OG Sebadoh co-founder/co-frontman Eric Gaffney a real rock and roll character announced on Facebook he has been given what sounds like a very gnarly and horrifying colon cancer diagnosis. I see Lou Barlow just donated. gofund.me/8313f502e

From a year ago: Wrote about records from Headphones, Florry, Forty Winks, and Wipes:

From two years ago: Wrote about records from Yea-Ming and the Rumours, Aluminum, Motorists, and Mui Zyu:

From a year ago: Wrote about records from Ryan Allen, Mourning [A] BLKstar, Son of Buzzi, and Pretty Rude: rosyoverdrive.com/2025/05/20/p...

From two years ago: Wrote about records from Female Gaze, 2070, Sugar Candy Mountain, and The Wendy Darlings: rosyoverdrive.com/2024/05/21/p...

From five years ago: Wrote about records from Hello Whirled, Refrigerator, This Is Lorelei, and Sunny Jain: rosyoverdrive.com/2021/05/18/p...

Out today:

New blog post! Wrote about new records from Phosphene, Marbled Eye, Radhika @glassmodern.bsky.social and Trevor Sloan:

New blog post! Wrote about new records from Phosphene, Marbled Eye, Radhika @glassmodern.bsky.social and Trevor Sloan:

From two years ago: Wrote about records from Magic Fig, Crumbs, New Issue, and Masonic Wave:

From a year ago: Wrote about records from True Names, Rodeo Boys, Beasts, and Kilynn Lunsford:

Apparently this refers to the area in North Carolina, not the musical instrument (sadly)

I’m thinking about the turn-of-the-century post-grunge band Fuel and pondering a specific question: Are there any other bands out there that had just two hits, one of which was good and one of which was bad?

Very gross + frankly not all that fundamentally different from how a lot of “fans” fetishize his, David Berman, Elliott Smith etc.’s illnesses

Deeply disappointed to learn that this press description doesn’t mean “anti-William Jennings Bryan-themed rock music”

From a year ago: Wrote about records from First Rodeo, Artificial Go, The High Water Marks, and The Gotobeds:

From yesterday:

thanks to @rosyoverdrive.com for the thoughtful review of the rob & ellen tape!

New blog post! Wrote about new records from Me at the Zoo, Rob & Ellen @robimiller.bsky.social @reseraphin.bsky.social Avery Island BCE, and FOND:

New blog post! Wrote about new records from Me at the Zoo, Rob & Ellen @robimiller.bsky.social @reseraphin.bsky.social Avery Island BCE, and FOND:

From two years ago: Wrote about Micah Schnabel's ‘The Clown Watches the Clock’:

From two years ago: Wrote about records from Zero Point Energy, Ahem, System Exclusive, and Lightheaded:

From two years ago: Wrote about records from R.J.F., Aerial, Pretty Inside, and Lowe Cellar:

From five years ago: Wrote about records from Idle Ray, Keen Dreams, Cusp, and tvfordogs:

From two years ago: Wrote about records from Death by Indie, Bibi Club, Saturnalias, and Kill Gosling:

Out today!

New blog post! Wrote about new records from Smug Brothers @bbrbryan.bsky.social, Touch Girl Apple Blossom @krecs.bsky.social, Tall Friend, and U.S. Highball @lameorecords.bsky.social :

From a year ago: Wrote about records from Zero Bars, The Rabies, Strange Devotion, and stef in:

New blog post! Wrote about new records from Smug Brothers @bbrbryan.bsky.social, Touch Girl Apple Blossom @krecs.bsky.social, Tall Friend, and U.S. Highball @lameorecords.bsky.social :

From a year ago: Wrote about records from Festiva, Andhi & the O’Neills, C’mon Tigre, and Monnone Alone:

From yesterday:

New post! Wrote about songs I enjoyed in April, feat. Prince Daddy & The Hyena, Josey Wails, Goodwill Suck Machine, Special Friend, Lungfish, Ceylon Sailor, High Back Chairs, Soundgarden, The Lives of Famous Men, Pile, The Blackburns, Prism Shores, Urq, & more:

New post! Wrote about songs I enjoyed in April, feat. Prince Daddy & The Hyena, Josey Wails, Goodwill Suck Machine, Special Friend, Lungfish, Ceylon Sailor, High Back Chairs, Soundgarden, The Lives of Famous Men, Pile, The Blackburns, Prism Shores, Urq, & more:

From five years ago: Wrote about records from Rosali, Dan Wriggins, Ganser, and Mope City:

From two years ago: Wrote about records from Climax Landers, Lunchbox, Seasonal Falls, and Lane:

From two years ago: Wrote about new records from The Conformists, Quiz Show, Carry Ripple, and Mike Frazier:

Jenny Mae Live at Empty Bottle on 1996-05-03 https://archive.org/details/ajc02780_jennymae_1996-05-03

Thanks to @rosyoverdrive.com for the thoughtful review of our new album🏄‍♀️

From a year ago: Wrote about records from With Patience, Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires, Unwed Sailor, and IE:

Out today:

From two years ago: Wrote about records from Vacation, Nihiloceros, Leah Callahan, and Jon McKiel:

Thanks to @rosyoverdrive.com for writing about our new album!

New blog post! Wrote about new albums from Rural France @teenagetompetties.bsky.social @meritoriorec.bsky.social The Sleeves @12xurecs.bsky.social @modernnature.bsky.social Cola @firetalkrecs.bsky.social and Unwed Sailor @unwedsailor.bsky.social :

here's a good example

Anyone have any suggestions for records that sound like the classic Elvis Costello + Attractions LPs? Contemporaneous or otherwise. Particularly looking for stuff matching that in energy/hyperactivity

From a year ago: the April 2025 playlist, featuring Craig Finn, Perennial, Ex Pilots, Texas 3000, A Place for Owls, Miracleworker, Lily Seabird, (T-T)b, The Blackburns, Fluung, The Convenience, Gum Parker, Mike Frazier, Jerry David DeCicca, and more:

From five years ago: Wrote about Guided by Voices’ ‘Earth Man Blues’:

From a year ago: Wrote about records from Flower Show, Tiny Vipers, Deep-Fried Butterfly, and GBMystical:

From yesterday: