Another week, another new music weekly.
What a lovely release week. One of the best of the year on a personal level, because I’m big fan of Damien Jurado, Johanna Samuels and The Deep Dark Woods. That was my big three of the week, but that’s only a fraction of all the release action. This week we also got new releases from John Andrews & The Yawns, Shay Martin Lovette, Riley Downing, Nap Eyes (EP), Kira Skov, Evan Seurkamp, Amos The Kid (EP), ROY, Dave Stroda (EP) (a Finnish connection here too, because Dave used to play with Rane Raitsikka on a band called The Longnecks), Sara Bug, Jesse Terry, Molly Tuttle (EP) Juliana Hatfield and Phil Hooley. Outside of Spotify, there’s a great tribute album to Ted Lucas. Check that out on Bandcamp. And listen to original Ted Lucas album too. An all-time fave of mine.
The Finnish highlight is the wonderful new Astrid Swan single Silvi’s Dream. There’s also excellent new singles from Mustat Kalsarit and Guggenheim-projektz.
And last but not least the international (should-be) hit singles. I nearly made a standing ovation alone in my apartment when I first heard the new Summer Dean & Colter Wall single. Now there’s a perfect country single. It’s an outtake from forthcoming Summer Dean album Bad Romantic that is due out on the 27th of August. Pre-order is up on her website. A few other ones that I love madly are the superb new singles from Jeremy James Meyer and Evan Cheadle. And of course there’s far more excellent singles from Lonny, John R. Miller, Wojtek the Bear, Charlie Parr, David Ritschard & Frida Hyvönen, Quivers, K.C. Jones, Son Volt, Wild Earp and so forth.
That’s it for this week. Last week I surprised myself and did a few roundup posts. I have no idea will I keep that up, because I still fee like horseshit most days. But I do have a couple lined up and I hope to make them within a couple of weeks. Love from a distance.
1. Johanna Samuels – Less Of You (Excelsior! Mama Bird Recording Co / Basin Rock, 2021)
2. Damien Jurado – Jennifer (The Monster Who Hated Pennsylvania, Field Painting Music, 2021)
3. The Deep Dark Woods – Anathea (Changing Faces, Six Shooter Records, 2021)
4. John Andrews & The Yawns – Ain’t That Right? (Cookbook, Woodsist, 2021)
5. Shay Martin Lovette – Scatter & Gather (Scatter & Gather, 2021)
6. Riley Downing – Looking Forward (Start It Over, New West Records, 2021)
7. Summer Dean & Colter Wall – You’re Lucky She’s Lonely (single, 2021)
8. Jeremy James Meyer – Thought That You Could Tell (single, American Standard Time Records, 2021)
9. John R. Miller – Shenandoah Shakedown (single, Rounder Records, 2021)
10. Evan Cheadle – Some Fool (single, Victory Pool, 2021)
11. Lonny – Dans la maison des filles (single, 2021)
12. Astrid Swan – Silvi’s Dream (single, Soliti, 2021)
13. Wojtek the Bear – One Thing’s for Certain (single, Last Night From Glasgow Five, 2021)
14. Nap Eyes – Thank You (When I Come Around EP, Jagjaguwar, 2021)
15. Evan Seurkamp – Please Don’t Let These Things (Cruising in Your Bliss Car, Tiny Shed Recordings, 2021)
16. Quivers – Chinese Medicine (single, Bobo Integral, 2021)
17. K.C. Jones – Beginnings and Ends (single, Free Dirt Records, 2021)
18. Charlie Parr – Last of the Better Days Ahead (single, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2021)
19. Kira Skov feat Bonnie Prince Billy – Some Kind of Lovers (Spirit Tree, Sundance Music, 2021)
20. David Ritschard & Frida Hyvönen – Än går det vågor (single, 2021)
21. Wild Earp & Free For Alls – Ain’t It a Shame (when Your Horse Goes Lame) (single, Western Myth Records, 2021)
22. Jenny Don’t And the Spurs – Be the Only One (single, Fluff & Gravy Records, 2021)
23. Son Volt – Reverie (single, Transmit Sound, 2021)
24. Dave Stroda – Pretty Bird (Dave Stroda EP, 2021)
25. Philippe Bronchtein – Middle of the Road (single, 2021)
26. Margo Price – Long Live the King (single, Loma Vista, 2021)
27. Emily Barker feat Frank Turner – Bound For Home (single, Everyone Sang, 2021)
28. Amos the Kid – Alright (No More New Ideas EP, House of Wonders Records, 2021)
29. Porlolo – Don’t Turn Me On (single, 2021)
30. Guggenheim-projektz – Bela, Bela, Bela (single, Helmi Levyt, 2021)
31. Mustat kalsarit – En tahdo astua pimeyteen (single, Cudighi Records, 2021)
32. ROY – All the Time (Roy’s Garage, Idee Fixe Records, 2021)
33. Durand Jones & The Indications – Witchoo (single, Dead Oceans, 2021)
34. Lady Nade – You’re My Number One (single, 2021)
35. Sweet Megg & Ricky Alexander – Squeeze Me (single, Turtle Bay Records, 2021)
36. Abigail Lapell – Fortunate Son (single, 2021)
37. Lula Wiles – Oh My God (single, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2021)
38. Greg Loiacono – What Can I Say? (single, Blue Rose Music, 2021)
39. Megan Palmer & Rebecca Hixson – Wide Awake 5AM (single, Blue Rose Music, 2021)
40. Alexa Rose – Clearwater Park (single, Big Legal Mess, 2021)
41. Juliana Hatfield – Splinter (Blood, American Laundromat Records, 2021)
42. Madeline Leman & The Desert Dwells – This Is Living (single, 2021)
43. Sara Bug – Lotta Pride (Sara Bug, Egghunt Records, 2021)
44. Babehoven – Bad Week (single, 2021)
45. Andrea von Kampen – Take Back Thy Gift (single, Fantasy Records, 2021)
46. Annie Keating – Nobody Knows (single, 8th Street Studios, 2021)
47. Jesse Terry – Strangers In Our Town (When We Wander, Wander Recordings, 2021)
48. Phil Hooley – Learning To Be Still (Songs from the Back Room, 2021)
49. Kirby Brown – Ashes and Leaves (single, Soundly, 2021)
50. Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters – Burn (single, Organic Records, 2021)
51. Molly Tuttle feat Nathaniel Rateliff – Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (..But I’d Rather Be With You, Too EP, Compass Records, 2021)
52. Britton Patrick Morgan – Home (single, 2021)
53. Billy Law – It’s Not Right (single, State Fair Records, 2021)
54. John Statz – What Would You Call That – acoustic (single, 2021)
55. Shannon Lay – Rare to Wake (single, Sub Pop Records, 2021)
56. Skullcrusher – Cloudy Shoes (single, Secretly Canadian, 2021)
57. Scott & Lila – Simple (single, 2021)
58. Charlie Marie – Lauren (Ramble On, Soundly, 2021)
59. Rosali – Tender Heart (No Medium, Spinster, 2021)
60. Will Stratton – Stillness (The Changing Wilderness, Bella Union, 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.