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Well, I am back after the long holiday weekend (Labor Day for those out of the US). Below, we continue our Featured Friday review - with a double dose - since there was no post yesterday and we still have to finish by Thursday. Plus a shuffle below the jump.
COVID-19-wise I am struggling. Numbers are looking better locally, but I am concerned about a long-feared second wave - especially if people slack off on precautions - which seems to be happening. Meanwhile, I am coming to terms with the fact that "normal" as I knew it before the pandemic may not exist whenever this thing does end. Some venues have closed and some friends are moving away (back home). Meanwhile, a lot of people are "getting back to normal"... but I am not able to visit my mother in her independent living facility, but as long as everyone can party and hold mass gatherings on Broadway, I guess every thing is okay... *sarcasm*.
I am struggling to find peace and direction and meaning, and for that I am relying - as I tend to do on music.
With the holiday, we need to get back on schedule - so we will cover songs 9-18 today! There are some fantastic songs in this segment of the playlist. Check it out!
9. "I Love You (Don't Laugh)" by Andre Salvador and the Von Kings
Next up, we have a track from the self-titled album by the Brooklyn based indie rock combo led by Tim Cheplick. Really digging this album so far. Check it out.
10. "Me and These Jeans" by Becky Warren
New music from Nashville singer-songwriter Becky Warren is a reason to celebrate. The military veteran's breakout 2016 debut War Surplus lead to a stint opening for The Indigo Girls. She followed up with Undesirable in 2018. This is the first taste from her new album The Sick Season which is available for pre-order now.
11. "Heavy Load" by Great Peacock
Next up, we have another single from the forthcoming Forever Worse Better (October 9) by one of Nashville finest bands.
12. "Shine Like a Friend" by John Calvin Abney
Tulsa singer-songwriter John Calvin Abney may be known to some for backing John Moreland, but don't sleep on his incredible songwriting. This is the first taste from his forthcoming Familiar Ground album which is due out November 20.
13. "Nyack" by Annie Dressner
Next up, we have a track from the brand new album by UK-based, NYC raised singer-songwriter Annie Dressner. The album, Coffee at the Corner Bar, is excellent. She has a large following in the UK, and I am happy to have this song in my weekly playlist. Check her out.
14. "Stitch in Time Saves Nine" by Parker Lee
We previously featured the track "Drunk" by this band from North Yorkshire. Now their EP Scrundle is out, and we another track from that release. Great stuff.
15. "Big Big Bad Bad John" by Rob Clarke and the Wooltones
Next up, we have a track from this band from Liverpool. The album is called Putting the L Back in Wooltones. It is out on the Kool Kat label. I am hearing some wonderful Brit-pop sounds here -with a little psych. Really enjoying this.
16. "Love After Midnight" by Jonathan Plevyak
Next up, we have the new single from Nashville based pop-rock singer-songwriter Jonathan Plevyak. The Baltimore native evokes nostalgic memories of summers past in this cool song.
17. "Frantic Mind" by The Star Prairie Project
Next up, we have a new single from the mind of Nolen R. Chew Jr. - who hails from Star Prairie, Wisconsin and who works with producers and musicians from LA to London. Really digging this track.
18. "Happening Now" by Social Gravy
We close out this long segment of music with a track from this Los Angeles based alt-rock duo. The duo features Belarusian musician Vee Borduokov and British producer and songwriter Brad Kohn. A nice way to close out this segment of music.
Tomorrow songs 19-22
Featured Friday Playlist
Tuesday Morning Shuffle
/"Easy Way Out" by Cameron Carrus (from The End of the World)
A solo bass cover of the Elliott Smith song - by our friend Cameron. No video - the video playlist has a track from Vol. 2 of his The End of the World series. You can hear this track - HERE."She's Gonna Blow My Mind" by The Swagger (from The Swagger EP)
Next up, we have a track from the 2018 debut EP by this London based indie-rock band.
"Everyone I Know is Going Crazy" by Don't Believe in Ghosts (from Give It Meaning)
Next up, we have another 2018 release- this from the New York rock band led by Steven Nathan.
"Plea Insanity" by Float Here Forever (from Tour the Ruins)
We have yet another 2018 (actually very early 2019) release- this from an alternative rock band from Michigan. We covered this album pretty heavily last year.
"Two Slugs" by Dizraeli (From The Unmaster)
And speaking of 2019 releases we covered pretty esxtensively, we have this short track from the fabulous The Unmastering album from this fascinating UK based composer/rapper.
VIDEO PLAYLIST
NEW AND RECENT RELEASES
THIS WEEK
9/08 - Petter Carlsen - "Good News" (single)
9/11 - Fabien Jack - "Silent Alarm" (single) (? on release date?)
9/11 - of1000faces - "Astronomica" (single) (? on release date?)
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 - Sunday Someday - "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" (single)
9/11 - Brophy's Law - "Record Collector" (single)
LAST WEEK
9/02 - Leila - "By You Now" (single)
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 - Soft Set - Love and Dancing (EP)
9/04 - Jabbawoki - Something's Cookin' (EP)
9/04 - Parker Lee- Scrundle (EP)
9/04 - Social Gravy - A Different Kind (EP)
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 - Short-Haired Domestic - "A song in German concerning gardens and goodbyes" (single)
9/04 - Annie Dressner - Coffee at the Corner Bar (LP)
NEXT WEEK
9/18 - The Pull of Autumn - Small Colors (LP)
9/18 - OUTWAVE - "Moving Tangles" (Single)
9/18 - Anton Barbeau - Manbird (Double LP)
9/18 - Rahway - Slumlords of New Jersey (LP)
9/18 - The Persian Leaps - Smiling Lesson (EP)
9/18 - Dan Friese - Jane Songs (LP)
9/18 - Pelvis Wrestley - Vortex Vorever (LP)
9/18 - 4 Track All-Star - 5123 (LP)
9/18 - McClendon - Room 33 (EP)
9/18 - Various Artists - The Last Shall Be First: The JCR Record Story, Volume 1 (LP)
UPCOMING
9/22 - Babybird - King of Nothing (LP)
9/24 - Magnolia Bayou - Strange Place (LP)
9/24 - XL427; Mensa Deathsquad - "Ideas" (single)
9/25 - Buildings and Food - Up Down Strange Charm (LP)
9/25 - Music Maker Relief Foundation - Hanging Tree Guitars (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)
10/02 - Stuffy Shmitt - "Jim's Dad" (single)
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)
10/23 - Stuffy Shmitt - "Mommy & Daddy" (single)
10/30 - Andrew Grimm - A Little Heat (LP) *(NEW DATE)*
10/30 - Graber Gryass - Late Bloom (LP)
11/06 - Love Tractor - Love Tractor - reissue (LP)
11/13 - The Flat Five - Another World (LP)
11/13 - Andrew Adkins - The Echoist (LP)
11/13 - The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! - The World Will Break Your Heart (LP)
11/20 - Stuffy Shmitt - "Sweet Krazy" (single)
11/20 - John Calvin Abney - Familiar Ground (LP)
12/04 - Stuffy Shmitt - Stuff Happens (LP)
1/01/2021 - This Frontier Needs Heros - Go With the Flow (LP)
RECENT
8/01 - YEWO - "Just Another Dance Song" (single)
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)
8/14 - Mandril! - Mandril! (EP)
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)
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 - Andre Salvador & the Von Kings - Self Titled (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 - Jonathan Plevyak - "Love After Midnight" (single)
8/28 - Thrillsville - "The Fever" (Single)
8/28 - ReMission International (Wayne Hussey) - "TOS2020" (single)
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