One thing I’ve gotten really into over the past year is indie music. I’ve gone to see quite a few musicians and bands in my area and it is really a nice experience being able to see a show for $10-$20 and be right up in front of the stage. (Not to mention usually being able to walk right out of the venue afterwards and not have to get stuck in traffic for ages.) There are so many great musicians out there that I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorites on here from time to time! So…

Today’s soundtrack: Two-Hour Mix of the Jazz in Haruki Murakami Novels. A fantastic playlist. Very accessible for those not normally into jazz.

[1980]The supreme jittery janglers from New Jersey doin their trembling thin and dry repetitive thing. Their maniacal insistent instrumental build-ups, from silence to ominously slow burning evolving into frantically explosive, are legendary. These guys were tight.Those that know, know that every tune's a winner on their debut LP Crazy Rhythms. The outstanding Moscow Nights has all the tense jangles and suspenseful strums along with a sharp focused intense and twitchy percussive track. All done…

Michael Hurley - Quiet Life, Brooklyn, New York, March 24, 1990I’d never heard of Quiet Life, the short-lived late 80s/early 90s Williamsburg music venue, but it sounds like a hoot. The Village Voice’s Richard Gehr wrote: On most (and only) Saturday nights since last October, dozens — heck, scores — of locals have meandered into Quiet Life after discreetly making their presence known by tapping the door of this appropriately renamed former funeral chapel. In the dark, from the street, it lacks…

. Today the very first single by The Air Contains Honey is out in the world. It's called "Sexuality" and the lyric is a quote from Kathy Acker. It is from our very first album The Air Contains Honey Sings Quotes - released by Quindi Records in Florence, Italy - which you can preorder starting now. If you don't already know, The Air Contains Honey ― co-founded by Adam Kinner and Jacob Wren ― is an “orchestra” that mixes professional and amateur musicians. Its around twenty people all singing and…

A HOCKEY GENERATION FADING AWAY: San Jose Sharks enforcer Ryan Reaves retires from the NHL, leaving just three players who played before 2013 — Nashville’s Ryan O’Reilly, Dallas’ Jamie Benn and Minnesota’s Zach Bogosian — still grandfathered in under league rules allowing them to skate without visors on their helmets; everyone joining the league after has been required to wear them.

Another week in the rear view mirror means we get some riffs to fill up on as we approach the buffet of new metal releases. Remember that the next Bandcamp Friday is in a few weeks if there is anything that takes your fancy. Hails! Revel in Flesh - death - GermanyNecrocene - death - ItalyDeviated - death - Thailand/JapanImpure Faith - death - ColombiaRespiratory Secretion - death - USAHanging Garden - death/prog - USAThe Bleeding - death/thrash - UKRunemagick - death/doom - SwedenHypaethral -…

M & K Records is listed at RCS (location unknown). Eddie Quinteros: I think I was 13 or 14 when I joined the musician union at 14. I got busted playing a union house at 14 and after that I had to join, they were very powerful in those days! About 1956 I had another little group - we did a TV stint in San Francisco on KPIX... after I joined the union there was a singer bamed Bobby Freeman, and his manager saw me and wanted to know if I wanted to play guitar with them. He just had his song out…

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What song always makes you feel better? I’ve always loved a song that builds, that layers in the instruments. I’ve always loved a great drum track. I’ve always loved interesting harmonies. I’ve always loved rock music. I’ve always loved a hint of tongue-in-cheek silliness. I’ve always loved Queen. And yeah, I’ll admit it, I’ve always loved a nice . “Fat Bottomed Girls” by Queen Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Listen to Gordon McLean's Apple Music playlist…

There’s a future secret weapon here for those of a Balearic bent. Especially for spots such as Casa Lhasa’s “Mezcal Mondays”, who love a wonderful cover. This new 10”, Bandcamp exclusive from Swedish trumpeter Goran Kajfes opens with the original number “Urhavet”, which begins as a spiritual swirl, sorta Pharoah Sanders meets Miles Davis’ “Sketches From Spain”, before hitting a funky drum driven groove. With a solid bass-line as its foundation, a variety of virtuoso electric keys, and the…

How I got scammed into buying AI slop A few months ago, my best friend recommended me a new artist he had stumbled upon. We both love metal music and he knows exactly what excites me, progressive, djenty technical riffs well executed with great sound design. This new band hit all the right boxes. I instantly was drawn to most of their songs from their recent album. This does not happen often.

Self Tape – Uninvited First up tonight is a big tune from Sydney’s Stuart McNair, aka Self Tape. I’ve covered Self Tape a few times over the past couple of years, including twice this year, as he’s been releasing a series of singles in the lead-up to his second LP, Vibrations, out September 25th (that’s also my birthday, so I’m biased when I say it’s a great day for a release). The past two singles have also been club-focused, but they were both a little more left-field than this one, each…

FKJ featuring Eryn Allen Kane “I Want U” Years ago my friend Sean T. Collins wrote a daily blog about the movie Road House because he realized he could find something interesting to say about Road House every day. (He did, and it’s now it’s a terrific book.) I feel like “I Want U” is so full of wonderful little details that I could potentially do the same for at least a month. Like, I’m not going to! But that’s mostly because I don’t have the music theory and production background to get it…

My heart fucking needed this. Released last month, here’s New Radicals with Michelle Branch with “The Game of Love”. You know this song. It was written by Gregg Alexander of New Radicals back in the day. There’s been an original demo with Gregg on leads floating around on the Internet for ages. Demos with Macy Gray and Tina Turner have been floating around as well; it was a made famous by Santana with Michelle Branch singing the leads. Back in 2002-03 this song was *everywhere*. This version…

Swick & King Doudou – Haloumi Drums An absolutely giddy little heater from Melbourne’s Swick (Danny Omerhodic) and Lyon’s King Dou Dou (Hugo Douster). Both of these guys have been hustling for many years and used to make regular appearances in my sets — and on the blog — in the early and mid-aughts. Both handed in excellent remixes for releases on Palms Out too; unfortunately, Swick’s never ended up coming out (because the release was unfortunately pulled and released in Sweden only on…

This morning’s soundtrack: The first seven songs from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour.

