Rosy Overdrive Label Watch 2023

About a year ago, I made a blog post called “Rosy Overdrive Label Watch 2022“, in which I checked in on what a dozen of my favorite still-active labels had been up to during that year. I really enjoyed doing it (last year I wrote that “[small, independent record labels have] consistently been a keyContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive Label Watch 2023”

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)”

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”

Pressing Concerns: Antietam, Weak Signal, Mt. Oriander, Gypsum

Another week, another edition of Pressing Concerns. This week, we look at a tribute record inspired by Wink O’Bannon featuring Antietam plus a wide cast of guests,  the re-released Weak Signal sophomore album, the debut EP from Mt. Oriander (Keith Latinen from Empire! Empire! I Was a Lonely Estate and Parting) and the first GypsumContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Antietam, Weak Signal, Mt. Oriander, Gypsum”