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There is so much heaviness in the world today, and so much rancor. People are angry - I think some is justified and some is maybe not, but that is all perspective maybe... But, the discord from comment sections of news articles and social media posts is spilling out into the streets - often with tragic results. I abhor violence - no matter what or who perpetrated the violence - which is not to say that all violence is equal or that sometimes violence may be justified - but I still abhor it.
But, none of that was my point, my point is that there is so much heaviness - so much at stake in elections and swaying public opinion and trying to contain COVID-19 in the face of mass indifference.. but I digress again....
My point is that there is so much heaviness and any attempt at levity or of reprieve seems at best lazy or at worst - disrespectful of those suffering. I like joking around at a funeral... but then again, I know that after my father died, we had to have some moments of laughter as part of the healing. So, finding a brief reprieve is not lazy or disrespectful - especially if it helps prepare you for the battle to come.
Laughter and music are part of my finding a reprieve from the heaviness...
Today, we cover songs 15-19 of this week's Playlist:
16. "Have the Sun Lick Your Mind" by Marble Mammoth
Next up, we have the new single from this Swedish indie/psych band. Digging it,
17. "We Wither, We Bloom" by The Northern Belle
From Sweden, we head to Norway, and the title track to the new album by The Northern Belle. A definite 70s influence here, and I am a big fan already.
18. "That Wave" by Calm and Concise
Next up we have track by this fascinating multi-genre duo of Brian Montoya (singer-songwriter and producer) and Pragmatic (producer/poet). They vibe here is positive, and I am happy to have this song in this week's playlist.
19. "That Place, That Face, That Moon" by Q&A (Tony Quarrington & Zoey Adams)We close this segment of music with some wonderful jazz/big band. influenced music via the Canadian label Sonic Peach Music - from the duo - backed by top Canadian musicians in a very classy and elegant arrangement. A fine ending to this part of the playlist.
Featured Friday Playlist
Tuesday Morning Shuffle
"Finale" by Graeme Ravell (fron Until the End of the World - OST)
You know - some people might think that having a finale start off a random shuffle - might be a flaw in my method - but I actually love the irony. The end theme to the Wem Wenders' film Until the End of the World.
"Crammed & Jammed" by Low Society (from You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down)
From the E2TG archives - one of my favorite songs from our Memphis friends - Low Society...
"Cole" by Adam Carroll (from South of Town)
Going back 22 years to the debut album by the incredible Adam Carroll.
"Niin kuin se ennen oli" by Bad Sauna /(single)
A recent Featured Friday playlist track - from this indie band from Finland.
"Seis Ausente" by Muuk (from Balbuceo)
And we close out the shuffle with this track from the most recent album by Mexico-based experimental rock band Muuk - the album was released back in February - in a different world.
NEW AND RECENT RELEASES
THIS WEEK
8/31 - Andre Salvador & the Von Kings - Last Night From Glasgow (LP)
8/31 - of1000faces - "Astronomica" (single) (? on release date?)
8/31 - Fabien Jack - "Silent Alarm" (single) (? on release date?)
9/03 - COY Swede - "You Are" (single)
9/04 - India Ramey - Shallow Graves (LP)
