Another week, another new music weekly.
A bit of a pop start this time around. Sharp Pins and Brian D’Addario can share the album of the week spot. I mean Sharp Pins should have been album of the week when it originally came out last year, but I only found out of this greatness a few months ago. It’s more than relevant now too, because there’s a new reissue on vinyl with a few new songs. Other album releases of the week came from Exploding Flowers, Jeremy Bradley Earl (EP), Heat Manager (this was last week), Gabi Hartmann, Eliza Niemi, Cross Record, Ed Kuepper & Jim White, Jeffrey Lewis, Kyle M, Kinky Friedman, David Ramirez, Dutch Interior, Lola Kirke, Nico Paulo (EP), Lotta St. Joan & Claudio Donzelli, Liz Overs and Macie Stewart (full album only available on CD/Vinyl for now, digital release in three weeks).
A giant release week in Finland too led by the all time greats Jolly Jumpers. Their new album is utterly wonderful. There’s a lot of other great Finnish albums too. We have new ones from Lala Salama, Kaikki turhat haaveet, Nina Kaitaranta, Cats of Transnistria and Juha Mäki-Patola. Some singles gold too from Mitä helvettiä nyt taas, Idän mies, Lyyti, Saga Olsson and Icons of Elegance.
Some early faves in the international single category came from Will Johnson, Fonteyn, Scott Hirsch, Emilee Emiko, Reverend Baron, Moon Mullins, Moontype, Michael A. Muller (homage to David Lynch), Friendship, Esther Rose.. again just to name a few.
That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Next week there’s two days of Satujuhlat here in Turku and something like 15 bands/artists live. So it might be a bit of struggle to make this that weekend. I will try, but I think it will go to late on Sunday and won’t be as deep as usual. If I’m too tired after two days of festivities, I’ll just cover two weeks with the next episode. Love.
1. Sharp Pins – You Have a Way (Radio DDR, K Recs / Perennial)
2. Brian D’Addario – Flash in the Pan (Till the Morning, Headstack Records)
3. Exploding Flowers – Across a Sea (Watermelon / Peacock, Meritorio Records)
4. Jeremy Bradley Earl – Days Turn Around (Four Songs EP, Woodsist)
5. Heat Manager – Darkness in the Pines (Relaxed American, American Grapefruit)
6. Gabi Hartmann – Melancolie (La femme aux yeux de sel, 27/29 / Sony France)
7. Eliza Niemi – Dusty (Progress Bakery, Tin Angel Records)
8. Cross Record – Twisted Up Fence (Crush Me, Ba Da Bing)
9. Ed Kuepper & Jim White – The 16 Days (After the Flood)
10. Jeffrey Lewis – Movie Date (The EVEN MORE Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis, Vintage Voltage)
11. Kyle M – Kid on the Range (The Real Me, Stones Throw Records)
12. Kinky Friedman – Poet of Motel 6 (Poet of Motel 6, Blue Elan Records)
13. David Ramirez – Waiting on the Dust to Settle (All the Not So Gentle Reminders, Blue Corn Music)
14. Dutch Interior – Wood Know (Moneyball, Fat Possum Records)
15. Lola Kirke – Easy On You (Trailblazer, One Riot Records)
16. Nico Paulo – Memory 4: move like a flame (Interval_o EP, Forward Music Group)
17. Lotta St. Joan and Claudio Donzelli – Seasons (Arms Wide Open EP, Rebel Records)
18. Liz Overs – Prayer to the Year (Nightjar)
19. Macie Stewart feat Lia Kohl – I Forgot How to Remember (When the Distance is Blue, International Anthem)
20. Moontype – Four Hands ii (single, Orindal Records)
21. Moon Mullins – Lobby Music (single, Ruination Record Co)
22. Reverend Baron – Again and Again (single, Karma Chief Records)
23. Scott Hirsch – When Things Fall Apart (single, Echo Magic / Soundly)
24. Fonteyn – Holdin’ On (single, Slice of the Moon Records)
25. Emilee Emiko – Moving Through (single)
26. Esther Rose – Had To (single, New West Records)
27. Friendship – All Over the World (single, Merge Records)
28. Will Johnson – All Dragged Out (single, Keeled Scales)
29. Jolly Jumpers – Mocking Bird (Rural Slang, If Society)
30. Idän mies – Pitkä matka länteen (single, Idän miehen levyt)
31. Lala Salama – Luulin, että mulla on kaikki hyvin (Miltähän me näytettäis yhdessä, All That Plazz)
32. Kaikki turhat haaveet – Turvapaikka (Minä vai jäät, Minna Records)
33. Mitä helvettiä nyt taas – Tän kaupungin ympyrät (single, Nature Sucks Anyway Records)
34. Nina Kaitaranta – Muutos (Ullakolla, Kaita Records)
35. Saga Olsson – Symmetriaa (single, Soit Se Silti)
36. Lyyti – Tuolileikki (single, Johanna Kustannus)
37. Icons of Elegance – Bruce Wayne Saves the Day (single, Dinner With Daisy Records)
38. Cats of Transnistria – Basement (IV, Soliti)
39. Juha Mäki-Patola – Solar Nights (Solar Nights, Moderna Records)
40. Michael A. Muller feat Spencer Kahn & CJ Camerieri – This is the Water and This is the Well (single, Western Vinyl)
41. Kyle Cox & Abigail Flowers – When I See You Again (single)
42. Durand Jones & The Indications – Been So Long (single, Dead Oceans)
43. SunYears – (Going To A) Cruel Country (single, Villa)
44. Mythical Motors – Car Rainbow Radio (single, Repeating Cloud)
45. Monnone Alone – Dry Doubt (single, Lost and Lonesome)
46. Sunny Intervals – As Summer Draws In (single)
47. Lunar Vacation – Lights Off (single, Keeled Scales)
48. Icarus Phoenix – The World That We Live In (single)
49. Triptides – Your Darkness (single, Label 51 Recordings)
50. The Minus 5 – Blow in My Bag (single, Yep Roc)
51. Will Fox – Is It Ever Gone (single, Second Wind Records)
52. Samantha Crain – B-Attitudes (single, Real Kind Records)
53. Leslie Jordan – Elegy (single)
54. Caitlin Cannon – Jesus is My Lover (single)
55. Luke Pelletier – Go On, Giddyup (single, Soggy Anvil Records)
56. Joshua Quimby – Speeding Tickets, Hot Coffee, Good Donuts & Dank Weed (single)
57. Casper Allen – Damned Old Sun (single, The naturals)
58. Drunken Prayer – Rock of Ages (single, Dial Back Sound / Well Kept Secret)
59. Silverada – New Madrid (single, Prairie Rose Records)
60. Stephen Simmons – Chasing Headlights (single)
61. Beau Jennings & R.R. Williams – I Believe This Is Killing Me (single)
62. Charley Crockett – One Trick Pony (Lonesome Drifter, Island Records)
63. Gilbert Louie Ray – Meet You Halfway (Only Dogs Can Judge Me, Soggy Anvil Records)
64. Pelko – Nurmikolla (Punainen kirja, Pelkolevy)
65. Weaving – Who (Webs, Glamour Gowns)
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.
