Lenny Kaye might hold the world record for the longest time between his first solo single and the arrival of his first solo album (non-compilation). Over 60 years ago he sang “Crazy Like A Fox” as Lin...

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A 1-4 player competitive board game where success depends on improvisation, creativity, and surgical precision. Travel the world, infiltrate exotic locations, and eliminate high-profile targets - but ...

In a power-pop landscape saturated with lo-fi experimentation, Matt Addison’s and his Mythical Motors solo recording project has quietly mastered the art of perfecting this genre for over two decad…

My older brother started it. Dave taught me about Rush in the 1970s and let me sit in his room listening to the Marantz stereo setup. I’d kick back with 2112 and read about the temples of Syrinx and i...

As an avid 90s music listener, one band I always felt that’s been overlooked, despite being a prominent band in the alternative rock and grunge world, was The Melvins. Their fifth and most popular rel...

The most important thing, whether you’re talking from a musician, performer, or music appreciator, is to retain that sense of wonder and that sense of connection for what drives your taste, but it’s a...

We would throw a few quarters into the jukebox (three plays for twenty five cents!), and play the same lineup each time. Led Zeppelin. Todd Rundgren. Bowie.

People! All I know about them has been gleaned from a few scattered blog posts across the internet: Formed by brothers Geoff and Robert Levin in 1966, People!’s star started rising in San Jose when a ...

Tucked away on the edge of Capitol Hill is a small unassuming bar. Warm red light emanates from the doorway, beckoning you in on a cold wet Seattle evening. Stepping through the door of Revolver Bar i...

It's a patcher inside a patcher. And that patcher has more patches that you can copy, randomize, and sequence. And in that patcher is a ton of glitchy goodness. PatchSeq, hot off the grill from Jeremy...

I’m a sucker for Christmas music. I start listening right after Halloween and will usually let it linger until New Year’s Day. My listening covers a wide expanse; I love the standards (the Drifter’s v...

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Here's a classic from Guided By Voices for your Thursday work day.  Listen to "I Am a Scientist" below, our Daily Jam.

Hey there, everyone! The Thursday Pressing Concerns for this week is looking at four records coming out tomorrow, July 25th: new albums from Editrix, Pretty Bitter, and Julian Cubillos, and a reiss…

This is a weekly showcase of notable music new and old. This week's playlist is "one inch punch to the birdhouse in your chest" by Curtis Reeves. You can fol...

Zac reviews Moon by Moon's debut LP 'It's So Nice in Here, Don't You Think So?' which drops Friday on Gardenhead Records

July 11th (which is tomorrow) is shaping up to be a big release week, and Pressing Concerns is on the scene documenting four of these imminent releases: new albums from Mal Blum, Allo Darlin’…

June 2025 playlist! Bunch of great new music, much of which has appeared on this blog before but you’ll see some new faces, too. Hopefully you’ll find something to take with you to your…

Over the next few years, I will snap up all the records I can find that make me feel like I do when I’m listening to Pet Sounds or All Summer Long. Of course, these other records can only fall short. ...