Today in Pressing Concerns, we’re looking at new albums from Fred Thomas’ Idle Ray, Keen Dreams, and tvfordogs, as well as the new Cusp EP. Between this and the April playlist post that went up earlier this week, I’m pretty exhausted. Look for one or two smaller posts later this month, and some bigger fishContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Idle Ray, Keen Dreams, Cusp, tvfordogs”
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Pressing Concerns: Rosali, Dan Wriggins, Ganser, Mope City
I’m capping off an incredibly busy week at Rosy Overdrive with four new records to discuss on this Bandcamp Friday. Here, I talk about new albums from Rosali and Mope City, Dan Wriggins‘ Utah Phillips cover EP, and the Ganser remix EP. Also out today (May 7th) are new albums from Jacober and Oblivion Orchestra,Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: Rosali, Dan Wriggins, Ganser, Mope City”
Pressing Concerns: Guided by Voices, ‘Earth Man Blues’
Release date: April 30thRecord label: GBV, Inc.Genre: Power pop, post-punkFormats: Vinyl, CD, digitalPull track: How Can a Plumb Be Perfected? When Guided by Voices announced a new album made up of “rejected songs” at the beginning of this year, I thought it was destined to go down as a minor release in their heady catalog,Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: Guided by Voices, ‘Earth Man Blues’”
Pressing Concerns: Ross Ingram, Jacober, Oblivion Orchestra, Birthday Ass
Welcome to a special early-in-the-week edition of Pressing Concerns! Since we last spoke, a piece that I contributed to went up on the great Osmosis Tones blog. Zach Zollo (Mr. Tones himself) and I discuss a few bands we both think deserve more attention—in this issue, we discussed The Cleaners from Venus, Pere Ubu, Brainiac,Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: Ross Ingram, Jacober, Oblivion Orchestra, Birthday Ass”
Pressing Concerns: Olivia’s World, Ratboys, Dazy, Expert Timing, Squill
Pressing Concerns is back! Today I’m talking about new EPs by Olivia’s World, Dazy, and Expert Timing, the new old Ratboys album, and the latest from Squill. Not much in terms of housekeeping this time around, except to say that there may not be anything new on Rosy Overdrive next week, but several new postsContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Olivia’s World, Ratboys, Dazy, Expert Timing, Squill”
Pressing Concerns: Fishboy, This Is Lorelei, Oblivz, The Royal Arctic Institute
Pressing Concerns is back, this time talking about four new releases. I’m covering the newest LP from Fishboy, as well as EPs from This Is Lorelei, Oblivz, and The Royal Arctic Institute. As always, be sure to check out previous Pressing Concerns for more new music. Expect another one of these next week, and I’mContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Fishboy, This Is Lorelei, Oblivz, The Royal Arctic Institute”
Pressing Concerns: Eleventh Dream Day, ‘Since Grazed’
Release date: April 2nd (digital), August 7th (physical)Record label: Comedy Minus OneGenre: Indie goddamn rockFormats: Vinyl, digitalPull track: Since Grazed Eleventh Dream Day have carried on. They spawned from the 1980s indie underground in the surprisingly fertile musical hotbed of Louisville, Kentucky. They survived the nineties and its alt-rock major label gold rush, coming awayContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Eleventh Dream Day, ‘Since Grazed’”
Pressing Concerns: Stoner Control, 7-11 Jesus, Herzog, Snowhore
New Pressing Concerns, just in time for Bandcamp Friday! Today I talk about new albums from Stoner Control, 7-11 Jesus, and Herzog, as well as a reissue of Snowhore’s debut EP. It’s a smaller edition this time around, but I wanted to spotlight these four under-the-radar releases for the big Bandcamp holiday rather than holdingContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Stoner Control, 7-11 Jesus, Herzog, Snowhore”
Pressing Concerns: Personal Space, MJ Lenderman, Mo Troper, Fake Fruit, Really From, Nineteen Thirteen
Today in Pressing Concerns, I highlight new releases from Personal Space, MJ Lenderman, Mo Troper, Fake Fruit, Really From and Nineteen Thirteen. Also coming out today (March 26th) is Chart for the Solution by Writhing Squares, an album that I wrote about earlier this week. For even more new music, be sure to check outContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Personal Space, MJ Lenderman, Mo Troper, Fake Fruit, Really From, Nineteen Thirteen”
Pressing Concerns: Writhing Squares, ‘Chart for the Solution’
Release date: March 26thRecord label: Trouble in MindGenre: Space rock, psychedelic prog rockFormats: Vinyl, CD, digitalPull track: Geisterwaltz If phrases like “space rock odyssey”, “modern prog rock double LP”, and “psychedelic saxophone” pique your interest, then this Pressing Concerns is for you. Chart for the Solution earns all these descriptors, and more, over its 71-minuteContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Writhing Squares, ‘Chart for the Solution’”
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