Lilly Hiatt – Royal Blue, Tom Brosseau – Perfect Abandon
Just a quick note about two really good albums that was just released. First we have Lilly Hiatt’s new album Royal Blue that was released by Normaltown Records. I don’t know that much about Lilly. I just started listening to her music a couple of days ago and therefore I’m only in the process of matching my heart with her music. To be honest, I don’t know that much about her father John Hiatt either. I’m sure that’s a crime, but hey, at least you can’t argue that I only like Lilly because of her father. Perhaps this will actually go the other way around and I end up investigating that John Hiatt song catalogue after falling in love with Lilly’s music. This is Jesus Would’ve Let Me Pick The Restaurant from Royal Blue.
New Tom Brosseau album Perfect Abandon is also out and available. I don’t think I have written about this gorgeous folk singer-songwriter for years. Probably not since his 2006 album Empty Houses Are Lonely. I must admit that I even lost touch with him for several years and didn’t really continue listening until his excellent 2014 album Grass Punks. I should probably dig up everything that I lost between Empty Houses Are Lonely and Grass Punks, because these last two have both been excellent. This new one was produced by John Parish and Ali Chant. This is Roll Along With Me from Perfect Abandon.
Moor Hound – Missin’ Out & Hayden – Hey Love
More brand new stuff. Moor Hound aka Steve Marino from Bloomington, Indiana, has been on my radar for a while, but hasn’t been featured on this page at all. Flannelgraph Records released the new Moor Hound single Missin’ Out b/w Married on the 24th of February. I really liked his Stifled Spirit album that had some really beautiful soft folk songs on it. This new one is perhaps a bit more pop-orientated, but sounds equally good to me. Here’s the a-side Missin’ Out.
Legendary Hayden is about to release a new album Hey Love later this month. I have really high hopes for this one. The previous one Us Alone is actually my favourite Hayden album. It was kind of a slow grower for me and I didn’t really appreciate enough when it came out. However, it’s still on my iPod and I still return to that amazing album on a weekly or monthly basis. Hey Love will be released by Arts & Crafts and will drop into our hearts on the 24th of March. I’m aware that you get to stream it, if you pre-order, but think I rather buy it from the local record store, because it’s worth it to support those. Here’s the wonderful title track Hey Love.
James McMurtry – Complicated Game & Mark Edgar Stuart – Trinity My Dear
My main goal in life is still to just get rid of the pain and numbness and therefore I’ve been neglecting the blog and focused on doing all sort of exercises and paying my hard-earned money to all kind of specialists. I think the next step is try and see whether a chiropractor could help me out. So far it feels like music is still the only thing that helps. This week my medicine were the new albums by James McMurtry and Mark Edgar Stuart.
James McMurtry doesn’t need an introduction. He has been writing damn fine songs for a really long time. Sure it’s been a while since his 2008 album Just Us Kids, but he hasn’t lost his touch and his brand new album Complicated Game is again full of wonderful songs. This is South Dakota from the new album.
Mark Edgar Stuart also released a new album this week. I didn’t know him beforehand, but John Paul Keith mentioned Mark Edgar Stuart’s new album on his FB and that got me interested. What I found was a mighty good album called Trinity My Dear that was released a few days ago by Madjack Records. Here’s We Were in Bloom from this beautiful album.
Flavour of the Month 6.3.2015 – Tomi Nordlund & Syvä Joki, Love Sport
A new month and a new Flavour of the Month. The event takes place at Pikku-Torre, Turku on Friday 6th of March. We have a couple of excellent Finnish bands sharing the stage. These are Tomi Nordlund & Syvä Joki & Love Sport. Read all about it on that Finnish press release below. And here some song samples.
Tomi Nordlund & Syvä Joki – Meidän aikaa
LOVE SPORT: Well..shit
FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH esittää:
LOVE SPORT
TOMI NORDLUND & SYVÄ JOKI
+ Flavour of the Month DJ team
pe 6.3. klo 21-03
Pikku-Torre, Yliopistonkatu 30, Turku
VAPAA PÄÄSY!
Maaliskuun Flavour of the Month -klubilla perjantaina 6.3. saadaan kuulla kovia kotimaisia tulokasyhtyeitä.
Illan bändeistä Love Sport on helsinkiläinen ”indie all stars”-ryhmä, jossa on soittajia sellaisista yhtyeistä kuin Hopeajärvi, Lady Escape, Black Twig ja Big Wave Riders. Niinpä ei olekaan suuri yllätys, että itse itseään simppelisti ”kitararockiksi” kuvaileva nelikko on päätynyt Nick Trianin Soliti-merkille. Debyytti-EP ”Gol!!” on julkaistu trendikkäästi digitaalisesti sekä c-kasettina.
Tamperelaisen Tomi Nordlund & Syvä Joki -yhtyeen tyylilajina on suomenkielinen folk rock. Bändin pomomies Nordlund on tunnettu paitsi musiikkitoimittajana myös mainiona muusikkona mm. Cry Barissa ja Suomen parhaissa Bruce Springsteen- ja REM-coverbändeissä. Syvä Joki esittää kuitenkin omaa musiikkia, josta näytteenä julkaistiin loppukesästä ensimmäinen video kappaleesta Laiturin päässä ja joulukuussa toinen kappaleesta Meidän aikaa.
Tomi Nordlund & Syvä Joki at Facebook
Love Sport at Facebook