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Pressing Concerns: Teen Driver, Stuart Pearce, Iffin, Lost Ships

Welcome to an especially fun Monday edition of Pressing Concerns! If you like weirdos making pop music (and if you read this blog, you probably do), then you’ll enjoy this entry. This time, new EPs from Teen Driver and Iffin and new albums from Stuart Pearce and Lost Ships are on the docket. If you’reContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Teen Driver, Stuart Pearce, Iffin, Lost Ships”

Pressing Concerns: The Pretty Flowers, Private Lives, Josaleigh Pollett, The Fruit Trees

Hi, how are you? Today’s blog post looks at three albums that are coming out this Friday (new ones from The Pretty Flowers, Private Lives, and Josaleigh Pollett) plus an album from The Fruit Trees that came out last month. Flowers? Trees? Gardens? Weeds? Indeed. If you’re looking for more new music, you can visitContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: The Pretty Flowers, Private Lives, Josaleigh Pollett, The Fruit Trees”

Pressing Concerns: Hell Trash, Other Houses, Alpha Strategy, No Metal in This Battle

Welcome to Pressing Concerns yet again! If you like EPs, this is the issue for you: new ones from Hell Trash, Other Houses, and Alpha Strategy grace this edition. For long-player fans, we’ve also got a new album from No Metal in This Battle to discuss. If you’re looking for more new music, you canContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Hell Trash, Other Houses, Alpha Strategy, No Metal in This Battle”

Pressing Concerns: 12 Rods, Wandering Summer, Fort Not, The Illness

Welcome, welcome to a Thursday Pressing Concerns! Today’s post covers three records that are coming out tomorrow: new long-players from 12 Rods and Fort Not and a new EP from Wandering Summer, plus an EP from The Illness that came out a couple of weeks ago. If you missed Rosy Overdrive’s June 2023 Playlist withContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: 12 Rods, Wandering Summer, Fort Not, The Illness”

New Playlist: June 2023

Welcome to a weird sort-of holiday weekend–tomorrow’s the fourth of July, and I’m pleased to present Rosy Overdrive’s June 2023 playlist for you to throw on while you grill your various foods (for the Americans among us, at least). A lot of great brand new selections on this one! Jason Isbell and the 400 UnitContinue reading “New Playlist: June 2023”

Premiere: Jack Habegger’s Celebrity Telethon, “End Over End”

About two years ago, Rosy Overdrive premiered “Gretchen Took a Ride”, a one-off single from Jack Habegger’s Celebrity Telethon. “Gretchen Took a Ride” was a warm and promising song, a piece of dreamy folk and indie-country that walked the line between familiar intimacy and West Coast cosmic psychedelia quite nicely. The song was recorded byContinue reading “Premiere: Jack Habegger’s Celebrity Telethon, “End Over End””

Pressing Concerns: The 3 Clubmen, Shady Bug, Special Friend, Young Moon

Hello! It’s a Thursday Pressing Concerns, and this one is going to look at four records that come out tomorrow: EPs from The 3 Clubmen and Shady Bug and albums from Special Friend and Young Moon. If you missed Monday’s post (which covered Tough Age, Pretty Matty, Motorbike, and Seriously) or Wednesday’s post (which coveredContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: The 3 Clubmen, Shady Bug, Special Friend, Young Moon”

My 1981 Listening Log (Part 2)

Welcome! This is Part 2 to a post that went up last month, so I’d recommend checking that one out for context if you haven’t already. It’s not too hard to explain, though: over the past couple of months, I’d listen to one new-to-me album from the year 1981 (first one every day, later reducedContinue reading “My 1981 Listening Log (Part 2)”

Pressing Concerns: Tough Age, Pretty Matty, Motorbike, Seriously

Welcome to a Monday Pressing Concerns! Today, it’s new albums from Tough Age, Pretty Matty, Motorbike, and Seriously that get spotlighted (spotlit?). This is a classic post! If you like the music I typically write about on this website, all of these will be up your alley! If you’re looking for more new music, youContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Tough Age, Pretty Matty, Motorbike, Seriously”

Pressing Concerns: The High Water Marks, Corvair, FOOTBALLHEAD, Faunas

It’s Pressing Concerns time! This one tackles four records that either came out or will come out this week: The High Water Marks, Corvair, FOOTBALLHEAD, and Faunas. Wow! Good music! If you missed Monday’s post, which looked at Lorelle Meets the Obsolete, Silver Car Crash, Stoner Control, and Mythical Motors, check that out here. IfContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: The High Water Marks, Corvair, FOOTBALLHEAD, Faunas”