Another late Sunday edition of the new music weekly. My vacation is now over, so maybe this gets back to normal schedule. There’s still a lot of live shows coming up though, so some delays may occur.
New Anna Tivel is the album of the week. She has been one of my songwriter favorites for a decade and this is again a remarkable album. Absolutely love it. There’s also great new albums from Caroline Spence, Ron Sexsmith, Cooper Kenward, Margo Price, The Fishermen Three, Rodney Crowell, Jens Kuross, Floating Action, Shabason, Krgovich and Tenniscoats, Charlie Collins, The Beths, John Moran (EP), Sekunderna, herbal tea, Lakun, Foot Ox, Katy Pinke & Will Graefe (covers album), Stephen Wilson Jr (covers ep), Buck Curran and Modern Nature.
A giant release week in Finland too, because we have a new Sur-rur album. Extremely highly recommended and definitely one of my favorite Finnish albums of the year so far. A lot of other great things too. We have albums from Lovers Left Alive and Kauko Röyhkä & Riku Mattila plus singles from A.Reikko & Kaupungin ääni, 1961, Puhelinseksi, Mutka, Janne Laurila Double Denim, Nina Kaitaranta, Lettoman, Lone Deer Laredo and Kärmes.
International single of the week honors can go to both Sabine McCalla and Thomas Dollbaum. There’s beautiful music videos to both of those songs as well. Other early faves came from Tristen, Joan Shelley, Julianna Riolino, Lefty Parker, Sharp Pins.. 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 with another of these. Love.
1. Anna Tivel – Meantime (Animal Poem, Fluff & Gravy Records)
2. Caroline Spence – Why the tree Loves the Ax (Heart Go Wild, Tone Tree Music)
3. Ron Sexsmith – Rose Town (Hangover Terrace, Ronboy Rhymes / Cooking Vinyl)
4. Cooper Kenward – Dive Bar Day (haha, now i’m sad, Soggy Anvil Records)
5. Margo Price feat Tyler Childers – Love Me Like You Used to Do (Hard Headed Woman, Loma Vista)
6. Rodney Crowell feat Larkin Poe – Louisiana Sunshine Feeling Okay (Airline Highway, New West Records)
7. The Fishermen Three feat Michael James Tapscott and Jeff Moller – I’ve Been Fool (Infinite Feeling, Royal Oakie Records)
8. Jens Kuross – No One’s Hiding from the Sun (Crooked Songs, Woodsist)
9. Shabason, Krgovich and Tenniscoats – Departed Bird (Wao, 7 e.p.)
10. Floating Action – Then I Woke Up Alone (A Hand Carved Garden Tool, Airloom)
11. herbal tea – Driving Slow (Hear as the Mirror Echoes, Orindal Records)
12. Charlie Collins – You Might be a Man, Just Not Man Enough (Nightwriter, Island Records)
13. Good Good Blood – Never Saw it as a Rainbow (Little Sparrow, Fox Food Records)
14. Sekunderna – Wad har du gjort? (Hits, Fika Recordings)
15. The Beths – Straight Line Was a Lie (Straight Line Was a Lie, Anti)
16. John Moran – big ravine (3 out of 5 EP)
17. Modern Nature – Takeover (The Heat Warps, Bella Union)
18. Lakun feat I’m Kingfisher – Rage Quit (Lakun)
19. Katy Pinke & Will Graefe – Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) (Patterns, Glamour Gowns)
20. Foot Ox – Earmarks (A Lighthouse with Silver Dog Eyes, Ernest Jenning Record Co)
21. Buck Curran – Deserto Parallax (Far Driven Sun)
22. Stephen Wilson Jr – Hunger Strike (Blankets EP, Big Loud Records)
23. Thomas Dollbaum – Angus Valley (single, Dear Life Records)
24. Sabine McCalla – Sunshine Kisses (single, Gar Hole Records)
25. Tristen – Skin of Our Teeth (single, Pupsnake Records / Well Kept Secret)
26. Lefty Parker feat Buck Meek – Illusions (single, Airloom)
27. Joan Shelley – The Orchard (single, No Quarter)
28. Julianna Riolino feat Weird Nightmare – Full Moon (single, MoonWhistle Records)
29. Sharp Pins – (I Wanna) Be Your Girl (single, perennial / K recs)
30. Sur-rur – Resupekka (Härveli, If Society)
31. A.Reikko & Kaupungin ääni – Oi Anhedonia! (single, Karhuvaltio Records)
32. Kauko Röyhkä & Riku Mattila – Pidin sinusta (Meidät pelastaa vain rakkaus, Svart Records)
33. Puhelinseksi – Rakkaus ei riitä (single, Svart Records)
34. Kärmes – Kirje Nylon Beatille (single, KHY Suomen Musiikki)
35. Janne Laurila Double Denim – Festareilla (single, Stupido Records)
36. Nina Kaitaranta – Lennosta kii (single, Kaita Music)
37. Mutka – Toiset (single, Lil’ Beast Records)
38. 1961 – Sä oot kaukana (single, Strange Orange Production / All That Plazz)
39. Lone Deer Laredo – Golden Chosen Playmate (single)
40. Lettoman – Mismatched (single, Lettoman Records)
41. Lovers Left Alive – Sum of These Young Hearts (How.. TMH Productions)
42. Casper Allen and the Naturals – Blame it on the Rain (single)
43. Nathan Jacques – Ride Me Down Easy (single, Hidden Mountain Records)
44. Rambler Kane – Wicked Ways (single, Cloverdale Records)
45. Sparrow Smith – Carolina Mountains (single, Sassafras Sounds)
46. Leon Majcen feat Riley Downing – Tallahassee (single, Cloverdale Records)
47. Ramona and the Holy Smokes – This Little Heart (single)
48. Geckos – Lo Hice (single)
49. Dan Reeder – Up on the Roof (single, Oh Boy Records)
50. Ike Goldman – Tuning Up (single)
51. Apollo Flowerchild – I Lost It (single)
52. Charlie Kaplan – No More Mistakes (single, Glamour Gowns)
53. Rudy De Anda – Like a Memory (single, Karma Chief Records)
54. Jackie West – Offer (single, Ruination Record Co)
55. Sharon Silva – Hold it Down (single)
56. Carla Geneve – Here, Look (single, Dot Dash Recordings)
57. Amanda Shires – Piece of Mind (single, Silver Knife Records / ATO Records)
58. Shoulder Season – No Good (single)
59. Sloan – No Damn Fears (single, Murderecords)
60. Ryan Allen and His Extra Arms – Ex Lion Tamer (single, Setterwind Records)
61. Adults – Patterns (single, Fika Recordings)
62. Nathan K. – Johnny’s (single)
63. Frog – Bitten By My Love Var XI (single, Audio Antihero)
64. Sam Salmon – If I Needed You Know (single, Forward Music Group)
65. The Paranoid Style – Tearing the Ticket (single, Bar None Records)
66. Reilly Downes – Dog Days (single)
67. Caleb Elliott – Slow Burn (single, Single Lock Records)
68. Courtney Hartman feat The Nunnery – Bright Eye (single)
69. Emma Swift – Impossible Air (single, Tiny Ghost Records)
70. Van Plating feat Heather Little – Song of Everything (single, Singular/Gohuki)
71. Scott Ballew – One Trick Pony (single, Leisure Rodeo)
72. Stephen Simmons – Decoration Days (single)
73. Kathleen Edwards – Other People’s Bands (Billionaire, Dualtone)
74. Greg Freeman – Burnover (Burnover, Transgressive Records)
75. Dean Johnson – Winter Song (I Hope We Can Still Be Friends, Saddle Creek)
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.