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)”
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Pressing Concerns: Pacing, ‘PL*NET F*TNESS’
Release date: July 25thRecord label: Asian ManGenre: Indie pop, twee, folk-pop, singer-songwriterFormats: Vinyl, digital The sophomore album from San Jose’s Pacing certainly qualifies as one of the most anticipated records of 2025 in Rosy Overdrive’s small corner of the music world. I would’ve said as much in the immediate aftermath of the project’s first album,Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: Pacing, ‘PL*NET F*TNESS’”
Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2025 So Far (Part 1 of 2)
Hello there, and welcome to the midway mark of 2025, I suppose (basically, I noticed other websites putting up their mid-year favorites and thought “well, guess I better start getting mine together now!”). Below, you’ll find forty records that RO loved more than anything else so far this year. Of course, there’s a bunch ofContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2025 So Far (Part 1 of 2)”
New Playlist: March 2025
The March 2025 playlist is here! It’s been a very good month for new music from my vantage point, and I’m excited to share a bunch of it with you below. I’d like to borrow a phrase from all the publicists who email me and call this playlist “my most personal one to date” (thatContinue reading “New Playlist: March 2025”
Pressing Concerns: Star 99, Will Stratton, Frog Eyes, Taxidermists
Hello, all! We’re putting a cap on this week by looking at four albums coming out tomorrow, March 7th: new LPs from Star 99, Will Stratton, Frog Eyes, and Taxidermists. We also had a Monday Pressing Concerns this week (featuring Sorrows, Saoirse Dream, Samuel Aaron and Noah Roth, and The Illness), and the February 2025Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: Star 99, Will Stratton, Frog Eyes, Taxidermists”
Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2023 (25-1)
Here it is! Rosy Overdrive’s 25 favorite albums of 2023, revealed today along with albums 50 through 26, and coming a day after albums 51 through 100. This was the hardest year yet in terms of the top; specifically, the top twelve albums on the list I kept rearranging up until press time. I’m moreContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2023 (25-1)”
New Playlist: August 2023
Coming slightly later than usual (Labor Day happened, I didn’t want to try to cram an extra long post in a short week, I’m busy sometimes, et cetera), here is the Rosy Overdrive August 2023 round-up and playlist. Almost everything here is from this year, and it’s all great music! Tell a friend about it!Continue reading “New Playlist: August 2023”
Pressing Concerns: Star 99, Onesie, Pretty in Pink, Telemarket
Ah, the rare Tuesday Pressing Concerns! I hope you had a nice Labor Day weekend; here’s some good music to take with you back into the working week. New albums from Star 99, Onesie, Pretty in Pink, and Telemarket are featured here today, and I must say, this is a really strong one. If youContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Star 99, Onesie, Pretty in Pink, Telemarket”
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