Awesome to hear Marc and Tom digging into comedy again.

The Lagniappe Sessions :: Instrumentals (2016-2026)Aquarium Drunkard’s Lagniappe Sessions have been rolling along at a steady pace since 2011, bringing together a global lineup of artists to offer up cover versions of a few of their favorite tunes. It’s always fascinating to hear these wide-ranging interpretations, to experience old songs with new ears, to connect the past with the present. Over the last 15 years, Lagniappe contributors have gone in all sorts of directions. There are no rules —…

Tom Breihan / Stereogum: Honestly, just look at that cover art. Really take it in. It’s so beautiful. I could stare at it all day. Back in the ancient days when we would sometimes flip through used-CD tracks and buy albums based on cover art alone, that one would’ve stopped me in my tracks. I would’ve run to the counter and laid my money down, no questions asked. From a post discussing the new Aesop Rock & Blockhead album, Trouble Mountain — and yes, the artwork is very good — but holy crap did…

Tensions erupted in the classical music world Thursday after Imagine Dragons lead vocalist Dan Reynolds publicly criticized the New York Philharmonic, describing the prestigious two-hundred-year-old orchestra as “essentially just an expensive cover band.”Speaking on a music podcast, Reynolds questioned the artistic integrity of playing historical compositions rather than writing original material.“At least I write my own music,” Reynolds said. “You go to Lincoln Center and what are they…

The other night Emily asked me "What fictional band would you want to see?" And it got me thinking. After some thoughtful consideration, I answered her.We had a nice little discussion and then I was like, "oh, maybe this would be a fun article."I jotted my ideas down and then invited her and Dash to contribute their own thoughts!Gardiner's PicksLimozeen / Sloshy / TaranchulaHomestar Runner is an amazing thing. If you haven't seen it before, you're missing out. Not only is it an incredibly…

I registered the words she-punk in 2018 when it became apparent that the words were being exploited commercially without proper acknowledgement. In academia this is called plagiarism.You might not believe it, but the term didn't exist until 2015 when Gina Birch and me proposed a documentary idea to Andy Linehan at The British Library, followed up by a commission to show the work-in-progress of Stories From The She-Punks: Music With A Different Agenda at The British Library's celebration of 40…

At a few minutes after eight o’clock last night, in an upstairs theatre on a Soho alley, you’d have had a job persuading me that Woody Guthrie’s “Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)” is not the greatest song produced by the 20th century. Its performance came towards the end of Woody Sez, a stage show devoted to the life and work of the great poet-troubadour of America’s working class. David M. Lutken, a Texan actor-musician who once studied in London, devised the four-person show (with its…

It’s the Thursday Pressing Concerns! We’ve got new albums from Perennial, The Drin, Scarves, and Mr. Husband down below. Check them out, and if you missed Monday’s blog post (featuring Dagwood, Soda Gumball, Blimps, and Plum), check that out too. If you’re looking for more new music, you can visit the site directory to see what else we’ve written about lately. If you’d like to support Rosy Overdrive, you can share this (or another) post, or donate here. Perennial – Modernism Release date:…

Last night I did visuals at Algorave Decelerate for Pondskater. As I usually do, I used Picodevil, and the thing about Picodevil is that you need video clips to play with. I was thinking about the kind of mechanical, rhythmic movement of Pondskater's music, and about the focus on BPM that the event naturally calls to, and then I thought of Dina Kelberman's feature length film The Goal Is To Live.Which is a beautiful film which takes clips from the TV show How It's Made, and decontextualises…

Trust me #123F.E.A.R. by Ian BrownWhen The Stone Roses broke up in 1996, things didn't exactly go quiet. By that time, the band had left a huge legacy through their music, art, personalities and style. Post 1996, there is plenty to discuss and debate around; drugs, guitars, vocals, Mani joining Primal Scream, Squire at Knebworth, Reni's brief flirtation with The Rub, the sad fact that Reni hasn't drummed on enough recorded and released music, Brown's solo work and collaborations (especially Be…

Share a song that represents your current mood. I like to have upbeat music on in the morning, nothing to raucous just something uplifting that takes my current mood and elevates it. This is the song that was playing when I saw the prompt this morning and it feels very apt. A classic bit of house music (I’m on a bit of a DJ led exploration of electronic/house/disco music right now) and I can feel my mood lifting as I boogie in my seat. “Music Sounds Better with You (Radio Edit)” by Stardust…

Lelia Hair The new single from London-based artist Lelia, Hair starts with a ripping bass line and thumping drums, immediately delivering a dark sense of confrontation. As an artist, Lelia builds her sound from a combination of thick synths, angular percussion, and direct confrontational vocals. With touchpoints that include artists who, on paper, appear very diverse — Lady Gaga, LCD Soundsystem, and PJ Harvey — Lelia weaves those references together to feel cohesive and, in retrospect,…