A quick midsummer vacation edition of the new music weekly, because there was so much good new music that I didn’t have the heart to skip this one. Maybe I skip the next one. Most likely not, because most likely lovely people are again releasing a lot of lovely new music. We sure need it during these dark times.
Album of the week is the new S.G.Goodman. Alex Amen’s EP might still be my favorite release of the week. But I love both of them and it doesn’t end there. A lot of strong albums this week. There’s new ones from Little Mazarn, James McMurtry, Kelsey Waldon, Presley Haile (EP), Eric Long, The Bones of J.R. Jones, Love Axe, Adam Amram, Michael Robert Murphy, Dorio, Peaceful Faces (this ones a few weeks old), Nelson Bragg, Coma Cinema, Scott McMicken and the EVER-EXPANDING, Whitney’s Playland (EP), Sally Anne Morgan and The Witches’ Hymnal.
Finnish section has a run of awesome singles from Mitä helvettiä nyt taas, Rock Siltanen Group, Nikita Titov, Modem and Waver.
Dean Johnson, Anna Tivel and Sabine McCalla can share the international single of the week honors. Wonderful stuff all around. Other early favorites came from Jeffrey Martin, The Deep Dark Woods, Cooper Kenward, Jake Nicoll, Martha, Sloan… again just to name a few.
That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. I’ll go back to vacation mode. Most likely back next week with another of these unless I’m too deep in the vacation mode and have thrown my laptop into the lake (just a figure of speech, don’t throw stuff in the nature). Love.
1. Alex Amen – Why Does He Try (Garnet’s Song, The Zorthian Tapes EP)
2. S.G. Goodman – Solitaire (Planting by the Sings, Slough Waters / Thirty Tigers)
3. Little Mazarn – The Cloud and the Snail (Mustang Island, Dear Life Records)
4. James McMurtry – The Color of the Night (The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy, New West Records)
5. Kelsey Waldon – Let It Lie (Every Ghost, Oh Boy Records)
6. Presley Haile – Sunny Day (Off to Find a Sunny Day EP, Columbia Records)
7. Eric Long – Doghouse Saloon (Honky Tonk Wisdom)
8. The Bones of J.R. Jones – Hills (Radio Waves, Tone Tree Music)
9. Adam Amram – Waiting Time (Adam Amram Family Band to the End)
10. Love Axe – Where to Dig (Optimism Paranoia Desperation Abolition, Grandmother Clock)
11. Peaceful Faces – Half a Secret (Without a Single Fight, Glamour Gowns)
12. Michael Robert Murphy feat By the Sea – Cyclone (Chaos Magick, Blaggers Records)
13. Dorio – Plastic Heart (Super Love 3, Earth Libraries)
14. Nelson Bragg – Tell Me I’m Wrong (Melodie de Nelson: A Pop Anthology, Big Stir Records)
15. Coma Cinema – Each Other’s Time (Grand Delusion, Summertime in Hell)
16. Scott McMicken and THE EVER-EXPANDING – Back to the Sun (New Purple Dress, Press On Records)
17. The Witches’ Hymnal – I Will Run (stars that shine upon the blood EP, Lenya Music Collection)
18. Sally Anne Morgan – Oak Knower (Second Circle the Horizon, Thrill Jockey Records)
19. Dean Johnson – Before You Hit the Ground (single, Saddle Creek)
20. Anna Tivel – Animal Poem (single, Fluff & Gravy Records)
21. Jeffrey Martin – Edge of Lost (single, Fluff & Gravy Records)
22. Sabine McCalla – Could You Be Love (single, Gar Hole Records)
23. The Deep Dark Woods – Traded in Your Name (single, Victory Pool)
24. Whitney’s Playland – Long Rehearsal (Long Rehearsal EP, Dandy Boy Records / Meritorio Records)
25. Martha – 1978, Smiling Politely (single, Specialist Subject Records)
26. Sloan – Live Forever (single, Murderecords)
27. Mitä helvettiä nyt taas – Turku (single, Nature Sucks Anyway Records)
28. Nikita Titov – Täällä kotona (single)
29. Rock Siltanen Group – Mitä täällä tapahtuu (single, Rockia ja sporttia)
30. Modem – BS (single, Don Giovanni Records / Modem Age Records)
31. Waver – Howl (single, Soft Monsters)
32. Wednesday – Wound Up Here (By Holdin On) (single, Dead Oceans)
33. Liquid Mike – AT&T (single)
34. Girlatones – On the Wall (single)
35. SunYears – Spanner in the Works (single, Villa)
36. Jake Nicoll – Free Space (single)
37. Cass McCombs – Peace (single, Domino Recording Co)
38. Carson McHone – Winter Breaking (single, Merge Records)
39. Cooper Kenward – ’53 Bel Air (single, Soggy Anvil Records)
40. Nicholas Jamerson – Running Out of Daylight (single, Cloverdale Records)
41. Rayland Baxter – Albatross (single, Song Confessional)
42. Miles Miller – Weightless (single, Easy Lovin Records)
43. Will Hoge – Sweet Misery (single)
44. Jonathan & Abigail Peyton – I Want that For You (single, Cloverdale Records)
45. J.R. Dalforth – Easy Livin’ (single, Ella Ruth Institutet)
46. R.R. Williams – Who Knew a Heart Could Break Like Mine? (single)
47. Stephen Wilson Jr. – Dig a Hole (single, Big Loud Records)
48. The Bobby Tenderloin Universe – Fear of the Dark (single, Country Moon Records)
49. Andy Boay – One & One (single)
50. Cory Hanson – Lou Reed (single, Drag City)
51. Abigail Flowers – Over the Moon (single)
52. Bonnie Dobson & The Hanging Stars – Get Together (single, Loose Music)
53. Kyle Morgan & Tamar Korn – Everything is Free (single, Jalopy Records)
54. Mya Byrne – Transsexual Blues (single, Stranger’s Gate)
55. Nathan K. – Funny Feeling (single)
56. Fruit Bats – Stuck in My Head Again (single, Merge Records)
57. Chris Staples – Doesn’t Matter Now (single, Hot Tub Recordings)
58. Sister. – Honey (single, Mtn Laurel Recording Co)
59. Dan Darrah & The Rain – The Sister Song (There’s a Place, Sunday Drive Records)
60. Hallelujah the Hills – Night Machine (DECK, Discrete Pageantry 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.