Coffee Break: Honorable Mentions

by Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala
March 28, 2025
You’ve been voting on the best albums of 2005 all week long and you even helped decide this year’s winner! March Music Madness started with 64 albums released twenty years ago – the same year The Current launched – but many more didn’t make their way onto a bracket.
Today, let’s highlight some albums that didn’t make the playoffs. Let’s create a playlist of honorable mentions.
So, for today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from albums that didn’t make the March Music Madness bracket would you like to hear?
Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.
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Songs Played
The Raveonettes - I Wanna Be Taken
Ceasars - Jerk It Out
Art Brut - My Little Brother
Caribou - Pelican Narrows
Foo Fighters - Best Of You
Maria Taylor - One for the Shareholder
Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure