Yesterday and the day before, Rosy Overdrive published its Top 100 Albums of 2023. There’s a good chance you’ve read it; it’s a great list, so be sure to catch up on what you missed (unless you’ve already heard all 100 albums on there, in which case, reach out for a Rosy Overdrive commemorative plaque).Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: Bory, Common Thread, STOP MVP, Music for Cooking”
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Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2023 (50-26)
Hello! Welcome back (or just welcome) to Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2023! Today reveals the top 50 albums on the list. Yesterday unveiled numbers 100 through 51, so be sure to check those out as well if you haven’t yet. See also:Part One (100-76)Part Two (75-51)Part Four (25-1)Playlist with all albums (Spotify link)Continue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2023 (50-26)”
New Playlist: November 2023
Rosy Overdrive is rolling full steam ahead into December, but first, a look back at a bunch of songs I’ve enjoyed over this past month. Plenty of miscellaneous 2023 releases in here as I put together the blog’s various year-end lists and give everything I’ve meant to give a listen a little bit of attentionContinue reading “New Playlist: November 2023”
Pressing Concerns: Diners, Sonic Youth, Leopard Print Taser, Big Bliss
Welcome to Thursday’s Pressing Concerns! Today, we’ve got four albums that come out tomorrow, August 18th: new full-lengths from Diners, Leopard Print Taser, and Big Bliss, and a live album from Sonic Youth. If you missed Monday’s post, featuring William Matheny, Perfect Angel at Heaven, Jason Allen Millard, and Sundays & Cybele, check that oneContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Diners, Sonic Youth, Leopard Print Taser, Big Bliss”
New Playlist: April 2023
Well, well, well. If it isn’t the Rosy Overdrive April 2023 Playlist. And would you look at that, it features a ton of great songs from this year, a handful of tracks from 2022 that I am just now discovering, and a couple of songs from 1981 (more on what I’m doing back in 1981Continue reading “New Playlist: April 2023”
Pressing Concerns: Soft on Crime, The Men, Rock Against Bush, Equipment Pointed Ankh
Welcome to the first Pressing Concerns of February! Today, we’re looking at new albums from Soft on Crime, The Men, and Equipment Pointed Ankh, as well as a split release featuring Wish Kit, New You, Mo Troper, and Gnawing. Rosy Overdrive’s January 2023 Playlist went up earlier this week, so check that out as wellContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Soft on Crime, The Men, Rock Against Bush, Equipment Pointed Ankh”
The Playlist Archives: January 2018
I’ve been meaning to go into my playlist archives again for a while, and early January seems like a good time to do it. So: we’re skipping back half a decade, looking at what music I was listening to in January of 2018. It appears that it’s mostly 2017 albums that I discovered through year-endContinue reading “The Playlist Archives: January 2018”
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)”
Rosy Overdrive Label Watch 2022
Rosy Overdrive has long been vocal about its love of small, independent record labels. They’ve consistently been a key way to find good, varied, new-to-me music, and they remain a valuable, people-based resource for music discovery in an age where the “industry” is openly trying to steer us away from such things. I’ve been thinkingContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive Label Watch 2022”
New Playlist: August 2022
Happy September! That means it’s time for Rosy Overdrive’s August playlist. Some of these songs will be familiar to readers of the blog, some will not be, but all of them are worth checking out. So, do so! Kiwi Jr., Mo Troper, Tall Dwarfs, First Rodeo, Home Blitz, and Dogbreth all get two songs onContinue reading “New Playlist: August 2022”
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