My 1998 Listening Log

It’s time for another listening log post! If this is the first one of these you’ve encountered, here’s the deal: during this January, I listened to one new-to-me album from 1998 every day (this continued sporadically into February), wrote down a little bit of what I thought about it, and posted said thoughts in theContinue reading “My 1998 Listening Log”

New Playlist: January 2026

Welcome to the January 2026 playlist! We’ve got some selections from the nascent year thus far in here, as well as some 2025 stragglers and a substantial selection of older material, too (if you’re wondering why there are so many records from 1998 on here, stay tuned in the coming weeks). Joe Glass has threeContinue reading “New Playlist: January 2026”

New Playlist: February 2021

I present to you: the third brand new monthly Rosy Overdrive playlist, and the site’s fourth playlist overall. 2021 is in full swing in terms of new music, which is where the majority of these songs come from. My foray into 1991 (which started last month) continues—it’s been on the backburner a bit, but aContinue reading “New Playlist: February 2021”

Pressing Concerns: The Crowd Scene, Anika Pyle, Longstocking, The Fragiles, The Boys with the Perpetual Nervousness

We are back again! In this fourth, mid-February installment of Pressing Concerns, I highlight the third album from Virginia’s The Crowd Scene, the first solo record from Anika Pyle (Katie Ellen/Chumped), the second album from janglers The Boys with the Perpetual Nervousness, the reissue of 90’s queercore band Longstocking’s discography, and a new release fromContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: The Crowd Scene, Anika Pyle, Longstocking, The Fragiles, The Boys with the Perpetual Nervousness”