Hello, everyone! The Thursday Pressing Concerns is here, and it’s got four great records coming out tomorrow, January 24th: new LPs from Charm School, Laundromat Chicks, Open Head, and Expose. It ended up being a pretty noise rock-heavy edition, so get ready for some low-end below. Also, if you missed Tuesday’s blog post (featuring TheContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Charm School, Laundromat Chicks, Open Head, Expose”
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Pressing Concerns: The Gentle Spring, Little Oso, Teen Driver, Prism Shores
Hello everyone! It’s a Monday Pressing Concerns on a Tuesday (yes, I took a day off for the U.S. holiday; it’s still January, after all). This post looks at four great records that came out last week: new albums from The Gentle Spring, Little Oso, and Prism Shores, and a new EP from Teen Driver.Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: The Gentle Spring, Little Oso, Teen Driver, Prism Shores”
Pressing Concerns: Pigeon Pit, 20/20, Flora Hibberd, Some Fear
Hello! Hi! Welcome to the Thursday Pressing Concerns! It feels like the first “big” week for new music of 2025 is upon us, and today’s blog post looks at three records that come out tomorrow (January 17th) from Pigeon Pit, 20/20, and Flora Hibberd, as well as an album from Some Fear that comes outContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Pigeon Pit, 20/20, Flora Hibberd, Some Fear”
Pressing Concerns: Pacing, ‘Songs’
Release date: January 7thRecord label: Asian ManGenre: Anti-folk, indie pop, bedroom pop, singer-songwriter, indie folk, tweeFormats: CD, digital Those of you who were following this blog in 2023 may remember Pacing from their album Real poetry is always about plants and birds and trees and the animals and milk and honey breathing in the pinkContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Pacing, ‘Songs’”
Pressing Concerns: Good Flying Birds, All My Friends Are Cats, Moscow Puzzles, CuVa Bimö
We’ve already reached the third week (and second full week) of January; 2025 is really starting to come into focus, at least in terms of music. This Monday Pressing Concerns brings us four records that have already come out this year: a compilation cassette from Good Flying Birds, new albums from Moscow Puzzles and CuVaContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Good Flying Birds, All My Friends Are Cats, Moscow Puzzles, CuVa Bimö”
Pressing Concerns: Cindy, Rotundos, TDA, zzzahara
It’s the first Pressing Concerns of 2025! This Thursday post has a nice mix of records that have either come out since the beginning of the year or are slated to be released tomorrow (January 10th). We’ve got new albums from Rotundos and zzzahara, a vinyl release of the debut album from TDA (titsdickass), andContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Cindy, Rotundos, TDA, zzzahara”
The Rosy Overdrive 2024 Reader’s Poll: Results
The second annual Rosy Overdrive Reader’s Poll has now been summed, tallied, and assembled! We asked you about your favorite albums, songs, EPs and label of the year, and we got fifty-seven different responses! These ballots included 377 different albums, 394 different songs, 87 different EPs, and 33 different record labels. Just like last year,Continue reading “The Rosy Overdrive 2024 Reader’s Poll: Results”
Pressing Concerns: MOVIELAND, W-2, Austin Leonard Jones, Unforced Levers
Alright, here we are on New Year’s Eve, with the last Pressing Concerns of 2024. There literally can’t be another one; it’s the last day of the year! I have to stop! But before we ring in 2025, we’re looking at a pair of reissues that came out late this year from MOVIELAND and W-2,Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: MOVIELAND, W-2, Austin Leonard Jones, Unforced Levers”
Pressing Concerns: Assistant, Boyracer, Attract Mode, Shoplifter
It is (glances at calendar) New Year’s Eve’s Eve, and we’re still fitting in albums from 2024 in Pressing Concerns before the calendar flips (and we aren’t completely done with this year yet, so stay tuned). This time, we’ve got new albums from Assistant, Boyracer, and Attract Mode, plus the debut EP from Shoplifter. EndContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Assistant, Boyracer, Attract Mode, Shoplifter”
Rosy Overdrive’s Favorite Reissues and Compilations of 2024
Today, we’re closing out Rosy Overdrive’s 2024 editorial lists with my favorite reissues and compilations from this year. As this list encompasses a fairly wide range of releases, it is unranked, unlike my Top Albums and Top EPs lists. This isn’t the end of all year-end lists on the site, however: the results of theContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Favorite Reissues and Compilations of 2024”
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