Here we are again with another episode of this crazy project. Spotify is trying to make me quit though, because it’s becoming more and more questionable to do this there with each passing year. I struggle with that continuously, but at least I do give that Tidal alternative. This has just never gathered much steam there, but maybe 2025 changes that.
New Rose City Band is the album of the week. There’s also new albums from Chris Eckman, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis and Karine Polwart, Nicole Hale, From Nowhere Wil, Magana (EP), MEGGO (EP), Josh Gilligan, The Witches’ Hymnal, Brian John McBrearty, Wes Parker (EP) and The Sprouts (EP).
Just singles on the Finnish part, but they are all really good. There’s new ones from Kaikki turhat haaveet, Knife Girl, Salla Karonen, Janeveera, (proto)Torvinen, Punomo and Mumu the Free Driver.
Cici Arthur and Weaving can share the international single of the week honor. Somehow missed the Cici Arthur album announcement and first single in December, because AOTY stuff took my attention. So check that out too. This one here is the second single. Love them both. Other early faves came from Bland Halen, The Delines, Craig Finn, Jeffrey Lewis, Kyle Cox and many others.
That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters though. Love.
1. Rose City Band – Open Roads (Sol y Sombra, Thrill Jockey)
2. Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis and Karine Polwart – You Know Where You Are (Looking for the Thread, Lambent Light Records / Thirty Tigers)
3. Chris Eckman – Genevieve (The Land We Knew the Best, Glitterhouse)
4. Nicole Hale – Some Kind of Longing (Some Kind of Longing)
5. From Nowhere Wil – Shake the Dice (Paradise City Blues)
6. Magana – Hold On (Bad News EP, Audio Antihero)
7. The Witches’ Hymnal feat Bill MacKay – Swim Lessons (The Witches’ Hymnal, Lenya Music Collection)
8. MEGGO – sylvia’s place ;; tricks (eavesdropper;;death stories EP, Badass & Wholesome Productions)
9. Josh Gilligan – Ceiling (Party of One, Easy Does It Records)
10. Brian John McBrearty – Believing (Remembering Repeating, Love Beyond Measure Records)
11. Weaving – Soil (single, Glamour Gowns)
12. Hannah Cohen – Earthstar (single, Bella Union)
13. Cici Arthur – Cartwheels for Coins (single, Western Vinyl)
14. Bland Halen – Beautiful Things (single, Mumblecore Records)
15. The Delines – The Haunting Thoughts (single, Decor Records)
16. Craig Finn – People of Substance (single, Tamarac / Thirty Tigers)
17. Jeffrey Lewis – Sometimes Life Hits You (single, Vintage Voltage)
18. Wes Parker – Splinter (Splinter EP)
19. The Sprouts – Black Leather Jacket (One Room to Another EP)
20. Jacob Miller – Tangled Up In You (single, Only One on the Mountain)
21. Vulfmon feat Jacob Jeffries & Harrison Whitford – Dawn (single, Vulf Records)
22. Kyle Cox – Underneath the Surface (single)
23. The Look Aways – Silhouette (single, Tableaux Records)
24. Emily Barker – Bright Idea (single, Everyone Sang)
25. Wilder Adkins feat Erin Rae – Said the Swallow to the Jay (single)
26. Salla Karonen – Siksi rohkeinta (single, Lukkarin punkkia)
27. Janeveera – Hei päiväkirja (single, Eclipse Music)
28. (proto)Torvinen – Itsesyytösrock (single, Humu Records)
29. Kaikki turhat haaveet – Anastacia (single, Minna Records)
30. Punomo feat Peter Selin – Ihanan kiire (single, Playground)
31. Knife Girl – Fantasies (single)
32. Mumu the Free Diver – Blossoms (single)
33. Yves Jarvis – All Cylinders (single, In Real Life)
34. VanWyck – My Deliverance (Dust Chaser (Deluxe Edition), Maiden Name Records)
35. Sarah Quintana – baby, don’t (single)
36. Leslie Jordan – The Fight (single)
37. Gabi Hartmann – Into My World (single, 27/29)
38. Aviva Le Fey – Baby I’m Crazy (single)
39. Jessica Lea Mayfield – Choose Myself (single)
40. Bryse Taylor – forever already (single)
41. Kendall Lujan – Untitled Love Song (single, ROLA Records)
42. Madeline Hawthorne – Ghost in a Shell (single, Hawthorne Records)
43. Rachel Swain – Bad Guy Boots (single)
44. Brown Horse – Corduroy Couch (single, Loose Music)
45. Kashus Culpepper – Jenni (single, Big Loud Records)
46. Brad Parsons – Ease Your Pain (single, Dutch Records)
47. Leon Majcen – Distant Roads (single, Cloverdale Records)
48. Todd Day Wait – Tomorrow (single, Cloverdale Records)
49. Julian Taylor & Jim Cuddy – Tulsa Time (single, Howling Turtle)
50. Ryan Lee Crosby – Tough Times (single)
51. Frog – Mixtape Liner Notes Var. VII (single, tapewormies / Audio Antihero)
52. Shilpa Ray – Portrait of a Cat Lady (single, Northern Spy)
53. Lily Seabird – Trash Mountain (1pm) (single, Lame-O Records)
54. Kestrels – Free Forever (single, Darla Records)
55. Star 99 – Kill (single, Lauren Records)
56. Devon Williams – Passing Thing (single, Slumberland)
57. Ken Yates – Cataclysmic End (single, Tone Tree Music)
58. Emma Munger – Heart Rate (Pattern)
59. Flora Hibberd – Remote Becoming Holy (Swirl, 22TWENTY)
60. The Weather Station – Sewing (Humanhood, Fat Possum Records)
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.