My 1994 Listening Log

Who else is tired of new music? Just kidding, I’m definitely not (if you read this blog, you’re aware of that), but I have brought back a semi-regular blog feature in which I listen to some non-new music on a daily basis. So here’s the deal with this listening log: during the new music lullContinue reading “My 1994 Listening Log”

Pressing Concerns: IMustBe Leonardo, Minor Conflict, Krystian Quint & The Quitters, Blood Lemon

Hello! January’s nearly over (believe it or not), but I’ve still got plenty of good music from this month to talk about here on the blog. This Pressing Concerns rounds up new albums from IMustBe Leonardo and Krystian Quint & The Quitters as well as new EPs from Minor Conflict and Blood Lemon, all ofContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: IMustBe Leonardo, Minor Conflict, Krystian Quint & The Quitters, Blood Lemon”

Pressing Concerns: Charm School, Laundromat Chicks, Open Head, Expose

Hello, everyone! The Thursday Pressing Concerns is here, and it’s got four great records coming out tomorrow, January 24th: new LPs from Charm School, Laundromat Chicks, Open Head, and Expose. It ended up being a pretty noise rock-heavy edition, so get ready for some low-end below. Also, if you missed Tuesday’s blog post (featuring TheContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Charm School, Laundromat Chicks, Open Head, Expose”

Pressing Concerns: The Gentle Spring, Little Oso, Teen Driver, Prism Shores

Hello everyone! It’s a Monday Pressing Concerns on a Tuesday (yes, I took a day off for the U.S. holiday; it’s still January, after all). This post looks at four great records that came out last week: new albums from The Gentle Spring, Little Oso, and Prism Shores, and a new EP from Teen Driver.Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: The Gentle Spring, Little Oso, Teen Driver, Prism Shores”

Pressing Concerns: Pigeon Pit, 20/20, Flora Hibberd, Some Fear

Hello! Hi! Welcome to the Thursday Pressing Concerns! It feels like the first “big” week for new music of 2025 is upon us, and today’s blog post looks at three records that come out tomorrow (January 17th) from Pigeon Pit, 20/20, and Flora Hibberd, as well as an album from Some Fear that comes outContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Pigeon Pit, 20/20, Flora Hibberd, Some Fear”

Pressing Concerns: Pacing, ‘Songs’

Release date: January 7thRecord label: Asian ManGenre: Anti-folk, indie pop, bedroom pop, singer-songwriter, indie folk, tweeFormats: CD, digital Those of you who were following this blog in 2023 may remember Pacing from their album Real poetry is always about plants and birds and trees and the animals and milk and honey breathing in the pinkContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Pacing, ‘Songs’”

Pressing Concerns: Good Flying Birds, All My Friends Are Cats, Moscow Puzzles, CuVa Bimö

We’ve already reached the third week (and second full week) of January; 2025 is really starting to come into focus, at least in terms of music. This Monday Pressing Concerns brings us four records that have already come out this year: a compilation cassette from Good Flying Birds, new albums from Moscow Puzzles and CuVaContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Good Flying Birds, All My Friends Are Cats, Moscow Puzzles, CuVa Bimö”

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 10th). We’ve got new albums from Rotundos and zzzahara, a vinyl release of the debut album from TDA (titsdickass), andContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Cindy, Rotundos, TDA, zzzahara”

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. We’re still in 2024 today (for the most part), as this Monday brings the December 2024 playlist/wrap-up. There are a few songsContinue reading “New Playlist: December 2024”

The Rosy Overdrive 2024 Reader’s Poll: Results

The second 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 fifty-seven different responses! These ballots included 377 different albums, 394 different songs, 87 different EPs, and 33 different record labels. Just like last year,Continue reading “The Rosy Overdrive 2024 Reader’s Poll: Results”