At least one more busy month ahead in the 2025 release calendar.
Album of the week is the new one from Greg Jamie. Other great new albums came from Charlie Kaplan, Katie Mae & The Lubrication (EP), Abigail Austin, The Telephone Numbers, Massage, Shadowgraphs, Giant Day, Walkhome, Rhett Miller, Al Nicol (last week but missed it then), The Silvertone, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Madison Cunningham, Madi Diaz, Flock of Dimes, Cataldo, Great Lake Swimmers, Hannah Frances and Josh Fortenbery.
Some big Finnish album releases too from Modem, Janne Laurila Double Denim and Tomi Nordlund & Syvä Joki. Plus an EP from Hamina. On the single side of things we have a couple of awesome debuts from Julia Rautamaa and Finding Jens Hortling.
International single of the week is the new one from Lefty Parker that also features big personal favorite Twain. I’ve really loved all these Lefty Parker singles and I’m eager to hear more. Other early faves came from Adeline Hotel, Devin Shafter (there’s two wonderful singles that came earlier in the fall. I somehow missed them, but featured one now. Love them both), Turner Cody, Cory Branan feat Tyler Childers, Jess Jocoy, Caged Animals, Vanity Mirror, Joel Cusumano… 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 one of these. Love
1. Greg Jamie – Sunny (Across the Violet Pasture, Orindal Records)
2. Charlie Kaplan – Fear of Choking (A Hat Upon the Bed, Glamour Gowns)
3. Katie Mae & The Lubrication – Ideal Stranger (Object Impermenance EP, Soggy Anvil Records)
4. Abigail Austin – Red Flag Forestry Service (The Catalyst, Say-10 Records)
5. The Telephone Numbers – Pulling Punchlines (Scarecrow II, Slumberland Records)
6. Massage – Without Your Love (Coaster, Bobo Integral)
7. Shadowgraphs – Desire (Don’t Chase, Will Run)
8. Walkhome – Woke Up Too Soon (Temptations)
9. Giant Day – Back to the Corner (Alarm, Elephant 6 Recording Co)
10. The Silvertone – Warning Signs (Mistakes, Mixto Records)
11. St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Nothing More Lonely (St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Oasis Pizza Records / Thirty Tigers)
12. Rhett Miller – All Over Again (A Lifetime of Riding By Night, ATO Records)
13. Al Nicol feat Erin Rae – You and Me (Only Hoping)
14. Madison Cunningham – Shore (Ace, Verve Forecast)
15. Hannah Frances feat Daniel Rossen – The Space Between (Nested in Tangles, Fire Talk)
16. Flock of Dimes – Keep Me in the Dark (The Life You Save, Sub Pop Records)
17. Madi Diaz – Why’d You Have to Bring Me Flowers (Fatal Optimist, Anti)
18. Cataldo – True Blues (Two Way Mirror)
19. Great Lake Swimmers – One More Dance Around the Sun (Caught Light, Pheromone Recordings)
20. Josh Fortenbery – Nobody is Pleased (Tidy Memorial, Muskeg Collective)
21. Cory Branan feat Tyler Childers – Steppin’ Outside (single, Blue Elan Records)
22. Turner Cody – We Need Each Other (single, Capitane Records / Modular)
23. Lefty Parker feat Twain – Petra (single, Airloom)
24. Devin Shafter – I Guess I’m Crawling (single, American Dreams Records)
25. Pearl Charles – Birthday (single, Taurus Rising Records)
26. Julia Rautamaa – Banaani (single, Lördag)
27. Janne Laurila Double Denim – Aina eteenpäin (Janne Laurila Double Denim, Stupido Records)
28. Tomi Nordlund & Syvä Joki – Aamu valkenee (Hyvää seuraa, Soit Se Silti)
29. Modem – Ave Maria (Interface, Modem Age Records)
30. Hamina – Varjot (Laula huolet pois EP, Luova Records)
31. Finding Jens Hortling – Cold Wind Blows (single, Humu Records)
32. Jeb Loy Nichols feat Cold Diamond & Mink – No Rest Without Love (single, Timmion Records)
33. Taylor Williams feat Leroi Conroy – Dreaming (single, Colemine Records)
34. Joseph Shabason, Thom Gill & Andre Ethier – Fire on the Ridge (single, Western Vinyl)
35. Adeline Hotel – Swimming (single, Ruination Record Co)
36. Tiberius – Painting of a Tree (single, Audio Antihero)
37. The Thorn – Fountain (single, Yamerah)
38. Caged Animals – The Blood Moon (single, You’ve Changed Records)
39. Adam Selzer – I Want to Believe It (single, Jealous Butcher Records)
40. Vanity Mirror – The Apple Tree (single, We Are Busy Bodies)
41. Joel Cusumano – Death-Wax Girl (single, Dandy Boy Records)
42. Billy Tibbals – Rock’n’Roll Kids (single, Fizz Fizz Records)
43. Weird Nightmare – Forever Elsewhere (single, Sub Pop Records)
44. The Mountain Goats – Cold at Night (single, Cadmean Dawn / Thirty Tigers)
45. India Ramey – Six Feet Under (single, Copaco Records / Blue Elan Records)
46. Jonny Fritz – Slow Down (single, Gar Hole Records)
47. Leon Majcen – I Have Found My Love Today (single, Cloverdale Records)
48. Charlie Shafter – Magpie & Coyote (single)
49. Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence – Dat Ain’t Right (single, Bee & El Records)
50. Benjamin Tod & Matt Heckler – Kentucky Coal (single, Benjamin Tod / Thirty Tigers)
51. Chloe Kimes – He Still Listens to the Radio (Hammer & Nail Me) (single, Pond Happy)
52. Jess Jocoy – You Sure Showed Me (single)
53. Beth Snapp – I Thought of You (single)
54. Ole Kirkeng – Foreign Country Singer Blues (single, Die With You Boots On Records)
55. Polartropica feat Gilbert Louie Ray – Shiny Things (single, Freezeway Records)
56. Spencer Hoffman – Dandelions (single, Anxiety Blanket Records)
57. David Huckfelt – Anything (single, Don Giovanni Records)
58. Dogwood Tales – Eletric Lines (single, Cloverdale Records)
59. Yves Jarvis – Man in His Pomp (single, In Real Life Music)
60. Lande Hekt – Favourite Pair of Shoes (single, Tapete Records)
61. Troy Everett feat Heathed Woods Broderick – More of the Same (single, Alternative Fidelity Music Group)
62. Memory Spells x Jordan Whitlock – False Lights (Reprise) (single)
63. h.pruz – Krista (single, Mtn Laurel Recording Co)
64. Tenci feat Hemlock – bye bye spotify (single, Keeled Scales)
65. Erika Lewis – Demonds Are Bold (single)
66. John Southworth – You Found Your Flower (single, Tin Angel Records)
67. John Cathal O’Brien – Shadows in the Dark (single)
68. Christian Kjellvander – Reasonable Love (single, Tapete Records)
69. Wharfer – Mosquito (High Country Hazards, Georgia Records)
70. The Deep Dark Woods – If I Was a Bird (The Circle Remains, Victory Pool)
71. Katie Spencer – Goodbye (What Love Is, Lightship 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.