Another week, another weekly playlist.

Still a bit quiet on the album front, but there’s still plenty to listen and love. The top album release for me is the debut Gladie album. I loved the EP a couple of years back and I’ve been eager to hear more. Now we have an album of this greatness. The week also brought new albums from Greg Mendez, Chelsea Lovitt, Christian Kjellvander, Waco Brothers, Jason Joshua & The Beholders, Real Estate, Ratboys, The Secret Sisters, Sierra Hull, Grant Earl Lavalley, Ismay, Erica Freas, Brooke Bentham, Ben Seretan and Kyshona Armstrong. Then there’s also a wonderful EP from Via Mardot and the Hanemoon album I missed earlier (if you liked Seaside Stars back in the early 00s, check out this new project Hanemoon).

The Finnish highlight is the superb single from joku iiris. I can’t wait to hear the album that arrives in early April. Other excellent new Finnish releases this week are the EP from Tams, album from Karina and singles from Untogethers and M. This playlist also revisits the Toni Hautamäki ja Ydinrauha album that came out last week and the great 2019 EP from Tvärtom that is now available on Spotify too.

The singles game was strong and these plenty that I love dearly. Phoebe Bridgers was probably the big one, but there’s several that were just as gorgeous. For example the ones by Chase Weinacht (new magical solo single from Marmalakes frontman), Terry’s Paradise (post modern doo wop from Portland, accidentally stumbled upon this on Spotify and instantly loved it) Jaime Wyatt, Whitney Rose, Brigid Mae Power, Sam Doores, Tristen, Ariel Sharrat & Mathias Kom, Lucinda Williams and so forth. And obviously the Daniel Romano song, which is a familiar one but still works perfectly. It’s the first single from a forthcoming live album.

That’s it for this week. Take care and love love love.

1. Gladie – Parlor (Safe Sins, Lame-O Records, 2020)
2. Daniel Romano – Nerveless – Live (single, You’ve Changed Records, 2020)
3. Brigid Mae Power – On a City Night (single, Fire Records, 2020)
4. Via Mardot – Stand (Via Mardot EP, Eurotown Records, 2020)
5. Terry’s Paradise – I Told You the Full Moon Makes Sense (single, 2020)
6. Chase Weinacht – Leap Day (single, Keeled Scales, 2020)
7. Greg Mendez – Freak (Cherry Hell, Forged Artifacts, 2020)
8. joku iiris – Hyvä Tyttö (single, Humu Records / Hillotehdas / Jukan Musiikki, 2020)
9. Phoebe Bridgers – Garden Song (single, Dead Oceans, 2020)
10. Ariel Sharratt & Mathias Kom – Rise Up Alexa (single, BB*Island, 2020)
11. Whitney Rose – Just Circumstance (single, MCG Recordigns, 2020)
12. Tristen – Can’t Walk That Back (single, 2020)
13. Jaime Wyatt – Neon Cross (single, New West Records, 2020)
14. Chelsea Lovitt – Beanstalk (You Had Your Cake, So Lie In It, Fat Elvis Records, 2020)
15. Sam Doores – Windmills (single, New West Records, 2020)
16. Christian Kjellvander – Loneliest Woman in the World (Doom Country, Startracks, 2020)
17. Geoff Gordon – THere’s a Lot of Horses in Oklahoma (single, Five Kill Records, 2020)
18. Lucinda Williams – You Can’t Rule Me (single, Highway 20 Records, 2020)
19. Waco Brothers – Lincoln Town Car (Resist, Bloodshot Records, 2020)
20. Audrey and Hugh – Lily White Parade (single, 2020)
21. Jason Joshua & The Beholders – Rose Gold (Alegria y Tristeza, Mango Hill Records, 2020)
22. Ezra Bell – 5th and James (single, Dutch Records, 2020)
23. Matthew McNeal – Be Yourself (single, Matte Black Sound Company, 2020)
24. Real Estate – You (The Main Thing, Domino Recording Co, 2020)
25. Untogethers – Crumbling Heart (single, Iso Pinkki, 2020)
26. Heffner – YDEKH (single, Manic Records, 2020)
27. Briston Maroney – The Garden (Miracle, Atlantic, 2020)
28. Hanemoon – At the Raging Waterfront (Mammals, Jigsaw Records, 2020)
29. Ratboys – Clever Hans (Printer’s Devil, Topshelf Records, 2020)
30. Margaret Glaspy – Stay With Me (single, ATO Records, 2020)
31. Tams – On ollut kaikenlaista (Aikahyppy 2 EP, 2020)
32. M – Punainen ovi (single, Solina Records, 2020)
33. The Secret Sisters – Silver (Saturn Return, New West Records, 2020)
34. Sierra Hull – How Long (25 Trips, Rounder Records, 2020)
35. Andrew Hibbard – Running From the Enemy (single, Sofaburn Records, 2020)
36. Jesse Daniel – Bringin’ Home the Roses (single, Die True Records, 2020)
37. Christy Lynn Band – Checkin In (single, 2020)
38. The Dead Tongues – Little Sadie (single, 2020)
39. The Lowest Pair – Too Late Babe (single, Delicata Records, 2020)
40. Grant Earl LaValley – Wicked Witch (A Brighter Day, Exit Stencil Recordings, 2020)
41. Jess Williamson – Wind on Tin (single, Mexican Summer, 2020)
42. Jeffrey Silverstein – Cosmic Scene (single, Arrowhawk Records, 2020)
43. Yee & O’Brien – Masterpiece (single, 2020)
44. Ismay – When I Was Younger I Cried (Songs of Sonoma Mountain, 2020)
45. Jon McKiel– Object Permanence (single, You’ve Changed Records, 2020)
46. Erica Freas – July Bird (Young, Specialist Subject, 2020)
47. Brooke Bentham – All My Friends Are Drunk (Everyday Nothing, Allpoints, 2020)
48. Kyle Forester – Up Their Sleeve (Hearts in Gardens, Tis So Referent, 2020)
49. Tvärtom – Iltariennot (Tvärtom EP, 2019)
50. Toni Hautamäki & Ydinrauha – Kesäyö (Kaikki ei ole miltä näyttää, 2020)
51. Gregory Pepper and His Problems – I’ve Got a Bottle (I Know Now Why You Cry, Fake Four, 2020)
52. Aaron Beckum – Jagged Coast (Songs From a Triangle Room, Devil in the Woods, 2020)
53. Ben Seretan – Power Zone (Youth Pastoral, Whatever’s Clever, 2020)
54. Karina – Aila (2, Playground, 2020)
55. Kyshona Armstrong – Fallen People (Listen, 2020)

