The Softies has a new album. How lovely is that. Loved them so much during my indie kid days. And still do as a middle-aged americana guy. A great release week altogether as well. We have new albums from Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Chime School, The Secret Beach, Michael Cloud Duguay, Paige Plaisance, India Ramey, Rosy Boa (EP, a new one for me, but really liked this on quick listen), Wren Kitz, Andrew Combs, Bill (EP), Giant Day, The Medium, Benny Trokan, Emma Russack, Wild Ponies, Embla and the Karidotters, Ruthie Foster, Lydia Loveless (new versions of Somewhere Else songs) and Glenn Musto. Btw, Glenn has a couple of shows in Finland next week. Thursday in Helsinki and Friday in Turku.
The Finnish part is again my favorite, because there’s a new ITE EEROLA song in this world and in my heart. A shoulder to lean on right there. There’s also beautiful new singles from Lempi Elo, Henna Emilia Hietamäki, Saimaa, Joose Keskitalo & The Mystic Revelation of Teppo Repo and 1980 AD. Oh and at the end there’s another song from last week’s Hattara album.
International single of the week is the first one from the forthcoming new St.Lenox album. Check out the new music video too, because those are always great and this one has two cats and a dog too. What’s not to love. Other early faves came from Chris Acker, Fiver, Joanna Sternberg, Christian Lee Hutson, Jenina MacGillivray and Adam Selzer. Again just to name a few.
That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters when I ponder the essence of this music blog and playlist. This thing hits 23 years in less than a month. That’s a long time to invest on a small music blog. But most times it feels like it was worth it. This one was again a good live music week too, because I got to see The Darts (US), Nightbird and Faarao Pirttikangas. Can’t really beat live music. Anyway, back next week and all that. It will be late on Sunday then I think. Love love.
1. The Softies – Go Back in Time (The Bed I Made, Father/Daughter Records)
2. Chime School – Another Way Home (The Boy Who Ran the Painsley Hotel, Slumberland Records)
3. The Secret Beach – Natural Metaphor (We were born here, what’s your excuse, Victory Pool)
4. Rosy Boa – Transfiguration (Love Truth Time EP)
5. Michael Cloud Duguay – Crabtree (Succeeder, Watch That Ends the Night)
6. Wren Kitz – Vast Amiss (The Thinker)
7. Andrew Combs – Point Across (Dream Pictures, Loose Music)
8. Bill – Dealer’s Choice (Magic Trick EP)
9. Giant Day – Fair Dues (Glass Narcissus, Elephant 6 Recording Co)
10. The Medium – Frown Town (City Life, Earth Libraries)
11. Benny Trokan – Save a Place for Me (Do You Still Think Of Me? Daptone Records / Wick Records)
12. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Howdy Howdy (Woodland, Acony Records)
13. Paige Plaisance – Out of Sight, On My Mind (Louisiana Lonely, Timeless Echo)
14. India Ramey – Piece of My Mind (Baptized by the Blaze, Mule Kick Records)
15. Embla and the Karidotters – I Need Some Light (Off Leash, Die With Your Boots On Records)
16. Wild Ponies – Love You Right Now (Dreamers, No Evil Records)
17. Ruthie Foster – Good For My Soul (Mileage, Sun Label Group)
18. Lydia Loveless – Wine Lips (Something Else, Bloodshot Records)
19. Emma Russack – Things You Said (About the GIrl, Dinosaur City Records)
20. Glenn Musto – Empty Starters (Unravel, Fire Sky River Earth)
21. St. Lenox – Rudy (single, Don Giovanni Records)
22. Jenina MacGillivray – Fireweed Jam (single)
23. Fiver – Spinning Out & Going Nowhere (single, You’ve Changed Records)
24. Christian Lee Hutson – Beauty School (single, Anti Records)
25. Joanna Sternberg – A Country Dance (single, Fat Possum Records)
26. Ite Eerola – Näidenkin seinien takana (single, Panama-levyt)
27. Lempi Elo – Kesäsade (single, Eclipse)
28. Henna Emilia Hietamäki – Maan alle (single, Soliti)
29. Joose Keskitalo & The Mystic Revelation of Teppo Repo – Hän on kalastaja (single, Helmi Levyt)
30. 1980 AD – Mikä vie sen pois (single, Alakulttuuritalo)
31. Saimaa – Nouse kyytiin (single, Love Records)
32. Adam Selzer – Everything For You (single, Jealous Butcher Records)
33. Abigail Lapell – Serpent a sonnette (single, Outside Music)
34. Gold Star Gold Star – What a Shame (single)
35. Toby Goodshank – Fly as We Fry (single)
36. Kasey Anderson – Believers (single, Nervous Kid Records / In Music We Trust)
37. Peter Bruntnell – Out of the Pines (single, Domestico Records)
38. Chris Acker – Shit Surprise (single, Gar Hole Records)
39. JP Harris – Dark Thoughts (single, Bloodshot Records)
40. Benjamin Tod – Satisfied With You Love (single, Benjamin Tod / Thirty Tigers)
41. Bob Sumner – Is It Really Any Wonder (single, Fluff & Gravy Records)
42. liv. – give me one reason (single, Red Moon Recordings)
43. Laura Jane Grace – Baby, Baby (single, Red Scare)
44. Joe Kaplow – Wanderer (single, Sonder House)
45. Jacksonport – Mystery and Magic (single, Ay Caramba Records)
46. Erisy Watt – Tear Apart (single, First City Artists)
47. Cassie Ramone – He’s Still On My Mind (single, CD-R Records)
48. Fightmilk – No Souvenirs (single, Fika Recordings)
49. The High Water Marks – YFF (single, 6612 Tapes)
50. Charlie Kaplan – Cloudburst (single, Glamour Gowns)
51. William Harries Graham – Ohio State (single, Strolling Bones Records)
52. Well Well Well – Highway Mile (single, Royal Oakie Records)
53. The Junipers – My Imaginary Friend (single, Cuckoo Records)
54. Alfie Firmin – Dream Come True (This Time Around, An Onionheads Production)
55. Hattara – Juhlat jatkuvat (Ehkä me nähdään huomenna, Cotton Candy Company)
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.
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 if someone wants to follow it, they can just follow that one list and will get a new set of songs each weekend.