Lindsay Zoladz
Pop music critic at The New York Times
Lindsay Zoladz (Pop music critic at The New York Times) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Fancy That (PinkPantheress album), It's a Beautiful Place (Water From Your Eyes album), Getting Killed (Geese album).
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Zoladz argued 2025 was a good year for rock music, with younger bands finding new approaches.
“And I think another trend we want to discuss is it was actually a good year for rock music”
The Daily: Sunday Special: The Best Music of 2025 (Dec 14, 2025) · Listen from 34:59
Zoladz described mainstream music in 2025 as stagnant, though she found more room for under-the-radar discoveries.
“I think in terms of the mainstream, it was a very stagnant year”
The Daily: Sunday Special: The Best Music of 2025 (Dec 14, 2025) · Listen from 2:14
Fancy That (PinkPantheress album)
Zoladz identified a trend of British women making interesting pop music in 2025.
“there were a lot of British women making interesting pop music this year and pop music under a very large umbrella”
The Daily: Sunday Special: The Best Music of 2025 (Dec 14, 2025) · Listen from 37:35
It's a Beautiful Place (Water From Your Eyes album)
Zoladz described Water From Your Eyes' record as a 1990s-style alternative rock album by people too young to have lived through that era.
“I think this is, in some ways, an alternative rock 90s record made by people that did not live through it”
The Daily: Sunday Special: The Best Music of 2025 (Dec 14, 2025) · Listen from 37:14
Getting Killed (Geese album)
Zoladz named Geese's Getting Killed as her album of the year.
“Actually, my album of the year is Geese's album, Getting Killed”
The Daily: Sunday Special: The Best Music of 2025 (Dec 14, 2025) · Listen from 29:51
Baby (Dijon album)
Zoladz said Dijon's live show did not match the strength of his album.
“I found Dijon as a live performer was fine, but his show didn't really grab me as a great show”
The Daily: Sunday Special: The Best Music of 2025 (Dec 14, 2025) · Listen from 28:35
The Life of a Showgirl
Zoladz called the paid theatrical release accompanying the album cynical and off-putting.
“to go see this in a theater felt a little just gross to me, honestly, and that experience”
The Daily: Sunday Special: The Best Music of 2025 (Dec 14, 2025) · Listen from 21:54
Alligator Bites Never Heal
Zoladz praised Chappell Roan and Doechii for withholding new music after breakout years, saying it made her more excited for their next work.
“So I think they're approaching their careers in a more considered way, and that makes me more excited for what they do have coming next”
The Daily: Sunday Special: The Best Music of 2025 (Dec 14, 2025) · Listen from 16:41
Swag (Justin Bieber album)
Zoladz said Bieber's single Daisies was intriguing for its unfinished, demo-like sound.
“And I think Daisy's just sounds unfinished and demo-like in this really intriguing way”
The Daily: Sunday Special: The Best Music of 2025 (Dec 14, 2025) · Listen from 10:46
Mayhem (Lady Gaga album)
Zoladz praised Mayhem as positive fan service, returning Gaga to the dark electronic pop her fans wanted.
“her fans have just wanted her to go back to making these dark electronic pop bangers for a long time now”
The Daily: Sunday Special: The Best Music of 2025 (Dec 14, 2025) · Listen from 9:40
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Zoladz argued that Bad Bunny's album engages with Puerto Rican musical history much as Beyoncé's recent albums engage with dance and country history.
“I hear Bad Bunny doing that with the history of Puerto Rican music on this record”
The Daily: Sunday Special: The Best Music of 2025 (Dec 14, 2025) · Listen from 4:22
Appearances
Sunday Special: The Best Music of 2025The Daily · Dec 14, 2025 · 56 min
Gilbert Cruz, Caryn Ganz and Lindsay Zoladz review the biggest and best music of 2025, from Bad Bunny and Taylor Swift to Geese, then play a music quiz.
Often appears with
- Gilbert Cruz · 1 shared episode
- Caryn Ganz · 1 shared episode