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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New Playlist: September 2025
Happy Tuesday! Time for the September 2025 Playlist. It’s yet another edition featuring two hours of mostly-new, all-great music. Of course. Lawn, Miss Bones, and Golden Apples have two songs on this playlist. Silkworm and Liquid Mike have three. Here is where you can listen to the playlist on various streaming services: Spotify, Tidal. BeContinue reading “New Playlist: September 2025”
Pressing Concerns: I Will Swim to You, Alexei Shishkin, Cheerbleederz, Alien Eyelid
Second blog post of the week! The Thursday one! Featuring four records out tomorrow September 5th! New albums from Alexei Shishkin and Alien Eyelid! A new EP from Cheerbleederz! A star-studded Jason Molina tribute album! Let’s get to it. Oh, also, check out Monday’s blog post (featuring Retirement Party, Wavers, Moviola, and Laminate) if you haven’tContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: I Will Swim to You, Alexei Shishkin, Cheerbleederz, Alien Eyelid”
Pressing Concerns: WPTR, Graham Hunt, Autos, Subsonic Eye
Welcome to the Thursday Pressing Concerns, which also happens to be the first Pressing Concerns of the week (an uncommon occurrence)! We have new albums from WPTR, Graham Hunt, and Subsonic Eye, plus the debut EP from Autos, below. The first half of this week was devoted to unveiling Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums ofContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: WPTR, Graham Hunt, Autos, Subsonic Eye”
Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2025 So Far (Part 2 of 2)
If you’re only just now joining us: this is part two of my list of my favorite forty albums of 2025 thus far, presented in reverse alphabetical order. Thanks for reading! View part one of the list here. Here are links to stream a playlist of these selections via Spotify and Tidal (Bandcamp links areContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2025 So Far (Part 2 of 2)”
New Playlist: May 2025
Hey folks! Below we have the May 2025 playlist here for you, featuring a bunch of great new music that’s either recently been featured on the blog or is appearing on the website for the first time. No matter what, everything here is quality and has that “Rosy Overdrive seal of approval”. Labrador, Pacing, Friendship,Continue reading “New Playlist: May 2025”
Pressing Concerns: Friendship, COR1, Credit, Jonathan Rundman
The first Pressing Concerns of the week is on a Tuesday, and it’s a great one, featuring new albums from Friendship and Jonathan Rundman plus new EPs from COR1 and Credit. Check these out! There wasn’t a Pressing Concerns yesterday, but I did take the holiday to pay tribute to David Thomas of Pere UbuContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Friendship, COR1, Credit, Jonathan Rundman”
New Playlist: February 2025
It’s the February 2025 playlist! The year is in full swing, and this playlist reflects it, as it’s almost entirely culled from the new year. You’ll recognize a lot of these songs from Pressing Concerns, but there’s plenty of material that’d be new to even the most regular readers as well. Jordan Krimston and CheekfaceContinue reading “New Playlist: February 2025”
Pressing Concerns: 2nd Grade, THEMM!, Dazy, Podcasts
You know how last week was a great week on the blog? Well, guess what: this one is going to be just as good, if not better. We’re getting started with a mostly EPs edition (I didn’t plan it that way, it’s just how things shook out!): new ones from THEMM!, Dazy, and Podcasts, plusContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: 2nd Grade, THEMM!, Dazy, Podcasts”
Pressing Concerns: Michael Cormier-O’Leary, Gueersh, BIKE, Alien Eyelid
It’s a Monday, and we’ve got four more great new albums to talk about on Pressing Concerns. Today deals with new records from Michael Cormier-O’Leary, Gueersh, BIKE, and Alien Eyelid. If you’re looking for more new music, you can visit the site directory to see what else we’ve written about lately. If you’d like toContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Michael Cormier-O’Leary, Gueersh, BIKE, Alien Eyelid”
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