Welcome to part two (of four) of Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2024! This post covers albums 75 through 51. For any and all background info, see part one. See also:Part One (100-76)Part Three (50-26)Part Four (25-1)Playlist links (Spotify) (Tidal) 75. Friko – Where We’ve Been, Where We Go From Here Release date: FebruaryContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2024 (75-51)”
Tag Archives: Spirit Night
Pressing Concerns: Spirit Night, ‘Time Won’t Tell’
Release date: October 4thRecord label: Self-releasedGenre: Jangle pop, indie pop, synthpop, post-punk, dream popFormats: Vinyl, digital One of my favorite albums of last year was Bury the Dead by Spirit Night, the long-awaited fourth album from the band of former The World Is a Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die guitaristContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Spirit Night, ‘Time Won’t Tell’”
New Playlist: July 2024
Hey there, readers and guests! The July 2024 playlist is here (I thought about trying to get it done last week, but I had a few things to wrap up around the end of the month and August 6th isn’t that late), and it’s an instant classic, I can tell. A ton of new musicContinue reading “New Playlist: July 2024”
Pressing Concerns: Birdie, Miserable chillers, Rated Eye, Lowmoon
In a classically eclectic Tuesday Pressing Concerns, we’ve got two new albums (from Rated Eye and Lowmoon), a new “mixtape” from Miserable chillers, and a reissue of a 90s indie pop classic from Birdie below. There’s definitely something here for you, the reader! If you missed yesterday’s post, featuring Nightshift, Sylvia Sawyer James, Goodbye Wudaokou,Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: Birdie, Miserable chillers, Rated Eye, Lowmoon”
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: August 2023
Coming slightly later than usual (Labor Day happened, I didn’t want to try to cram an extra long post in a short week, I’m busy sometimes, et cetera), here is the Rosy Overdrive August 2023 round-up and playlist. Almost everything here is from this year, and it’s all great music! Tell a friend about it!Continue reading “New Playlist: August 2023”
Pressing Concerns: Spirit Night, ‘Bury the Dead’
Release date: August 4thRecord label: Self-releasedGenre: Emo-y indie rockFormats: Digital There’s a moment in “Country Roads”, a song about Dylan Balliett’s complicated and activating relationship with his home state of West Virginia, where the Spirit Night frontman sings “Now I’m carrying with me /The rapid river / And the people it claimed / Who IContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Spirit Night, ‘Bury the Dead’”
New Playlist: July 2023
Welcome to the July 2023 Rosy Overdrive playlist! There’s a ton of great music from this year in this one (I think that there’s only one song on here that didn’t originally come out in 2023, so you can’t accuse Rosy Overdrive of not being hip and current. Well, you can’t accuse RO of notContinue reading “New Playlist: July 2023”
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”
The Playlist Archives: November 2018 (Part 2 of 2)
See Part 1 of this post for more context. You can follow the whole playlist on Spotify here. Bandcamp embeds are included in the list when available. “China Beach”, Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers This is pretty far away from the other LJG song on this playlist. Musically it’s on the harder-edge sideContinue reading “The Playlist Archives: November 2018 (Part 2 of 2)”
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