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· Dec 8
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 10…
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It is time! Parts one and two of Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2025 are up today! Here is part one!
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New blog post! Wrote about new records from Celebrity Telethon, Dish Pit Violet, Rotundos / Vatos Tristes, and Joe Glass:
Pressing Concerns: Celebrity Telethon, Dish Pit Violet, Rotundos / Vatos Tristes, Joe Glass
The second Pressing Concerns of 2026 is a survey of good new music that came out around New Years’: we have new albums from Celebrity Telethon, Dish Pit Violet, and Joe Glass, plus a split EP…
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January 12, 2026 at 2:51 PM
New blog post! Wrote about new records from Celebrity Telethon, Dish Pit Violet, Rotundos / Vatos Tristes, and Joe Glass:
New blog post! Wrote about new records from Celebrity Telethon, Dish Pit Violet, Rotundos / Vatos Tristes, and Joe Glass:
Pressing Concerns: Celebrity Telethon, Dish Pit Violet, Rotundos / Vatos Tristes, Joe Glass
The second Pressing Concerns of 2026 is a survey of good new music that came out around New Years’: we have new albums from Celebrity Telethon, Dish Pit Violet, and Joe Glass, plus a split EP…
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January 12, 2026 at 2:51 PM
New blog post! Wrote about new records from Celebrity Telethon, Dish Pit Violet, Rotundos / Vatos Tristes, and Joe Glass:
From two years ago: Wrote about records from Tristan Dolce, Lily Seabird, Marking & Plating, and Les Ailes:
Pressing Concerns: Tristan Dolce, Lily Seabird, Marking & Plating, Les Ailes
It’s the second week of January, and it’s time for the second Pressing Concerns of the new year! The first edition that entirely features music from 2024, today we’ve got new albu…
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January 11, 2026 at 6:26 PM
From two years ago: Wrote about records from Tristan Dolce, Lily Seabird, Marking & Plating, and Les Ailes:
From a year ago: Wrote about records from Cindy, Rotundos, TDA, and zzzahara:
Pressing Concerns: Cindy, Rotundos, TDA, zzzahara
It’s the first Pressing Concerns of 2025! This Thursday post has a nice mix of records that have either come out since the beginning of the year or are slated to be released tomorrow (January…
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January 10, 2026 at 6:56 PM
From a year ago: Wrote about records from Cindy, Rotundos, TDA, and zzzahara:
These are out today!
New blog post! Wrote about new albums from The Fragiles @dsett.bsky.social, Winged Wheel @12xurecs.bsky.social, Six Going on Seven @spartanrecords.bsky.social, and Clémentine March:
Pressing Concerns: The Fragiles, Winged Wheel, Six Going on Seven, Clémentine March
Are you ready? Well, whether you are or not, we’re starting off 2026 in Pressing Concerns today. We’ve got four albums coming out tomorrow, January 9th: new LPs from The Fragiles, Winge…
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January 9, 2026 at 4:13 PM
These are out today!
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Very nice review of the new Fragiles record coming out tomorrow!
New blog post! Wrote about new albums from The Fragiles @dsett.bsky.social, Winged Wheel @12xurecs.bsky.social, Six Going on Seven @spartanrecords.bsky.social, and Clémentine March:
Pressing Concerns: The Fragiles, Winged Wheel, Six Going on Seven, Clémentine March
Are you ready? Well, whether you are or not, we’re starting off 2026 in Pressing Concerns today. We’ve got four albums coming out tomorrow, January 9th: new LPs from The Fragiles, Winge…
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January 8, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Very nice review of the new Fragiles record coming out tomorrow!
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New blog post! Wrote about new albums from The Fragiles @dsett.bsky.social, Winged Wheel @12xurecs.bsky.social, Six Going on Seven @spartanrecords.bsky.social, and Clémentine March:
Pressing Concerns: The Fragiles, Winged Wheel, Six Going on Seven, Clémentine March
Are you ready? Well, whether you are or not, we’re starting off 2026 in Pressing Concerns today. We’ve got four albums coming out tomorrow, January 9th: new LPs from The Fragiles, Winge…
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January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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New blog post! Wrote about new albums from The Fragiles @dsett.bsky.social, Winged Wheel @12xurecs.bsky.social, Six Going on Seven @spartanrecords.bsky.social, and Clémentine March:
Pressing Concerns: The Fragiles, Winged Wheel, Six Going on Seven, Clémentine March
Are you ready? Well, whether you are or not, we’re starting off 2026 in Pressing Concerns today. We’ve got four albums coming out tomorrow, January 9th: new LPs from The Fragiles, Winge…
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January 8, 2026 at 3:01 PM
New blog post! Wrote about new albums from The Fragiles @dsett.bsky.social, Winged Wheel @12xurecs.bsky.social, Six Going on Seven @spartanrecords.bsky.social, and Clémentine March:
From a year ago: the December 2024 playlist, featuring Gold Connections, 22 Degree Halo, Fuzzy, Sleepyhead, Dialup Ghost, Banned 37, Swervedriver, Willie Dunn, Comfy, Glyss, Skeet, Dogwood Tales, Golden Tiles, The Long Winters, Drive-By Truckers, & more:
New Playlist: December 2024
We’re slowly easing our way into 2025 here on Rosy Overdrive. I finished off the last couple of Pressing Concerns for 2024 last week and revealed the results of the 2024 Reader’s Poll. …
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January 7, 2026 at 6:22 PM
From a year ago: the December 2024 playlist, featuring Gold Connections, 22 Degree Halo, Fuzzy, Sleepyhead, Dialup Ghost, Banned 37, Swervedriver, Willie Dunn, Comfy, Glyss, Skeet, Dogwood Tales, Golden Tiles, The Long Winters, Drive-By Truckers, & more:
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Really appreciate @rosyoverdrive.com listening all the way to the end to offer some kind thoughts on album closer “Old Friend”.
