Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2023 (75-51)

Welcome to part two (of four) of Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2023! 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. Helpful People – Brokenblossom Threats Release date: August 27thRecord label: Tall Texan/Burundi CloudGenre: Jangle pop, indieContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2023 (75-51)”

Pressing Concerns: Worriers, Subsonic Eye, Tony Jay, Advertisement

Welcome to a Thursday Pressing Concerns! Today, we’ve got four new albums to discuss: rippers from Worriers, Tony Jay, and Advertisement come out tomorrow, and Subsonic Eye‘s new album came out earlier this week. In my opinion, this post rules, and it contains exactly the kind of bands I wanted to write about on myContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Worriers, Subsonic Eye, Tony Jay, Advertisement”

New Playlist: November 2022

Welcome to the November edition of Pressing Concerns! This is the last post on Rosy Overdrive before year-end list time begins–yes, you’ll see some of the bands here again soon. Also present here are a few more selections from my 1997 deep dive, which should continue into next month as well. Kevin Dorff is theContinue reading “New Playlist: November 2022”

Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2021 (75-51)

Part two of the Rosy Overdrive year-end list! All the pertinent info (not that there is much, I mean, it’s a year-end list from a music blog) is in part one. See also:Part One (100-76)Part Three (50-26)Part Four (25-1)Spotify playlist of all the selections available on streaming 75. Mope City – Within the Walls ReleaseContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2021 (75-51)”

Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2021 So Far (Part 1 of 2)

Well: the year is nearly halfway over, so I shall now commemorate it by sharing my forty favorite records from it thus far with you, the Rosy Overdrive reader. I could have done more than forty albums. I have heard significantly more than forty good albums so far this year, many of which you canContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2021 So Far (Part 1 of 2)”

New Playlist: January 2021

Good morning/afternoon, readers. I am back with again with my monthly exorcism of all the music I absorbed over the past 31 days. January was very much a month of transition—with regards to what music I was listening to, I mean. In terms of new releases, you’ll find some 2020 stragglers as well as brandContinue reading “New Playlist: January 2021”

Pressing Concerns: Tucker Riggleman & The Cheap Dates, Subsonic Eye, Palberta, Dave Scanlon, Cub Scout Bowling Pins, Kiwi Jr.

The first month of 2021 is about to be wrapped up, and I’m back to tell you about the albums I enjoyed the most over the past few weeks. In this installment of Pressing Concerns, I review the debut LP of Tucker Riggleman & The Cheap Dates, Kiwi Jr.‘s avoidance of the sophomore slump, left-turnContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Tucker Riggleman & The Cheap Dates, Subsonic Eye, Palberta, Dave Scanlon, Cub Scout Bowling Pins, Kiwi Jr.”