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”
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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”
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”
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