New blog post! Wrote about a bunch of songs I enjoyed in December, featuring @dimwizzy.bsky.social, @eriechoir.bsky.social, @cashlangdon.bsky.social, @ejrc.bsky.social, @fusedarrowrecords.com, @antirecords.bsky.social, @laikasongs.bandcamp.com, @lcsy.bsky.social, @fitzplastic.bsky.social, and more:
New Playlist: December 2025
We’re slowly easing into 2026; last week, we crammed three different Pressing Concerns in before the New Year and revealed the results of the Rosy Overdrive Reader’s Poll. The December …
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January 5, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Really appreciate @rosyoverdrive.com listening all the way to the end to offer some kind thoughts on album closer “Old Friend”.
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RIP legendary Japanese psych-rock guitarist Munehiro Narita. Here's video of his best-known band, High Rise, live in Paris in 1998.
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High Rise Paris 1998
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January 5, 2026 at 3:44 PM
RIP legendary Japanese psych-rock guitarist Munehiro Narita. Here's video of his best-known band, High Rise, live in Paris in 1998.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lqb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lqb...
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Read about “Optimism Shame” and “Press Coverage” from RO!
New blog post! Wrote about a bunch of songs I enjoyed in December, featuring @dimwizzy.bsky.social, @eriechoir.bsky.social, @cashlangdon.bsky.social, @ejrc.bsky.social, @fusedarrowrecords.com, @antirecords.bsky.social, @laikasongs.bandcamp.com, @lcsy.bsky.social, @fitzplastic.bsky.social, and more:
New Playlist: December 2025
We’re slowly easing into 2026; last week, we crammed three different Pressing Concerns in before the New Year and revealed the results of the Rosy Overdrive Reader’s Poll. The December …
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January 5, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Read about “Optimism Shame” and “Press Coverage” from RO!
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New blog post! Wrote about a bunch of songs I enjoyed in December, featuring @dimwizzy.bsky.social, @eriechoir.bsky.social, @cashlangdon.bsky.social, @ejrc.bsky.social, @fusedarrowrecords.com, @antirecords.bsky.social, @laikasongs.bandcamp.com, @lcsy.bsky.social, @fitzplastic.bsky.social, and more:
New Playlist: December 2025
We’re slowly easing into 2026; last week, we crammed three different Pressing Concerns in before the New Year and revealed the results of the Rosy Overdrive Reader’s Poll. The December …
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January 5, 2026 at 2:24 PM
New blog post! Wrote about a bunch of songs I enjoyed in December, featuring @dimwizzy.bsky.social, @eriechoir.bsky.social, @cashlangdon.bsky.social, @ejrc.bsky.social, @fusedarrowrecords.com, @antirecords.bsky.social, @laikasongs.bandcamp.com, @lcsy.bsky.social, @fitzplastic.bsky.social, and more:
New blog post! Wrote about a bunch of songs I enjoyed in December, featuring @dimwizzy.bsky.social, @eriechoir.bsky.social, @cashlangdon.bsky.social, @ejrc.bsky.social, @fusedarrowrecords.com, @antirecords.bsky.social, @laikasongs.bandcamp.com, @lcsy.bsky.social, @fitzplastic.bsky.social, and more:
New Playlist: December 2025
We’re slowly easing into 2026; last week, we crammed three different Pressing Concerns in before the New Year and revealed the results of the Rosy Overdrive Reader’s Poll. The December …
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January 5, 2026 at 2:24 PM
New blog post! Wrote about a bunch of songs I enjoyed in December, featuring @dimwizzy.bsky.social, @eriechoir.bsky.social, @cashlangdon.bsky.social, @ejrc.bsky.social, @fusedarrowrecords.com, @antirecords.bsky.social, @laikasongs.bandcamp.com, @lcsy.bsky.social, @fitzplastic.bsky.social, and more:
From two years ago: Wrote about records from Pile, Fire Man, Kingbird, and Yungatita:
Pressing Concerns: Pile, Fire Man, Kingbird, Yungatita
Welcome to the first Pressing Concerns of 2024! This is not the first blog post of the new year (the December 2023 playlist/round-up went up on Tuesday), but it’s the first one to (primarily)…
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January 4, 2026 at 6:18 PM
From two years ago: Wrote about records from Pile, Fire Man, Kingbird, and Yungatita:
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For the moment. Can we just focus on the part in Wire's "Being Sucked In Again" where the vocal goes "Being Sucked!" and the backing vocal responds "ʙᴇɪɴɢ sᴜᴄᴋᴇᴅ"
