Pressing Concerns: Vulture Feather, Billy Joel Jr., Shande (שאַנדע), Dorothy

Welcome to a normal old Thursday Pressing Concerns. This is probably the last “upcoming records” one of the year, but there’ll be a few miscellaneous ones before we wrap 2025 up. Speaking of wrapping 2025 up, Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2025 went up earlier this week! If you missed it somehow, you’ll wantContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Vulture Feather, Billy Joel Jr., Shande (שאַנדע), Dorothy”

Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2025 (25-1)

Here we are! Rosy Overdrive’s 25 favorite albums of 2025, revealed today along with albums 50 through 26, and coming a day after albums 51 through 100. By my count, I wrote about 343 albums on the blog this year (not counting a few posts that have yet to be published), so these are reallyContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2025 (25-1)”

Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2025 So Far (Part 1 of 2)

Hello there, and welcome to the midway mark of 2025, I suppose (basically, I noticed other websites putting up their mid-year favorites and thought “well, guess I better start getting mine together now!”). Below, you’ll find forty records that RO loved more than anything else so far this year. Of course, there’s a bunch ofContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 40 Albums of 2025 So Far (Part 1 of 2)”

New Playlist: February 2025

It’s the February 2025 playlist! The year is in full swing, and this playlist reflects it, as it’s almost entirely culled from the new year. You’ll recognize a lot of these songs from Pressing Concerns, but there’s plenty of material that’d be new to even the most regular readers as well. Jordan Krimston and CheekfaceContinue reading “New Playlist: February 2025”

Pressing Concerns: Frog, Vulture Feather, Cathedrale, Night Collectors

Happy Valentine’s Day’s Eve! Tomorrow (February 14th) is shaping up to be a pretty big day for new music, and Rosy Overdrive is looking at a few of these upcoming records today: new albums from Frog, Vulture Feather, Cathedrale, and Night Collectors. Be sure to check out the previous posts from this week (Monday’s PressingContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Frog, Vulture Feather, Cathedrale, Night Collectors”

Pressing Concerns: Is/Ought Gap, Rave Ami, Vulture Feather, Oort Clod

Time to begin the week with some new music! Today’s Pressing Concerns features three records that came out last week–a long overdue reissue/compilation of material from 1980s post-punk group Is/Ought Gap, a new album from Oort Clod, and an EP from Vulture Feather–plus an album from Rave Ami that came out last month. If you’reContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Is/Ought Gap, Rave Ami, Vulture Feather, Oort Clod”

Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2023 (100-76)

We’re finally here! Welcome to the fourth annual (and third annual ranked version of) Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of the Year. Today, albums 51 through 100 are being posted, and tomorrow (Wednesday, December 6th), the top 50 will be revealed. Wow! So much great music! Thank you to anyone reading this list, anyone whoContinue reading “Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2023 (100-76)”

Pressing Concerns: Generifus, Cal Rifkin, Vulture Feather, The Stools

It’s time for Pressing Concerns, to be sure. Today’s post features new albums from Generifus, Vulture Feather, and The Stools, and a new EP from Cal Rifkin. If you missed Tuesday’s post, featuring PONY, Parister, Good Looking Son, and Kicking Bird, check that one out too. If you’re looking for more new music, you canContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Generifus, Cal Rifkin, Vulture Feather, The Stools”