A few more for 2026 before the year-end routine begins.
This week there’s new albums from Frances De Vargas, Murphy Campbell, Sammy Weissberg, Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears (this has been here before, but Western Vinyl reissued it on vinyl), James Felice, Dark Tea, The Infinites, Joe Glass, Class, Charlie Horn, Tami Hart, Schaefer Llana, Asha Wells, Fine Food Market, Big Winner, Roger Bryan and the Orphans, Elle Cordova and Silver Lining.
Finnish part of this has albums from Eerie Deer and Echo Is Your Love plus EP from Väisänen. Some beautiful singles too from Ullalintulampi, Spotless Souls, Slack Bird, SaintPolis, Lyyti and Piip.
International single of the week is the new Laura Gibson song Sylvia. One of my favorite songwriters and her Goners was the album of the year here in 2018. Now signed to some of my favorite labels in Fluff & Gravy Records and Loose Music. Some other early faves came from Abe Partridge, Corey Parsons, Esther Rose & Angela Autumn, 54 Ultra, Hiding Places, Dean Johnson (The Replacements cover).. 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 things. Still planning to test drive Qobuz again, but lately I’ve let things slide. Love.
1. Frances De Vargas – Brian (Graduation, Nudie Records)
2. Murphy Campbell – Every Night When the Sun Goes In (Revenant)
3. Sammy Weissberg – Brass Quintet No.1 Mvt.I (Music for Strings and Brass, Dear Life Records)
4. Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears – Setting In (Inner Principles, Western Vinyl)
5. James Felice – Golden Age (Homeworld Blue, Million Stars)
6. Dark Tea – Dark Tea Forever (Dark Tea Forever, Don Piano Enterprises)
7. The Infinites – St.Louis (American Cities)
8. Joe Glass – New Pose (Snakewards, perennial)
9. Class – Are You Feeling Okay? (Scratching the Ceiling, Feel It Records)
10. Tami Hart feat Ted Leo – I’m So Sad (Tami Hart, Don Giovanni Records)
11. Charlie Horn – Hit the Deck (Rhythm Unexplained)
12. Big Winner – In Between (Dinosaur)
13. Fine Food Market – Dark Moon (Alas Time Has Passed, Arbutus Records)
14. Asha Wells – Body of Work (Sleeping Sand, Anxiety Blanket Records)
15. Schaefer Llana – In a Scare (Full Circle, Strolling Bones Records)
16. Elle Cordova – What I’m Losing (Curiosities)
17. Silver Lining – Sunlit Boulevard (Bygones, Die With Your Boots On Records)
18. Roger Bryan and the Orphans – Flash (Open Chord Dispatch, Harvest Sum Recordings)
19. Abe Partridge – Everybody Wants to Play Country Music, But Nobody Wants to Do Country Shit, HBYCO Records / Thirty Tigers)
20. Corey Parsons feat Erin Rae – Keep Hangin’ On (single, Cloverdale Records)
21. Dean Johnson – Swingin Party (single, Saddle Creek)
22. Esther Rose & Angela Autumn – Numb (single, New Weste Records)
23. Laura Gibson – Sylvia (single, Loose Music / Fluff & Gravy Records)
24. Hiding Places – Paradise (single, Keeled Scales)
25. 54 Ultra – Honeymoon (single, Interscope Records)
26. Hello Emerson – Wishin’ I Weren’t Wishin’ (single, Hello Emersongs)
27. Eerie Deer – Green Bones (Leave Behind a Greener World, Eine Records)
28. Spotless Souls – Long Lost Love (single, Soliti)
29. Echo Is Your Love – Slow Sailor (Laundry Day, If Society)
30. SaintPolis – Distant Voices (single, SaintPoliSongs)
31. Slack Bird – Ripottele tuhkani Harjuun (single, Harava Records)
32. Väisänen – Laki ei tunne käsitettä auttaa (Työn ja muutoksen laulut EP, Valassaaret)
33. Ullalintulampi – Hölmönä kultaa (single, Lördag)
34. Lyyti – Monumentti (single, Lördag)
35. Piip – Satumetsät (single, Mustik Motel)
36. Chandler Jones – My God (single, Hotel Shoals / Well Kept Secret)
37. Floating Action – Your Own Head (single, Airloom)
38. Sam Amidon – Innisfree (single, River Lea Recordings)
39. Beefheart & McQuinn – Move the Score (single, We Are Busy Bodies)
40. Sol Hopkins – Melbourne Gurls (single)
41. Celeri – Silence in the Sidewalk (single)
42. The Umbrellas – Tomorrow (single, Slumberland)
43. Best Bets – Peter Grynt (single, Meritorio Records)
44. Plastic Family – Friday Afternoon (single, Echo Archive Recordings)
45. Tomgirls – Red Flags (single, Skull and Bow Records)
46. Dylan Rodrigue – No Confetti (single, kidvomit)
47. Jody Shenkarek – On the Side (single, Ernie’s Ears)
48. Adeem the Artist feat Leon Timbo – Children of the Lord (single, Four Quarters Records / Thirty Tigers)
49. Ismay feat The Brothers Comatose – Wicked Game (single, Fossil Records)
50. Chris Kasper – Last Trace (single, Royal Potato Family)
51. Sam Singer – Peace River (single)
52. Bonny Doon – Lucky Ones (single, Anti)
53. Grace Rogers – Saylersville (single)
54. Mynolia – Dragon (single, Full Time Hobby)
55. Johanna Warren – The Current (single, Soul Selects / Well Kept Secret)
56. Samantha Crain – Bring Home My Man (single)
57. Black Belt Eagle Scout – Fantasy (single, Saddle Creek)
58. Blu Miller – Be Naughty (single)
59. Willi Carlisle – Use Me Up (The Universal Bubba, Signature Sounds Recordings)
60. Sylvie feat Courtney Marie Andrews – Guiding Star (New Season, Ghostly International)
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.