Pressing Concerns: The Human Hearts, Dan Darrah & The Rain, The Age of Colored Lizards, Bounaly

We’re in the middle of year-end season on Rosy Overdrive: our 100 favorite albums of 2023 went up last week, and a smaller but still gobsmacking list of EPs will be going up later this week. Pressing Concerns presses on nonetheless, and today’s entry is anything but a postscript: this is a classic one, absolutelyContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: The Human Hearts, Dan Darrah & The Rain, The Age of Colored Lizards, Bounaly”

Pressing Concerns: Bory, Common Thread, STOP MVP, Music for Cooking

Yesterday and the day before, Rosy Overdrive published its Top 100 Albums of 2023. There’s a good chance you’ve read it; it’s a great list, so be sure to catch up on what you missed (unless you’ve already heard all 100 albums on there, in which case, reach out for a Rosy Overdrive commemorative plaque).Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: Bory, Common Thread, STOP MVP, Music for Cooking”

Pressing Concerns: Pespi, Cime, Joe Ziffer, Otis Shanty

It’s a Monday in December, and we’re kicking the week off with a good, old-fashioned classic edition of Pressing Concerns. New albums from Pespi and Joe Ziffer, a live album from Cime, and an EP from Otis Shanty are featured in this edition. This is the last Pressing Concerns before Rosy Overdrive’s Year-End List seasonContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Pespi, Cime, Joe Ziffer, Otis Shanty”

Pressing Concerns: Misophone, The Brights, Gabby’s World, Get Wrong

December is upon us, and before we dive into year-end list season, the first Friday of the last month of the year has a surprisingly stacked line-up of new releases for our collective consideration. I’ll be highlighting four of them below: new albums from Misophone, The Brights, and Gabby’s World, and a new EP fromContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Misophone, The Brights, Gabby’s World, Get Wrong”

Pressing Concerns: Neighboring Sounds, Dot Dash, Flat Mary Road, Colt Wave

I’m hoping all U.S.-based Rosy Overdrive readers had a nice holiday weekend. Since I’m guessing a lot of you missed the second post from last week (it went up the day before Thanksgiving and featured The Veldt, Feeling Figures, The Ground Is Lava, and The Anderson Tapes), I’ll go ahead and re-share it before weContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Neighboring Sounds, Dot Dash, Flat Mary Road, Colt Wave”

Pressing Concerns: The Veldt, Feeling Figures, The Ground Is Lava, The Anderson Tapes

Welcome to a Wednesday Pressing Concerns, the rarest of Pressing Concerns! Due to “Thanksgiving”, this post is going up a day early, so (to residents of the United States, at least) enjoy the holiday, and read about new music at the same time below. In this eclectic post, we have a new album from FeelingContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: The Veldt, Feeling Figures, The Ground Is Lava, The Anderson Tapes”

Pressing Concerns: The Terminal Buildings, Long Hair in Three Stages, Psychic Shakes, Dan Koshute

We’re kicking off the holiday week with a traditional Monday Pressing Concerns! We have a new compilation from The Terminal Buildings and new albums from Long Hair in Three Stages, Psychic Shakes, and Dan Koshute to look at today. Just a programming note: due to the American Thanksgiving holiday, the normal Thursday Pressing Concerns willContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: The Terminal Buildings, Long Hair in Three Stages, Psychic Shakes, Dan Koshute”

Pressing Concerns: Molly O’Malley, Frog, Wurld Series, Major Awards

This Thursday in November, Pressing Concerns rolls on uninhibited, offering up new albums from Frog and Wurld Series, a new EP from Major Awards, and a “mixtape” from none other than Molly O’Malley. Read on! If you’re looking for more new music, you can visit the site directory to see what else we’ve written aboutContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Molly O’Malley, Frog, Wurld Series, Major Awards”

Pressing Concerns: Royal Ottawa, Lonesome Joan, Cosmo Jimmy, Still Submarine

New Monday, new Pressing Concerns! This is sort of an odds-and-ends one, which are always sneakily my favorite ones to do: new albums from Royal Ottawa and Lonesome Joan, a previously-unreleased new-old album from Cosmo Jimmy, and an EP from Still Submarine are what you can expect below. If you’re looking for more new music,Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: Royal Ottawa, Lonesome Joan, Cosmo Jimmy, Still Submarine”

Pressing Concerns: Wet Dip, Grapes of Grain, Blue Stoplights, Layperson

The third and final installment of Pressing Concerns this week sets you up with three albums set to come out tomorrow (new long-players from Wet Dip, Blue Stoplights, and Layperson) and one that came out two days ago (the new Grapes of Grain album). With one major exception, this edition features a lot of laid-back,Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: Wet Dip, Grapes of Grain, Blue Stoplights, Layperson”