Is there anyone more influential on modern indie rock than Neil Young? Maybe there is, but it’s hard to argue he isn’t a central figure in shaping the current landscape. For one, there’s the way that plenty of modern alt-country/indie folk bands adhere to his style of veering between ragged-but-unhurried, noisy country rock and quiet,Continue reading “Journey Through the Past: A census of all the Neil Young cover compilations on Bandcamp”
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Pressing Concerns: Be Safe, Loto, Zowy, Capsuna
As we enter into the second half of January, the end-of-year dead zone is trickling into what looks to be a busy February. Today’s post rounds up a few odds and ends from the first couple weeks of the year: new albums from Be Safe and Capsuna, and new EPs from Loto and Zowy. ThisContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Be Safe, Loto, Zowy, Capsuna”
Pressing Concerns: Petit Bureau, PACKS, Heat Wrays, Swimming Bell
Welcome to Pressing Concerns, this fine Thursday in January. Today we’ve got four great albums hitting the shelves (physical, digital, or both) this week: new ones from Petit Bureau, PACKS, Heat Wrays, and Swimming Bell. If you missed Tuesday’s post, featuring Fust, Arcwelder, Knowso, and Still Ruins, check that one out here. If you’re lookingContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Petit Bureau, PACKS, Heat Wrays, Swimming Bell”
Pressing Concerns: Fust, Arcwelder, Knowso, Still Ruins
We’ve got two different Pressing Concerns going up this holiday-shortened week, and the first one’s a heater, featuring new albums from Arcwelder and Knowso, a compilation of EPs from Fust, and a new EP from Still Ruins. In other news, you can now browse the website by record label, which is a neat new featureContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Fust, Arcwelder, Knowso, Still Ruins”
Pressing Concerns: Tristan Dolce, Lily Seabird, Marking & Plating, Les Ailes
It’s the second week of January, and it’s time for the second Pressing Concerns of the new year! The first edition that entirely features music from 2024, today we’ve got new albums from Tristan Dolce, Lily Seabird, and Marking & Plating, plus an EP from Les Ailes, to look at. Monday’s blog post was theContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Tristan Dolce, Lily Seabird, Marking & Plating, Les Ailes”
My 1993 Listening Log (Part 2)
This is part two of an exercise I started last September in the Rosy Overdrive Discord and published the first half of in October. In said exercise, I listened to one new-to-me album a day from 1993 every day for a month and wrote a paragraph about it, and I was so enthused about whatContinue reading “My 1993 Listening Log (Part 2)”
Pressing Concerns: Pile, Fire Man, Kingbird, Yungatita
Welcome to the first Pressing Concerns of 2024! This is not the first blog post of the new year (the December 2023 playlist/round-up went up on Tuesday), but it’s the first one to (primarily) focus on music from the new year. In previous years, I’ve waited a couple weeks to re-start this column, but thereContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Pile, Fire Man, Kingbird, Yungatita”
New Playlist: December 2023
Welcome to 2024! We’re kicking off the new year with the December 2023 playlist, one last good, long, hard look at everything the previous year had to offer in terms of music. There’s some stuff from December and November of last year in here, some music from earlier in 2023 that I came to later,Continue reading “New Playlist: December 2023”
The Rosy Overdrive 2023 Reader’s Poll: Results
Rosy Overdrive has already chosen its favorite albums, EPs, and compilations/reissues of 2023, but we’re closing out our year-end list season by handing it over to you, the readers. We asked you about your favorite albums, songs, EP, and label of the year, and you certainly answered–we received 61 different ballots from November 27th toContinue reading “The Rosy Overdrive 2023 Reader’s Poll: Results”
Pressing Concerns: Mystery Danse, Gumfairy, Witching Waves, Postal Blue
Well, here we are. The final Pressing Concerns of 2023. We’re nearing the end of what’s been a banner week for the blog (featuring Rosy Overdrive’s Favorite Reissues and Compilations of 2023 on Tuesday, and a Pressing Concerns featuring Axis: Sova, Sugardeer, Cast of Thousands, and a Guided by Voices cover compilation on Wednesday), asContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Mystery Danse, Gumfairy, Witching Waves, Postal Blue”
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