Pressing Concerns: Heavenly, Cheekface, Girls Know, Fantastic Purple Spots

Welcome to the last Pressing Concerns of January, and the first of the week! We’ve got a big couple of days ahead of us, starting off with today’s post, which looks at the new Cheekface album, new EPs from Girls Know and Fantastic Purple Spots, and a reissue of Heavenly‘s third album (which also includesContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Heavenly, Cheekface, Girls Know, Fantastic Purple Spots”

Pressing Concerns: Swansea Sound, Proper., Melancolony, Bark

Good morning, all! This Monday’s Pressing Concerns rounds up four great records from the past couple of weeks: new albums from Swansea Sound, Melancolony, and Bark, and a new EP from Proper.. Look for the August playlist to go up later this week, and the normal Thursday Pressing Concerns as well. For now, though, enjoyContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Swansea Sound, Proper., Melancolony, Bark”

Pressing Concerns: Heavenly, Pigeon Pit, Daisies, The Ashenden Papers

Welcome to Pressing Concerns! Today’s issue touches on two vinyl reissues from Heavenly and Pigeon Pit and two new albums from Daisies and The Ashenden Papers. Every record here is either from an Olympia, Washington band or has some kind of connection to Olympia, so that’s kind of neat! If you’re looking for more newContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Heavenly, Pigeon Pit, Daisies, The Ashenden Papers”

Rosy Overdrive’s Favorite Reissues and Compilations of 2022

Today, we’re closing out both Rosy Overdrive’s Year-End List season and 2022 as a whole with my favorite reissues and compilations from this year. As this list encompasses a fairly wide range of releases, it is unranked, unlike my Top Albums and Top EPs lists. Here are links to stream this list on various services:Continue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Favorite Reissues and Compilations of 2022”

Pressing Concerns: Heavenly, Gold Dust, Shaki Tavi, Thank You Lord for Satan

What’s this? It’s a Tuesday edition of Pressing Concerns! This one tackles an all-timer in Heavenly‘s recently reissued debut album, plus new albums from Gold Dust, Shaki Tavi, and Thank Your Lord for Satan. If you’re looking for more new music, you can browse previous editions of Pressing Concerns or visit the site directory. IfContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Heavenly, Gold Dust, Shaki Tavi, Thank You Lord for Satan”

New Playlist: August 2021

The August edition of the Rosy Overdrive playlist has landed, for all your reading and listening needs! 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. The Cocker Spaniels, MJ Lenderman, and Wednesday all have two songs on theContinue reading “New Playlist: August 2021”

New Playlist: April 2021

At long last, the Rosy Overdrive “songs I enjoyed listening to in April 2021, not necessarily released in April 2021 but obviously there’s a lot of overlap” overview has gone live. Featuring: plenty of songs from albums/EPs that I’ve already written about on this blog, new music from upcoming releases I hope to cover furtherContinue reading “New Playlist: April 2021”