL / Grumm Trencher)
  17. Shaun Osburn (Middle-Aged Queers)
  18. Mike Huguenor (Mike Huguenor / Jeff Rosenstock band/ Shinobu / Hard Girls)
  19. Emilor (Night Court / Rong / Pet Blessings)
  20. Annie Sparrows (Panel / Bermuda Squares / Yesterday's Numbers)
  21. Trevor Shelley de Brauw (Pelican)
  22. Juls Garat and Claudio Marcio (PILGRIMS)
  23. Eli Hansen (Real Numbers)
  24. Tobias Jeg (Red Scare Industries)
  25. Sam Russo
  26. Sexfaces
  27. Matt Hutchison (Shattered Platter PR)
  28. Misha & Liza (She/Her Records)
  29. Teddy Spaghetty (Spaghetty Town Records)
  30. Kris Megyery (The Brokedowns)
  31. Thula (Twenty One Children)
  32. Violet Staley (Won't Stay Dead)

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