9/04 - The Star Prairie Project - "Frantic Mind" (single)
9/04 - Jabbawoki - Something's Cookin' (EP)
9/04 - Parker Lee- Scrundle (LP)
9/04 - Andrew Adkins - "Vagabond Shoes" (single)***
9/04 - Dirk Powell - When I Wait for You (LP)
9/04 - Ghostlawns - "Ffoi" (single)
9/04 - Debbie Lagrange - "La chanson des moustiques" (single)
9/04 - Rob Clarke and the Wooltones - Putting the L in Wooltones (LP)
9/04 - New Way Vendetta - "Cool/Cough"/"1984 (On the Floor)" (single)
9/04 - Annie Dressner - Coffee at the Corner Bar (LP)
LAST WEEK
8/25 - Andrew Grimm - A Little Heat (LP)
8/28 - The Northern Belle - We Wither, We Bloom (LP)
8/28 - Special Moves - Little Help (LP)
8/28 - Molly Tuttle - ...but I'd rather be with you (LP)
8/28 - Caterpillars - Where Shadows Go to Speak (LP)
8/28 - Certain Animals - "Truth" (single)
8/28 - The Agency - "Defender" (single)
8/28 - Dianne Davidson - Perigon: Full Circle (LP)
8/28 - Raveis Kole - "Angel from Montgomery" (single)
8/28 - The Blam Blams - Opening Night (LP)
8/28 - Jessy Yasmeen - "Let's Slip Away" (single)
8/28 - Michael Landin - On a Clear Day (LP)
8/28 - Jacob Wallace - "Wanderer" (single)
8/28 - Pace - "Boatman's Weather" (single)
8/28 - From Venus - "Unconditional" (single)
8/28 - Maria Shiel - Fire in the Sea (LP)
8/28 - Gold Hick - "Up Arrow"/"Trad Ghost" (single)
8/28 - ReMission International (Wayne Hussey) - "TOS2020" (single)
NEXT WEEK
9/11 - Mike Barnett - +1 (LP)
9/11 - Atta Boy - Big Heart Manners (LP)
9/11 - Johnny Thunders - Que Sera Sera: Resurrected (Boxset)
9/11 - Brian Cullman - Winters Clothes (LP)
9/11 - Brophy's Law - "Record Collector" (single)
UPCOMING
9/18 - The Pull of Autumn - Small Colors (LP)
9/18 - Anton Barbeau - Manbird (Double LP)
9/18 - The Persian Leaps - Smiling Lesson (EP)
9/18 - Dan Friese - Jane Songs (LP)
9/18 - 4 Track All-Star - 5123 (LP)
9/18 - Various Artists - The Last Shall Be First: The JCR Record Story, Volume 1 (LP)
9/22 - Babybird - King of Nothing (LP)
9/24 - Magnolia Bayou - Strange Place (LP)
9/25 - Buildings and Food - Up Down Strange Charm (LP)
9/25 - Music Maker Relief Foundation - Hanging Tree Guitars (LP)
9/25 - Andrew Grimm - A Little Heat (LP)
9/25 - Cayucas - Blue Summer (LP)
9/25 - of1000faces - Astronomica (LP)
9/25 - Shane Tutmarc - Written & Produced by Shane Tutmarc (Double LP)
9/25 - Mt. Doubt - Doubtlands (LP)
10/02 - Buckle Bunny - Pet Speak (LP)
10/02 - Will Payne Harrison - The Stratford Sessions (EP)
10/02 - The Jensen Sisters - Yellow Frames (LP)
10/02 - Mantis & The Prayer - Murder Ballad and the Blue (AA singles)
10/02 - Kouatchou - "My Teacher"/"Change" (AA singles)
10/02 - Gold Hick - Formed at Depth (LP)
10/02 - Laura Fernandez - Okay, Alright (LP)
10/09 - Year of October - Wastelands (LP)
10/09 - Great Peacock - Forever Worse Better (LP)
10/09 - Zao - Preface: Early Recordings 1995-1996 (LP)
10/09 - Zao - All Else Failed: 25th Anniversary Edition (LP)
10/09 - Jeremy Ivey - Waiting Out the Storm (LP)
10/09 - Laraaji - Moon Piano (LP)
10/09 - Howard Gladstone - The Promise (LP)
10/16 - Malin Pettersen - Wildhorse (LP)
10/16 - Monette - "Monotony" (single)
10/23 - The Agency - In the Haunted Woods (LP)
10/23 - Lera Lynn - On My Own (LP)
11/06 - Love Tractor - Love Tractor - reissue (LP)
11/13 - The Flat Five - Another World (LP)
11/13 - Andrew Adkins - The Echoist (LP)
1/01/2021 - This Frontier Needs Heros - Go With the Flow (LP)
RECENT
8/03 - PXPRS - "Coup de grâce" (single)
8/05- Dissonance/Cat Hall - Trials (EP)
8/07 - The Furious Seasons - La Fonda (LP)
