Hey there! It may be a holiday week, but I’m planning on making it a full one nonetheless, and we’re beginning with a Pressing Concerns featuring new albums from Abe Savas, City Planners, and The Whimbrels, plus an archival collection from Ella Hanshaw. Check it out! If you’re looking for more new music, you canContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Abe Savas, Ella Hanshaw, City Planners, The Whimbrels”
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Pressing Concerns: Lightheaded, HLLLYH, Ryli, Jeanines
Happy Thursday! Tomorrow (June 27th), plenty of good new records will be released, and this blog post looks at four of them: new albums from Lightheaded, HLLLYH, Ryli, and Jeanines. It’s an indie pop-heavy edition! If you missed either of this week’s earlier blog posts (Monday’s Pressing Concerns featured Six Flags Guy, Dave J. Andrae,Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: Lightheaded, HLLLYH, Ryli, Jeanines”
Pressing Concerns: The Stick Figures, Hectorine, Grey Causeway, Docents
Round two, on a Tuesday! Today’s Pressing Concerns brings us an archival album from The Stick Figures, a new EP from Docents, and new albums from Hectorine and Grey Causeway. If you missed yesterday’s blog post (featuring Six Flags Guy, Dave J. Andrae, Nac/Hut Report, and Peaceful Faces), be sure to check that one out,Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: The Stick Figures, Hectorine, Grey Causeway, Docents”
Pressing Concerns: Six Flags Guy, Dave J. Andrae, Nac/Hut Report, Peaceful Faces
This very hot Monday in June will soon be a little more bearable, thanks to the albums in this week’s first Pressing Concerns. We’ve got new albums from Six Flags Guy, Nac/Hut Report, and Peaceful Faces below, as well as a career-spanning compilation featuring the various bands and projects of one Dave J. Andrae. ReadContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Six Flags Guy, Dave J. Andrae, Nac/Hut Report, Peaceful Faces”
Pressing Concerns: The Feelies, Whitney’s Playland, Michael Robert Chadwick, Little Mazarn
Happy Juneteeth, everybody! Perhaps because of the holiday, it appears like this Friday (6/20) is a bit of a light week in terms of new music, but since there were enough upcoming releases I wanted to write about to make a full Pressing Concerns, we’re doing it anyway! We have an archival album from TheContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: The Feelies, Whitney’s Playland, Michael Robert Chadwick, Little Mazarn”
Pressing Concerns: Emery / The Western Expanse, Nape Neck, W. Cullen Hart and Andrew Rieger, Frizbee
For the second Pressing Concerns of the week, we’re looking at a full-discography reissue of the intertwined bands Emery and The Western Expanse, an archival collaborative EP from Will Cullen Hart and Andrew Rieger, and new albums from Nape Neck and Frizbee. There’s something in here for you! Yesterday, the blog looked at new musicContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Emery / The Western Expanse, Nape Neck, W. Cullen Hart and Andrew Rieger, Frizbee”
Pressing Concerns: Hallelujah the Hills, Can’t Stop It!, Idiot Mambo, Drunken Prayer
Hey there, welcome to the first Pressing Concerns of the week! It’s a big one; we have a new album that’s actually four albums by Hallelujah the Hills, a compilation of early Australian post-punk music from Chapter Music, and new LPs from Idiot Mambo and Drunken Prayer. This should keep you busy! If you’re lookingContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Hallelujah the Hills, Can’t Stop It!, Idiot Mambo, Drunken Prayer”
Pressing Concerns: WPTR, Graham Hunt, Autos, Subsonic Eye
Welcome to the Thursday Pressing Concerns, which also happens to be the first Pressing Concerns of the week (an uncommon occurrence)! We have new albums from WPTR, Graham Hunt, and Subsonic Eye, plus the debut EP from Autos, below. The first half of this week was devoted to unveiling Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums ofContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: WPTR, Graham Hunt, Autos, Subsonic Eye”
Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2025 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 of 2025 thus far, presented in reverse alphabetical order. Thanks for reading! View part one of the list here. Here are links to stream a playlist of these selections via Spotify and Tidal (Bandcamp links areContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2025 So Far (Part 2 of 2)”
Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2025 So Far (Part 1 of 2)
Hello there, and welcome to the midway mark of 2025, I suppose (basically, I noticed other websites putting up their mid-year favorites and thought “well, guess I better start getting mine together now!”). Below, you’ll find forty records that RO loved more than anything else so far this year. Of course, there’s a bunch ofContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2025 So Far (Part 1 of 2)”
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