A busy weekend. Friday I drove to Pori to see Chad Price and Samae Koskinen. Tomorrow I plan to go to Helsinki to see David Ramirez and Iron Country Sisters. So it didn’t leave much time to listen new music, but I quickly put this thing together. There was again a lot of of releases and I didn’t have the time to listen full albums. I’ll do that during the coming week.
Tyler Childers is the big one of the week, but there’s plenty of great things on the rootsy side of the scale. Like new Nick Shoulders, Jobi Riccio, Allison Russell and Logan Ledger for example. Nico Hedley, Smug Brothers and Swansea Sound are highly recommended on the other end of the onechordnet spectrum. Then there’s also great new albums from Jonathan Wilson, Low Cut Connie, Lillie Mae, Drayton Farley (EP), Bill and the Belles (Willie Nelson covers), Idanha (EP), Sparklehorse (posthumous album from one of my all-time faves. I haven’t really listened to it yet. I think I need the perfect moment for that), Patrick Dethlefs and Pleasure Horse (covers).
From Finland my favorites are songs I’ve missed before. I found dream pop / shoegaze band Hattara this week (thanks to Joel) and love all the three singles they’ve released so far. This is why there’s a rare double feature, because I couldn’t decide which of them I will choose. So I picked up two. Even that was difficult. We also have a couple of gorgeous album releases from Rami Vierula and Markus Krunegård (still logging Markus among the Finnish ones, because he sings in Finnish on the new album. I hope he doesn’t mind). A couple of excellent new singles from Hulda Huima and Pambikallio too.
New Gladie song can take the imaginary international song of the week title. Love that band and this is again such great song. Other early song faves came from Kelly Hunt, Paige Plaisance, Thomas Walsh, Bry Webb, Jacksonport, Teenage Tom Petties, The Resonant Rogues, Gabriel Birnbaum and Van Plating. 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 another one of these things. Love love love.
1. Nick Shoulders – Hook Line and Sinker (All Bad, Gar Hole Records, 2023)
2. Tyler Childers – Phone Calls and Emails (Rustin in the Rain, Hickman Holler Records / RCA, 2023)
3. Jobi Riccio – Relief (Whiplash, Yep Roc, 2023)
4. Logan Ledger feat Erin Rae – Some Misty Morning (Golden State, Rounder Records, 2023)
5. Allison Russell – Demons (The Returner, Fantasy Records, 2023)
6. Jonathan Wilson – Hey Love (Eat the Worm, BMG, 2023)
7. Low Cut Connie feat SUSU – Take Me to the Place (Art Dealers, Contender Records, 2023)
8. Smug Brothers – Night in Other Worlds (In the Book of Bad Ideas, Anyway Records, 2023)
9. Nico Hedley – Driving Day (Wants To Sing It So Loud That It Makes It Alright, Ruination Record Co, 2023)
10. Swansea Sound – Keep Your Head On (Twentieth Century, Skep Wax Records, 2023)
11. Gladie – Chaos Reigns (single, Plum Records, 2023)
12. Thomas Walsh – All This Hurt (single, Curation Records, 2023)
13. Bill and the Belles – Permanently Lonely (To Willie from Billy, 2023)
14. Lillie Mae – Please Be With Me (Festival Eyes, 2023)
15. Kelly Hunt – On the Bayou (single, Compass Records, 2023)
16. Drayton Farley – Kudzu Wild (Kudzu Wild EP, Hargrove Records / Thirty Tigers, 2023)
17. Idanha – Two Young Riders (Slow Horses, Bad Whisky & Good Friends.. 2023)
18. Jacksonport – Ride on Nebraska (single, Ay Caramba Records, 2023)
