New blog post! Wrote about new records from Constant Greetings, Pelted, Baby Grand, and Blood Cannery:

New blog post! Wrote about new records from Constant Greetings, Pelted, Baby Grand, and Blood Cannery:

New blog post! Wrote about new records from Izzy Oram Brown & The Bird Calls, Humbug, Capsuna, and Super Pattern:

New blog post! Wrote about new records from Izzy Oram Brown & The Bird Calls, Humbug, Capsuna, and Super Pattern:

From two years ago: Wrote about records from Mystery Danse, Gumfairy, Witching Waves, and Postal Blue:

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains

I'm going to wrap up all the 2025 albums I want to write about before the new year so I can start fresh in 2026--next week is going to be a busy one on the blog.

Thanks for including us in a great list of also notables, pleasure to be in this company. And thanks in general for all the great work you do, it’s appreciated.

From two years ago: Wrote about records from Axis: Sova, Sugardeer, and Cast of Thousands, plus a Guided by Voices cover compilation from Rusted Gear Records:

Today is the deadline!

Fun fact: the leader of the Kyle Sowashes helped book the first public live show I ever played as the Cocker Spaniels

From a year ago: Wrote about records from John’s Black Dirt, Distant Reader, Jose Israel, and Hunger Anthem:

From yesterday:

A couple of Hall of Famers featured here: @heavenlyamelia.bsky.social @thepainsofbeing.bsky.social

Featuring our The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Lunchbox reissues cause they’re very good and Rosy Overdrive have great taste.

And now: Rosy Overdrive's favorite reissues and compilations of 2025!

And now: Rosy Overdrive's favorite reissues and compilations of 2025!

I encountered Silkworm young enough for their music to be my first exposure to aft, retsina, rapacious, hauteur, recidivist, contrite, obfuscate, and more I’m forgetting.

New blog post! Wrote about new records from The Michael Character @lonesomejoan.bsky.social, United Stare, Dan Darrah, and Boreen:

New blog post! Wrote about new records from The Michael Character @lonesomejoan.bsky.social, United Stare, Dan Darrah, and Boreen:

From two years ago: Wrote about records from Friends of Cesar Romero, Lee Baggett, Haint, and Lose a Leg:

Do your civic duties this weekend!

From a year ago: Wrote about records from Poem Rocket, Loose Koozies, Daydream Three, and Dead Senses:

From two years ago: Wrote about records from phoneswithBen, Charlène Darling, Ambulanz, and Labasheeda:

Thank you so much to @rosyoverdrive.com for including ‘Perennial ‘65’ on their list of the Top 25 EPs of 2025!

From yesterday:

Reminder: get your votes in for the Rosy Overdrive Reader's Poll by December 26th!

New blog post: Wrote about new records from Wishes on a Plane, Endless Mike and the Beagle Club, Tongue Scraper, and Rocket Bureau:

Thanks @rosyoverdrive.com for the nice Rocket Bureau review! Awesome! I'm cooking up another EP soon..... rocketbureau.bandcamp.com/album/party-...

New blog post: Wrote about new records from Wishes on a Plane, Endless Mike and the Beagle Club, Tongue Scraper, and Rocket Bureau:

Put on Bent Shapes' Wolves of Want for the first time in a minute--one of my favorite records of the century. Delighted to shake hands again with their greatest lyric (in "Realization Hits"): "I believe in underachieving as a systematic tactic to preserve your freedom"

#17 is a banger.

From a year ago: Wrote about records from Mystery Fix, Yuasa-Exide, Possum in My Room, and Schande:

Whoa, Midwestern Medicine at #19! Thanks @rosyoverdrive.com!

Thanks for the Time Thief love, Rosy O! 💕

Sting Pain Index EP finds itself in pretty incredible company on this list…

And in your top 5... it's us! We are f'in thrilled to appear here with great bands big and small. As we've said before, no one covers more local labels/scenes with more energy and generosity than @rosyoverdrive.com. And such good taste!! Thanks for listening everyone. More to come.

Sting Pain Index makes #17 on the Top 25 from @rosyoverdrive.com!Not bad for a dad-heavy punk(-ish) band conceived via Zoom call during COVID lockdowns.

Well heck yes to this! @outro-band.bsky.social is clocking in at number 4 on the Rosy Overdrive top EPs list!

Presenting...Rosy Overdrive's Top 25 EPs of 2025!

One of my favorite singers ever, Joe Ely has died. I learned of him from The Clash, who brought him with them on tour early and he was a British punk’s dream of a Texas rock and roll love man. Unerring taste, foot to the floor power, and a heart that had so much room.

“There’s an unflagging, uncomfortably-up-close feature to Sowash’s writing that reminds me more than anything else of the late Karl Hendricks.” ❤️❤️❤️

New blog post! Wrote about new records from The Kyle Sowashes, Daddy Fell Through @fitzplastic.bsky.social, Tercel, and Silk Daisys:

New blog post! Wrote about new records from The Kyle Sowashes, Daddy Fell Through @fitzplastic.bsky.social, Tercel, and Silk Daisys:

From two years ago: Wrote about records from Graham Hunt, Wishy, Aunt Katrina, and Phantom Signals:

From a year ago: Wrote about records from The Sewerheads, Snow Caps, Lose a Leg, and Magic User:

2025 Top Albums: The Honorable Mentions edition:

From two years ago: Wrote about records from The Human Hearts, Dan Darrah & The Rain, The Age of Colored Lizards, and Bounaly:

All right it's that time again. I'm a bit later than most, but I've finally whittled it down. My 100 favorite albums and 15 favorite reissues of 2025. It was a hell of a year for music! Thanks, as always, for reading. bit.ly/44U65VY

(Most of) these are out today!