Another week, another new music weekly.
And also another great release week. A new Caleb Stine album was a happy surprise, because I wasn’t aware of such beauty coming out. That was my top pick of the week along with new albums from Natalie Jane Hill, Emily Scott Robinson and Charlotte Cornfield. They can all share that imaginary album of the week title. That’s not all though. We also got new ones from Mr. Alec Bowman_Clarke (EP), Hayes Carll, Mick Mullin, Lilli Lewis, Chris Kasper (EP), Lunar Vacation, Travis Feutz (EP), Melanie Beth Curran, Liz Jones & Broken Windows (Spotify just has the gorgeous single, so go to Bandcamp for the full album), Fortitude Valley, Alcopops (EP), Marissa Nadler, Billy Bragg, Pauline Andres (reissue), Charissa Hoffman (EP), Brandy Zdan, Anna Vincent, Eleanor Buckland and Simon Linsteadt (EP).
The Finnish section is a bit short this time around. It’s led by the wonderful Linda Fredriksson album and also contains singles from Palor and Color Dolor. Plus revisits last week’s gorgeous Tvärtom album. I’m sure there had to be more.
And finally the international singles and there was so much love in this category. The Delines, Hurray For the Riff Raff and Jake Xerxes Fussell all announced new albums and released first outtakes. This is big deal. Julie Doiron and Charles Wesley Godwin released further greatness from their forthcoming albums and a long time blog favorite Matt Paxton released a great new song. Oh yeah and there’s a new double single from the magnificent Annika Norlin (Hello Saferide / Säkert). I’m a big fan, so that was a pleasant surprise. Somehow I had missed the new Apollo Flowerchild single earlier this month, but it’s here now and it’s so damn good. And that’s of course just to name a few. You’ll find them all below.
That’s it for this week. Love from a distance.
1. Caleb Stine – Looking for Someone to Love (The Life and Times of a Handyman, 2021)
2. Emily Scott Robinson – If Trouble Comes a Lookin’ (American Siren, Oh Boy Records, 2021)
3. Natalie Jane Hill – Little Teeth (Solely, Dear Life Records, 2021)
4. Charlotte Cornfield – Pac-Man (High in the Minuses, Double Double Whammy / Polyvinyl Records, 2021)
5. Matt Paxton – Let’s Rock N’ Roll Again (single, Down By the Point Records, 2021)
6. Mr. Alec Bowman_Clarke – The Ghost Of Mistakes (A Place Like Home EP, Corduroy Punk, 2021)
7. Julie Doiron – Darkness to Light (single, You’ve Changed Records, 2021)
8. The Delines – Little Earl (single, El Cortez, 2021)
9. Lilli Lewis feat Gina Forsyth – Piece Of Mine (Americana, Louisiana Red Hot Records, 2021)
10. Jake Xerxes Fussell – Love Farewell (single, Paradise of Bachelors, 2021)
11. Hurray For the Riff Raff – Rhododendron (single, Nonesuch Records, 2021)
12. Hayes Carll – Nice Things (You Get It All, Dualtone, 2021)^
13. Charles Wesley Godwin – Temporary Town (single, 2021)
14. Mick Mullin – Thank God They Closed the Honky Tonks (Mullin’ It Over, 2021)
15. Chris Kasper – Coffee & Weed (Stowaways Vol 1, Tone Tree, 2021)
16. Melanie Beth Curran – San Francisco Serenade (San Benedito Beach, 2021)
17. The Roseline – Catalpa (single, RPH Records, 2021)
18. Travis Feutz – Life Without Parole (Country Music Forever EP, 2021)
19. Jaimee Harris – Keep Me On Your Mind (single, 2021)
20. Liz Jones & The Broken Windows – Call Centre Blues (Bricks and Martyrs, 2021)
