A bit behind schedule, because I’ve been focusing on live music and went to see live shows five days in a row. But here’s what I managed to put together.
Kiki Cavazos made the album of the week. Really big release week in the in rootsier side of things altogether. Bobby Dove, Kevin Carducci, Rachel Brooke are all big in my world. And there’s a whole lot other great releases too. There’s new albums from The Electric Weepers / Austin Stambaugh, Bland Halen, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, Jason Dea West, Fables, Meredith Edgar, The Junipers, White Fence, Hrishikesh Hirway, Gia Margaret, Pearla, Taylor Dallas Vidic, The Abramson Singers (EP), The Milk Carton Kids, Mikaela Davis, Ben Jarrell, Blood Sucking Maniacs, Kyp Harness, M G Boulter (EP) and Jackie Mendez.
Finnish part of this has albums from Mikko Juvosen Kanuuna and Keidas plus EPs from Oudot ajat and Moppi (these EPs are not on Spotify). Then there’s also singles from Lintudisko, Tams, SILVA EMILIA, Sin Cos Tan, Viive, Tomi Puukko and Aleksi Mattila.
Let’s put the new Styrofoam Winos as the international single of the week. Other early faves came from Beefheart & McQuinn, The Tubs, Yea-Ming & The Rumours, Alela Diane, Johanna Samuels, John R. Miller, Sequoia, Ruth Garbus… again just to name a few.
That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. There’s couple of extremely highly recommended international visitors in Finland this week. Corb Lund and Hayes Carll will play in Helsinki and Tampere. I will miss this one myself, because can’t get out of work in time to travel to a different city. But please make my FOMO stronger by going. The Tubs will play in Helsinki and Turku, so this one I will see myself too at 8raita on Sunday. Love.
1. Kiki Cavazos – Black Eyed Man (Goodbye Blues, Jalopy Records)
2. Bobby Dove – Fortune Teller (Fortune Teller, New Motor Records)
3. Rachel Brooke – Currently the Fool (This One’s For You, MAL)
4. Kevin Carducci – In My Dreams (Easy Does It, Fossil Records)
5. Jason Dea West – Uncle Charlie (Louella)
6. The Eletric Weepers / Austin Stambaugh – The First One (The Akron Tapes, Primitive American)
7. Meredith Edgar – Acid Tongue (Melancholy Baby, Graveyard Dog Records)
8. Fables – Woman (Change is a Slow Moving Beast, Home Alone Music)
9. Bland Halen – No Lessons Learner (Tell Me Why) (Diamonds in My Mind)^
10. White Fence – Evaporating Love (Orange, Drag City)
11. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – Emo Band (Acknowledge Kindness, Fire Records)
12. The Junipers – She Makes Sun Shine (The Solid and the Hollow, Cuckoo Records)
13. The Milk Carton Kids – Lost Cause Lover Fool (Far Cry Records / Thirty Tigers)
14. Hrishikesh Hirway feat Uwade – The Ocean (In the Last Hours of Light, Keeled Scales)
15. The Abramson Singers – Can You See It Now (Anything You Could’ve Been EP)
16. Gia Margaret – Moon Not Mine (Singing, Jagjaguwar)
17. Pearla – Imaginings (Song Room)
18. Taylor Dallas Vidic – Muse (Cat & Mouse)
19. Mikaela Davis – Nothin’s On the Radio (Graceland Way, Kill Rock Stars)
20. Ben Jarrell – What Love Ain’t (Tennessee Turnaround)
21. Kyp Harness – Countin On You (Lonely)
22. Blood Sucking Maniacs – Dirt Road (Blood Sucking Maniacs, Paradise of Bachelors)
23. M G Boulter – The Petition of Margaret Engle (Peasant Songs EP, Hudson Records)
24. Jackie Mendez – He Used to Be My Baby (This is Jackie Mendez, Black Bird Records)
25. Taylor Williams – For the First Time (single, Colemine Records)
26. Viive – Sammal (single, Mustik Motel)
27. Sin Cos Tan – Economy (single, All That Plazz)
28. Tams – Haluan unohtaa (single)
29. SILVA EMILIA – Pretty Little Life (single, All that Plazz)
30. Aleksi Mattila – Syntymäpäivä (single)
31. Lintudisko – Nollatutkija Marsista (single)
32. Moppi – Mökki (Bambubermudat Vol.2 EP, Panama-levyt) (not on Spotify)
33. Oudot ajat – Pöly (Pöly EP, Panama-levyt) (not on Spotify)
34. Keidas – Kaipaan sinua Eemeli (Piirsin sinulle kissan)
35. Tomi Puukko – Onnellinen nyt ja tässä (single, Puukko Records)
36. Mikko Juvosen Kanuuna – Huolia (Etanat hyökkää! Helmi Levyt)
37. Moonwards – Aubrieta (single)
38. Another Bummer – Cotillion (single)
39. Rowena Wise – Blood Ties (single, Beloved Records)
40. The Tubs – Fade to Black (single, Merge Records)
41. Yea-Ming and the Rumours – Sweet Opiate (single, Dandy Boy Records)
42. Fascinations Grand Chorus – Chroma Eyes (single, Silent Stereo Records)
43. Gurry Wurry – Have You (single)
44. Jessica Lea Mayfield & Dolour – The Good Life (single, Inverness Recordings)
45. Beefheart & McQuinn – Waiting for the Rain (single, Rainflower)
46. Degler – And Now Nothing Grows There (single, Earth Libraries)
47. Styrofoam Winos – Next Thing (single, Dear Life Records)
48. Ellen Froese – Practicing My Wink (single, Victory Pool)
49. Johanna Samuels – Two People, The Moon (single, Odd Man Out / Many Hats Distribution)
50. Alela Diane – Dusty Roses (single, Loose Music / Fluff & Gravy Records)
51. Juana Everett feat Dylan LeBlanc – Whatever it Takes (single, Great Canyon Records)
52. Sequoia – Protege (single, Vocal Rest Records)
53. John R. Miller – Tollbooth (single, Rounder Records)
54. The Deslondes – Try Again (single, New West Records)
55. Leeroy Stagger feat Joel Plaskett and Kendel Carson – Highlands Leaving (single, Cordova Bay Records)
56. Nick Dittmeier & The Sawdusters – All Downhill from Here (single, SofaBurn Records)
57. Victoria Bailey – My Rock, My Sword, My Shield (single)
58. Dominique and the Diamonds – I Don’t Mind (single, Desert Rose Music)
59. Max Bien Kahn – Jay’n Bee Club (single, Well Kept Secret)
60. Jake Sheppard – Couple Old Friends (single, Desserted City Records)
61. Rachel Swain & Reilly Downes – Mama, Whatday Say (single, Magic CIty Recordings)
62. Fruit Bats – Think Aboutcha (single, Merge Records)
63. Malena Cadiz feat Leeann Skoda – Smoke Rings (single)
64. Kyle Cox & Abigail Flowers – Spring (single)
65. Ruth Garbus – I Think I’m Ready Now (single, Orindal Records)
66. Humbird – Make Believe (single, Nettwerk)
67. Charlie Hill – Weight of My Heart (single, CL Productions)
68. Triptides – What She’s Done To Your Mind (single, Label 51 Recordings)
69. Sumos – Honesty (single, Meritorio Records)
70. Natalie Wildgoose – Nobody on the Path (Rural Hours EP, The State51 Conspiracy)
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.