Another week, another new music weekly. Some are already making year-end lists, but I will continue making these weekly playlists for a little while longer. Some great things still coming out like the Haley Heynderickx and Max García Conover album next week. There will definitely be a 3-4 week break from the playlist around the Christmas / Holiday season. I need a few weeks off and that’s always the best time to do that, because the release schedule isn’t as heavy as usual.
This is a big week, because the Mia Wilson album is now out and available. That’s definitely the album of the week and well one of my biggest favorites of the whole year too. You will find it really high on the AOTY list, if I’m making a ranked version. Such a beautiful album. Extremely highly recommended. There’s also new albums from Tony Molina, Colter Wall, I Was A King (not on Spotify), Spencer Radcliffe, Casper Allen, Dan Spencer (this was last week), Andrew Daly Frank, Tiberius, Tim Hill, Courtney Hartman, Jake Xerxes Fussell & James Elkington, Rick Maddocks, Abigail Flowers, Sweet Nobody (also last week) and Sunny Intervals (EP).
A bit shorter Finnish section this time around. We have an album from Matti Sakari and singles from Sweatmaster, Heidi Elmgren (double single), Oiro Pena (well the album has been available on Bandcamp and vinyl for a few months, but at least one song is now streaming too so I shared it) and Timo Kämäräinen. I’m sure there had to be more.
Some early favorites on the international singles category came from Bill Callahan, Lefty Parker, Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence, Joey Frendo, Matt Mitchell Music Co, Kevin Carducci, Aviva Le Fey, Leah Senior (not on Spotify), Beaucoup Dolores.. again just to name a few.
That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Also reached another milestone too with this episode #350. If it takes average of five hours to make one, that’s 1750 hours spent on new music curation. Just for the sheer love of it. Probably could have spent that time more wisely, but don’t think it has been worthless either. What platforms this should be on is of course very questionable. I fully support and respect all the artists and listeners who have left Spotify. I subscribed to Tidal during the first wave few years, because I wanted to provide an alternative. Unfortunately it still feels that there’s only a handful of listeners there. So there continues to be a bit of a dilemma. Keeping this on Spotify is very difficult to justify, but it would also be difficult to justify spending 5 hours every weekend on something that just a few people could hear.
I guess the options would be to either keep both available at least until a bigger movement away from the platform happens or ditch Spotify and either completely stop making the playlist or make some less time consuming version of it on Tidal or Qobuz. I really don’t know which option would be better for the small artists that I love and try to support as well as I can. And yeah, on a personal level, I buy a lot of vinyl, merch and concert tickets. Much more than I really should with my low end factory job salary. It’s just what would be best way of support with the blog/playlist. Anyway, I’ll finish this year this with the current way. There’s time to ponder the essence of life and this playlist during the holiday break. Love.
1. Mia Wilson – Still Pretending (Mia Wilson, Royal Oakie Records)
2. Tony Molina – Despise the Sun (On This Day, Olde Fade / Speakeasy Studios SF / Slumberland)
I Was a King – Nowhere Near (Until the End, Hype City Music) (Only Tidal)
3. Spencer Radcliffe – September Digging (Ohio Vision, Orindal Records)
4. Colter Wall – Memories and Empties (Memories and Empties, La Honda Records / RCA Records)
5. Casper Allen – Casper Allen & the Naturals (Better Slow Down, Cecil Park Records)
6. Dan Spencer – Where Do The Lay When They’re Free (Weave Your Web, Liar-Man, Feeling Grey)
7. Rick Maddocks – Stand Still, Pretender (BLUE HORSE OPERA)
8. Jake Xerxes Fussell & James Elkington – Glow in the Dark (Rebuilding, Fat Possum Records / Crowded Table)
9. Tim Hill – Ruth (Blood Sun Moon Run)
10. Courtney Hartman feat S.Carey – With You (With You)
11. Andrew Daly Frank – Alone in the Frame (You’re No Island, Glamour Gowns)
12. Dwayne Jarrell and the Truer Sound – Scott Peak (American Idylls)
13. Tiberius – It Has to Be True (Troubadour, Audio Antihero)
14. Sweet Nobody – I Don’t Know When I’ll See You Again (Driving Off to Nowhere)
15. Sunny Intervals – Sixty Seconds to Fall In Love (Almost Imperceptiply EP)
16. Abigail Flowers – Nobody But You (Only a Dream)
17. Beaucoup Dolores – Would You Rather (single)
18. Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence – The Way I Remember You (single, Warner Records)
19. Kevin Carducci – A World I Can’t Believe (single, Fossil Records)
20. Matt Mitchell Music Co – Good God Damn (single)
21. Joey Frendo – Black Tar (single, Back Burner Records)
22. Lefty Parker – Weary Eyes (single, Airloom)
23. Bill Callahan – The Man I’m Supposed to Be (single, Drag City)
24. Jeffrey Martin – 1519 – Live at the Showdown (single, Loose Music / Fluff and Gravy Records)
25. Christo Graham – Heather (single, We Are Busy Bodies)
Leah Senior – People Pleaser (single) (Tidal Only)
26. Aviva Le Fey – When It’s Right (single)
27. Oiro Pena – Hei hei rantaniityllä tuolla (single)
28. Heidi Elmgren – Millennium – 2025 (single)
29. Matti Sakari – Ei koskaan (Viimeiset päivät, viimeiset yöt)
30. Timo Kämäräinen – Lasse (single, Lördag)
31. Sweatmaster – More! (single, Svart Records)
32. Spencer Kilpatrick & The Sand Gators – Blame You (single)
33. Taylor Williams – What About Me? (single, Colemine Records)
34. Tobias Jesso Jr – I Love You (single, R&R)
35. Sofia Härdig feat I’m Kingfisher – Thursday Morning In Bloom (single)
36. The Mellons feat Triptides – From the Vine (single, Earth Libraries)
37. Motorists – Cristobal (single, We Are Time)
38. European Sun – When Britain Was Great (single, Skep Wax Records)
39. Matt Kivel – Vampire Weekend (single, Scissor Tail Records)
40. Hiding Places – Holy Roller (single, Keeled Scales)
41. Mikaela Davis – 11:11 (single, Kill Rock Stars)
42. Emily Barker – White Geraniums (single, Everyone Sang)
43. Leah Blevins – All Dressed Up (single, Easy Eye Sound)
44. Valerie June – Rollin’ and Tumblin’ (single, June Tunes / Concord)
45. Kashus Culpepper – In Her Eyes (single, Big Loud Records)
46. Daudi Matsiko feat Riognach Connolly – How Can I Love? (single, Really Good)
47. Jana Horn – Go on, move your body (single, No Quarter Records)
48. Truman Sinclair – Sugar (single, Capitol Records)
49. Jason Tyler Burton – Mourning Until Morning (single, Daylight Mercy Music)
50. Emily Scott Robinson – Dirtbag Saloon (single, Oh Boy Records)
51. Boy Golden feat Cat Clyde – Cowboy Dreams (single, Six Shooter Records)
52. Ben Arsenault – Motel in Southern Idaho (single)
53. William Alexander – I Still Hold Your Love Dear (single)
54. Tristen – Know By Heart (Unpopular Music, Pupsnake Records / Well Kept Secret)
55. Sabine McCalla feat The Lostines – Lovely Lonely (Don’t Call Me Baby, Royal Oakie Records)
56. Devin Shafter – Cool (Patience, American Dreams 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.