As we enter into the second half of January, the end-of-year dead zone is trickling into what looks to be a busy February. Today’s post rounds up a few odds and ends from the first couple weeks of the year: new albums from Be Safe and Capsuna, and new EPs from Loto and Zowy. ThisContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Be Safe, Loto, Zowy, Capsuna”
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Pressing Concerns: Petit Bureau, PACKS, Heat Wrays, Swimming Bell
Welcome to Pressing Concerns, this fine Thursday in January. Today we’ve got four great albums hitting the shelves (physical, digital, or both) this week: new ones from Petit Bureau, PACKS, Heat Wrays, and Swimming Bell. If you missed Tuesday’s post, featuring Fust, Arcwelder, Knowso, and Still Ruins, check that one out here. If you’re lookingContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Petit Bureau, PACKS, Heat Wrays, Swimming Bell”
Pressing Concerns: Fust, Arcwelder, Knowso, Still Ruins
We’ve got two different Pressing Concerns going up this holiday-shortened week, and the first one’s a heater, featuring new albums from Arcwelder and Knowso, a compilation of EPs from Fust, and a new EP from Still Ruins. In other news, you can now browse the website by record label, which is a neat new featureContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Fust, Arcwelder, Knowso, Still Ruins”
Pressing Concerns: Tristan Dolce, Lily Seabird, Marking & Plating, Les Ailes
It’s the second week of January, and it’s time for the second Pressing Concerns of the new year! The first edition that entirely features music from 2024, today we’ve got new albums from Tristan Dolce, Lily Seabird, and Marking & Plating, plus an EP from Les Ailes, to look at. Monday’s blog post was theContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Tristan Dolce, Lily Seabird, Marking & Plating, Les Ailes”
Pressing Concerns: Pile, Fire Man, Kingbird, Yungatita
Welcome to the first Pressing Concerns of 2024! This is not the first blog post of the new year (the December 2023 playlist/round-up went up on Tuesday), but it’s the first one to (primarily) focus on music from the new year. In previous years, I’ve waited a couple weeks to re-start this column, but thereContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Pile, Fire Man, Kingbird, Yungatita”
Pressing Concerns: Mystery Danse, Gumfairy, Witching Waves, Postal Blue
Well, here we are. The final Pressing Concerns of 2023. We’re nearing the end of what’s been a banner week for the blog (featuring Rosy Overdrive’s Favorite Reissues and Compilations of 2023 on Tuesday, and a Pressing Concerns featuring Axis: Sova, Sugardeer, Cast of Thousands, and a Guided by Voices cover compilation on Wednesday), asContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Mystery Danse, Gumfairy, Witching Waves, Postal Blue”
Pressing Concerns: An Academy of Lies, Axis: Sova, Sugardeer, Cast of Thousands
Even though it’s the final week of 2023, we’ve got a surprisingly full schedule on the blog this week. Yesterday, we unveiled Rosy Overdrive’s Favorite Reissues and Compilations of 2023, and today we get another Pressing Concerns, featuring a new album from Axis: Sova, new EPs from Sugardeer and Cast of Thousands, and a GuidedContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: An Academy of Lies, Axis: Sova, Sugardeer, Cast of Thousands”
Pressing Concerns: Friends of Cesar Romero, Lee Baggett, Haint, Lose a Leg
In what I believe will be the penultimate Pressing Concerns of 2023, we look at two albums that are out this week from Lee Baggett and Haint, as well as two recent LPs from Friends of Cesar Romero and Lose a Leg. We’ll be back with the results of the reader’s poll, Favorite Reissues ofContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Friends of Cesar Romero, Lee Baggett, Haint, Lose a Leg”
Pressing Concerns: phoneswithBen, Charlène Darling, Ambulanz, Labasheeda
Rosy Overdrive isn’t done yet! We’re kicking off the second half of December with a brand-new Pressing Concerns featuring new albums from phoneswithchords and Ben Sooy, Charlène Darling, Ambulanz, and Labasheeda. We’ve still got the reissue/compilation list, the results of the Reader’s Poll (still open until Christmas), and at least one more Pressing Concerns toContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: phoneswithBen, Charlène Darling, Ambulanz, Labasheeda”
Pressing Concerns: Graham Hunt, Wishy, Aunt Katrina, Phantom Signals
It’s time to wrap up yet another busy week in December. This edition of Pressing Concerns features two records that come out tomorrow (a new album from Graham Hunt and a new EP from Wishy), and two EPs from the past couple of weeks in Aunt Katrina and Phantom Signals. Rosy Overdrive’s Top 25 EPsContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Graham Hunt, Wishy, Aunt Katrina, Phantom Signals”
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