About a year ago, I made a blog post called “Rosy Overdrive Label Watch 2022“, in which I checked in on what a dozen of my favorite still-active labels had been up to during that year. I really enjoyed doing it (last year I wrote that “[small, independent record labels have] consistently been a keyContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive Label Watch 2023”
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New Playlist: June 2023
Welcome to a weird sort-of holiday weekend–tomorrow’s the fourth of July, and I’m pleased to present Rosy Overdrive’s June 2023 playlist for you to throw on while you grill your various foods (for the Americans among us, at least). A lot of great brand new selections on this one! Jason Isbell and the 400 UnitContinue reading “New Playlist: June 2023”
Pressing Concerns: Fust, La Sécurité, TH Da Freak, XDS
Welcome to Pressing Concerns! June 16th is a pretty big release week, and we’re getting started a day early; today we’re looking at four albums coming out tomorrow from Fust, La Sécurité, TH Da Freak, and XDS. Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2023 So Far went up earlier in the week; if you missedContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Fust, La Sécurité, TH Da Freak, XDS”
New Playlist: May 2023
It’s time for a ton of new music this Monday. Today sees the grand unveiling of Rosy Overdrive’s May 2023 playlist, and boy, this one’s an all-timer. I would call it a classic (a word I would also use for many of the songs which make it up). PONY, Poppy Patica, Greg Mendez, Rob I.Continue reading “New Playlist: May 2023”
Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2021 (50-26)
Hello! Welcome, and thank you either once again or for the first time for reading. Today (Tuesday, December 7th), Rosy Overdrive’s Top 50 albums of 2021 are finally revealed. There’s a longer year-end preamble from one of yesterday’s posts (which highlighted albums 51 through 100), but do you really need it to understand what’s goingContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2021 (50-26)”
Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2021 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 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)”
New Playlist: May 2021
Another month in the books, another round-up of the best songs I heard over its contents. Mostly containing songs from the last couple of months, but there are a few older selections whose identities you’ll have to continue reading to find out. Rosali and The Bevis Frond are the only ones to land multiple songsContinue reading “New Playlist: May 2021”
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”
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