Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2024 (75-51)

Welcome to part two (of four) of Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2024! This post covers albums 75 through 51. For any and all background info, see part one. See also:Part One (100-76)Part Three (50-26)Part Four (25-1)Playlist links (Spotify) (Tidal) 75. Friko – Where We’ve Been, Where We Go From Here Release date: FebruaryContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2024 (75-51)”

Rosy Overdrive Label Watch 2024

Welcome to the third annual Rosy Overdrive Label Watch! In what I guess is a yearly tradition now, I check in on what a dozen (give or take) of my favorite modern labels have been up to the past few months, and pull a couple of highlights from each one. Rosy Overdrive is fully inContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive Label Watch 2024”

Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2024 So Far (Part 2 of 2)

If you’re only just now joining us: this is part two of my list of my favorite forty albums of 2024 thus far, presented in alphabetical order. Thanks for reading! View part one of the list here. Here are links to stream a playlist of these selections via Spotify and Tidal (Bandcamp links are providedContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2024 So Far (Part 2 of 2)”

New Playlist: May 2024

What a week! (and yes, I know it’s only Tuesday, Alec Baldwin). Yesterday, Pressing Concerns broke the 1,000-record barrier, and today we have the May 2024 playlist, two hours of absolutely stellar new music for you to peruse. Ethan Beck & The Charlie Browns, Ahem, and Mopar Stars have multiple songs on this playlist. HereContinue reading “New Playlist: May 2024”

Pressing Concerns: Vacation, Nihiloceros, Leah Callahan, Jon McKiel

We’re beginning the week with a Pressing Concerns full of records guaranteed to improve your Monday morning. New albums from Vacation, Nihiloceros, Leah Callahan, and Jon Mckiel (all of which came out last Friday, May 3rd) await you below. All four of these artists are new to Pressing Concerns, but they’re all great additions. IfContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Vacation, Nihiloceros, Leah Callahan, Jon McKiel”

Pressing Concerns: ADD/C, Johnnie Carwash, Miracleworker, L’appel Du Vide

A top-tier edition of Pressing Concerns awaits you today, pulling from a bunch of great records from the last month or so: new albums from ADD/C, Johnnie Carwash, and L’appel Du Vide, and a new EP from Miracleworker. You’d also probably enjoy yesterday’s post (featuring Dr. Sure’s Unusual Practice, Storm Clouds, Onceweresixty, and The SilverContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: ADD/C, Johnnie Carwash, Miracleworker, L’appel Du Vide”