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”
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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”
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”
Pressing Concerns: John’s Black Dirt, Distant Reader, Jose Israel, Hunger Anthem
Hey there, readers! It’s a big holiday week, but Rosy Overdrive is sending you to your various family gatherings and festivities with four more good records in tow. We have a vinyl release of a shelved mid-90s album from John’s Black Dirt, plus new albums from Distant Reader, Jose Israel, and Hunger Anthem for youContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: John’s Black Dirt, Distant Reader, Jose Israel, Hunger Anthem”
Pressing Concerns: Poem Rocket, Loose Koozies, Daydream Three, Dead Senses
Hey there, everyone! It’s a Thursday Pressing Concerns; usually, I’d be looking at new albums coming out tomorrow in this column, but because there isn’t anything coming out this Friday that I want to write about (that I’ve heard yet, at least), we’re instead looking at some records from November and earlier this month I’veContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Poem Rocket, Loose Koozies, Daydream Three, Dead Senses”
Pressing Concerns: Mystery Fix, Yuasa-Exide, Possum in My Room, Schande
Welcome to the second half of December! There’ll be more year-end wrapping up coming on the blog soon (hot on the heels of last week’s Top 100 Albums of 2024), but we’re starting off the week with a Pressing Concerns that pulls from a handful of underappreciated releases from the past couple of months: newContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Mystery Fix, Yuasa-Exide, Possum in My Room, Schande”
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