Hello, readers! This is it–the final twenty-five records in Rosy Overdrive’s 100 favorites of the year. More context can be found in the first post if needed, but let me just say: these albums are all phenomenal. I loved more records this year than any other in a long time, and these 25 I lovedContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2021 (25-1)”
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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)”
New Playlist: September 2021
The Rosy Overdrive monthly playlist is back! It’s the September edition this time! This one is very good, in my opinion! You will find plenty of new music here, as well as a few discoveries from my 1996 deep dive, and a couple of miscellaneous tracks. Artists with multiple tracks this time around: Telethon (4),Continue reading “New Playlist: September 2021”
New Playlist: August 2021
The August edition of the Rosy Overdrive playlist has landed, for all your reading and listening needs! You will find plenty of new music here, as well as a few discoveries from my 1996 deep dive, and a couple of miscellaneous tracks. The Cocker Spaniels, MJ Lenderman, and Wednesday all have two songs on theContinue reading “New Playlist: August 2021”
New Playlist: July 2021
We’re back! The latest edition of the Rosy Overdrive monthly playlist covers the songs I enjoyed listening to in July. Plenty of new music here, but also a higher proportion of “archival” selections than the last couple of months—I’ve finished my 1991 deep dive and I’ve moved onto 1996, so there are several selections fromContinue reading “New Playlist: July 2021”
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”
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”
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: Editrix, Yasmin Williams, Captain Frederickson, Hello Whirled
We’ve broached February, and I am once again here to tell you about the good music from the recent past, present, and future. The third installment of Pressing Concerns is a little smaller than the first two, but let’s just say we’re dealing with a “quality over quantity” scenario (which is somewhat amusing considering theContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Editrix, Yasmin Williams, Captain Frederickson, Hello Whirled”
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