A quick Saturday night new music weekly. I’m sure this won’t cover everything. I’ve had other things. Today was the Barbara Manning / Hulda Huima concert and oh how I loved that. I have to work on Sunday too, because it’s busy time on the day job. So I tried to put something together tonight so that I can rest Sunday evening after work.
Album of the week is the new Dan Darrah & The Rain. I’ve loved that on quick listen. Can’t wait to give it more time, because it seems to be totally my kind of stuff. Bonus points to Hallelujah the Hills and their somewhat crazy Deck project. Four albums and 52 songs, one for each card in a deck. Oh dear, I think we should be given a universal day off from work to listen to that monster. But I’ll get there eventually. If they have time to write and record that, I shouldn’t struggle with just the listening part. Other album gems came from Patton Magee, Joshua Ray Walker, Triptides, Small Paul, Jack Barksdale, Dominique and the Diamonds, Common Holly, Kate Vargas, The Jimmy C, Spencer Kilpatrick & The Sandgators (EP), Graham Hunt, Zach Thompson (EP) and Joseph Allred.
A whole lot of great singles on the Finnish part of this. Hattara is one of my favorite bands these days and I absolutely love their new single. Long time fave Antti Reikko has a new band called A.Reikko & Kaupungin Ääni and their debut single is wonderful. There’s also a gorgeous debut single from Paha Lucia. A new band led by Lotta-Lucia Laine and Sami Lehtonen. Other single gold came from Juppe, Juhlat, KIUSA, Tomi Nordlund & Syvä Joki, messier and Matti Sakari.
On the international singles side of things we have new greatness from Julianna Riolino, Otis Gibbs, Kashus Culpepper feat Sierra Ferrell, Caged Animals, Office Culture & Tony Vaz, Katie Spencer, Winter McQuinn, The Reds, Pinks and Purples (ok an old one that I’ve shared several times before, but I love it and there’s new rarities album on the way, Sharon Silva, Bobby Tenderloin Universe (country meets Slayer)… again just to name a few.
That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Next week is midsummer, which might mean there will be no new music weekly. I haven’t made a final decision, but it might be a good time to take a week off and not force myself. I’ll be on vacation from the dayjob too, so I guess there would be a possibility to make it after midsummer on a Monday or something. But I shall see how much new music there is and do I have the energy / time to make it. If not, I’ll cover two weeks with the next one. Love.
1. Dan Darrah & The Rain – You-Shaped Forever (There’s a Place Records, Sunday Drive Records)
2. Joshua Ray Walker – Heavy Stones (Tropicana, East Dallas Records / Thirty Tigers)
3. Patton Magee – Last Cowboy on the Prairie (Last Cowboy on the Prairie, Patton Magee / Many Hats Distribution)
4. Dominique and the Diamonds – The Canyon (Dominique and the Diamonds EP, Desert Rose Records)
5. Jack Barksdale – The Man, The Myth, The Legend (Voices)
6. Zach Thompson – Be As It May (Algebra Parable EP, Breakfast Records)
7. Small Paul – Heaven on Earth (I Was Love, I Was Light)
8. Triptides – Shapeshifter (Shapeshifter, Triptides / Label 51 Recordings)
9. Common Holly – It’s true we’ve been happier (Anything Glass, Keeled Scales)
10. Hallelujah the Hills feat Craig Finn – Burn This Atlas Down (2 of Clubs) (Deck: CLUBS, Discrete Pageantry Records)
11. Graham Hunt – Frog in the Shower (Timeless World Forever, Run for Cover Records)
12. The Jimmy C – The Boy in the Suitcase (Refreshing, Cheersquad Records & Tapes)
