Alright, here we are on New Year’s Eve, with the last Pressing Concerns of 2024. There literally can’t be another one; it’s the last day of the year! I have to stop! But before we ring in 2025, we’re looking at a pair of reissues that came out late this year from MOVIELAND and W-2,Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: MOVIELAND, W-2, Austin Leonard Jones, Unforced Levers”
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Pressing Concerns: Assistant, Boyracer, Attract Mode, Shoplifter
It is (glances at calendar) New Year’s Eve’s Eve, and we’re still fitting in albums from 2024 in Pressing Concerns before the calendar flips (and we aren’t completely done with this year yet, so stay tuned). This time, we’ve got new albums from Assistant, Boyracer, and Attract Mode, plus the debut EP from Shoplifter. EndContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Assistant, Boyracer, Attract Mode, Shoplifter”
Rosy Overdrive’s Favorite Reissues and Compilations of 2024
Today, we’re closing out Rosy Overdrive’s 2024 editorial lists with my favorite reissues and compilations from this year. As this list encompasses a fairly wide range of releases, it is unranked, unlike my Top Albums and Top EPs lists. This isn’t the end of all year-end lists on the site, however: the results of theContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Favorite Reissues and Compilations of 2024”
Pressing Concerns: John’s Black Dirt, Distant Reader, Jose Israel, Hunger Anthem
Hey there, readers! It’s a big holiday week, but Rosy Overdrive is sending you to your various family gatherings and festivities with four more good records in tow. We have a vinyl release of a shelved mid-90s album from John’s Black Dirt, plus new albums from Distant Reader, Jose Israel, and Hunger Anthem for youContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: John’s Black Dirt, Distant Reader, Jose Israel, Hunger Anthem”
Pressing Concerns: Poem Rocket, Loose Koozies, Daydream Three, Dead Senses
Hey there, everyone! It’s a Thursday Pressing Concerns; usually, I’d be looking at new albums coming out tomorrow in this column, but because there isn’t anything coming out this Friday that I want to write about (that I’ve heard yet, at least), we’re instead looking at some records from November and earlier this month I’veContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Poem Rocket, Loose Koozies, Daydream Three, Dead Senses”
Rosy Overdrive’s Top 25 EPs of 2024
Hot on the heels of Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2024 last week, the next year-end list on the blog gives the little guy some attention. And by “little guy”, I mean EPs, obviously. This is the EP list. Putting together 100 LPs is the most time-consuming part of the year-end list season forContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 25 EPs of 2024”
Pressing Concerns: Mystery Fix, Yuasa-Exide, Possum in My Room, Schande
Welcome to the second half of December! There’ll be more year-end wrapping up coming on the blog soon (hot on the heels of last week’s Top 100 Albums of 2024), but we’re starting off the week with a Pressing Concerns that pulls from a handful of underappreciated releases from the past couple of months: newContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Mystery Fix, Yuasa-Exide, Possum in My Room, Schande”
Pressing Concerns: The Sewerheads, Snow Caps, Lose a Leg, Magic User
Hey there, everyone! In case you missed it, Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2024 went up this week; if you’re still working your way through those, that’s understandable. However, there’s still new music coming out, and today looks at three albums coming out either tomorrow (December 13th) or this Saturday (the 14th): new LPsContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: The Sewerheads, Snow Caps, Lose a Leg, Magic User”
Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2024 (25-1)
Here we are! Rosy Overdrive’s 25 favorite albums of 2024, revealed today along with albums 50 through 26, and coming a day after albums 51 through 100. I believe I wrote about over four hundred albums on the blog this year, which means that whittling it down to these twenty-five was no easy task. ThisContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2024 (25-1)”
Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2024 (50-26)
Hello! Welcome back (or just welcome) to Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2024! Today reveals the top 50 albums on the list. Yesterday unveiled numbers 100 through 51, so be sure to check those out as well if you haven’t yet. See also:Part One (100-76)Part Two (75-51)Part Four (25-1)Playlist with all albums (Spotify link)Continue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2024 (50-26)”
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