Another year, another year new music weekly. I almost expanded the hiatus with another week, because the day job has been so hard that I haven’t really gotten any rest. Mostly just been trying to survive. But I think the release schedule will get heavier starting next week, so good to get this round-up out of the way. This was pretty quickly done. I haven’t paid much attention to new releases or really gone through any submissions. So I’m sure there’s stuff missing, but this tries to gather together at least some of the good music of the last month or so. There’s stuff from early December to brand new music from this Friday. Starting next episode I’ll get back to the weekly rhythm and try to read the submissions too. Platforms are still the same. I didn’t even have the time to think about what I’m going to do with that side of things, so Spotify still there as well. Some songs are not, because some artists haven taken their music off from Spotify. And rightfully so. We’ll see how it goes. It would nice to add Qobuz, but I don’t have the money to pick another subscription. Tidal / Qobuz combo might even make the most sense going forward and maybe could cover enough ground to make compiling this worth it.
New Beaucoup Dolores (aka Erin Chapin from Rainbow Girls) album can be the album of the week(s), because it just came out today and I’m enjoying it a lot. Other album releases from the past month came from Noble Hobo, Jeremy James Meyer, Nikki & The Phantom Callers (EP), Matt Kivel, Bill Janovitz (EP), Dan Darrah, Magnus Carlson & The Moon Ray Quintet, The Deslondes (well a reissue with a bonus track), Caleb Stine and Cole Kidwell. Some are from December and some from January.
Finnish part has a December 2025 album from Torrances and a whole lot of singles from both late 2025 and early 2026. There’s new singles gold from Teini-Pää, Musta Valo, Sisar, Krypta, Mummypowder, Felix Alexander Lybeck, Ylva Haru, Susanna Leppänen, Kurja Valentin, Mikko Juvosen Kanuuna, myrtsi, Tuomas Räisänen, Raivo Jackson, Icons of Elegance, Kissa and Litku Klemetti. Teini-Pää and Musta Valo are not on Spotify.
Finally some favorites from the international single category. Anna Tivel’s Animal Poem was my album of the year and there’s a b-sides EP coming up soon from the leftover material. These are equally wonderful and there’s two of those songs here now. Full EP coming later. Some other ones I’ve loved came from Turner Cody, Stripmall Ballads, Jackie West, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, Uni Boys, Bonnie Prince Billy, Charlie Whitten, Talise.. again just to name a few. I’ve listened far less than during ordinary weeks.
That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsese. It all matters. Starting next week back to ordinary weekly rhythm. Love.
1. Beaucoup Dolores – Don’t You Try to Tell Me It’s Raining (I Don’t Want Any More Friends)
2. Noble Hobo – Washington (Sorry for the Mess)
3. Jeremy James Meyer – Funeral (Astoria, Pt.2, Oh Ship! Records)
4. Nikki & The Phantom Callers – Hardline (When I Die (You Better Say Nice Things About Me EP)
5. Matt Kivel – Robert Bedford (Escape from L.A, Scissor Tail Records)
6. Bill Janovitz – Way Back to the Dawn (Way Back to the Dawn EP, Janovitz Records)
7. Dan Darrah – Brendan’s Pretending (Vacationland, Sunday Drive Records)
8. Magnus Carlson & The Moon Ray Quintet – Milk and Honey (Shadows, We Jazz)
9. Anna Tivel – Swan Song (single, Fluff & Gravy Records)
10. The Deslondes – Old Cold Tater (Holy Cross Blues -reissue)
11. Cole Kidwell – Ballad of Esther May (This House Aint’ For Sale (World of Stone, Three Springs)
12. Caleb Stine – William Butler Baker (Nickel and Dimes)
13. Talise – Dog Haired Love (single, Run On Records)
14. Stripmall Ballads – Rabbits (single)
