We’re still only a week out from the music world-shattering publication of Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2023, but now it is time to take a look at a shorter but still very substantial list/release format. 2023 was another great year for EPs, and I’ve done my hardest to narrow my favorites down toContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 25 EPs of 2023”
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Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2023 So Far (Part 2 of 2)
If you’re only just now joining us: this is part two of my list of my favorite forty albums of 2023 thus far, presented in reverse alphabetical order. Thanks for reading! View part one of the list here. Here are links to stream a playlist of these selections via Spotify and Tidal (Bandcamp links areContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2023 So Far (Part 2 of 2)”
New Playlist: March 2023
Welcome to Rosy Overdrive’s March 2023 playlist! With the new year in full swing, almost everything on it comes from music released in the past month or two, so there is a ton of brand new things here for you. I’m planning on doing some more listening to older music in April, so if youContinue reading “New Playlist: March 2023”
Pressing Concerns: Emperor X, ‘Suggested Improvements to Transportation Infrastructure in the Northeast Corridor’
Release date: March 9thRecord label: Self-releasedGenre: Lo-fi indie rock, folk punk, electro-folk, experimental rockFormats: Digital When Emperor X released The Lakes of Zones B and C (one of my favorite albums of 2022) last year, it was Chad Matheny’s first full-length record in about half a decade. Those who follow Matheny and Emperor X closely,Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: Emperor X, ‘Suggested Improvements to Transportation Infrastructure in the Northeast Corridor’”
Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2022 (25-1)
Here it is! Rosy Overdrive’s 25 favorite albums of 2022, revealed today along with albums 50 through 26, and coming a day after albums 51 through 100. Needless to say, these are all great records. You simply can’t go wrong with any of them. It was a three-record race for number one; I’m satisfied withContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2022 (25-1)”
New Playlist: September 2022
Welcome to the September edition of Rosy Overdrive’s monthly playlist! This month in particular was hard to whittle down to two hours–I wrote about 28 different records in Pressing Concerns over the past month, which probably had something to do with it. Emperor X and Mike Adams at His Honest Weight have three songs onContinue reading “New Playlist: September 2022”
New Playlist: March 2022
Welcome to the latest edition of Rosy Overdrive’s monthly round-up/playlist! It’s almost all new music this time around! There was a lot of it this month! I did listen to some fun older music in March, and a bit of it shows up here as well, but there’s more I’d like to get to atContinue reading “New Playlist: March 2022”
New Playlist: February 2022
Rosy Overdrive’s February 2022 review/overview/miscellaneous listening report is here! There is a lot of great music from this year out already, and my selections reflect this. In terms of older music, I’m well into a 1992 deep dive, so you’ll see a few songs from that year mixed in as well. Big Thief has twoContinue reading “New Playlist: February 2022”
New Playlist: April 2021
At long last, the Rosy Overdrive “songs I enjoyed listening to in April 2021, not necessarily released in April 2021 but obviously there’s a lot of overlap” overview has gone live. Featuring: plenty of songs from albums/EPs that I’ve already written about on this blog, new music from upcoming releases I hope to cover furtherContinue reading “New Playlist: April 2021”
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