13. Kate Vargas – Little Miss Holy (Golden Hour in the House of Lugosi, Mother West)
14. Spencer Kilpatrick & The Sand Gators – Mike Bibby (Adelman EP)
15. Joseph Allred – Rope Swing on River Styx (Old Time Fantasies, Scissor Tail Records)
16. Kashus Culpepper feat Sierra Ferrell – Broken Wing Bird (single, Big Loud Records)
17. Tyler Childers – Nose on the Grindstone (single, RCA Records / Hickman Holler Records)
18. Otis Gibbs – Eastside (single, Wanamaker)
19. Matt Mitchell Music Co. – Bobbie TIme (single)
20. Julianna Riolino – On a Bluebird’s Wing (single, MoonWhistle Records)
21. Hattara – Beetasalpaaja (single, Cotton Candy Company)
22. Juhlat – Seireeni (single)
23. A. Reikko & Kaupungin Ääni – Pennit (single, Karhuvaltio Records)
24. Paha Lucia – Kaunis elämä (single, Minna Records)
25. KIUSA – Roskikseen (single)
26. Tomi Nordlund & Syvä Joki – Kasvot ventovieraiden (single, Soit Se Silti)
27. Matti Sakari – Sillat (single)
28. messier – See You When You’re Sorry Again (single)
29. Juppe – Woozy (single, Soliti)
30. Office Culture and Tony Vaz – Crazy Walls (single, Jubilee Gang)
31. R&D – Shadow’s Shadow (single, Ruination Record Co)
32. Lena Bartels – Amber (single, Glamour Gowns)
33. Katie Spencer – Come Back and Find Me (single, Lightship Records)
34. Caroline Spence – Where the Time Goes (single, Tone Tree Music)
35. Sharon Silva – People to Please (single)
36. Dana Gavanski – Heart Inside (single, Full Time Hobby)
37. Caged Animals – Radio Down (single, You’ve Changed Records)
38. Winter McQuinn feat Feign Jima and Dylan Young – Walkin’ Through That Door (single, Third Eye Stimuli Records)
39. Alfie Firmin – Anna (single, An Onionheads Production)
40. Leo Walrus – Old Words, New Mess (single, Wahoo Blast)
41. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – Slow Torture of an Hourly Wage (single, Fire Records)
42. Salt Lake Alley – What They “Forgot” To Tell You (single, Shelflife Records)
43. Chris Stamey feat The Lemon Twigs – Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulders) (single, Chris Stamey / Label 51 Recordings)
44. Nelson Bragg – Forever Days (single, Big Stir Records)
45. Jamie Turner – Pure Imagination (single)
46. Icarus Phoenix – Jump Like This and Hop Over (single)
47. Spencer Hoffman feat Jay Som – Harm (single, Anxiety Blanket Records)
48. Alex Amen – Hello Old Man – demo (single, Country Worm Studios)
49. Jack Symes – Everyone in My Dreams is Me (single, Ay Caramba Records)
50. Dillon Warnek – Pretend You Miss Me (single, Soggy Anvil Records)
51. Hamilton Boyce – L.A. Nights (single)
52. Paul McDonald – Rosemarie (single, OBL Records)
53. Margo Price – Don’t Let the Bastards Get You Down (single, Loma Vista Recordings)
54. Rebecca Porter – No Evil (single, Holding All the Roses)
55. Coltt Winter Lepley – Sunflower Creek (single, Keystone Artist Connect)
56. The Bobby Tenderloin Universe – South of Heaven (single, Country Moon Records)
57. Patrick Sweany – Ain’t It Hell (single, Nine Mile Records)
58. Julian Taylor – Dedication (single, Howling Turtle)
59. Sally Anne Morgan – Flowers of Shandihar (single, Thrill Jockey Records)
60. Dwayne Jarrell and the Truer Sound – No Reservations (single)
61. Van Darien – surf the stars (single, Janktown Operation)
62. Mose Wilson – Cause I Got You (single)
63. Field Medic – Melancholy (single, Field Medic / Many Hats Distribution)
64. Jukka Nousiainen Trio – Kaikki kaiken aikaa päällekkäin (Jukka Nousiainen Trio, Jukan Musiikki)
65. Matthew Dunn – Algonquin (Love Raiders, Cosmic Range 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.