Pressing Concerns: Tomato Flower, Powerwasher, Torrey, So Pitted

Happy Thursday! The third and final Pressing Concerns of the week looks at four great albums that are coming out tomorrow, March 8th: new LPs from Tomato Flower, Powerwasher, Torrey, and So Pitted. Check them out below, get excited for their release, and while you wait, catch up on Monday (Sonny Falls, Daniel Romano, GrassContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Tomato Flower, Powerwasher, Torrey, So Pitted”

Pressing Concerns: Two Two Seven, Flowertown, Robert Poss, Fur Trader

Welcome to a Tuesday Pressing Concerns! The blog’s quest to cover the ridiculous amount of new music that came out last week continues, as today we’re looking at brand new albums from Flowertown and Fur Trader plus a new compilation from Prefect Records, all of which came out last week (and for good measure, we’veContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Two Two Seven, Flowertown, Robert Poss, Fur Trader”

Pressing Concerns: Sonny Falls, Daniel Romano’s Outfit, Grass Jaw, Nervous Twitch

As I’m sure a lot of you are aware, last Friday was a huge one for new releases. I covered quite a bit of them on the blog in the lead-up to March 1st, but there’s also a lot of really good new music I’m going to be tackling in the coming weeks. Today, we’reContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Sonny Falls, Daniel Romano’s Outfit, Grass Jaw, Nervous Twitch”

Pressing Concerns: SAVAK, NAYAN, Stay Inside, Gulfer

A busy week for Rosy Overdrive winds down by looking at four albums that either have come out or will come out this week: new ones from SAVAK, NAYAN, Stay Inside, and Gulfer. It’s a great post, as are the ones from earlier this week; if you missed any between Monday’s post (on new recordsContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: SAVAK, NAYAN, Stay Inside, Gulfer”

Pressing Concerns: Late Bloomer, ‘Another One Again’

Release date: March 1stRecord label: Self Aware/Dead Broke/Tor JohnsonGenre: Punk rock, 90s indie rock, fuzz rock, college rockFormats: Vinyl, cassette, digital There’s this whole cottage industry around the question of “why didn’t The Replacements make it big?” that’s sprung up over the years, with those both around them and affected by them pontificating on theContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Late Bloomer, ‘Another One Again’”

New Playlist: February 2024

It is time to wrap up February, and the shortest month of the year ended up more than delivering the goods (read: good music) this time around. Plenty of brand new music from 2024 graces the two-hour playlist below, some from bands I’ve covered previously, some not, and we’ve also still got a few 2023Continue reading “New Playlist: February 2024”

Pressing Concerns: Mt. Worry, Medicine, Ryann Gonsalves, Safari Room

The final week of February (which is also the first week of March) is upon us, and with it brings yet another Pressing Concerns. Today, we’re looking at new albums from Medicine, Ryann Gonsalves, and Safari Room (the first of which “officially” comes out on Friday but is already available on Bandcmap) as well asContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Mt. Worry, Medicine, Ryann Gonsalves, Safari Room”

Pressing Concerns: Mary Timony, Careen, Geotic, Little Kid

In the final Pressing Concerns of the week, we’re looking at three records that come out tomorrow (February 23rd): new albums from Mary Timony and Little Kid, and a new EP from Careen. In addition, I’ve also got some words below on the Geotic album that came out yesterday. If you missed Monday’s blog postContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Mary Timony, Careen, Geotic, Little Kid”

Pressing Concerns: Mint Mile, ‘Roughrider’

(Note: an edited and shortened version of this blog post was used as the press bio for this album. To mark the release of Roughrider, I’m presenting its original, long-winded form below.) Release date: February 23rdRecord label: Comedy Minus OneGenre: Alt-country, 90s indie rock, folk rock, Crazy Horse stuffFormats: Vinyl, digital It’s hard to believeContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Mint Mile, ‘Roughrider’”

Pressing Concerns: Tucker Riggleman & The Cheap Dates, States of Nature, The Special Pillow, Shadow Show

It’s the start of the new week, and the first Pressing Concerns of it is taking a look at four records that came out over the last couple days: new albums from Tucker Riggleman & The Cheap Dates, States of Nature, and Shadow Show, and a new EP from The Special Pillow. If you’re lookingContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Tucker Riggleman & The Cheap Dates, States of Nature, The Special Pillow, Shadow Show”