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10 Videos of Musicians Falling Offstage Mid-Performance: Dave Grohl, Lady Gaga, Olivia Rodrigo, Axl Rose, Pink, Demi Lovato
Posted in Lists, Videos with tags Axl Rose, Dave Grohl, Demi Lovato, Gene Simmons, Lady Gaga, Olivia Rodrigo, Pink, Vince Neil on 01/09/2026 by Kurt OrzeckBest New Music Videos (December 2025): Earl Sweatshirt, Nothing, Darsombra, Zenith Passage
Posted in Lists, Videos with tags Darsombra, Earl Sweatshirt, Florence Road, Gavial, Infinity Knives, Juni Habel, Nothing, Ponte del Diavolo, Prune Carmen Diaz, The Zenith Passage on 01/08/2026 by Kurt OrzeckWe’re a bit late with The Bad Penny’s collection of best new videos this month. (Thanks a lot, Obama Santa!) That said, viewers who grew increasingly anxious awaiting our Best New Music Videos for December should be most pleasantly surprised, now that the post is finally live.
This week, we cobbled together 10 new and – for the most part – zany clips by Earl Sweatshirt, Nothing, Darsombra, The Zenith Passage, Ponte del Diavolo, Juni Habel, Gavial, Infinity Knives x Brian Ennals, Prune Carmen Diaz and Florence Road.
Happy viewing!
1. Prune Carmen Diaz’ “Arcadia”
2. Darsombra’s “Mellow Knees”
Top 10 Most Popular Bad Penny Posts of 2025
Posted in Lists with tags Bobby Bray, Brett Bradford, David Yow, Eugene S. Robinson, Locust, Mark Lanegan, Rivers Cuomo, Robyn Hitchcock, Scratch Acid, the Jesus Lizard on 01/08/2026 by Kurt Orzeck
The numbers are in, and boy are … the numbers in.
What the ranking of The Bad Penny‘s most popular posts of 2025 indicates about this website can be interpreted in any number of ways. Would you like us to prattle on and on with theories and statistical data backing the sharp uptick? Yeah, we didn’t think so.
Instead, let’s cut straight to the (Chevy) Chase. Ergo, we bring you the rundown of The Bad Penny‘s most popular posts of 2025:
Continue readingThe Bad Penny’s Top 50 Best LPs of 2025, Pt. 5: Deafheaven, Orbit Culture, Agriculture, Mclusky, Messa
Posted in Lists with tags Agriculture, Deafheaven, For Your Health, Halo Effect, Mclusky, Messa, Orbit Culture, Ossuary, The Armed, Vildhjarta on 01/06/2026 by Kurt Orzeck
A lot of fucked-up up shit happened in the U.S. this year. Way, way too much of it. For many of us Americans who actually carry values in our hearts instead of bloviating about them or slapping bumper stickers on our monster trucks, it was almost too much to bear.
Fortunately, 2025 also saw the release of a staggering number of stellar records, which made the year a little more … well, bearable. Hence, for the first time ever, The Bad Penny is deviating from its usual annual tradition of limiting out favorite listens to just 10 and breaking them into a five-part series containing 10 records per installment.
What follows is the fifth and final batch. (Go here for The Bad Penny‘s favorite albums, #11 through #20; here for #21 through #30; here for #31 through #40; and here for #41 through #50.)
1. Deafheaven – Lonely People With Power (Roadrunner)
• Deafheaven Frontman Dives Deep Into Each Song on New LP
• From the Vault: Deafheaven’s 2017 Tour Setlists and First-Ever Show in Boise – An Analysis
2. Orbit Culture – Death Above Life (Century Media)
• Orbit Culture Try To Keep Momentum Going With Next LP
Continue readingBest 10 Psychedelic Albums of 2025 for Treble #10: BLKE’s ‘Living Without Expectations’ EP
Posted in Album Reviews, Lists, Reviews with tags BLKE on 12/23/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Psych-rock’s greatest challenge is to not wander off and lose the listener; BLKE don’t hold your hand, but you know from start to finish on their Living Without Expectations EP that you are in good hands. Read my full review as part of my 13 Floor’s 10 Best Psychedelic Albums of 2025 for Treble here.