15. Leo Craft – Wading Through the Water (single, Pines & Mountains)
16. Turner Cody – Cigarettes Inside (single, Capitane Records / Modulor)
17. Bonnie Prince Billy – They Keep Trying to Find You (single, Domino Recording Co)
18. Charlie Whitten – Statement (single, Airloom)
19. Anna Tivel – Memphis (single, Fluff & Gravy Records)
20. Jackie West – Silent Century (single, Ruination Record Co)
21. Buck Meek – Gasoline (single, 4AD)
22. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – New Leaf (single, Fire Records)
23. Uni Boys – I Don’t Wanna Dream Anymore (single, Curation Records)
24. Daniel Romano’s Outfit – Autopoiet (single, You’ve Changed Records)
25. Gladie – Future Spring (single, Get Better Records)
26. Teini-Pää – Valssi #1 (single, Soit Se Silti)
27. Musta Valo – Jotain kaunista tapahtuu (single, Kaakao Records)
28. Sisar – Lohtu (single)
29. Kissa – Yö laskeutuu (single, Svart Records)
30. Krypta – Muuttuva labyrintti (single, Svart Records)
31. Torrances – Second Chance (Arachnophobic Spider)
32. Mummypowder – Stars in the Snow (single, All That Plazz)
33. Icons of Elegance – Silence (single, Dinner with Daisy Records)
34. Tuomas Räisänen – The Endless Ride (single, Punaiset levyt)
35. Raivo Jackson – Swimming Under Ice (single)
36. Kurja Valentin – Punaiset varjot (single)
37. myrtsi – Ajatuksen tasolla (single, Lördag)
38. Susanna Leppänen – Odotuksen aika (single, Humu Records)
39. Mikko Juvosen Kanuuna – Vegaanit pääsevät taivaaseen (single, Humu Records)
40. Felix Alexander Lybeck – tar vi aldrig slut (single, All That Plazz)
41. Litku Klemetti – Asperger (single, Lördag)
42. Ylva Haru – Onnenmaisemaan (single, Lotta Roots)
43. Kyle Cox – No One Seems to Care (single)
44. Hank Bee – 10:23 (single, Memorial Distincion)
45. Zachary Lucky – Everywhere a Man Can Be (single, Wroxton Recordings)
46. Avry Truex – Oh Codeine (single)
47. Vincent Neil Emerson – The Great Highway (single, La Honda Records)
48. Jeremy Ivey – Edge of Darkness (single, Soggy Anvil Records)
49. Caleb Caudle – I’ve Endured (single)
50. Emily Scott Robinson – Hymn for the Unholy (single, Oh Boy Records)
51. Tiffany Williams – Blue Kentucky Girl (single)
52. Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence – Good Luck to Ya (single, Bee & El / Warner Records)
53. Ole Kirkeng – Roadside Flowers (single, Die With Your Boots On Records)
54. Juni Habel – Evergreen in Your Mind (single, Basin Rock)
55. Sam Blasucci – Who lives on these lands (single, Calico Discos / Doubleplay Records)
56. The Mellows – Waiting on the Rain (single)
57. Bory – By the Lake (single, Bleak Enterprise)
58. Guv – Chasin’ Luv (single, Run for Cover Records)
59. Heavenly – Excuse Me (single, Skep Wax Records)
60. The Young Fresh Fellows feat Neko Case – Destination (single, Yep Roc)
61. Butler, Blake & Grant – Lonely Night (single, 355 Recordings)
62. Joe Pernice – The Black and the Blue (single, New West Records)
63. Fazed on a Pony – The Perfect Swan (single, Meritorio Records)
64. Trevor Beld Jimenez – Riverside (single, Gertrude Street Records)
65. Fables – Enough (single, Home Alone)
66. Rachel Swain – Stay With Me (single, Magic City Recordings)
67. Jesper Lindell feat Phil Campbell – Drift Away (single, Brunsvik Sounds)
68. James McCann – Time Can Be Spent (single, Cloverdale Records)
69. John Craigie – Dry Land (single, Zabriskie Point Records)
70. Twilark – Foxheart (single)
71. Rod Smoth – Adding (single, Simp Records)
72. Logan Farmer – The Hunt (single, Western Vinyl)
73. Spencer Kilpatrick & The Sand Gators – West Virginia (single)
74. Tyler Austin Baker – The Year That Clayton Delaney Died (single)
75. Katie Mae & The Lubrication – Oval Room (single, Soggy Anvil 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.