
Another very late Sunday edition of the new music weekly. A weekend full of live music (and some basketball), so this was little bit on the back-burner. And somewhat overwhelming to start compiling this 7pm on Sunday, but here’s what I managed to put together.
Carson McHone made the album of the week. This is quite different than the high energy rock’n’roll live show I experienced few weeks ago, but equally great. A big shout to Jordan Smart as well for making such a powerful protest album. And there’s many other great things too. We have new albums from Scott Ballew, Michael Hurley, Nicholas Jamerson, Sparrow Smith, Bror Gunnar Jansson, Ike Goldman, Twilark, Dao Strom, Lena Bartels, Lila Tristram, Fruit Bats, Emma Swift, Dancer, Liquid Mike, time thief (EP), Matt Moran, Miles Miller, Patrick Dethlefs, Shawn Camp, Kirby Baby, Josh Ritter, Margaret Glaspy, Asher White and Jens Lekman. That took a while to type let alone listen. Something do for the next few days, because I’ve only scratched the surface on most of them.
Big album release week in Finland as well. We have new ones from Rebekka Holi, Kärmes, Arppa, The Wrong Car, Brian and Vehje. Plus singles gold from Mitä helvettiä nyt taas, Tomi Nordlund & Syvä Joki, Paha Lucia, Muuan Mies, The Lovematches, Spotless Souls and Jonah Parzen-Johnson & Lau Nau (well this one’s is half Finnish, but I’ll make Jonah and honorary Finn here because he is making a record with Lau Nau on a Finnish label).
New Andres Miguel Cervantes song can be the single of the week. Don’t lock your AOTY ballots too early, because that beauty is coming out 1st of November. Some other early favs came from Adeline Hotel, Bobby Dove, 54 Ultra, Caged Animals, Renny Conti, Lefty Parker.. Again just to name a few.
That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. The blog will hit 24 years next week. A long time to do anything, let alone a music blog. We’ll see if I manage to make any kind of birthday post. But back next week with another one of these in any case. Might be another late one, because there’s live concerts that I want to attend on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. And actually two events every day, so I need to figure out where to go on each day. Love.
