In the fifth installment of Pressing Concerns, I highlight new albums by Mister Goblin, Nightshift, The Hold Steady, and Styrofoam Winos, and also discuss a compilation cassette of Kittyhawk’s non-LP material and the 25th anniversary reissue and remaster of Bailter Space’s Wammo. Be sure to check out previous editions of Pressing Concerns for more goodContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Mister Goblin, Nightshift, Kittyhawk, The Hold Steady, Styrofoam Winos, Bailter Space”
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Pressing Concerns: The Crowd Scene, Anika Pyle, Longstocking, The Fragiles, The Boys with the Perpetual Nervousness
We are back again! In this fourth, mid-February installment of Pressing Concerns, I highlight the third album from Virginia’s The Crowd Scene, the first solo record from Anika Pyle (Katie Ellen/Chumped), the second album from janglers The Boys with the Perpetual Nervousness, the reissue of 90’s queercore band Longstocking’s discography, and a new release fromContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: The Crowd Scene, Anika Pyle, Longstocking, The Fragiles, The Boys with the Perpetual Nervousness”
Pressing Concerns: Editrix, Yasmin Williams, Captain Frederickson, Hello Whirled
We’ve broached February, and I am once again here to tell you about the good music from the recent past, present, and future. The third installment of Pressing Concerns is a little smaller than the first two, but let’s just say we’re dealing with a “quality over quantity” scenario (which is somewhat amusing considering theContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Editrix, Yasmin Williams, Captain Frederickson, Hello Whirled”
Pressing Concerns: Tucker Riggleman & The Cheap Dates, Subsonic Eye, Palberta, Dave Scanlon, Cub Scout Bowling Pins, Kiwi Jr.
The first month of 2021 is about to be wrapped up, and I’m back to tell you about the albums I enjoyed the most over the past few weeks. In this installment of Pressing Concerns, I review the debut LP of Tucker Riggleman & The Cheap Dates, Kiwi Jr.‘s avoidance of the sophomore slump, left-turnContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Tucker Riggleman & The Cheap Dates, Subsonic Eye, Palberta, Dave Scanlon, Cub Scout Bowling Pins, Kiwi Jr.”
Pressing Concerns: Cheekface, Fuvk, Camp Trash, Cicala, Squitch, Matthew Sweet
It’s January again, which doesn’t actually mean anything in and of itself, but it does coincide with this post about some albums I’ve liked from the baby new year. I hadn’t really planned on giving much attention to this year’s new albums until February at earliest, but here I am barely halfway through the firstContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Cheekface, Fuvk, Camp Trash, Cicala, Squitch, Matthew Sweet”
Nine EPs I enjoyed from 2020
If nine EPs isn’t enough 2020 music for you, I encourage you to check out my four-part best albums of 2020 overview. Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires – 2-4-6-8 Motorway Release date: October 30thRecord label: Don Giovanni RecordsGenre: Southern rock, punk rockPull track: The Company Man (Acoustic)Synopsis: No new original songs here, unfortunately,Continue reading “Nine EPs I enjoyed from 2020”
My 100 Favorite Albums from 2020 (Part 4 of 4)
Remember Part 1? Part 2? Part 3? Let’s go! Tobin Sprout – Empty Horses Release date: September 18th Record label: Fire Records Genre: Folk, alt-country Pull track: Every Sweet Soul Synopsis: Well, this is certainly a left turn from the former Guided by Voices contributor. Instead of the fuzzy psych-garage-pop of that band and hisContinue reading “My 100 Favorite Albums from 2020 (Part 4 of 4)”
My 100 Favorite Albums from 2020 (Part 3 of 4)
Link to Part 1 Here Link to Part 2 Here And we barrel forward. Exciting, right? Brian Mietz – Panzarotti Release date: March 2nd Record label: Self-released Genre: Pop rock, power pop Pull track: Hollyweed Synopsis: I don’t really know much about Brian Mietz, except for the fact that he’s a poster artist and he’sContinue reading “My 100 Favorite Albums from 2020 (Part 3 of 4)”
My 100 Favorite Albums from 2020 (Part 2 of 4)
View Part 1 here. Frankie Valet – Waterfowl Release date: February 7th Record label: It Takes Time Records Genre: Bedroom/garage punk/rock/pop Pull track: Engulfed Synopsis: This is one of those exciting albums by young bands where they’re throwing a bunch of stuff at the wall and you’re just along for the ride. There’s the dreamContinue reading “My 100 Favorite Albums from 2020 (Part 2 of 4)”
My 100 Favorite Albums from 2020 (Part 1 of 4)
Congrats on randomly stumbling onto this list. All of these albums are worth a listen, but I’ve done you the courtesy of giving you a CliffsNotes version of all of them if you wanna be choosey. I will also note that I got a little better at doing this as I made it further along,Continue reading “My 100 Favorite Albums from 2020 (Part 1 of 4)”
Rosy Overdrive 