Hi, I'm Hunter. When I'm not DJing Storm Surge of Reverb (the surf show) Mondays 4-6pm, I'm consuming media! Especially music! I round up my favorite surf records as The Gremmy Awards over at stormsurgeofreverb.com but here are my favorite records from 2025 that weren't surf music. In no particular order.
Hi, I'm Hunter, I DJ Storm Surge of Reverb aka The Surf Show, Mondays 4-6pm. My favorite surf records eventually get posted in their own separate thing at stormsurgeofreverb.com but I also listen to a lot of other things to preserve my sanity.
My list is big this year! And there were a few that I even left off because at some point this list has to end, so I can start my year-end surf list and catch up on all the records by bands I like that I didn't even know released something this year.
These are presented in order of whatever whim I was riding. I hope you find something you like.
Shepard Samuels is best known as the host of our long-running and much beloved program "Reggae Roots and Branches", but most DJs have seen his reviews from long ago when he was music director of our station, which stretch far beyond the niche he broadcasts from. Here are his favorite records of 2024.
Hi, I'm Hunter, I DJ Storm Surge of Reverb on Mondays from 4-6pm. That show is all surf music, but this list is explicitly not!
Shepard Samuels is known for his long-running Reggae Roots and Branches show on Mondays. He was also previously a music director for WTUL, leaving a big mark on the station's library with his reviews. His year end lists tend to demonstrate that breadth of taste.