One of the first records I wrote about on this blog was Alive and Dying Fast, the debut full-length album from West Virginia’s Tucker Riggleman & The Cheap Dates, which ended up being one of my favorite albums of 2021. Riggleman has been playing in bands around Appalachia for over a decade now–he led theContinue reading “Premiere: Tucker Riggleman & the Cheap Dates, “Queen of Diamonds””
Category Archives: Song Premiere
Premiere: Deady, “Uneeda”
Regular readers of Rosy Overdrive know of the blog’s appreciation of Mister Goblin, whose 2022 album Bunny was my favorite album of last year. In addition to his work with Mister Goblin, however, bandleader Sam Goblin has joined a new band, with the Bloomington, Indiana-based musician swinging down to Louisville to play guitar in theContinue reading “Premiere: Deady, “Uneeda””
Premiere: Jack Habegger’s Celebrity Telethon, “End Over End”
About two years ago, Rosy Overdrive premiered “Gretchen Took a Ride”, a one-off single from Jack Habegger’s Celebrity Telethon. “Gretchen Took a Ride” was a warm and promising song, a piece of dreamy folk and indie-country that walked the line between familiar intimacy and West Coast cosmic psychedelia quite nicely. The song was recorded byContinue reading “Premiere: Jack Habegger’s Celebrity Telethon, “End Over End””
Premiere: Cashmere Washington, “Rosy”
Thomas Dunn has been making music that’s spanned several genres and monikers for a few years now around the Michigan cities of Midland (where they grew up) and Ypsilanti (where they went to school). Recently, however, Dunn has settled on a name—Cashmere Washington—and a clear style—lo-fi indie rock that incorporates hip-hop and jazz influences, amongContinue reading “Premiere: Cashmere Washington, “Rosy””
Premiere: Jack Habegger’s Celebrity Telethon, “Gretchen Took a Ride”
Jack Habegger has played in the Olympia, Washington bands Pigtails and Foreign Powers, but 2021 has seen the rise of his new “quasi-solo” project, Jack Habegger’s Celebrity Telethon. The Telethon’s first release, January’s Oy Vey! EP, came out on limited cassette and vinyl from Portland’s Bud Tapes (Helens, Balloon Club, Wyatt Smith). Just a fewContinue reading “Premiere: Jack Habegger’s Celebrity Telethon, “Gretchen Took a Ride””
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