Pressing Concerns: Personal Space, The Rosie Varela Project, TJ Douglas, Teenage Tom Petties

Today’s Pressing Concerns looks at a new album from The Rosie Varela Project, a new EP from Personal Space, a re-released album from TJ Douglas, and an album from Teenage Tom Petties that’s actually shorter than the Personal Space EP. Rosy Overdrive’s May Playlist also went up this week, which I’d recommend checking out asContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Personal Space, The Rosie Varela Project, TJ Douglas, Teenage Tom Petties”

Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2021 (75-51)

Part two of the Rosy Overdrive year-end list! All the pertinent info (not that there is much, I mean, it’s a year-end list from a music blog) is in part one. See also:Part One (100-76)Part Three (50-26)Part Four (25-1)Spotify playlist of all the selections available on streaming 75. Mope City – Within the Walls ReleaseContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2021 (75-51)”

New Playlist: October 2021

The Rosy Overdrive monthly playlist is back! It’s the October edition this time! This one is very good, in my opinion! You will find plenty of new music here, as well as a few discoveries from my 1996 deep dive, and a couple of miscellaneous tracks. Artists with multiple tracks this time around: Mo TroperContinue reading “New Playlist: October 2021”

Pressing Concerns: Chime School, EEP, Gold Dust, Galactic Static

The November era of Pressing Concerns has begun! Today we’re looking at two records that come out this Friday—the debut from San Francisco’s Chime School, and the sophomore album from El Paso’s EEP—as well as two October highlights from Gold Dust and Galactic Static. If you’re looking for more new music, you can browse previousContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Chime School, EEP, Gold Dust, Galactic Static”

Pressing Concerns: Ross Ingram, Jacober, Oblivion Orchestra, Birthday Ass

Welcome to a special early-in-the-week edition of Pressing Concerns! Since we last spoke, a piece that I contributed to went up on the great Osmosis Tones blog. Zach Zollo (Mr. Tones himself) and I discuss a few bands we both think deserve more attention—in this issue, we discussed The Cleaners from Venus, Pere Ubu, Brainiac,Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: Ross Ingram, Jacober, Oblivion Orchestra, Birthday Ass”