We’ve got another excellent and full week ahead of us on Rosy Overdrive in terms of new music, and we’re starting out with an absolute blast of a round-up. This issue of Pressing Concerns looks at new albums from Hard Copy, Sexores, and Fig by Four, and a new EP from Fox Japan. If you’reContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Fox Japan, Hard Copy, Sexores, Fig by Four”
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Pressing Concerns: Lync, Awakebutstillinbed, Medejin, Screensaver
Another busy week on Rosy Overdrive ends with thoughts on three new albums that come out tomorrow (from Awakebutstillinbed, Medejin, and Screensaver), plus some writing about the Lync reissue that is also out tomorrow. If you missed Monday’s post (featuring new music from Onyon, Al Murb, Combat Naps, and Zero Bars) or Tuesday’s post (theContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Lync, Awakebutstillinbed, Medejin, Screensaver”
My 1993 Listening Log (Part 1)
I’ve published a few of these on Rosy Overdrive by now, but for those who are unfamiliar and don’t know the drill, here’s what you’re reading: In September, I listened to one new-to-me album from 1993 every day, wrote down a little bit of what I thought about it, and posted this in the RosyContinue reading “My 1993 Listening Log (Part 1)”
Pressing Concerns: Onyon, Al Murb, Combat Naps, Zero Bars
October is more than halfway over now, and Pressing Concerns continues to roll on with more great new music for you, the reader, to enjoy. This is a nice “under the radar” edition (even more than normal, yes), featuring new albums from Onyon, Al Murb, and Combat Naps, and a new EP from Zero Bars.Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: Onyon, Al Murb, Combat Naps, Zero Bars”
Pressing Concerns: Dancer, A Day Without Love, The World Famous, Lightheaded
It’s been a historically busy week over here on Rosy Overdrive. The blog has seen four posts in four days–on Monday, we looked at albums from Soft on Crime, Hello June, Soft Covers, and The Small Intestines, Tuesday’s post featured Norm Archer, The Croaks, Luggage, and Blues Lawyer, and on Wednesday, we took a deeperContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Dancer, A Day Without Love, The World Famous, Lightheaded”
Pressing Concerns: Pacing, ‘Real poetry is always about plants and birds and trees and the animals and milk and honey breathing in the pink but real life is behind a screen’
Release date: October 13thRecord label: Totally RealGenre: Anti-folk, bedroom pop, singer-songwriter, indie folkFormats: CD, cassette, digital There are a number of different ways to pander directly to the person who runs Rosy Overdrive, but one of the most unique ways I’ve encountered would have to be making a three-song EP called Snake Facts where everyContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Pacing, ‘Real poetry is always about plants and birds and trees and the animals and milk and honey breathing in the pink but real life is behind a screen’”
Pressing Concerns: Norm Archer, The Croaks, Luggage, Blues Lawyer
You just know that it’s going to be a good week when I’m able to put a Tuesday Pressing Concerns together. Hot on the heels of Monday’s post (which looked at new ones from Soft on Crime, Hello June, Soft Covers, and The Small Intestines), we’re back with a round-up every bit as good, featuringContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Norm Archer, The Croaks, Luggage, Blues Lawyer”
Pressing Concerns: CLASS, Truth Club, Bewilder, Joey Nebulous
Welcome to the Thursday Pressing Concerns! Today, I’ve written about four albums that come out tomorrow: new ones from CLASS, Truth Club, Bewilder, and Joey Nebulous. Four great albums from four of the best labels in recent history! Rosy Overdrive has been on a tear lately; if you missed Monday’s look at records from Deady,Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: CLASS, Truth Club, Bewilder, Joey Nebulous”
New Playlist: September 2023
Hello! It sure is October now, which means we’re wrapping up September with a good, old-fashioned round-up post. You’ll notice a fair selection of songs from 1993 in this one; if that particular section of this post intrigues you, stay tuned in the upcoming weeks for more on music from that era. Otherwise, the stuffContinue reading “New Playlist: September 2023”
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