Another week, another new music weekly. A few busy ones ahead.
Josienne Clarke, Alice George Perez and Mariel Buckley can split the album of the week honor in three equal parts. All so great. Other big album releases came from Carla Geneve, Grass, Ward Hayden & The Outliers (Bruce covers), Leon Majcen, Darrin Hacquard, Joshua Ray Walker, Skullcrusher, Terra Lightfoot, Signe Marie Rustad, Jessica Breanne, Rosy Nolan, Joshua Quimby (Hank covers EP), Robin Taylor Zander, Sam Grassie (EP), Suzie True, Bird Streets and Ryan Power.
Big Finnish release week too led by new albums from Puhelinseksi and Vasas flora och fauna. There’s some awesome new singles too. I love many of these. The shoegaz-y brilliance of Sisar is from last week’s patch, but I only got the memo on Monday. New songs from Viitasen Piia, Pelkkä Poutanen and Auno & Sekosysteemi are all beautiful and powerful heavy hitters. Other single gems are from Antti Autio, Silja Palomäki, Havis, Timo Kämäräinen and half Finnish duo of Jonah Parzen-Johnson and Lau Nau.
A huge amount of the international singles too. Haley Heynderickx & Max Garcia Conover are back with new ones. More surprisingly Sugar is back with a new one. Some other early faves came from Fables, Dana Sipos, Reb Fountain, Charlotte Le Lievre, Aure, 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. That looks like a monster release week. Love.
1. Josienne Clarke – Bushes, Briars & Thorns (Far Frow Nowhere, Corduroy Punk)
2. Alice George Perez – The Stream (A Song with the Title Lunch Bells, Mokuhi Sonorities)
3. Grass – Redwing (Grass, Spiritual Pajamas)
4. Mariel Buckley – Anvil (Strange Trip Ahead, Birthday Cake Records)
5. Carla Geneve – Annabelle (Don’t Be Afraid, Dot Dash Recordings)
6. Ward Hayden & The Outliers – Walk Like a Man (Piece by Piece, Faster Horses Recordings)
7. Leon Majcen – Woman & Dog (Making a Livin’ (Not a Killin’), Cloverdale Records)
8. Darrin Hacquard – Carlisle (Weights & Measures, Like You Mean It Records)
9. Joshua Ray Walker – Perfume (Stuff, East Dallas Records / Thirty Tigers)
10. Skullcrusher – Maelstrom (And Your Songs is Like a Circle, Dirty Hit)
11. Terra Lightfoot – A Good Sign (Home Front, Sonic Unyon Records)
12. Signe Marie Rustad – Just What We Asked For (Do Something I Don’t, Die With Your Boots On Records)
13. Jessica Breanne – Winning Hand (Eletric Heart, yk Records)
14. Joshua Quimby feat Cristina Vane – Hey, Good Lookin’ (Quimby Does Hank EP)
15. Rosy Nolan – Rising Up (Main Attraction, Treble In Mind Music)
16. Bird Streets – Eveyonewelovewillgo (The Escape Artist, Plastic Dreams Records)
17. Suzie True – Glow (How I Learned to Love What’s Gone, Get Better Records)
18. Pop Filter – The Heartache That Don’t Stop Hurting (Trade Place Tape, Bobo Integral)
19. Robin Taylor Zander – Out of Your Control (Robin Taylor Zander RTZ, Confidential Records)
20. Ryan Power – The Slightest Hunger (The Slightest Hunger)
21. Sam Grassie – Lighthouse Keeper (Caisteal Abhail EP, lescaravanesrecords)
22. Vasas flora och fauna – Timmarna är långa (Berg i dagen, Startracks)
23. Viitasen Piia – Suoraa toimintaa (single, Utopiia)
24. Auno & Sekosysteemi – Biodiversiteettikriisi (single, Mielikki Levyt)
25. Pelkkä Poutanen – Virtaa (single, Eclipe Music)
26. Antti Autio – Viimeiseen virtaan (single, Soit Se Silti)
27. Silja Palomäki feat Pekko Käppi & Tapio Ylinen – Se Kolmas (single, Eclipse)
28. Timo Kämäräinen – Sä tunsit mut (single, Lördag)
29. Sisar – Aurinko nousee illalla (single)
30. Puhelinseksi – Surkeimmat illat (Mitä sanoa särkyneelle? Svart Records)
31. Havis – Sade (single)
32. Jonah Parzen-Johnson & Lau Nau – Bus Driver (single, We Jazz)
33. Aure – Mi Corazon (single, Mayway Records)
34. Dana Sipos – Songs of Longing (single)
35. Fables – Sundown (single, Home Alone Music)
36. Haley Heynderickx & Max Garcia Conover – Fluorescent Light (single, Fat Possum Records)
37. Reb Fountain – One Way Trip (single, Fountain Records)
38. Liam Kazar – Didn’t I (single, Congrats Records)
39. I Was a King – November (single, Hype City Music)
40. Joel Cusumano – Mary Katharine (single, Dandy Boy Records)
41. Sharp Pins – Queen of Globes and Mirrors (single, Perennial)
42. Guided by Voices – Lucy’s World (single, GBV Inc)
43. Sugar – House of Dead Memories (single, Granary Music / BMG)
44. Tony Molina – Have Your Way (single, Olde Fade)
45. Wojtek the Bear – Kylie’s put a curse on us (single, Last Night From Glasgow)
46. Norwegian Blue – Something New (single, Matinee Recordings)
47. Bubblegum Lemonade – French Letters in the Sand (single, Matinee Recordings)
48. Pia Fraus – Nothing Returns (single, Seksound Record Label)
49. Samantha Crain feat Wilderado – Cherry Plum (single, Crain Song Co)
50. Charlotte Le Lievre – Tamworth Lights (single)
51. Colter Wall – Back to Me (single, La Honda Records / RCA Records)
52. Luke Bell – Don’t Mind if I Do (single, All Blue Recordings / Thirty Tigers)
53. Ben Arsenault – When Will We Know (single)
54. The Satchel Kid – Cowboy Strummin’ (single, Ella Ruth Institutet)
55. James McCann – Pick Me Up (single, Cloverdale Records)
56. James Steinle – Gathering Crowd (single, Soggy Anvil Records)
57. Drayton Farley – Turn Around (single, One Riot Records)
58. Angela Autumn – Millionaire Money (single, Gar Hole Records)
59. Nick Shoulders – Tatum Spring (single, Gar Hole Records)
60. Dominique and the Diamonds – Not the One (single, Desert Rose Music)
61. The Montvales – Loud and Clear (single, Free Dirt Records)
62. Of a Feather – No Man’s Land (single, River Delta Records)
63. Emily Scott Robinson – Appalachia (single, Oh Boy Records)
64. Mesa – Bad Side of Town (single)
65. Greazy Alice – Circles (single, Loose Music)
66. Tristen – Let Go (single, Pupsnake Records / Well Kept Secret)
67. Courtney Hartman – Companion (single)
68. The Minks – Love Me Right (single)
69. Glyders – Moon Eyes (single, Drag City)
70. Steve Gunn – Morning on K Road (single, No Quarter Records)
71. David Berkeley – Oh My America (single, Straw Man)
72. Chris Lyons – Long Gone (single, Nudie Records)
73. Robert Chaney – Believe (single, Moth Lake Records)
74. Abigail Flowers – Rain or Shine (single)
75. Greg Jamie – Time Has a Way (Across a Violet Pasture, Orindal 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.