Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2024 (50-26)

Hello! Welcome back (or just welcome) to Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2024! 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 2024 (50-26)”

New Playlist: August 2024

Well, I hope everyone in the United States had a wonderful Labor Day Weekend (and to those outside of it, I hope you had a nice one, too). I’m sorry I didn’t have the Rosy Overdrive August 2024 playlist ready for you to blast with your relatives and friends as you enjoyed the nice orContinue reading “New Playlist: August 2024”

Pressing Concerns: Norm Archer, New Math, Hits, Kevin Robertson

Hello, again! The Tuesday Pressing Concerns is another classic, looking at three records that came out last Friday (new LPs from Norm Archer and Hits and a reissue of New Math’s debut EP), plus an album from Kevin Robertson that came out last month. Great stuff, and there’s even more in yesterday’s blog post (featuringContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Norm Archer, New Math, Hits, Kevin Robertson”

Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2023 (25-1)

Here it is! Rosy Overdrive’s 25 favorite albums of 2023, revealed today along with albums 50 through 26, and coming a day after albums 51 through 100. This was the hardest year yet in terms of the top; specifically, the top twelve albums on the list I kept rearranging up until press time. I’m moreContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2023 (25-1)”

New Playlist: October 2023

Happy Halloween to all you ghouls, zombies, ghosts and whatnot. I’d say that this is a “spooky” edition of the monthly round-up or something, but really, this is just a normal one. It’s only scary if you’re afraid of good music. Or sentient mouths (we’ll get to that in a minute). Oh, and there isContinue reading “New Playlist: October 2023”

Pressing Concerns: Norm Archer, The Croaks, Luggage, Blues Lawyer

You just know that it’s going to be a good week when I’m able to put a Tuesday Pressing Concerns together. Hot on the heels of Monday’s post (which looked at new ones from Soft on Crime, Hello June, Soft Covers, and The Small Intestines), we’re back with a round-up every bit as good, featuringContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Norm Archer, The Croaks, Luggage, Blues Lawyer”

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”