Pressing Concerns: Coffin Pricks, Steve Drizos, Soft Screams, dreamTX

The second Pressing Concerns of the week is a nice and eclectic one: here, we’ve got a couple of albums that came out last month (from Steve Drizos and Soft Screams), a vinyl re-release of last year’s dreamTX album, and a compilation collecting the entire recorded output (plus some live material) of the short-lived CoffinContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Coffin Pricks, Steve Drizos, Soft Screams, dreamTX”

Pressing Concerns: An Academy of Lies, Axis: Sova, Sugardeer, Cast of Thousands

Even though it’s the final week of 2023, we’ve got a surprisingly full schedule on the blog this week. Yesterday, we unveiled Rosy Overdrive’s Favorite Reissues and Compilations of 2023, and today we get another Pressing Concerns, featuring a new album from Axis: Sova, new EPs from Sugardeer and Cast of Thousands, and a GuidedContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: An Academy of Lies, Axis: Sova, Sugardeer, Cast of Thousands”

New Playlist: September 2023

Hello! It sure is October now, which means we’re wrapping up September with a good, old-fashioned round-up post. You’ll notice a fair selection of songs from 1993 in this one; if that particular section of this post intrigues you, stay tuned in the upcoming weeks for more on music from that era. Otherwise, the stuffContinue reading “New Playlist: September 2023”

Pressing Concerns: Coventry, The Garment District, Soft Screams, Guest Directors

This is a good blog post! Okay, we’ve gotten that out of the way–now that you’re fully on board, we can start discussing new albums from Coventry, The Garment District, Soft Screams, and Guest Directors. Although only one of these acts (Soft Screams) has appeared in Pressing Concerns before, you’ll find plenty of friendly facesContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Coventry, The Garment District, Soft Screams, Guest Directors”

New Playlist: November 2022

Welcome to the November edition of Pressing Concerns! This is the last post on Rosy Overdrive before year-end list time begins–yes, you’ll see some of the bands here again soon. Also present here are a few more selections from my 1997 deep dive, which should continue into next month as well. Kevin Dorff is theContinue reading “New Playlist: November 2022”

Pressing Concerns: Supercrush, Kamikaze Nurse, Gabriel’s Dawn, Soft Screams

This week’s Pressing Concerns covers a new EP from Supercrush, plus new albums from Kamikaze Nurse, Gabriel’s Dawn, and Soft Screams. Look for more albums out this week to show up in next week’s edition of Pressing Concerns. And the May playlist will go up…at some point. If you’re looking for more new music, youContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Supercrush, Kamikaze Nurse, Gabriel’s Dawn, Soft Screams”

New Playlist: April 2022

Welcome to the April 2022 edition of the Rosy Overdrive playlist, which presents to you more than two hours’ worth of good, mostly new (but with some exceptions) music. Glad you could make it! Joyride!, Golden Boots, MJ Lenderman, and Sadurn get multiple songs on the playlist this time around (Oceanator and Allison Crutchfield alsoContinue reading “New Playlist: April 2022”