Here we are! Rosy Overdrive’s 25 favorite albums of 2025, revealed today along with albums 50 through 26, and coming a day after albums 51 through 100. By my count, I wrote about 343 albums on the blog this year (not counting a few posts that have yet to be published), so these are reallyContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2025 (25-1)”
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Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2025 (50-26)
Hello! Welcome back (or just welcome) to Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2025! Today reveals the top 50 albums on the list. Yesterday unveiled numbers 100 through 51, so be sure to check those out as well if you haven’t yet. See also:Part One (100-76)Part Two (75-51)Part Four (25-1)Playlist with all albums (Spotify link)Continue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2025 (50-26)”
Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2025 (75-51)
Welcome to part two (of four) of Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2025! This post covers albums 75 through 51. For any and all background info, see part one. See also:Part One (100-76)Part Three (50-26)Part Four (25-1)Playlist links (Spotify) (Tidal) 75. The Bats – Corner Coming Up Release date: October 17thRecord label: Flying NunGenre:Continue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2025 (75-51)”
Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2025 (100-76)
It looks like we’ve found ourselves in December, which means that I find myself putting the finishing touches on Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of the Year. Today, albums 51 through 100 are being posted, and tomorrow (Tuesday, December 9th), the top 50 will be revealed. As always, thank you to anyone who reads thisContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2025 (100-76)”
Pressing Concerns: Mercyland, Laika Songs, Soft on Crime, Evening Glass
This Thursday, we’re taking a look at four records out tomorrow, December 5th: new albums from Laika Songs and Evening Glass, a new EP from Soft on Crime, and an archival collection from Mercyland. If you missed either of this week’s earlier blog posts (Monday’s Pressing Concerns covered Earwig, Sting Pain Index, Dietz, and Addicus,Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: Mercyland, Laika Songs, Soft on Crime, Evening Glass”
New Playlist: November 2025
It’s time for the November 2025 playlist! A bunch of good songs from the past month and throughout this year features below. We’ll be wrapping up this year on the blog soon enough, but there’s still plenty of new stuff to take a look at yet. Buddie, The Melancholy Kings, and Mint Mile all haveContinue reading “New Playlist: November 2025”
Pressing Concerns: Earwig, Sting Pain Index, Dietz, Addicus
December or not, there’s still plenty of new music to cover in Pressing Concerns. Today, we’ve got new albums from Dietz and Addicus, as well as new EPs from Earwig and Sting Pain Index. Check them out below! We did have a Pressing Concerns go up on Thanksgiving (featuring Mint Mile, Tulpa, The Melancholy Kings,Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: Earwig, Sting Pain Index, Dietz, Addicus”
VOTE! In the Rosy Overdrive 2025 Reader’s Poll
It’s the third annual Rosy Overdrive readership poll! The results have been truly great two years in a row now: no pressure, but I’m especially excited to see what your favorite music of 2025 is. The first question on the poll is simply: What are your ten favorite albums from 2025? This is the onlyContinue reading “VOTE! In the Rosy Overdrive 2025 Reader’s Poll”
Pressing Concerns: Mint Mile, Tulpa, The Melancholy Kings, Split Apex
Happy Thanksgiving! We have a Thursday Pressing Concerns today, featuring new albums from Mint Mile, Tulpa, The Melancholy Kings, and Split Apex. If you missed either of this week’s earlier blog posts (Monday was a Pressing Concerns featuring Bliss?, Ali Murray, Rose of the World, and Second Story Man), and Tuesday was the 2025 RosyContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Mint Mile, Tulpa, The Melancholy Kings, Split Apex”
Rosy Overdrive Label Watch 2025
Welcome to the fourth annual Rosy Overdrive Label Watch! It’s time to check in on what a dozen (give or take) of Rosy Overdrive’s favorite modern labels have been up to for the past few months, and pull a couple of highlights from each one. For the second straight year, I’m doing this during (American)Continue reading “Rosy Overdrive Label Watch 2025”
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