Critic’s Picks for Record Store Day 2025: 16 Releases Worth Digging For

Record Store Day usually falls around the 20th of April each year, normally without fail. But in 2025, Easter takes over that weekend, leading organizers of RSD to move it up to Saturday the 12th, which is right around the corner.

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This year’s festivities are nonetheless highly anticipated, with more than 300 titles available for purchase in brick-and-mortar shops, including long out-of-print gems revitalized, vaulted live recordings unearthed and classic favorites celebrating anniversaries.

Post Malone was announced as RSD ambassador this time around, and who better than the man who can switch it up from hip-hop to trap pop to country to Nirvana to lead the charge in celebrating this day of sonic diversity?

“I’ve loved listening to music for as long as I can remember, but there is nothing better than listening to albums on vinyl,” Malone said in a statement when the news was announced. “When I was a kid, I found so much great music through my dad. That’s how I got into everything from Dwight Yoakam and Johnny Cash to Ozzy, Pantera and Metallica to Dr. Dre and 50 Cent. The coolest thing was we always had a bunch of records in the house. I got a chance to experience these albums how they’re supposed to be experienced.”

“To this day, I still love to buy records,” he added. “It’s fun to pull up to an indie record store and just get lost down the aisles looking at different albums and seeing all the artwork. You never know what you’re going to find, and every record you pick up is special. Indie record stores mean everything to music fans, because the record store is where the music becomes yours.”

You can find the whole list of titles that’ll be up for grabs at your local indie record shop on the RSD website. However, Billboard has once again keenly researched the 2025 roster and selected some choice titles our readers will no doubt be searching for this coming Saturday.

Check out our selections for Record Store Day 2025 below.