January 3, 2026 at 10:08 AM
For the moment. Can we just focus on the part in Wire's "Being Sucked In Again" where the vocal goes "Being Sucked!" and the backing vocal responds "ʙᴇɪɴɢ sᴜᴄᴋᴇᴅ"
From two years ago: the December 2023 playlist, featuring Pile of Love, Sleeping Bag, Gut Health, Patterson Hood, McKinley Dixon, Bad Moves, Dowsing, Natural Sway, Dari Bay, Fastener, Bat Boy, Wish Kit, Hydroplane, Hygiene, All Structures Align, and more:
New Playlist: December 2023
Welcome to 2024! We’re kicking off the new year with the December 2023 playlist, one last good, long, hard look at everything the previous year had to offer in terms of music. There’s s…
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January 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
From two years ago: the December 2023 playlist, featuring Pile of Love, Sleeping Bag, Gut Health, Patterson Hood, McKinley Dixon, Bad Moves, Dowsing, Natural Sway, Dari Bay, Fastener, Bat Boy, Wish Kit, Hydroplane, Hygiene, All Structures Align, and more:
From a year ago: Wrote about records from MOVIELAND, W-2, Austin Leonard Jones, and Unforced Levers:
Pressing Concerns: MOVIELAND, W-2, Austin Leonard Jones, Unforced Levers
Alright, here we are on New Year’s Eve, with the last Pressing Concerns of 2024. There literally can’t be another one; it’s the last day of the year! I have to stop! But before we…
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January 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM
From a year ago: Wrote about records from MOVIELAND, W-2, Austin Leonard Jones, and Unforced Levers:
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The US unilaterally and illegally using state violence in South America to achieve the goals of capital is a long-standing tradition
January 3, 2026 at 12:21 PM
The US unilaterally and illegally using state violence in South America to achieve the goals of capital is a long-standing tradition
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The brilliance of Neutral Milk Hotel is that they figured out how to make a Tall Dwarfs album without the songs that sound like Satanic children’s TV show themes
January 2, 2026 at 9:12 PM
The brilliance of Neutral Milk Hotel is that they figured out how to make a Tall Dwarfs album without the songs that sound like Satanic children’s TV show themes
From a year ago: Wrote about records from Assistant, Boyracer, Attract Mode, and Shoplifter:
Pressing Concerns: Assistant, Boyracer, Attract Mode, Shoplifter
It is (glances at calendar) New Year’s Eve’s Eve, and we’re still fitting in albums from 2024 in Pressing Concerns before the calendar flips (and we aren’t completely done w…
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January 2, 2026 at 6:08 PM
From a year ago: Wrote about records from Assistant, Boyracer, Attract Mode, and Shoplifter:
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New blog post! The results of 2025's Rosy Overdrive Reader’s Poll are revealed today! You chose your favorite albums, songs, EP, and record labels of last year:
The Rosy Overdrive 2025 Reader’s Poll: Results
The third annual Rosy Overdrive Reader’s Poll has now been summed, tallied, and assembled! We asked you about your favorite albums, songs, EPs and label of the year, and we got sixty-four different…
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January 2, 2026 at 7:17 AM
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LABEL OF THE YEAR (tie), BABY!
New blog post! The results of 2025's Rosy Overdrive Reader’s Poll are revealed today! You chose your favorite albums, songs, EP, and record labels of last year:
The Rosy Overdrive 2025 Reader’s Poll: Results
The third annual Rosy Overdrive Reader’s Poll has now been summed, tallied, and assembled! We asked you about your favorite albums, songs, EPs and label of the year, and we got sixty-four different…
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January 1, 2026 at 6:56 PM
LABEL OF THE YEAR (tie), BABY!
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Spoiler Alert: @geeseband.bsky.social continues to rule last year! The @rosyoverdrive.com 2025 Reader’s Poll: Results rosyoverdrive.com/2026/01/01/t...
The Rosy Overdrive 2025 Reader’s Poll: Results
The third annual Rosy Overdrive Reader’s Poll has now been summed, tallied, and assembled! We asked you about your favorite albums, songs, EPs and label of the year, and we got sixty-four different…
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January 1, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Spoiler Alert: @geeseband.bsky.social continues to rule last year! The @rosyoverdrive.com 2025 Reader’s Poll: Results rosyoverdrive.com/2026/01/01/t...