June 2025 playlist! Bunch of great new music, much of which has appeared on this blog before but you’ll see some new faces, too. Hopefully you’ll find something to take with you to your Fourth of July picnic (for the Americans, at least). Graham Hunt and HLLLYH have three songs on this playlist; Idle Ray,Continue reading “New Playlist: June 2025”
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Pressing Concerns: Nature’s Neighbor, Hayes Noble, Bug Seance, Workers Comp
Good morning, Rosy Overdrive music blog nation! We’re wrapping up the month of June this week, and the first Pressing Concerns of the week is evenly split between records that came out last week (LPs from Nature’s Neighbor and Hayes Noble) and last month (an EP from Bug Seance and a compilation LP from WorkersContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Nature’s Neighbor, Hayes Noble, Bug Seance, Workers Comp”
Pressing Concerns: Mister Goblin, ‘Frog Poems’
Release date: April 26thRecord label: SpartanGenre: Singer-songwriter, alt-rock, folk rock, post-punkFormats: Vinyl, digital Adhering to the rule of threes, Sam Goblin says “fuck” three times on the latest Mister Goblin album, Frog Poems. Although all these f-bombs are dropped in decidedly different ways, I do see a connecting thread between them and taking them asContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Mister Goblin, ‘Frog Poems’”
Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2022 (75-51)
Welcome to part two (of four) of Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2022! For any and all background info, see part one. See also:Part One (100-76)Part Three (50-26)Part Four (25-1)Playlist with all albums (Spotify link) (Tidal link) 75. Spacemoth – No Past No Future Release date: July 22ndRecord label: Wax Nine/CarparkGenre: Space pop, experimentalContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2022 (75-51)”
Pressing Concerns: Vintage Crop, Flowertown, Options, Fiver
Pressing Concerns is back after a brief hiatus. Today, we hit on new records from Vintage Crop, Flowertown, Options, and Fiver. If you’re still looking for more new music, you can browse previous editions of Pressing Concerns or visit the site directory. Vintage Crop – Kibitzer Release date: June 24thRecord label: Anti Fade/Upset the Rhythm/Weather VaneGenre: Post-punk, garageContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Vintage Crop, Flowertown, Options, Fiver”
Pressing Concerns: Mister Goblin, ‘Bunny’
Release date: April 22ndRecord label: Exploding in SoundGenre: Post-hardcore, alt-rock, indie folkFormats: Vinyl, digital This was supposed to be alt-country week on Pressing Concerns (and we’ll still get to it), but I cannot ignore Bunny any longer. The third Mister Goblin full-length record comes a little more than a year after 2021’s Four People inContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Mister Goblin, ‘Bunny’”
Rosy Overdrive’s Top 25 EPs of 2021
2021 was a great EP year, by my estimation. Maybe it’s because the pandemic made EPs more practical vis-à-vis full-lengths to release than normal, maybe because I’m more in touch with smaller (and thus more likely to release EPs) bands than normal this year, but I liked a lot of EPs this year. I choseContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 25 EPs of 2021”
New Playlist: June 2021
The Rosy Overdrive Monthly Revue is back, with a (somewhat belated) rundown of songs old and (mostly) new that I thoroughly enjoyed in June! Even by the standards of these typically-unwieldy monthly playlist posts, this one feels extra long-winded to me. I took a week off to enjoy life and whatnot, and I had allContinue reading “New Playlist: June 2021”
My 100 Favorite Albums from 2020 (Part 3 of 4)
Link to Part 1 Here Link to Part 2 Here And we barrel forward. Exciting, right? Brian Mietz – Panzarotti Release date: March 2nd Record label: Self-released Genre: Pop rock, power pop Pull track: Hollyweed Synopsis: I don’t really know much about Brian Mietz, except for the fact that he’s a poster artist and he’sContinue reading “My 100 Favorite Albums from 2020 (Part 3 of 4)”
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