21. Dakota Theim – Never Give Up On Your Love (single, 2021)
22. Lunar Vacation – Peddler (Inside Every Wig is a Dead Wasp, Keeled Scales, 2021)
23. Fortitude Valley – Forget About Me (Fortitude Valley, Fika Recordings, 2021)
24. Century Egg – Moving On (single, Forward Music Group, 2021)
25. Alcopops – Sin (Devil EP, Kangalss Krall Records, 2021)
26. Apollo Flowerchild – The Lights Are Flickering Again! (single, 2021)
27. The High Water Marks – Proclaimer of Things (single, Minty Fresh, 2021)
28. Billy Bragg – Should Have Seen It Coming (The Million Things That Never Happened, Cooking Vinyl, 2021)
29. Annika Norlin – Hydra (single, Razzia, 2021)
30. Lena Minder – Fear of Falling (single, 2021)
31. Tele Novella – Adventures Close to Home (single, Kill Rock Stars, 2021)
32. Mapache – Worship the Sun (single, Innovative Leisure, 2021)
33. Trevor Beld Jimenez – Blue Sky Morning (single, 2021)
34. Starpainter – Blood in the Snow #3 (single, 2021)
35. This Lonesome Paradise – Night Stalker (single, American Standard Time Records, 2021)
36. The Bones of J.R. Jones – Sweet Toot Boogie (single, Tone Tree, 2021)
37. Marissa Nadler – The Path of the Clouds (The Path of the Clouds, Sacred Bone Records, 2021)
38. Pauline Andres – Patsy Cline (All Them Ghosts, Old Soul Records, 2021)
39. Henry Parker – The Brisk Lad (single, Cup and Ring, 2021)
40. Melissa Erin – Walk On By (single, 2021)
41. Kaitlin Butts – Marfa Lights (single, Soundly, 2021)
42. Brandy Zdan – Falcon’s Wing (Falcon, Lucky Rose Records, 2021)
43. Pearl Charles – Deja Vu (single, Lavender Family, 2021)
44. Aimee Mann – I See You (single, SuperEgo Records, 2021)
45. Terra Spencer feat Stewart Legere – Brick and Mortar (single, 2021)
46. Charissa Hoffman – Knight Song (Different Way EP, 2021)
47. Anna Vincent – Naxos (Under the Glass, Ultimate Blends, 2021)
48. Aisha Badru – Rooted (single, Nettwerk, 2021)
49. Aoife O’Donovan feat Allison Russell – Prodigal Daughter (single, Yep Roc, 2021)
50. Native Harrow – Do It Again (single, Loose Music, 2021)
51. Eleanor Buckland – Just Love (You Don’t Have to Know, Soundly, 2021)
52. Cale Tyson – Love is a Dirty Joke (single, 2021)
53. Tasha – Bed Song 1 (single, Father / Daughter Records, 2021)
54. Gus Seyffert – Never Listen to Me (single, Sargent Recorders, 2021)
55. Linda Fredriksson – Pinetree Song (Juniper, We Jazz, 2021)
56. Simon Linsteadt – Speakeasy (Speakeasy EP, Stormy Deep Records, 2021)
57. Color Dolor – Andrea (single, Soliti, 2021)
58. Palor – Matka (single, 2021)
59. Tvärtom – Paineet (Tvärtom, 2021)
60. Belaver – Burden Bearer (Lain Prone, Niles City Records, 2021)
61. Nick Delffs – The Affair (Childhood Pastimes EP, Mama Bird Recording Co, 2021)
62. Mark Fredson – Long Shot (Nothing But Night, Soundly, 2021)
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
If you are looking this after a week has gone, the embedded Spotify will show the latest playlist. I’ll just update the same playlist because a) if someone wants to follow it, they can just follow that one list and will get a new set of songs each Sunday b) so that I don’t have a trillion of different playlists on my Spotify account. If you want to find the older ones I’ve moved them to the weekly playlist archive. So hit that link above and I’m sure you’ll find this playlist too.