8/07 - Kevin Gordon - Down To The Well: Solo Demos Unearthed (LP)
8/07 - Jason Molina - Eight Gates (LP)
8/07 - Steven Bruce - Same Time, Same Place, Same Station (LP)\
8/07 - Laura Donohue - "Muse" (single)
8/07 - The Flat Five - "Drip a Drop" (single)
8/07 - Jason Erie - "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" (single)
8/07 - Ci Gofod - "Dyfodol (feat. Lloyd Bastian of ‘Pseudo Cool’)" (single)
8/07 - Vincent Cross - The Life & Times of James ‘The Rooster’ Corcoran (LP)
8/07 - Nelss - "In the Unknown" (single)
8/07 - Jonny Polonsky - "You Turn Me On (Jim Sclavunos Remix)" (single)
8/07 - Joshua - "If I'd Never Let Go" (single)
8/07 - Polymer - "King of Suburbia" (single)
8/07 - Carrus & Kurtz - The Genius of..., Vol. 4: The Humanity of Humility (LP)
8/07 - Anton Barbeau - "Manbird" (single)8/07 - Ryan Allen - Song Snacks Vol. 1 (LP)
8/07 - Depression, Baby - "Isolation" (single)
8/07 - Saronde (feat. Idd Aziz) - "Firewood" (single)
8/07 - The Party of Helicopters - Live at Earthquaker Day 2019 (LP)
8/07 - Phillip La Rosa - "Baggage" (single)
8/07 - La Cigarra - "Quimeras" (single)
8/07 - Marble Mammoth - "Have the Sun Lick Your Mind" (single)
8/08 - Miss Molly Simms - Reckless (LP)
8/11 - Brandon Phillips & The Condition - "Veronica" (single)
8/13 - Cindy - Free Advice (LP)
8/14 - R.B. Morris - Going Back to the Sky (LP)
8/14 - The Blam Blams - "Opening Night" (single)
8/14 - Michael McArthur - How to Fall in Love (EP)
8/14 - Sylvie Simmons - Blue on Blue (LP)
8/14 - Mark W. Georgsson - Comes a Time (EP)
8/14 - Soft Set - "Never Die"/"7 on Up" (single)
8/14 - Ivan Moult - "What More Could I Want"'/"Toxic" (single)
8/14 - Biomechanimal - "Enter the Animal" (single)
8/14 - The Veer Union - "Slaves to the System" (single)
8/14 - Magnolia Bayou - "Sweet Magnolia" (single)
8/14 - Eito - While You Were Sleeping (EP)
8/14 - Razorwire Halo - "Cover My Eyes" (single
8/14 - Calm and Concise - "That Wave" (single)
8/14 - Skylar Gregg - Roses (LP)
8/17 - KnightressM1 - "Lock and Key" (single)
8/18 - Jeremy Ivey - "Someone Else's Problem" (single)
8/18 - Matte Blvck - "Bare" (single)
8/19 - KC Beck - "Wake Me Up When This Year's Over" (single)
8/19 - The Persian Leaps - "Lost Cause" (single)
8/20 - Jessica Luise - "Television Mister" (single)
8/20 - Various Artists - For Belarus (LP)
8/21 - Eric Bolander - "Window" (single)
8/21 - A Shoreline Dream - Melting (LP)
8/21 - Liar,Flower - Geiger Counter (LP)
8/21 - Xanthe Alexis - The Offering (LP)
8/21 - Reardon Love - "Locked in the Panopticon" (single)
8/21 - Ghostwood Development Project - "Almost Human" (single)
8/21 - The Sea At Midnight - "We Share the Same Stars" (single)
8/21 - Buckle Bunny - "Lizard Brain" (single)
8/21 - Parker Lee - "Drunk" (single)
8/21 - Pozzi - Tyrant (LP)
8/21 - The Hengles - "Fire in the Rain" (single)
8/21 - Julien Shah-Tayler (feat. MGT) - "Evolution" (single)
8/21 - Bad Sauna - "Niin kuin se ennen oli (“As It Was Before”)" (single)
8/21 - Aquabats - Kooky Spooky ... In Stereo! (LP)
8/21 - Aquabats - "Dangerous Leon" (single)
8/21 - Little King - "Blend" (single)
8/21 - I LIKE TRAINS - KOMPROMAT (LP)
8/21 - Dan Friese - "Streetlight" (single)
8/21 - 3eon Vibe - "REDRUM" (single)
8/21 - Q&A - One More Jazz Thing (EP)
8/21 - Benchmarks - Summer, Slowly (LP)
VIDEO PLAYLIST
THIS WEEK
8/31 - Andre Salvador & the Von Kings - Last Night From Glasgow (LP)
8/31 - of1000faces - "Astronomica" (single) (? on release date?)
8/31 - Fabien Jack - "Silent Alarm" (single) (? on release date?)
