Bill’s Rockpile 2025 009

Greetings Friends! Welcome to the 2025 edition of Bill’s Rockpile, my annual listing of the songs that stuck with me, played repeatedly, added to playlists, submitted in Music League, and saved to mark them as favorites for the year.

More and more artists are pulling their music from Spotify, but this year’s compendium is available except for one song — “Altered States” by Night Terriers. As I’ve done in recent years, I have included Bandcamp links (where they were available) to the songs that can be used to play them individually. Or to buy them so you never have to worry! And check out that Night Terriers song…it’s really good!

This year’s edition has some familiar names, but there are way more first timers here which is neat. And not just one, but two songs in French! And while the show/concert season winds down this time of year, it was bountiful year in the clubs (and one Fenway Park foray). I’m still glowing from seeing The Beths in Providence then Snocaps in NYC a few days later.

This is the 20th year I have tabulated my favorites. Of course it started as a CD compilation (and only able to fit about 20 songs) but over the years morphed to online repository and ability to stream the list. Thanks to everyone that stops to check out the list. Happy Holidays!

Cheers,

Bill

 

1.   “Forever” Pynch


2.   “At My Funeral” Spiritual Cramp


3.   “Hey You” The Belair Lip Bombs


4.   “No North Star” Massage


5.   “Idiot Box” Sharon Van Etten


6.   “Overgrown” Subsonic Eye


7.   “Fly” Wishy


8.   “July” Ex-Vöid


9.   “Altered States” Night Terriers


10.   “The Choice” Rocket


11.   “3am” Jetstream Pony


12.   “Rodeo” Momma


13.   “For Good” My Raining Stars


14.   “Free Forever” Kestrels


15.   “Emptiness Is Everywhere” Greet Death


16.   “Mon Argent” Corridor


17.   “White Horses” Wolf Alice


18.   “Fanzine Made Of Flesh” Mogwai


19.   “Running of the Bulls” Le Pain


20.   “Everyone Is Happy, and Nothing Is Good” Moving Mountains


21.   “Cowbella” bar italia


22.   “Laughing Backwards” Optic Sink


23.   “Playing Classics” Water From Your Eyes


24.   “The Test” Billy Nomates


25.   “Mercury” Automatic


26.   “Say You Will” Ivy


27.   “Mosquitoes” The Beths


28.   “Wasteland” Snocaps


29.   “Left Behind” Dropkick


30.   “Sugar In The Tank” Julien Baker & TORRES


31.   “When A Good Man Cries” CMAT


32.   “Hell No” Shepparton Airplane


33.   “J'adore le monde” The Limiñanas, Bertrand Belin


34.   “Eleusis” Gloria


35.   “Happiness Writes White” The Bret Tobias Set


36.   “Elderberry Wine” Wednesday


37.   “The Enemy” Flock of Dimes


38.   “Hemlock” The Telephone Numbers

Here is the link to the Spotify stream: