Only because the rollout of his recent work was so aggravating, I disqualified Makaya McCraven for this exercise. I dispensed with the four excellent EPs released by the disruptive musician in 2025 by collectively placing them at #9 in this ranking. A few household names are interspersed with weirdos of all stripes in the following list of multi-song sets with run times of less than thirty minutes.
1. Gabriel Jacoby- gutta child
D’Angelo lives.
2. Nathy Peluso- Malportada
Dizzying salsa.
3. Prism Quartet- El Eco de un Tambor
My review.
4. Earl Sweatshirt- Live Laugh Love
More rap songs.
5. Maruja- Tir na nÓg
My review.
6. Adrian Younge- Something About April III
Orchestral MPB.
7. Billy F Gibbons- Cruising with Billy F Gibbons
Beer drinker and hell raiser.
8. Rafiq Bhatia- Each Dream, A Melting Door
Paint them black.
9. Xiao- Control
Swedish power violence.
10. Hyldon- JID023
The Brazilian octogenarian revived and refreshed.
11. Jack White- No Name Live
Back in the garage.
12. Mavi- The Pilot
Underground sobriety.
13. Himari- Himari
Child prodigy.
14. Squint- Drag
Heavier than the Gateway Arch.
15. Stakes Is High- Stakes Is High
KC punx.
16. Lizzie Berchie- Night Shift
Lush neo-soul.
17. Sam Gendel and James McAlister- Diamond Staircase
One of several new Gendel EPs.
18. RMW and Maadcxmmander- Pretty Boy Swag
This, right here.
19. Julius Asal- Siena Tapes
Ravel recital.
20. DJ Python- i was put on this earth
Downcast beats.
21. Anysia Kym- Purity
Beats by Tony Seltzer.
22. Lazerbeak- To Be Tubing
Gently down the (Doomtree) stream.
23. Matt Pryor- The Salton Sea
Adult emo.
24. Flooding- adult 1
Kansas City art-punk.
25. Vince Gill- 50 Years from Home: Secondhand Smoke
Tender mercies.