1. Carson McHone – The Canvas (Pentimento, Merge Records)
2. Scott Ballew feat Sam Doores – Missed Connection (Paradiso, Leisure Rodeo)
3. Michael Hurley – Indian Chiefs and Hula Girls (Broken Homes and Gardens, No Quarter Records)
4. Nicholas Jamerson – Girls from Bristol (The Narrow Way, Cloverdale Records)
5. Sparrow Smith – Mercy (Carolina Mountains, Sassafras Sounds)
6. Jordan Smart – End the Genocide (Confessions of a CEO, Slow Pony Records)
7. Bror Gunnar Jansson & The Escapism – A Refugee (People! Hxng Jazz Records)
8. Twilark – Each Day Will Take a Part of You (The Taming Ties Create)
9. Ike Goldman – Follow Down (Kiki Goldman in “How I Learned to Sing for Statler and Waldorf”)
10. Dao Strom – take (Tender Revolutions, Beacon Sound / Antiquated Future)
11. Lena Bartels – Nothing Makes Me Feel Touched (The Brightest Silver Fish, Glamour Gowns)
12. Lila Tristram – Hey, Mother (America, Hail Mary!)
13. Emma Swift – Going Where the Lonely Go (The Resurrection Game, Tiny Ghost Records)
14. Fruit Bats – Puddle Jumper (Baby Man, Merge Records)
15. time thief – a brief history of ordinary letdown (time thief EP, Musical Fanzine Records / Lost Sound Tapes)
16. Dancer – Baby Blue (More or Less, Meritorio Records)
17. Liquid Mike – 99 (Hell is an Airport, AWAL)
18. Matt Moran – Every Drink You Take (The Ba’ar, Broken Tenor Records)
19. Shawn Camp – The Ghost of Sis Draper (The Ghost of Sis Draper)
20. Josh Ritter – Wild Ways (I Believe in You, My Honeydew, Pytheas Recordings / Thirty Tigers)
21. Miles Miller – Just Let Me Drive (Mr. Runaway, Easy Lovin Records)
22. Patrick Dethlefs – Shadows of Green Light (Patty)
23. Kirby Baby – Altar Call (inside man, no hat no cattle records)
24. Margaret Glaspy feat Andrew Bird – Sometimes You Need (The Golden Heart Protector, ATO Records)
25. Jens Lekman feat Matilda Sargren and Peter Oren – I Want to Want You Again (Songs for Other People’s Weddings, Secretly Canadian)
26. Asher White – Why I Bought the House (8 Tips for Full Catastrophe Living)
27. Adeline Hotel – Dreaming (single, Ruination Record Co)
28. Caged Animals – Crow (single, You’ve Changed Records)
29. Andres Miguel Cervantes – A Silver Wind (single, Speakeasy Studios SF)
30. Bobby Dove – Not Much of an Outlaw (single)
31. 54 Ultra – I Won’t Go (single)
32. Rebekka Holi – Vesimittari (Vyöry, Booa Music & Vallila Music House)
33. Arppa – Linnanmäeltä Liberteen (Peppuni kanssa, Arppa Oy)
34. Kärmes – Maa (Myrkkykäärme, KHY Suomen Musiikki)
35. Brian – Kultakausi (Kultakausi, KHY Suomen Musiikki)
36. Vehje – Kysymys (Poispoikkeen, Humu Records)
37. Paha Lucia – Paha Lucia (single, Minna Records)
38. Tomi Nordlund & Syvä Joki – Maanteitä pitkin (single, Soit Se Silti)
39. Mitä helvettiä nyt taas – Satumaa (single)
40. The Wrong Car – Pay the Price (Tapes in the Attic, Haarakiila Records)
41. The Lovematches – Bye Bye Bye (single, Emsälo Records)
42. Muuan mies – Baklava (single, Helmi Levyt)
43. Spotless Souls – Rosemary (single, Soliti)
44. Jonah Parzen-Johnson & Lau Nau – First Time Viewer (single, We Jazz)
45. Josienne Clarke – In the Dark of the Night (single)
46. Michaela Anne – If Your Body Fails Yous (single, Georgia June Records)
47. Renny Conti – Valley Ford (single, Mom+Pop)
48. Jeff Tweedy – Lou Reed Was My Babysitter (single, dBpm Records)
49. Lefty Parker – Ark (single, Airloom)
50. Abigail Austin – Ultimate Frisbee on AstroTERF (single, Say-10 Records)
51. Frog – Sax-a-ma-phone Var.XII (single, tapewormies)
52. Tiberius – Moab (single, Audio Antihero)
53. Giant Day – Golden Times (single, Elephant 6 Recording Co)
54. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – Upside Down in an Empty Room (single, A Colourful Storm)
55. The Telephone Numbers – Battle of Blythe Road (single, Slumberland Records)
56. The Cords – When You Said Goodbye (single, Skep Wax)
57. The Mountain Goats – Armies of the Lord (single, Cadmean Dawn / Thirty Tigers)
58. Red River Dialect – Again, Again (single, Hinterground Records)
59. Fittonia – Horses in Great Numbers (single, Watch That Ends the Night)
60. David Bavas and Megan Palmer – Till the River Ends (single)
61. Jonny Fritz – Hot Chicken Condos (single, Gar Hole Records)
62. Leon Majcen – Thinking Bout Love (single, Cloverdale Records)
63. Katie Mae & The Lubrication – Object Impermanence (single, Soggy Anvil Records)
64. The Nude Party feat Pearl Charles and Lady Appletree – Sweetheart of the Radio (single)
65. Matt Woods – Getaway Driver (single, Lonely Ones Records)
66. Joshua Ray Walker – Telephone (single, East Dallas Records / Thirty Tigers)
67. EP’s Trailer Park – Too Far Gone (single, Ella Ruth Institutet)
68. Chris Rawlins – After Dark (single)
69. Muireann Bradley – These Days (single, A Decca Records / Verve Forecast)
70. Forrest VanTuyl – Rose of Nowhere (Old Trails)
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.


