If you’re only just now joining us: this is part two of my list of my favorite forty albums of 2021 thus far, presented in reverse alphabetical order. Thanks for reading! View part one of the list here. Listen to/follow a playlist of these albums here. Kiwi Jr. – Cooler Returns Release date: January 22nd RecordContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2021 So Far (Part 2 of 2)”
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Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2021 So Far (Part 1 of 2)
Well: the year is nearly halfway over, so I shall now commemorate it by sharing my forty favorite records from it thus far with you, the Rosy Overdrive reader. I could have done more than forty albums. I have heard significantly more than forty good albums so far this year, many of which you canContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2021 So Far (Part 1 of 2)”
Pressing Concerns: St. Lenox, ‘Ten Songs of Worship and Praise for Our Tumultuous Times’
Release date: June 11thRecord label: Don Giovanni/AnywayGenre: Indie popFormats: Vinyl, digitalPull track: Kroger Twilight Despite catering to a portion of American culture that is more prone than others to vent about “political correctness” and “cancel culture”, the contemporary Christian music industry certainly has very strict rules about what can be marketed as “Christian music” andContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: St. Lenox, ‘Ten Songs of Worship and Praise for Our Tumultuous Times’”
Pressing Concerns: Downhaul, Jill Whit, J. Marinelli, Mike Uva
Welcome back to Pressing Concerns, the almost-weekly new music column on Rosy Overdrive. Today I’m highlighting new albums from Downhaul, Jill Whit, and Mike Uva, as well as an upcoming J. Marinelli EP. Look for an end-of-May playlist post later this week or early next week (check the April one for what to expect withContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Downhaul, Jill Whit, J. Marinelli, Mike Uva”
Pressing Concerns: Fust, Paper Mice, HUSHPUPPY, Speak, Memory
Fust – Evil Joy Release date: May 28thRecord label: Dear LifeGenre: Country-folkFormats: Cassette, CD, digitalPull track: Wyoming County The last album I heard (and wrote about) from Philadelphia’s Dear Life Records was MJ Lenderman’s Ghost of Your Guitar Solo, whose punk influence and lo-fi recording put it firmly on the “alt” end of alt-country. Durham,Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: Fust, Paper Mice, HUSHPUPPY, Speak, Memory”
Pressing Concerns: Hello Whirled, Refrigerator, This Is Lorelei, Sunny Jain
Today I’m writing about new albums from Hello Whirled, Refrigerator, and Sunny Jain, and also one of the handful of new This Is Lorelei releases. I’ll be back with more next week, and in the meantime you can check out older editions of Pressing Concerns for more new music. Hello Whirled – No Victories ReleaseContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Hello Whirled, Refrigerator, This Is Lorelei, Sunny Jain”
Pressing Concerns: Idle Ray, Keen Dreams, Cusp, tvfordogs
Today in Pressing Concerns, we’re looking at new albums from Fred Thomas’ Idle Ray, Keen Dreams, and tvfordogs, as well as the new Cusp EP. Between this and the April playlist post that went up earlier this week, I’m pretty exhausted. Look for one or two smaller posts later this month, and some bigger fishContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Idle Ray, Keen Dreams, Cusp, tvfordogs”
Pressing Concerns: Rosali, Dan Wriggins, Ganser, Mope City
I’m capping off an incredibly busy week at Rosy Overdrive with four new records to discuss on this Bandcamp Friday. Here, I talk about new albums from Rosali and Mope City, Dan Wriggins‘ Utah Phillips cover EP, and the Ganser remix EP. Also out today (May 7th) are new albums from Jacober and Oblivion Orchestra,Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: Rosali, Dan Wriggins, Ganser, Mope City”
Pressing Concerns: Guided by Voices, ‘Earth Man Blues’
Release date: April 30thRecord label: GBV, Inc.Genre: Power pop, post-punkFormats: Vinyl, CD, digitalPull track: How Can a Plumb Be Perfected? When Guided by Voices announced a new album made up of “rejected songs” at the beginning of this year, I thought it was destined to go down as a minor release in their heady catalog,Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: Guided by Voices, ‘Earth Man Blues’”
Pressing Concerns: Ross Ingram, Jacober, Oblivion Orchestra, Birthday Ass
Welcome to a special early-in-the-week edition of Pressing Concerns! Since we last spoke, a piece that I contributed to went up on the great Osmosis Tones blog. Zach Zollo (Mr. Tones himself) and I discuss a few bands we both think deserve more attention—in this issue, we discussed The Cleaners from Venus, Pere Ubu, Brainiac,Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: Ross Ingram, Jacober, Oblivion Orchestra, Birthday Ass”
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