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: 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”