What a giant release week. I think there’s 29 international albums/EPs on this one. Way too much to fully listen in one weekend, but here’s what I managed to put together.
Will Stratton made the album of the week. I’ve loved that album since I first heard it a month or two ago. A work of art. AOTY quality. There’s other special gems too. I mean Fust. Hell yeah. What a record. And The Burning Hell, Clara Mann, Reb Fountain, Jason Isbell. Oh dear what a week. Then there’s also Carter Felker, Darci Phenix, Ryan Necci and The Buffalo Gospel (EP), Tobacco City, Kris Delmhorst, Benmont Tench, Arny Margret, Chris Brain, Fine China, Silver Synthetic, Star 99, Consumables, Charles Moothart (EP), Donna Allen, The Tubs, The Medium (EP), LAKE, Sylvie Lewis, Justin Jeansonne, Bob Mould, Dylan Golden Aycock, Nick Garza’s Get Along (EP) and Haroula Rose & Oliver Hill.
A bit more quiet on the Finnish side of things, but we do have EPs from Kissa and Hanhani and an album from Hanna-Maria Lifländer. Plus singles gold from Tender Lakes, Kaikki turhat haaveet, 1980 AD and JUNTTU.
New Kassi Valazza is the international single of the week. Can’t wait to hear the new album. Other early faves came from Dean Johnson, Steady Holiday, Patton Magee, Hectorine, Chad Price Peace Coalition, Jay Gonzalez, Jerry David DeCicca, Coltt Winter Lepley.. again just to name a few.
That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Sorry for everything I forgot to include. This week was too much for one man to handle. Good luck to everyone who tries to listen this whole thing. Love.
