Another quick and late edition of the new music weekly. I was on winter vacation away from home for the past five days and just quickly put this together on Sunday evening. So a lot is probably missing, because I didn’t have time to search and listen. But here we go anyway.
The Delines is the album of the week. There’s also great new albums from Jacksonport, Dead Gowns, Skyscraper Stan, Horsegirl, Anna Arboles (EP), Truman Sinclair, James Felice, Frog, Outro (EP), Pacific Walker, Richard Dawson, Ron Pope, Gary Louris, Darrin Bradbury (EP), The Altons, Brennan Edwards (EP) and Denison Witmer.
The Finnish part has new albums from Honey Crisp, Tiina Vanhapelto & Rosazol and Tuomo & Markus and Verneri Pohjola plus a Kismet EP. And too many singles to type again, but you’ll find them below. The Finnish part starts with #23 Viitasen Piia and ends with #41 Vellamo. A lot of great songs there like the new one from Tanssiva Karhu.
Will Stratton’s new song Bardo or Heaven is the international song of the week. I love this sad and beautiful song. Maybe my favorite song of the year so far. Other early faves came from Weaving, Kristina Murray, Clara Mann, Joni, Moontype, Jason Isbell, Mike Frazier, Toria Wooff… again just to name a few.
That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Back next week with hopefully less rushed effort. Love.
1. The Delines – Her Ponyboy (Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom, Decor Records)
2. Jacksonport – Your Own World (Ting Ting, Ay Caramba Records)
3. Skyscraper Stan – Those Were Days (Those Were Days, Cheersquad Records & Tapes)
4. Dead Gowns – See People (It’s Summer, I Love You, And I’m Surrounded By Snow, Mtn Laurel Recording Co)
5. Anna Arboles – Joni (Pure Fanfiction EP, Anxiety Blanket Records)
6. Horsegirl – Well I Know You’re Shy (Phonetics On an On, Matador Records)
7. Truman Sinclair – Gold Star (American Recordings, R&R)
8. Outro – Fool (Broken Promise EP, Repeating Cloud)
9. Frog – Where Do I Sign Var. III (1000 Variations on the Same Song, Tapewormies / Audio Antihero)
10. James Felice – Pick Up Line (The Little Ones, Million Stars)
11. Gary Louris – Listening to Bobby Charles (Dark Country, SHAM / Thirty Tigers)
12. Darrin Bradbury – Chuck (What the Heaven? What the Hell? EP, Like You Mean It Records)
13. Denison Witmer – Confessions (Anything at All, Asthmatic Kitty)
14. Richard Dawson – Bolt (End of the Middle, Domino Recording Co)
15. Pacific Walker – Some Kind of Gury (Lost in the Valley of the Sun)
16. The Altons – I Try, I Try (Heartache in Room 14, Daptone Records)
17. Brennan Edwards – Stones (Appalachia Untold Sessions EP, Cloverdale Records)
18. Ron Pope – Nobody’s Gonna Make It Out Alive (American Man, American Music, Brooklyn Basement Records)
19. Kristina Murray – Watchin’ the World Pass Me By (single, Normaltown Records)
20. Toria Wooff – That’s What Fallinf in Love Will Do (single, Sloe Flower Records)
21. Will Stratton – Bardo or Heaven (single, Ruination Record Co / Bella Union)
22. Weaving – Moon (single, Glamour Gowns)
23. Viitasen Piia – Muuttolintu (single, Utopiia)
24. Tanssiva Karhu – Hiljaisuus (single, Alakulttuuritalo)
25. Satu Lii – Pelastetaan toisemme (single, Young Diamond)
26. Kirsikkapuu – Olen rakastunut taas! (single, Minna Records)
27. Neiti Olga – Kyllä jalat kantaa (single, Humu Records)
28. Nikita Titov – Uhrilampaat (single)
29. Helmi Ada – Onnensulka (single, Stupido Records)
30. Tiina Vanhapelto & Rosazol – Pat ja Mat (Soolopolis, Mydog Records)
31. KIUSA – Baby (I’m In Love With You)
32. Kismet – Answering Machine (Fast and Sweet EP, Kammio Records / Tobold Piipari Records)
33. The Snake – To Be Alone (single, Svart Records)
34. Klara LaFleur – Flame Girl (single, Luova Records)
35. Carla Aakre – life (single, Kieku Records)
36. Honey Crisp – Darkness and Light (Yesteryears, Honey Crisp Musique)
37. Tuomo & Markus and Verneri Pohjola – Standing Rock (Music For Roads, Grandpop Records)
38. Timo Kämäräinen feat Arppa and Esa Kotilainen – Kuusamo (single, Lördag)
39. Väisänen – Rauhassa maatuen (single, Valassaaret)
40. J. Karjalainen – Sineadin laulu (single, Warner Music)
41. Vellamo – Spring Will Come (single)
42. Clara Mann – Doubled Over (single, The State 51 Conspiracy)
43. Joni – Things I Left Behind (single, Hand In Hive / Keeled Scales)
44. Moontype – Long Country (single, Orindal Records)
45. Florist – Gloom Designs (single, Double Double Whammy)
46. Cassidy Waring – Hold Me Tight (single)
47. Will Stewart – Late for the Banquet (single, Earth Libraries)
48. Jason Isbell – Foxes in the Snow (single, Southeastern Records / Thirty Tigers)
49. The Lowtimers – Thunderstorms (single, Alabama Sound Company)
50. Justin Wells – Up There With Angels (single)
51. Todd Day Wait – That’s Not My Pal (single, Cloverdale Records)
52. Matthew McNeal – Chipped Teeth (single, Matte Black Sound Company)
53. Renaldo Domino – Chemistry (single, Modern Jive Records)
54. Jason Joshua – I Really Love You (single, Sheridan Music)
55. Thee Illusions – Just Like Magic (single, Black Bird Records)
56. Yves Jarvis – Decision Tree (single, Next Door Records)
57. Ben Kweller feat Waxahatchee – Dollar Store (single, The Noise Company)
58. Mike Frazier – Ballard Avenue (single, Geneva Records)
59. John Davey – When Pennies Were Dimes (single)
60. Dewey Lester & The 6:03 – I Always Knew (single, Starboard Records)
61. Edwyn Collins – The Heart is a Foolish Little Thing (single)
62. Butler, Blake & Grant – One and One is Two (single, 355 Recordings)
63. The Minus 5 – Words & Birds (single, Yep Roc)
64. Fine China – Fraught with Danger (single, Velvet Blue Music)
65. Tom Henry – Art House (single, Royal Oakie Records)
66. Lucy Dacus – Best Guess (single, Geffen Records)
67. Skylar Gudasz – Lean Closer to Me Now (single, Perseids Records)
68. Sarah Quintana feat Emily Mikesell – Be My Love (single)
69. Leipä – Alkemisti (Auttaa jaksamaan, Tulli-levyt)
70. The Bird Calls – Butterfly Strokes Home (Melody Trail, Ruination Record Co)
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.