Always late Sunday evening these days, but here’s finally a new edition of the new music weekly.
New Josiah Flores album can be the album of the week. Lots of great songwriting on that record and a beautiful Townes Van Zandt cover too. Also thrilled about new Christo Graham album, but it’s 22 songs so I haven’t even had the time to listen the whole thing yet. Something to dive into during the next few days. When it comes to EPs the First Works of 54 Ultra is a really big deal. Other albums gems came from Chad Price Peace Coalition, Foxwarren, The Minus 5, Ben Kweller, Shura, Labrador, Reed Turchi, Theatre Royal, Grey Causeway, Sea Dramas (EP) and Frown Town (this last one is a week or two old, but I missed it then).
Quite a few great Finnish albums too. There’s new ones from Jenna-Marie Laine, Petra Poutanen, Salla Karonen, KiPPO, Samase and Carla Aakre. Also great to have MeriTuuli back with a new single. Vehje too with a song that resonates almost too much. Then there’s awesome Emmy June single too so things look good in Finland.
Magnolia Electric Co and Will Johnson have joined forces to create Magnolia & Johnson Electric Co. Their take on The Big Beast is the international single of the week. Other early faves came from Dana Sipos, Jessica Risker, Drugdealer feat Weyes Blood… again just to name a few.
That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. xOh and Remember that Barbara Manning will tour in Finland soon. Extremely highly recommended. Schedule is as follows:
11.6. Barbara Manning (US) & Hulda Huima (duo) / Vastavirta-Klubi
12.6. Barbara Manning (US) + Hulda Huima (duo) / G Livelab Helsinki
13.6. Pe 13.6. Barbara Manning (USA), Phardah, Hulda Huima Duo, SUISTO
14.6. Barbara Manning, Hulda Huima (duo), Kirkkopuiston terassi, Turku
Before that another one of these things next weekend. Until then. Love.
1. Josiah Flores – Eddie (Doin’ Fine, Speakeasy Studios SF)
2. Christo Graham – Far Away (Clown Riot, We Are Busy Bodies)
3. 54 Ultra – Does He Know It (First Works EP)
4. Chad Price Peace Coalition – Tongue (A Perfect Pearl, SofaBurn Records / Double Helix Records)
5. Foxwarren – Deadhead (2, Anti)
6. Shura – Tokyo (I Got too Sad For My Friends, PIAS)
7. Ben Kweller feat MJ Lenderman – Oh Dorian (Cover the Mirrors, The Noise Company)
8. The Minus 5 – Falling Like Jets (Oar On, Penelope! Yep Roc)
9. Frown Town – Stranger to Everyone (Dark Green Curtains, Earth Libraries)
10. Grey Causeway – The Raft (Grey Causeway, Dandy Boy Records)
11. Sea Dramas – Down at the Bottom (Every Problem Created For Us EP, Royal Oakie Records)
12. Theathe Royal – Lives Entwined (A Change of Weather, Spinout Music)
13. Labrador – A Favor to Someone (My Version of Desire, Safe Suburban Home / No Way of Knowing)
14. Reed Turchi – When You’ve Got a Good Friend (World On Fire, Xenon)
15. Ryan Lee Crosby – I’ve Been Worried (single, Crossnote Records)
16. Jackson and the Janks – Let’s Leave Here (single, Jalopy Records)
17. Magnolia & Johnson Electric Co – The Big Beast (single, Keeled Scales)
18. Billy Allen + The Pollies – Invited (single, Single Lock Records)
19. Dana Sipos – Soft Feeling (single)
20. Jessica Risker – City Hours (single, Island House Recordings)
21. Emma Swift – No Happy Endings (single, Tiny Ghost Records)
22. Emmy June – La Di Da (single, June Music)
23. Carla Aakre – fruit free (things i forgot to tell you)
24. MeriTuuli – Anna mennä! (single, Eclipse Music)
25. Jenna-Marie Laine – Hetken vielä hiljaa (Matintytär, Laine)
26. Petra Poutanen – Tähdetön yö (Todisteita siitä mitä me olemme, Eclipse Music)
27. Salla Karonen – Kaipaan sua (Kohtia ihmisissä, Lukkarin punkkia)
28. Samase – Roskaa (rohto, Samase Music)
29. KiPPO – FurryCon U.S.A. (KiPPO, This is not a dog / tucnil bogta)
30. Vehje – Pitäs, pitäs (single, Humu Records)
31. Reno Bo – Almost Alright (single)
32. Girlatones – Only the Best (single)
33. Autocamper – Red Flowers (single, Safe Suburban Home)
34. Low Cut Connie – Livin in the USA (single, Contender Records)
35. Durand Jones & The Indications – Lover’s Holiday (single, Dead Oceans)
36. Thee Sinseers – If We Try (single, Colemine Records)
37. Drugdealer feat Weyes Blood – Real Thing (single, Mexican Summer)
38. Kendra Morris – If I Called You (single, Karma Chief Records)
39. Kyle Cox – Searching for Cure (single)
40. Heidi Feek – Happy Tears (single, Well Kept Secret)
41. Hayes Carll – High (single, Hwy 87 Records / Thirty Tigers)
42. Mose Wilson – Since I Lost You (single)
43. Rodney Crowell feat Ashley McBride – Taking Flight (single, New West Records)
44. Freya Josephine Hollick – Inevitable Sorrow (single, Cheersquad Records & Tapes)
45. Jamie Lin Wilson – Simple Enough (single)
46. Jack Barksdale feat Sarah Jarosz – Martyrs (single)
47. Nicholas Jamerson feat Tim O’Brien – Working Man (single, Cloverdale Records)
48. Hamilton Boyce – Don’t Take My Wine (single)
49. Kathryn Legendre – Here’s Your Honky Tonk (single)
50. Sunny Sweeney – Diamonds and Divorce Decrees (single, Aunt Daddy Records / Thirty Tigers)
51. Madeline Hawthorne – Love is a Good Thing (single)
52. Will Payne Harrison and Matt Moran – Dusk to Dawn (single)
53. The Satchel Kid – Morningwood Blues (single, Ella Ruth Institutet)
54. Everett Parker – Pour Me a Blessing (single, Ella Ruth Institutet)
55. Brennan Edwards – Time to Burn (single, Cloverdale Records)
56. Travis Roberts – Bellmarie (single, New West Records)
57. Greg Freeman – Curtain (single, Transgressive Records)
58. Hallelujah the Hills feat John Vanderslice – Animals in Love (4 of Hearts) (single, Discreat Pageantry Records)
59. Erik Kase Romero – Had Enough (single, Giddy UP! Records)
60. Joe Kaplow – Fly Away (single, Sonder House)
61. Emily Hines – All Of Our Friends (single, Keeled Scales)
62. Case Oats – Bitter Root Lake (single, Merge Records)
63. Laura Stevenson – Honey (single, Really Records)
64. The Glass Hours – Man Who Had Everything (single, Cornelius Chapel Records)
65. Fortunato Durutti Marinetti – Full of Fire (single, Quindi Records / We Are Time)
66. Modern Nature – Pharaoh (single, Bella Union)
67. Love Axe – Godmother (single, Grandmother Clock)
68. Logan Farmer – Monastery (Butchers EP, Western Vinyl)
69. Jean Ramsay – The Unknown (Between the Briar and the Rose)
70. Hectorine – Slip Through My Fingers (Arrow of Love, Take a Turn 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.
