Third Pressing Concerns of 2022! This time around, it features new albums from Russel the Leaf and Shoun Shoun, and new EPs from Clear Capsule and The Royal Arctic Institute. Half of these bands released something in 2021 that appeared in Pressing Concerns as well. Half of them didn’t. All four are good, though. I’mContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Russel the Leaf, Clear Capsule, Shoun Shoun, The Royal Arctic Institute”
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Pressing Concerns: The Dream Syndicate, Kids on a Crime Spree, Prize Horse, Reptaliens
The second edition of Pressing Concerns of the new year highlights a large-scale reissue from The Dream Syndicate, new albums from Kids on a Crime Spree and Reptaliens, and the debut EP from Prize Horse. It’s a good year (musically, at least) already! If you’re looking for more new music, you can browse previous editionsContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: The Dream Syndicate, Kids on a Crime Spree, Prize Horse, Reptaliens”
Pressing Concerns: Jeff Tobias, Artsick, Patrick Brayer, Party’z
It’s late-stage January, so let’s get on with what music 2022’s had to offer so far already. The first Pressing Concerns of the new year hits on new records from Jeff Tobias (Sunwatchers, Modern Nature), Artsick (Burnt Palms, Lunchbox, Boyracer), and Patrick Brayer, and the debut EP from Party’z (Kittyhawk). If you’re looking for moreContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Jeff Tobias, Artsick, Patrick Brayer, Party’z”
All Out of Malice: Every Silkworm and Silkworm-Related Record, Ranked
If you chose to read this, you probably know who Silkworm were, but I’ll try to briefly go over it for anyone who doesn’t. Silkworm formed in the late 1980s in Missoula, featuring singer/guitarists Andrew Cohen and Joel Phelps and singer/bassist Tim Midyett, and then moved to Seattle and added Michael Dahlquist, the greatest drummerContinue reading “All Out of Malice: Every Silkworm and Silkworm-Related Record, Ranked”
New Playlist: December 2021
2021 may be long dead by now, but there’s plenty of music from that year that I’d rather not leave behind in 2022. Some of these songs were chosen for the playlist while I was finalizing Rosy Overdrive’s year-end lists, some I stole from other blogs’ lists, and there are more songs from 1996 onContinue reading “New Playlist: December 2021”
Rosy Overdrive’s Favorite Reissues and Compilations of 2021
To wrap up 2021, Rosy Overdrive is looking back at some of its favorite reissues, compilations, and archival releases of the year. I’ve chosen sixteen to highlight here (as well as a few honorable mentions at the end); a few entries cover several albums’ worth of music. Because of the wide variety among these selections,Continue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Favorite Reissues and Compilations of 2021”
Pressing Concerns: Massage, Uncle Bengine and the Restraining Orders, Piel, Joe Peppercorn
Rosy Overdrive’s last Pressing Concerns of 2021 looks at the new EP from Massage, as well as December full-length releases from Uncle Bengine & The Restraining Orders, Piel, and Joe Peppercorn. If you’re looking for more new music, you can browse previous editions of Pressing Concerns or visit the site directory. Rosy Overdrive is inContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Massage, Uncle Bengine and the Restraining Orders, Piel, Joe Peppercorn”
Rosy Overdrive’s Top 25 EPs of 2021
2021 was a great EP year, by my estimation. Maybe it’s because the pandemic made EPs more practical vis-à-vis full-lengths to release than normal, maybe because I’m more in touch with smaller (and thus more likely to release EPs) bands than normal this year, but I liked a lot of EPs this year. I choseContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 25 EPs of 2021”
Pressing Concerns: Aeon Station, Beauty Pill, Ok Cowgirl, Shrimp Olympics
2021 is winding down. Music blogs sleep, their cookie-cutter year-end-lists hung as “do not disturb” signs until at least mid-January. Rosy Overdrive published its own Favorite Albums of 2021 list earlier this week (EPs forthcoming), but that’s no reason to ignore the brave few who have released new music in December (plus an October recordContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Aeon Station, Beauty Pill, Ok Cowgirl, Shrimp Olympics”
Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2021 (25-1)
Hello, readers! This is it–the final twenty-five records in Rosy Overdrive’s 100 favorites of the year. More context can be found in the first post if needed, but let me just say: these albums are all phenomenal. I loved more records this year than any other in a long time, and these 25 I lovedContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2021 (25-1)”
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