Back with another go at this weekly project.
Attention Bird Utopia is the album of the week. Also really look forward to giving the new Matthew “Doc” Dunn album a proper listen. It’s 22 songs, so haven’t listened the whole thing yet. Oh and not really sure is it still “Doc” or just Matthew Dunn. It’s without Doc on Bandcamp and with Doc on streaming platforms. But great stuff with or without. Other album gems this week came from Comet Gain, Stanley Brinks, Ben de la Cour, Hayden Pedigo, Anja Churchill (EP, a month or so old), Jacob Faurholt (EP), Smug Brothers, Sam Blasucci, Steven Lambke & Jimmie Kilpatrick, Beau Jennings (EP), Ken Yates, Carmen Perry, Joe Kaplow (EP), Mimi Gilbert, Drunken Prayer, JB Paterson, Jesse Daniel, Andrew Hibbard, Joshua Quimby, Pulp, Gold Dust and Paper Jam.
Finnish part of this is led by the awesome new Poni single. Other Finnish gems are EPs from Krypta and FER and singles from The Huhuman, Tomi Puukko and Miija.
Edit: Oops, just noticed that the Jukka Nousiainen Trio album is streaming and therefore I made a quick add. It came out a few weeks ago and it’s wonderful of course. Somehow I thought it was only available on physical and Bandcamp for the time being. So my apologies, if it has been available all the time. But worth buying whether it’s streaming or not. I’ve been planning to buy a copy next time I visit a record store.
New Ron Sexsmith can be the international single of the week. There’s plenty of great ones though and some other early faves came from S.G. Goodman, Adeem the Artist, Ryli, Kathleen Edwards, Michael Nau, Little Mazarn, Nikki Lane, T. Hardy Morris… again just to name a few.
That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Remember Barbara Manning that I mentioned a week ago. Finnish tour starts in a few days. Most likely back next week with another one of these things. I might need to take a week or two off during the summer, because I have some summer plans and well just need a break here and there, because this is a grind that takes so much of my time. Next week should be fine unless I have to do a 6-day work week and go to work on a Sunday too. But yeah, I’ll let you know on social media when I skip a week. Love.
1. Comet Gain – If They Can’t Find a Way Then There’s No Way (Letters to Ordinary Outsiders, Tapete Records)
2. Stanley Brinks – Play With My Heart (Happy New Year, Fika Recordings)
3. Attention Bird Utopia – Brother, Oh Brother (Best of Kings, here, here recordings / Many Hats Distribution)
4. Matthew “Doc” Dunn – Tired Memory (Love Raiders, Cosmic Range Records)
5. Anja Churchill – Darling (Children of the North EP, Open Sound)
6. Ben de la Cour feat Misty Harlowe – New Roses (New Roses, Jullian Records)
7. Hayden Pedigo – Smoked (I’ll Be Waving as You Drive Away, Mexican Summer)
8. Steven Lambke & Jimmie Kilpatrick – Friendship Traces (Friendship Traces, You’ve Changed Records)
9. Jacob Faurholt – Jad Fair (Those Songs Will Haunt My Dreams EP, Raw Onion Records)
10. Smug Brothers – Sidetrack Ghosts (Stuck on Beta, Anyway Records)
11. Joe Kaplow – Hold On (RTZ EP, Sonder House)
12. Sam Blasucci – Shadows (All Blue, Amateur Circus)
13. Ken Yates – My Love For You is a Straight Line (Total Cinema, Tone Tree Music)
14. Mimi Gilbert – Police Checks (undrowning)
15. Carmen Perry – Glimmer (Eyes Like a Mirror, Mtn Laurel Recording Co)
16. Beau Jennings – Baby Blue (Doves EP)
17. JB Paterson – Annan Blues (Whole World’s Gone Mad, And So Have I, EMR Music Group)