19. Bry Webb – Thunder Bay (single, Idee Fixe Records, 2023)
20. Sparklehorse – I Fucked it Up (Bird Machine, Anti, 2023)
21. Markus Krunegård – Faktaa: Fucked Up (Nokia & Ericsson, All That Plazz, 2023)
22. Hattara – Helle (single, Cotton Candy Company, 2023)
23. Hattara – Filmi (single, Cotton Candy Company, 2023)
24. Rami Vierula – Profeetta (Erämaahan, 2023)
25. Hulda Huima – Peltilehmä (single, Minna Records, 2023)
26. Pambikallio – Enkeli (single, Helmi Levyt, 2023)
27. Jalen Ngonda – Rapture (Come Around and Love Me, Daptone Records, 2023)
28. Aaron Frazer – Bring You a Ring (single, Dead Oceans, 2023)
29. Gabriel Birnbaum – Above a Forest with a House That’s on Fire (single, Western Vinyl, 2023)
30. Lauren O’Connell – Horsefly (single, Sugar Glider, 2023)
31. Jolie Holland feat Buck Meek – Highway 72 (single, Cinquefoil Records, 2023)
32. Dream Sitch – A Loose Dust (single, Airloom, 2023)
33. Jerry David DeCicca – Lost Days (single, 2023)
34. Brown Horse – Sunfisher (single, Loose Music, 2023)
35. The Resonant Rogues – Leave the Path (single, 2023)
36. The Pendulum Hearts – A Man with a Plan (single, 2023)
37. Sean Burns – Hard Times (single, Department Store Records, 2023)
38. Paige Plaisance – Good Time Girl (single, Timeless Echo Recordings, 2023)
39. Van Plating – Orange Blossom Child (single, Singular Recordings, 2023)
40. Jaime Wyatt – Love is a Place (single, New West Records, 2023)
41. Dori Freeman – Do You Recall (single, Blue Hens Music, 2023)
42. Josh Travis – The Only Good In Me (single, 2023)
43. Dylan Lancaster – Given Up (single, 2023)
44. Cactus Lee – Caravan (single, Org Music, 2023)
45. Roses for Paradise – Apple (single, 2023)
46. Patrick Dethlefs – Forget to Let You In (Some Songs Aren’t That Long, 2023)
47. Pleasure Horse – She Smiles Like a River (Plays the Flops Vol 2, 2023)
48. Julian Taylor – City Song (single, Howling Turtle Inc, 2023)
49. Terra Lightfoot – Someone Else’s Feelings (single, Sonic Unyon Records, 2023)
50. Teenage Tom Petties – Stoner (single, Safe Suburban Home / Repeating Cloud, 2023)
51. Snow Coats – Dreaming in the Car (single, Alcopop! / Redfield Records, 2023)
52. The Maureens – Alison (single, Meritorio Records, 2023)
53. Sara Beth Go – Little White Pill (single, 2023)
54. Sun June – John Prine (single, Run for Cover Records, 2023)
55. Black Sea Dahu – Not a Man, Not a Woman (single, 2023)
56. Mutual Benefit – Untying a Knot (single, Transgressive Records, 2023)
57. Elijah Johnston – Social Smoker (single, Strolling Bones Records, 2023)
58. Half Stack – New Light (single, Royal Oakie Records, 2023)
59. Katie Von Schleicher – Every Step is a Ocean (single, 2023)
60. Omar Velasco – Paperweight (single, Inner Cult Records, 2023)
61. Dusty Stray – Special (single, Great Waters, 2023)
62. The Satchel Kid – Heart Pillow (When It Stops Hurting, Ella Ruth Institutet, 2023)
63. Rae Fitzgerald – Swimmer (Say I Look Happy, 2023)
64. Tanssiva Karhu – Uusimisia (Luonnossa, Alakulttuuritalo, 2023)
65. Kristiina – Carpe Diem (Palavan rakkauden aika, Humu Records / Hillotehdas, 2023)
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 Tidal. This means a few tracks might be missing from the Tidal version, if they are not available on that platform. Usually it’s 1-3 tracks that are not on Tidal. 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.