9/03 - COY Swede - "You Are" (single)
9/04 - India Ramey - Shallow Graves (LP)
9/04 - The Star Prairie Project - "Frantic Mind" (single)
9/04 - Jabbawoki - Something's Cookin' (EP)
9/04 - Parker Lee- Scrundle (LP)
9/04 - Andrew Adkins - "Vagabond Shoes" (single)***
9/04 - Dirk Powell - When I Wait for You (LP)
9/04 - Ghostlawns - "Ffoi" (single)
9/04 - Debbie Lagrange - "La chanson des moustiques" (single)
9/04 - Rob Clarke and the Wooltones - Putting the L in Wooltones (LP)
9/04 - New Way Vendetta - "Cool/Cough"/"1984 (On the Floor)" (single)
9/04 - Annie Dressner - Coffee at the Corner Bar (LP)
LAST WEEK
8/25 - Andrew Grimm - A Little Heat (LP)
8/28 - The Northern Belle - We Wither, We Bloom (LP)
8/28 - Special Moves - Little Help (LP)
8/28 - Molly Tuttle - ...but I'd rather be with you (LP)
8/28 - Caterpillars - Where Shadows Go to Speak (LP)
8/28 - Certain Animals - "Truth" (single)
8/28 - The Agency - "Defender" (single)
8/28 - Dianne Davidson - Perigon: Full Circle (LP)
8/28 - Raveis Kole - "Angel from Montgomery" (single)
8/28 - The Blam Blams - Opening Night (LP)
8/28 - Jessy Yasmeen - "Let's Slip Away" (single)
8/28 - Michael Landin - On a Clear Day (LP)
8/28 - Jacob Wallace - "Wanderer" (single)
8/28 - Pace - "Boatman's Weather" (single)
8/28 - From Venus - "Unconditional" (single)
8/28 - Maria Shiel - Fire in the Sea (LP)
8/28 - Gold Hick - "Up Arrow"/"Trad Ghost" (single)
8/28 - ReMission International (Wayne Hussey) - "TOS2020" (single)
NEXT WEEK
9/11 - Mike Barnett - +1 (LP)
9/11 - Atta Boy - Big Heart Manners (LP)
9/11 - Johnny Thunders - Que Sera Sera: Resurrected (Boxset)
9/11 - Brian Cullman - Winters Clothes (LP)
9/11 - Brophy's Law - "Record Collector" (single)
UPCOMING
9/18 - The Pull of Autumn - Small Colors (LP)
9/18 - Anton Barbeau - Manbird (Double LP)
9/18 - The Persian Leaps - Smiling Lesson (EP)
9/18 - Dan Friese - Jane Songs (LP)
9/18 - 4 Track All-Star - 5123 (LP)
9/18 - Various Artists - The Last Shall Be First: The JCR Record Story, Volume 1 (LP)
9/22 - Babybird - King of Nothing (LP)
9/24 - Magnolia Bayou - Strange Place (LP)
9/25 - Buildings and Food - Up Down Strange Charm (LP)
9/25 - Music Maker Relief Foundation - Hanging Tree Guitars (LP)
9/25 - Andrew Grimm - A Little Heat (LP)
9/25 - Cayucas - Blue Summer (LP)
9/25 - of1000faces - Astronomica (LP)
9/25 - Shane Tutmarc - Written & Produced by Shane Tutmarc (Double LP)
9/25 - Mt. Doubt - Doubtlands (LP)
10/02 - Buckle Bunny - Pet Speak (LP)
10/02 - Will Payne Harrison - The Stratford Sessions (EP)
10/02 - The Jensen Sisters - Yellow Frames (LP)
10/02 - Mantis & The Prayer - Murder Ballad and the Blue (AA singles)
10/02 - Kouatchou - "My Teacher"/"Change" (AA singles)
10/02 - Gold Hick - Formed at Depth (LP)
10/02 - Laura Fernandez - Okay, Alright (LP)
10/09 - Year of October - Wastelands (LP)
10/09 - Great Peacock - Forever Worse Better (LP)
10/09 - Zao - Preface: Early Recordings 1995-1996 (LP)
10/09 - Zao - All Else Failed: 25th Anniversary Edition (LP)
10/09 - Jeremy Ivey - Waiting Out the Storm (LP)
10/09 - Laraaji - Moon Piano (LP)
10/09 - Howard Gladstone - The Promise (LP)
10/16 - Malin Pettersen - Wildhorse (LP)
10/16 - Monette - "Monotony" (single)
10/23 - The Agency - In the Haunted Woods (LP)
10/23 - Lera Lynn - On My Own (LP)
11/06 - Love Tractor - Love Tractor - reissue (LP)
11/13 - The Flat Five - Another World (LP)
11/13 - Andrew Adkins - The Echoist (LP)
1/01/2021 - This Frontier Needs Heros - Go With the Flow (LP)