Post-Trash Publishes Bad Penny’s List of 2025’s Top 20 Best Records
Posted in Lists with tags Agriculture, Deafheaven, For Your Health, Halo Effect, Mclusky, Messa, Orbit Culture, Ossuary, The Armed, Vildhjarta on 12/20/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Thanks to Post-Trash for posting my top 20 favorite records of the year as part of its staff picks roundup.
The Bad Penny’s Top 50 Best LPs of 2025, Pt. 4: Wode, Floating, Jason Isbell, Glare, Havukruunu
Posted in Album Reviews, Lists, Reviews with tags Chat Pile and Hayden Pedigo, Floating, Glare, Greet Death, Harakiri for the Sky, Havukruunu, Jason Isbell, Mors Principium Est, Saor, Wode on 12/20/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
A lot of fucked-up up shit happened in the U.S. this year. Way, way too much of it. For many of us Americans who actually carry values in our hearts instead of bloviating about them or slapping bumper stickers on our monster trucks, it was almost too much to bear.
Fortunately, 2025 also saw the release of a staggering number of stellar records, which made the year a little more … well, bearable. Hence, for the first time ever, The Bad Penny is deviating from its usual annual tradition of limiting out favorite listens to just 10 and breaking them into a five-part series containing 10 records per installment.
What follows is the fourth batch. (Go here for The Bad Penny‘s favorite albums, #21 through #30; here for The Bad Penny‘s favorite albums, #31 through #40; and here for The Bad Penny‘s favorite albums, #41 through #50.)
11. Wode – Uncrossing the Keys (20 Buck Spin)
• Wode’s ‘Uncrossing the Keys’: Two Cent Review
12. Floating – Hesitating Lights (Transcending Obscurity)
13. Jason Isbell – Foxes in the Snow (Southeastern)
• Jason Isbell’s ‘Foxes in the Snow’: Two Cent Review for Treble’s Best Albums of 2025
Continue readingThe 20 Best ’90s American Grunge Bands of All Time
Posted in Lists, Videos with tags Alice in Chains, grunge, Mark Lanegan, Melvins, Mudhoney, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Sub Pop on 12/20/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
New Releases 12.19.25: Blood of the Wolf, Monster Magnet, Olde Outlier, Starscourge (UPDATED 12 p.m. MT)
Posted in Lists, New Releases with tags Blood of the Wolf, Monster Magnet, Olde Outlier, Starscourge, Weft on 12/19/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Alien Orchestra – Under My Pale Skin EP (Rockshots)
Amigo the Devil – New Kind of Lonely single
Appian – Finding Moments (Sound as Language)
Blood of the Wolf – V: Indomitable (Horror Pain Gore Death)
• Exclusive Song Premiere: Blood of the Wolf’s ‘Oath of Supremacy’
Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso – Top of the Hills
Claire Guerreso – I Won’t Give Up single
Club 8 – Daydreams single
Flints – Cold of You single (Nettwerk)
Florence Road – Georgia single
Lisa Hilton Quintet – Extended Daydream (Ruby Slippers Productions 1031)
Imperatore – Lionspirit (Rockshots)
Continue readingOn Tyranny: Nightrage Guitarist Scolds Complicit Public for ‘Looking the Other Way’ as Democracy Dies
Posted in Interviews, Lists, News, On Tyranny, On Tyranny with tags authoritarianism, fascism, Marios Iliopoulos, Nightrage, On Tyranny, trump, tyranny on 12/18/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Little did The Bad Penny expect that a feature called “The 20 Best Scandinavian Melodic Death Metal Bands of All Time” that we published five days ago would become the most popular post in the history of this 15-year-old website in its entire existence. But that’s exactly what the headbangers ordered, and it’s spurring us to run some spinoff articles about bands made the cut on the list but that we’ve never had the pleasure of interviewing.
Reaching out to the bands on the list that aren’t as popular as your In Flames, Amon Amarth and Dark Tranquillity, we were reminded that Gothenburg is the historic city that birthed more than just three MDM bands. Nightrage guitarist Marios Iliopoulos said he was both flattered to be recognized and that their artistic output is just as strong as many of the other bands included on the rundown.
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