18. Drunken Prayer – Thy Burden is Greater Than Mine (Thy Burdens, Dial Back Sound / Well Kept Secret)
19. Jesse Daniel – The Ballad of Love Creek (Son of The San Lorenzo, Lightning Rod Records / Thirty Tigers)
20. Andrew Hibbard – Old News (The Alamo, Hibbard Records)
21. Joshua Quimby – Early Morning Rain (Something Like Country)
22. Gold Dust – Early Bird (Andalusia, Shuga Records / Long Day Press)
23. Pulp – Grown Ups (More, Rough Trade Records)
24. Paper Jam – Polka Dot Girl (This and That)
25. Poni – Vuoristorata (single, Minna Records)
26. Jukka Nousiainen Trio – Jokainen samanarvoinen (Jukka Nousiainen Trio, Jukan Musiikki)
27. Tomi Puukko – Beibi mä oon all in (single, Puukko Records)
28. Krypta – Rauhattoman rukous (Lasipalatsi EP, Svart Records)
29. Miija – Pesäpuu (single, concrete garden records)
30. FER – Sincerely (What Can Be EP, JM Records)
31. The Huhuman – Snow Cowboy (single, Mielilevyt)
32. Swansea Sound – Oasis vs Blur (single, Skep Wax Records)
33. Ryli – Friend Collector (single, Dandy Boy Records)
34. Allo Darlin’ – Cologne (single, Fika Recordings)
35. Superchunk – Is It Making You Feel Something (single, Merge Records)
36. Ron Sexsmith – Don’t Lose Sight (single, Ronboy Rhymes / Cooking Vinyl)
37. Kathleen Edwards – Save Your Soul (single, Dualtone)
38. Dan Darrah & The Rain – Sister Song (single, Sunday Drive Records)
39. Michael Nau – Smokeflowers (single, Karma Chief Records)
40. Little Mazarn – Mustang Island (single, Dear Life Records)
41. S.G. Goodman – Michael Told Me (single, Slough Water Records / Thirty Tigers)
42. Nikki Lane – Woodruff City Limit (single)
43. Adeem the Artist – Cowards Together (single, Four Quarters Records / Thirty Tigers)
44. Drayton Farley – Trembling Teeth (single, Hargrove Records)
45. Scott Ballew – Harmony (single, Leisure Rodeo)
46. The Resonant Rogues – Closing In (single, Sassafras Sounds)
47. Chloe Kimes – Afraid to Die (single, Pond Happy)
48. Luke Pelletier – Stoned at the Pearly Gates (single, Soggy Anvil Records)
49. Luke Tyler Shelton – A Bus Ain’t Home (single, Concord Records)
50. Curtis Harding – True Love Can’t Be Blind (single, Anti Records)
51. Mae Powell – Tangerine (single, Karma Chief Records / Colemine Records)
52. Margaux – Glass, Concrete and Stone (single)
53. Big Thief – Incomprehensible (single, 4AD)
54. Rae Spoon – I’ve Got Friends in Low Places (single, Coax Records)
55. Georgia Harmer – Eye of the Storm (single, Arts & Crafts)
56. Julie Doiron – Everybody Misses You (single, The Numero Group)
57. Sam and Louise Sullivan – Nobody Knows the Life of a Wife of a Private Eye (single, Historic New Jersey Recordings)
58. Hello Emerson – Breathing Candlelight (single, Hello Emersongs)
59. T. Hardy Morris – Juvenile Years (single, Normaltown Records)
60. Janet Simpson – Used to Be (single, Cornelius Chapel Records)
61. Van Plating feat HalleyAnna Finlay – Huggin’ Thin Air (single, Singular/Gokuhi)
62. Cory Cross – Peace of Mind (single)
63. The Bones of J.R. Jones – Start Again (single, Tone Tree Music)
64. Buffalo Nichols – Belly of the Beast (single, AFB)
65. Gwenifer Raymond – Jack Parsons Blues (single, We are Busy Bodies)
66. Zach Thompson – TItled (single, Breakfast Records)
67. Andy Jenkins – I Walked into the Wrong Room (single, Psychic Hotline)
68. Murry Hammond – Drying Tear (single, Fluff & Gravy Records)
69. Jenna-Marie Laine – Kuinka loppui yö (Matintytär, Laine)
70. Josiah Flores – I’ll Be Here in the Morning (Doin’ Fine, Speakeasy Studios SF)
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.