Something Like Alt Rock: Best of November 2025

We're approaching the end of a another month, and according to AAA a bunch of us will be on the road for the Thanksgiving holiday with something like 75 million Americans expecting to be traveling by car. So I'm getting this top songs of the November list out to you without delay, hoping you will be able rock out on your travels. 

As always a big think you to all of the bands for another month of great music. The November list hit 62 songs before I started cutting them back. You can find all of them on the Alt Rock 2020-2025 playlist. Here are our top songs of November 2025:



Top 15

  1. Mammoth - Same Old Song
  2. Senses - You and I
  3. Smash Into Pieces - Villian
  4. Lansdowne - Burn It Down
  5. Dayseeker - Crawl in My Coffin
  6. Armor for Sleep - Sky Full of Blackholes
  7. Strumbellas - Hanging Out in My Head
  8. Sly Withers - Make My Mind Up 
  9. New Found Glory - Treat Yourself
  10. Action/Adventure w/ Armor for Sleep - Background
  11. Citizen Soldier - Dead Butterflies
  12. Adelita's Way - We Are Unbroken
  13. Big Wreck - Short Bangs
  14. Taylor Acorn - People Pleaser
  15. Finger Eleven - Cold Concrete


Honorable Mention:

  1. Fallen Within and Saliva - Worlds Apart
  2. The Format - Shot in the Dark
  3. Said the Sky, Knox - Dance in the Rain
  4. Creeper - Mistress of Death
  5. Florence and the Machine - Music by Men
  6. Lakeview - Sorry


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