EPs! My 25 favorites from this year, to be precise! A week after Rosy Overdrive wrapped its Top 100 Albums of 2025, the blog is sharing this smaller, (on average) more obscure, and all-around fun list. There’s a bunch of records in here that deserved way more attention this year than they ended up getting,Continue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 25 EPs of 2025”
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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)”
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”
New Playlist: June 2025
June 2025 playlist! Bunch of great new music, much of which has appeared on this blog before but you’ll see some new faces, too. Hopefully you’ll find something to take with you to your Fourth of July picnic (for the Americans, at least). Graham Hunt and HLLLYH have three songs on this playlist; Idle Ray,Continue reading “New Playlist: June 2025”
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)”
Pressing Concerns: Fred Thomas, Naked Giants, Tony Vaz, Mr. Husband
Hello, loyal and appreciated Rosy Overdrive readers! Today’s Thursday Pressing Concerns looks at four albums coming out tomorrow, October 4th: new LPs from Fred Thomas, Naked Giants, Tony Vaz, and Mr. Husband. Some real underground indie rock/pop royalty in this one, if I do say so myself! It’s been a busy week; it’d be understandableContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Fred Thomas, Naked Giants, Tony Vaz, Mr. Husband”
New Playlist: October 2022
The October edition of the Rosy Overdrive playlist is here! For once, it’s actually being published in October, so, happy Halloween to you all. You’ll find a lot of great new music here, some already covered in Pressing Concerns, some not, as well as some archival selections (mainly from 1997). Idle Ray has three songsContinue reading “New Playlist: October 2022”
Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2021 (25-1)
Hello, readers! This is it–the final twenty-five records in Rosy Overdrive’s 100 favorites of the year. More context can be found in the first post if needed, but let me just say: these albums are all phenomenal. I loved more records this year than any other in a long time, and these 25 I lovedContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2021 (25-1)”
Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2021 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 2021 thus far, presented in reverse alphabetical order. Thanks for reading! View part one of the list here. Listen to/follow a playlist of these albums here. Kiwi Jr. – Cooler Returns Release date: January 22nd RecordContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2021 So Far (Part 2 of 2)”
Pressing Concerns: Idle Ray, Keen Dreams, Cusp, tvfordogs
Today in Pressing Concerns, we’re looking at new albums from Fred Thomas’ Idle Ray, Keen Dreams, and tvfordogs, as well as the new Cusp EP. Between this and the April playlist post that went up earlier this week, I’m pretty exhausted. Look for one or two smaller posts later this month, and some bigger fishContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Idle Ray, Keen Dreams, Cusp, tvfordogs”
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