Release date: July 10thRecord label: Ernest Jenning Record Co.Genre: Noise pop, noise rock, space rock, art rockFormats: Vinyl, CD, digital My first thought when I saw that Parts & Labor had reunited after an eleven-year hiatus was, of course, joy–they are, after all, one of the best bands of the 2000s, and more than likelyContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Parts & Labor, ‘Set of All Sets’”
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New Playlist: June 2026
Welcome to the June 2026 playlist! We’ve got a bunch of songs on here that I enjoyed last month, and I think you’ll enjoy them too. Check them out below! Emperor X and Vesuvian have three songs on this playlist. Spacemoth and Bellows have two. Here is where you can listen to the playlist onContinue reading “New Playlist: June 2026”
Pressing Concerns: Shrubs, Eliksa, Smirk, Mirrorball
Welcome to the Thursday Pressing Concerns! It’s a bit of a hodge-podge this week (it’s a holiday weekend in the States, which may have something to do with it), but there’s still plenty to enjoy here with a new album from Smirk, a posthumous release from Shrubs, and new EPs from Eliksa and Mirrorball. CheckContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Shrubs, Eliksa, Smirk, Mirrorball”
Pressing Concerns: Fire Man, NAYAN, Lovewell, The Hobknobs
In this Monday Pressing Concerns, we’ve got new albums from Fire Man, Lovewell, and The Hobknobs, and a new EP from NAYAN. Check them out below! 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, youContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Fire Man, NAYAN, Lovewell, The Hobknobs”
Pressing Concerns: Spacemoth, Sea Moss & Miscomings, Some Velvet Sidewalk, Unlettered
It’s a Thursday Pressing Concerns! It features new albums from Spacemoth, Some Velvet Sidewalk, and Unlettered, plus a split LP from Sea Moss and Miscomings, all of which are out tomorrow (June 26th). If you missed either of this week’s earlier posts (Monday’s featured Sun Kin, National Photo Committee, Wade Easy, and Chorus Truly, and onContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Spacemoth, Sea Moss & Miscomings, Some Velvet Sidewalk, Unlettered”
Pressing Concerns: Emperor X, ‘Unified Field’
Release date: June 26thRecord label: Bar NoneGenre: Experimental folk, folk punk, folk rock, singer-songwriterFormats: Vinyl, CD, digital Chad Matheny is one of the most unique and exciting songwriters of his era, and for the fast few years he’s been acting like it–self-releasing albums, hiding some of his best material on high-concept digital-only releases, appearing inContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Emperor X, ‘Unified Field’”
Pressing Concerns: Sun Kin, National Photo Committee, Wade Easy, Chorus Truly
Hello, and welcome to a Monday Pressing Concerns! We’ve got new albums from Sun Kin, National Photo Committee, and Wade Easy, and a new EP from Chorus Truly. Check ’em out below! 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’dContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Sun Kin, National Photo Committee, Wade Easy, Chorus Truly”
Pressing Concerns: Hypnolovewheel, Styrofoam Winos, …or Does It Explode?, The Pines of Rome
It’s a Thursday Pressing Concerns! We have new albums from Styrofoam Winos, …or Does It Explode?, and The Pines of Rome, plus a retrospective compilation from Hypnolovewheel. Check them out below, and if you missed Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2026, So Far, which went up earlier this week, check that out too. IfContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Hypnolovewheel, Styrofoam Winos, …or Does It Explode?, The Pines of Rome”
Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2026 So Far (Part 2 of 2)
If you’re only just now joining us: this is part two of my list of my favorite forty albums/EPs of 2026 thus far, presented in alphabetical order by artist name. Thanks for reading! View part one of the list here. Here are links to stream a playlist of these selections via Spotify and Tidal (BandcampContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2026 So Far (Part 2 of 2)”
Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2026 So Far (Part 1 of 2)
Hello there, and welcome to “roughly halfway through the year 2026”. Below, you’ll find forty records that RO loved more than anything else so far this year. As always, there’s a bunch of good music I wasn’t able to fit on here (check the site directory for other records we’ve written about recently), but I’mContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2026 So Far (Part 1 of 2)”
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