RECENT
8/03 - PXPRS - "Coup de grâce" (single)
8/05- Dissonance/Cat Hall - Trials (EP)
8/07 - The Furious Seasons - La Fonda (LP)
8/07 - Kevin Gordon - Down To The Well: Solo Demos Unearthed (LP)
8/07 - Jason Molina - Eight Gates (LP)
8/07 - Steven Bruce - Same Time, Same Place, Same Station (LP)\
8/07 - Laura Donohue - "Muse" (single)
8/07 - The Flat Five - "Drip a Drop" (single)
8/07 - Jason Erie - "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" (single)
8/07 - Ci Gofod - "Dyfodol (feat. Lloyd Bastian of ‘Pseudo Cool’)" (single)
8/07 - Vincent Cross - The Life & Times of James ‘The Rooster’ Corcoran (LP)
8/07 - Nelss - "In the Unknown" (single)
8/07 - Jonny Polonsky - "You Turn Me On (Jim Sclavunos Remix)" (single)
8/07 - Joshua - "If I'd Never Let Go" (single)
8/07 - Polymer - "King of Suburbia" (single)
8/07 - Carrus & Kurtz - The Genius of..., Vol. 4: The Humanity of Humility (LP)
8/07 - Anton Barbeau - "Manbird" (single)8/07 - Ryan Allen - Song Snacks Vol. 1 (LP)
8/07 - Depression, Baby - "Isolation" (single)
8/07 - Saronde (feat. Idd Aziz) - "Firewood" (single)
8/07 - The Party of Helicopters - Live at Earthquaker Day 2019 (LP)
8/07 - Phillip La Rosa - "Baggage" (single)
8/07 - La Cigarra - "Quimeras" (single)
8/07 - Marble Mammoth - "Have the Sun Lick Your Mind" (single)
8/08 - Miss Molly Simms - Reckless (LP)
8/11 - Brandon Phillips & The Condition - "Veronica" (single)
8/13 - Cindy - Free Advice (LP)
8/14 - R.B. Morris - Going Back to the Sky (LP)
8/14 - The Blam Blams - "Opening Night" (single)
8/14 - Michael McArthur - How to Fall in Love (EP)
8/14 - Sylvie Simmons - Blue on Blue (LP)
8/14 - Mark W. Georgsson - Comes a Time (EP)
8/14 - Soft Set - "Never Die"/"7 on Up" (single)
8/14 - Ivan Moult - "What More Could I Want"'/"Toxic" (single)
8/14 - Biomechanimal - "Enter the Animal" (single)
8/14 - The Veer Union - "Slaves to the System" (single)
8/14 - Magnolia Bayou - "Sweet Magnolia" (single)
8/14 - Eito - While You Were Sleeping (EP)
8/14 - Razorwire Halo - "Cover My Eyes" (single
8/14 - Calm and Concise - "That Wave" (single)
8/14 - Skylar Gregg - Roses (LP)
8/17 - KnightressM1 - "Lock and Key" (single)
8/18 - Jeremy Ivey - "Someone Else's Problem" (single)
8/18 - Matte Blvck - "Bare" (single)
8/19 - KC Beck - "Wake Me Up When This Year's Over" (single)
8/19 - The Persian Leaps - "Lost Cause" (single)
8/20 - Jessica Luise - "Television Mister" (single)
8/20 - Various Artists - For Belarus (LP)
8/21 - Eric Bolander - "Window" (single)
8/21 - A Shoreline Dream - Melting (LP)
8/21 - Liar,Flower - Geiger Counter (LP)
8/21 - Xanthe Alexis - The Offering (LP)
8/21 - Reardon Love - "Locked in the Panopticon" (single)
8/21 - Ghostwood Development Project - "Almost Human" (single)
8/21 - The Sea At Midnight - "We Share the Same Stars" (single)
8/21 - Buckle Bunny - "Lizard Brain" (single)
8/21 - Parker Lee - "Drunk" (single)
8/21 - Pozzi - Tyrant (LP)
8/21 - The Hengles - "Fire in the Rain" (single)
8/21 - Julien Shah-Tayler (feat. MGT) - "Evolution" (single)
8/21 - Bad Sauna - "Niin kuin se ennen oli (“As It Was Before”)" (single)
8/21 - Aquabats - Kooky Spooky ... In Stereo! (LP)
8/21 - Aquabats - "Dangerous Leon" (single)
8/21 - Little King - "Blend" (single)
8/21 - I LIKE TRAINS - KOMPROMAT (LP)
8/21 - Dan Friese - "Streetlight" (single)
8/21 - 3eon Vibe - "REDRUM" (single)
8/21 - Q&A - One More Jazz Thing (EP)
8/21 - Benchmarks - Summer, Slowly (LP)
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