Playlist link

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

If you are looking this after a week has gone, the embedded Spotify will show the latest playlist. I’ll just update the same playlist because a) if someone wants to follow it, they can just follow that one list and will get a new set of songs each Sunday b) so that I don’t have a trillion of different playlists on my Spotify account.

Another week, another weekly playlist.

Sorry for another really slow blog week. Somehow these days just fly by at the moment, but here’s at least the weekly release round up and the playlist.

This felt like a surprisingly slow release week, but maybe I just missed a lot of stuff due to various reasons. There’s still quite a lot to listen to and the week brought new albums from Kyle Forester, Sarah Harmer, Six Organs of Admittance, Katie Pruitt, Guided By Voices, Greg Dulli, Dustin Lovelis, K. Skelton, Wilsen, Joe Nolan, Nora Jane Struthers, All the Real Girls, Rose Cousins and Her Silo. Plus EPs from Aaron Beckum, David Garnham and the Reasons to Live. Gregory Pepper album and Small Sur and Sunfruits EPs are a week or so old, but I missed them on an earlier playlist update.

The home shore highlight this week was the release of the Toni Hautamäki ja Ydinrauha album. I’ve really enjoyed these songs live and it’s great to be able to hear them on a record as well. Other Finnish treasures this week are new singles from Veli, Mitä helvettiä nyt taas, Rosita Luu and Stinako (feat Antti Autio).

There’s a bunch of wonderful singles too. Peter Oren, Dana Gavanski, Lilly Hiatt and Samantha Crain continued to release advance singles from their forthcoming albums. Low Cut Connie and Kyle Cox have great new ones too and that V.V. Lightbody song is really special. And everything else would also be worth namedrop, but you’ll find them below.

That’s it for this week. Maybe and hopefully I manage to do a bit more next week, but no definite promises whatsoever. I kinda temporarily lost the spark that justifies spending most of my spare time into something that has zero relevance, but I’ll find it eventually. Love love love.