1. Will Stratton – Delta Breeze (Points of Origin, Bella Union / Ruination Record Co)
2. Fust – Gateleg (Big Ugly, Dear Life Records)
3. The Burning Hell – Summer Olympics (Ghost Palace, BB*Island / You’ve Changed Records)
4. Clara Mann – Rift (Rift, The State51 Conspiracy)
5. Reb Fountain – How Love Bends (How Love Bends, Fountain Records)
6. Darci Phenix – In Plain Sight (Sable, Get Loud Recordings)
7. Jason Isbell – True Believer (Foxes in the Snow, Southeastern Records / Thirty Tigers)
8. Carter Felker – Piece of Time (Loser, Department Store Records)
9. Ryan Necci and The Buffalo Gospel – Pretty Good Way To Go (The Letting GO: Part 1 EP)
10. Tobacco City – Fruit From the Vine (Horses, Scissor Tail Records)
11. Kris Delmhorst feat Jabe Beyer – Ghosts in the Garden (Ghosts in the Garden)
12. Arny Margret – Greyhound Station (I Miss You, I Do, One Little Independent)
13. Chris Brain – New Dying Day (New Light, Big Sun Records)
14. Benmont Tench – Under the Starlight (The Melancholy Season, Dark Horse Records)
15. Silver Synthetic – Yr Gonna Be Happy (Rosalie, Curation Records)
16. Charles Moothart – The Path (I’d Like to Follow) (Chaotic Shimmer EP, In the Red Records)
17. The Tubs – Strange (Cotton Crown, Trouble in Mind Records)
18. The Medium – Me and My Glove (Sports! EP, Earth Libraries)
19. Star 99 – Simulator (Gaman, Lauren Records)
20. Fine China – Like it Or Not (I Felt Called, Velvet Blue Music)
21. Consumables– Ten Toes Down (Infinite Games, Fierce Panda Records)
22. Bob Mould – When Your Heart is Broken (Here We Go Crazy, Granary Music / BMG)
23. Donna Allen – Naked, Biological, Free (Atom-ic Citizen of the Dying Empire, Ever/Never)
24. LAKE feat Nicholas Krgovich – Glad Rags (Bucolic Gone, Don Giovanni Records)
25. Dylan Golden Aycock – No New Summers (No New Summers, Feeding Tube Records / Worried Songs)
26. Haroula Rose & Oliver Hill – Humanist (Cycles, Ba Da Bing!)
27. Sylvie Lewis – Ordinary (Lives Wisely, Clover Music Group)
28. Nick Garza’s Get Along – Silver to Hold (Silver to Hold EP)
29. Justin Jeansonne – Little Jake (Little Jake, Warpaint Records)
30. Patton Magee – Be On Time (single)
31. Dean Johnson – Blue Moon (single, Saddle Creek)
32. Kassi Valazza – Your Heart’s a Tin Box (single, Loose Music / Fluff & Gravy Records)
33. Dean Wareham – Yesterday’s Hero (single, Carpark Records)
34. Steady Holiday – Seasonal Optimism (single)
35. Case Oats – Seventeen (single, Merge Records)
36. Hanna-Maria Lifländer – The Bucket Song (Supernumeraries)
37. Hanhani – Oma huone (Oma Huone EP, HanHan Music)
38. Kissa – Katoava kesä (POP // ROCK EP, Svart Records)
39. Kaikki turhat haaveet – Leskenlehdet (single, Minna Records)
40. 1980 AD – Rotta (single, Alakulttuuritalo)
41. Tender Lakes – Unforced Terror (single, Tinder Mistakes Music)
42. JUNTTU – Yellowhouse (single)
43. Robert Forster – Strawberries (single, Tapete Records)
44. Jerry David DeCicca feat BJ Cole – Knives (single)
45. Damien Jurado – The Last Great Washington State (single, Maraqopa Records)
46. Kyle Cox – I’m Doin’ Fine (single)
47. Mae Powell – Rope You In (single, Karma Chief Records)
48. Hectorine – Is Love an Illusion? (single, Take a Turn Records)
49. Jay Gonzalez – Invitation (single, Chunklet Industries)
50. Sloan Brothers – Off the Record (single, Chunklet Industries)
51. The High Water Marks – Postcard (single, Meritorio Records)
52. Smug Brothers – Take It Out On Me (single, Anyway Records)
53. Chad Price Peace Coalition – A.M. (single, Sofaburn Records / Double Helix Records)
54. Rodeo Boys – All American Man (single, Don Giovanni Records)
55. Graham Hunt – I Just Need Enough (single, Run for Cover Records)
56. Alien Boy – Changes (single, Get Better Records)
57. King Husky – Wish I Had a Dog (single, Hype City Music)
58. Jeremy Bradley Earl – Let the Snow Fall (single, Woodsist)
59. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – The World Doesn’t Need Another Band (single, Fire Records)
60. Lucky Cloud – Invitation (single, Ruination Record Co)
61. Butler, Blake & Grant – The 90’s (single, 355 Recordings)
62. Matthew McNeal – Sad Songs (single, Matte Black Sound Company)
63. Coltt Winter Lepley – The Bandito (single, Keystone Artist Connect)
64. Charley Crockett – Jamestown Ferry (single, Island Records)
65. Travis Feutz – Outlaws & Armadillos (single)
66. The Pendulum Hearts – A Song for Phaedrus (single)
67. Toria Wooff – See Things Through (single, Sloe Flower Records)
68. Ken Pomeroy – Days Getting Darker (single, Rounder Records)
69. Valerie June – Sweet Things Just For You (single, Concord Records)
70. I’m With Her – Ancient Light (single, Rounder Records)
71. Caroline Spence – The Sound of You (single, Tone Tree Music)
72. Paige Hargrove – Big Sky (single)
73. Pitney Meyer – Blue Water (single, Curb Records)
74. Cameron Knowler – Secret Water (single)
75. Trevor Beld Jimenez – Storms (single, Gertrude Street Records)
76. The Hard Quartet – Lies (Something You Can Do) (single, Matador Records)
77. Destroyer – Cataract Time (single, Merge Records)
78. Will Fox – I Still Believe In You (single, Second Wind Records)
79. I Am Oak – No Known Known (single, Snowstar Records)
80. Laura Fell – Outlines (single)
81. Peter Donovan – Last Dance (single)
82. Anthony Ruptak – Ptarmigan (single)
83. Dillon Warnek – Other People’s Money (single, Soggy Anvil Records)
84. The Bones of J.R. Jones – Savages (single, Tone Tree Music)
85. Lou Hazel – Long Sleeve Summer (Riot of the Red, Superboco)
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A few Bandcamp cuts for the lovely non-streamers:
Oh and do buy the vinyl/cd/download. Spotify and other streaming services are perfect for these introductory purposes, but try to buy at least the music that matter the most to you
I’ll make the playlist on Spotify and then transfer it to other platforms. This means a few tracks might be missing from the from the other platforms, if they are not available there. Oh and there’s a bunch of older episodes on my Spotify profile, if you miss an episode or want to revisit.
