A big release week and I didn’t really have a whole time to go through all of it. The Lostines made the album of the week closely followed by Charley Crockett and Lost Dog Street Band. There’s actually plenty of other great candidates too. We have new albums from Mike Frazier, GospelbeacH, BMX Bandits, Kathryn Williams & Withered Hand, Rural France, Andrew Gabbard (EP), Eric Slick, Rachel Love, Kyshona, Emma Geiger, Tuba Skinny, Six Organs of Admittance, Iron & Wine, Shay Martin Lovette (EP), Margaret Glaspy (EP), Kyp Harness, Tara Jane O’Neil and Ranch Hands (EP).
The Finnish release of the week is the new Samae Koskinen album. It’s a thought-provoking and direct protest album and beyond that, it is also warm-hearted and empathetic. Absolutely love all of it. There’s also great new albums from Modem and Sumukuu plus an EP from STINAKO. New singles from Kaksipäinen Koira, Susanna Leppänen, Mr.Dad, Ari Siikasaari, Pambikallio, Ptak and Niina Annika. Too Slow and Nuoruus have singles streaming, but those are cuts from a split EP that can be found from Bandcamp.
The international singles are bit buried at the end, because there were so many album releases. There’s plenty of awesome ones though. New Anna Tivel is the song of the week. Other early faves came from Curtis McMurtry, Florist, Marina Allen, The While, Giant Day, Laughing, Pearl Charles, Noelle & The Deserters… 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. Until then. Love.
1. The Lostines – Southwest Texas (Meet The Lostines, Gar Hole Records)
2. Charley Crockett – Lead the Way ($10 Cowboy, Son of Davy / Thirty Tigers)
3. Lost Dog Street Band – Lifetime of Work (Survived, Lost Dog Street Band / Thirty Tigers)
4. Mike Frazier – City of Telos (Secrets of Atlantis, WarHen Records)
5. GospelbeacH – Losin’ Patience (Wiggle Your Fingers, Curation Records)
6. Kathryn Williams & Witherend Hand – Elvis (Willson Williams, One Little Independent Records)
7. BMX Bandits – The World Was Round (Dreamers on the Run, Tapete Records)
8. Rachel Love – April Love (Lyra, The Cat Collects)
9. Rural France – Packhorse (Exactomondo! Meritorio Records)
10. Andrew Gabbard – Hey Red Rose (Big Belly Boogaloo EP, Karma Chief Records / Colemine Records)
11. Eric Slick – The Moment (New Age Rage, Slick Records / Thirty Tigers)
12. Kyshona feat Ellen Angelico – Whispers in the Walls (Legacy, Kyshona Armstrong / Soundly)
13. Tara Jane O’Neil – We Bright (The Cloud of Okayness, Orindal Records)
14. Emma Geiger – Invite You (Reverse Bloom)
15. Margaret Glaspy – The Sun Doesn’t Think (The Sun Doesn’t Think EP, ATO Records)
16. Shay Martin Lovette – True As The Come (True As They Come EP, Red-winged Black Bird)
17. Kyp Harness – I Know You Now (Kick the Dust)
18. Ranch Hands – Soft Repeat (Big Softie EP)
19. Iron & Wine – Cutting it Close (Light Verse, Sub Pop Records)
20. Six Organs of Admittance – The Mission (Time is Glass, Drag City)
21. Tuba Skinny – It Hurts Me Too (Hot Town)
22. Curtis McMurtry – Last In Line (single)
23. Samae Koskinen – Miten Netflix perutaan? (Mä näin unta että kaikki meni hyvin, KHY Suomen Musiikki)
24. Kaksipäinen koira – Miltä nyt tuntuu (single, All That Plazz)
25. Too Slow – Falling Down (single, Dracula Mountain)
26. Nuoruus – Hoi! (single, Dracula Mountain / Roadhouse Entertainment)
27. Susanna Leppänen – Kissa (single, Panama-levyt)
28. STINAKO – Mess I’m In (Mind EP, Soliti)
29. Pambikallio – Dekadentti (single, Helmi Levyt)
30. Modem – Ihmisen aika (Megalomania, Modem Age Records)
31. Ptak – Moonlight and Stars (single, Bird’s Nest Records)
32. Mr. Dad – Float in the Flow (single, Dad Rock Issue Records)
33. Ari Siikasaari – Minne sä meet? (single)
34. Niina Annika – Kevät on nimeni (single, Soit Se Silti)
35. Sumukuu – Yläkaupunki (Kaupungin Kadut)
36. Anna Tivel – Desperation (single, Fluff and Gravy Records)
37. Florist – Riding Around in the Dark (single, A24 Music)
38. Jackie West – End of the World (single, Ruination Record Co)
39. Marina Allen – Swinging Doors (single, Fire Records)
40. BenBen feat Lily Desmond – Leaky Ship (single, Perpetual Doom)
41. Spencer Hoffman – Roses Fly (single, Anxiety Blanket Records)
42. Giant Day – Walk With a Shadow (single, Elephant 6 Recording Co)
43. The Pearlfishers – We’re Gonna Make a Hit Record, Boy (single, Marina Records)
44. The While – Flicking Through (single)
45. The Laughing Chimes – Tomorrow’s 87 (single, Slumberland Records)
46. Laughing – Bruised (single, Meritorio Records)
47. Lightheaded – Bright Happy Girls (single, Slumberland Records)
48. Billy Tibbals – Out of Touch (single, Silver Arrow Records)
49. Hallelujah the Hills feat Titus Andronicus – Here Goes Nothing (single, Discrete Pageantry Records)
50. Queen of Jeans – All My Friends (single, Memory Music)
51. Pearl Charles – Smoke in the Limousine (single, Taurus Rising Music)
52. Joe Kaplow – Tunnel Vision (single, Fluff and Gravy Records)
53. Pat Hull – Burning Books (single, Only One on the Mountain)
54. Anders Jörnesten – All The Things You Are (single)
55. Lance Howell – When the World Falls Apart (single)
56. Duff Thompson – Stranger (single)
57. Mr. Sam & The People People – Go Baby Go (Part One) (single, Tape Dad / Gar Hole Records)
58. Noelle & The Deserters – Watching Billboards Change (single, Speakeasy Studios SF)
59. Sean Burns and Lost Country – It’s All Over (single, Department Store Records)
60. Alice Wallace – Letting it Go (single, Mule Kick Records)
61. Amythyst Kiah – In the Pines (single, Rounder Records)
62. New Dangerfield – Dangerfield Newby (single, Free Dirt Records)
63. Justin Golden – Everybody Ought to Treat Stranger Right (single, Vocal Rest Records)
64. Pokey LaFarge – So Long Chicago (single, New West Records)
65. Dana and Alden – Coyote You’re My Star (single)
66. Dinner Time – Cherry Tree (single, The Record Machine)
67. M G Boulter – Days of Shaking (single, Hudson Records)
68. Loose Collars – Be Better Than Me (Loose Collars, Sentimental Noises)
69. Roy – The Dreamer Knows (Spoons for the World, Idee Fixe Records)
70. Michael Feuerstack – Boundary Records (Eternity Mongers, Forward Music Group)
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.