1. Kyle Forester – Strange Vision (Hearts in Garden, Tis So Referent, 2020)
2. Aaron Beckum – Mountains (Songs From a Triangle Room EP, Devil in the Woods, 2020)
3. Sarah Harmer – Just Get Here (Are You Gone, Arts & Crafts, 2020)
4. Six Organs of Admittance – Black Tea (Companion Rises, Drag City, 2020)
5. Peter Oren – Gnawed to the Bone (Come By) (single, Western Vinyl, 2020)
6. Dan Reeder – Jail Time (single, Oh Boy Records, 2020)
7. Low Cut Connie – Look What They Did (single, Contender Records, 2020)
8. Kyle Cox – Without Your Love (single, 2020)
9. Dana Gavanski – Yesterday Is Gone (single, Full Time Hobby, 2020)
10. Katie Pruitt – Normal (Expectations, Rounder Records, 2020)
11. V.V. Lightbody – If It’s Not Me (single, Acrophase Records, 2020)
12. Samantha Crain – Garden Dove (single, Real Kind Records, 2020)
13. Lilly Hiatt – Candy Lunch (single, New West Records, 2020)
14. Nap Eyes – So Tired (single, Jagjaguwar, 2020)
15. Jeremy Ferrara – Sing Until I Die (single, 2020)
16. Veli – Untrue (To All of You) (single, Evil Veli Recordings, 2020)
17. Toni Hautamäki ja Ydinrauha – Tanssilava (Kaikki ei ole miltä näyttää, 2020)
18. Mitä helvettiä nyt taas – Et ole yksin (single, Nature Sucks Anyway Records, 2020)
19. Rosita Luu – Taikasanat (single, Helmi Levyt, 2020)
20. Bergen – Bara Dårar Gör Som Jag (single, Manus, 2020)
21. Guided By Voices – Volcano (Surrender Your Poppy Field, 2020)
22. Greg Dulli – A Ghost (Random Desire, Royal Cream, 2020)
23. Reb Fountain – Samson (single, Flying Nun Records, 2020)
24. Wilsen – Align (Ruiner, Dalliance, 2020)
25. Dustin Lovelis – Stay Calm, Ezra (In Your Chamber, Park the Van, 2020)
26. K. Skelton – Leatherjacket (Beach Motel, 2020)
27. Girlatones – Respond to Love (single, Lost and Lonesome, 2020)
28. Sunfruits – Sunfruits (Certified Organic EP, Third Eye Stimuli Records, 2020)
29. Gregory Pepper and His Problems – Maybe I’ll See You (I Know Now Why You Cry, Fake Four, 2020)
30. Joe Nolan – Maybe We Didn’t Get Our Timing Right (Drifters, Rootsy, 2020)
31. Caleb Caudle – Let’s Get (single, Baldwin County Public Records, 2020)
32. Nora Jane Struthers – I Want It All (Bright Lights, Long Drives, First Words, Blue Pig Music, 2020)
33. Western Centuries – Heart Broke Syndrome (single, Free Dirt Records, 2020)
34. All The Real Girls – Hometown Hero (Movie Star Handsome, 2020)
35. Sadler Vaden – Modern Times (single, Dirty Mag Records, 2020)
36. Josh Ritter – Heaven Knows (single, Pytheas Recordings, 2020)
37. David Garnham and the Reasons to Live – Up and Down (One Man Down EP, 2020)
38. Nathan Kalish – Kalimotxo (single, Winter Wildfires, 2020)
39. Brendan & The Strangest Ways – We Can Beat Mercury (single, 2020)
40. Rose Cousins – The Agreement (Bravado, Outside Music, 2020)
41. Ali Holder – Bruja (single, 2020)
42. STINAKO feat Antti Autio – Paino (single, Soliti, 2020)
43. Sandro Perri – Love Is Real (2020) (single, Constellation, 2020)
44. Jordan Klassen – Identivacation (single, 2020)
45. BAJA – Blue (single, 2020)
46. Jacksonport – Chicago (single, 2020)
47. Waxahatchee – Lilacs (single, Merge Records, 2020)
48. Her Silo – Flood (Don’t Forget the Heart That’s Beating, 2020)
49. Small Sur – Rays of Light (Rays of Light EP, 2020)
50. Mariecke Borger – Seven Days (single, Volkoren, 2020)
51. Little Misty – Blurry Lines (Little Misty, 2020)
52. Caitlin Sherman – Some Paradise Unseen (Death to the Damsel, 2020)

Playlist link

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

If you are looking this after a week has gone, the embedded Spotify will show the latest playlist. I’ll just update the same playlist because a) if someone wants to follow it, they can just follow that one list and will get a new set of songs each Sunday b) so that I don’t have a trillion of different playlists on my Spotify account.