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It's funny in a way... some thoughts as things begin to reopen...
In the midst of the shutdowns and lockdowns, I am pretty sure at some point, I made the emotional declaration that if I got another chance, I would never miss another show (or some version of that) and that I would push through my anxiety and go to new, unknown places.
I have loved the opportunities to get out and see live music, but it still remains a delicate balance. There is too much going on - even already - to do it all - plus my introvert energy gets used up so easily and recharge time is vital. Also my anxiety about new, unknown places did not magically go away over the pandemic and in fact - there are new anxieties because everything is new and unknown - at least until it is not.
So, while I hope to make some improvements - the fact is I will still work hard to strike the right balance, sometimes feel guilty about missing some shows, and forever be grateful for the ones I am able to see.
Featured Friday Playlist recap - Part 3 (songs 19-25):
19. "Time After Time" by Steven Faulkner
First up today, we have the recent single from UK artist Steven Faulkner.
20. "Fantastic Company" by My Name is Ian
Next up, we have the long awaited new album from Welsh band My Name is Ian. This is the title track from that release which took two years to produce.
21. "One Woman Man" by The Stars of Disaster
Next up, we have the emotionally powerful new single from Pittsburgh's The Stars of Disaster. The new album, In the Trough of the Wave, is set for release this Friday.
22. "Prey" by Javi Paton
I am just going to be honest, and I don't know how I was introduced to this music, and I don't know a whole lot about the artist. But, it is pretty cool.
23. "If It Makes You Happy" by Rid of Me
Next up, we have a nifty cover of the Sheryl Crow hit from this Philadelphia noise-punk band.
24. "Grace" by 4 Minutes Later
The story of this band began is 2018 with a tweet promising music coming soon. There were no band members listed, no band images, no tour dates, and no location. Just the promise - which captured a lot of attention. Then the music did come, but the band remained anonymous. With a planned tour postponed, it looks like 2021 will be the year that the band reveal themselves - but first we have this new single - which sound fantastic.
25. "Face On the Rail Line" by The Catenary Wires
And, we close this segment of music with a brand single from the iconic UK indie-pop band from their forthcoming Birling Gap album which is due out June 18.
Featured Friday Playlist
"Head Shot" by Clouds in a Headlock (from ASMATTIC Vol. 1 - 2020)
This album - released by Chinese Man Records was recorded in an off-grid forest cabin in Japan. It was submitted to the label on cassette with limited information. Apparently, one member was from Oslo, one from Japan, and one from parts unknown.
"Smoko" by Lady Buds (from From the Cities, To the Shores - 2020)
Next up, we have a track from the debut release by this indie folk duo who met in Liverpool in 2018.
"The Finest Hour" by Gavin Chappell-Bates (from We Are the Ones - 2016)
Next up, we go back to 2016 for the debut release from UK singer-songwriter Gavin Chappell-Bates.
"I'm Leaving Today" by The Purrs (from We Thought There'd Be More People - 2021)
Next up, we have another track from that live album released last month from this band from the Pacific Northwest.
"Heat Death" by Pennies by the Pound (from Heat Death of the Universe - 2021)
Fresh from last week's Featured Friday playlist- we have this Finnish band whose sound incorporates psych and progressive influences.
"Stars" by Tiny Fighter (from Going Home - 2020)
And we close with an early 2020 release from this Swedish-Australian band. Going Home was their debut album.
VIDEO PLAYLIST
NEW AND RECENT RELEASES
THIS WEEK
6/11 - Soda Cracker Jesus - "Anthem" (single)
6/11 - Florel Daze - "Holes" (single)
6/11 - Late TV - "Night Tennis" (single)
6/11 - Christina Larocca - "The New Normal" (single)
6/11 - The Stars of Disaster - In the Trough of the Wave (LP)
6/11- Garrett Weiland - What Keeps the Heart Afloat (LP)
6/11 - Supermutt - Sinner's Boast (LP)
6/11 - Poggy - No More I (EP)
6/11 - Rafa - "Lullaby" (single)
NEXT WEEK
6/15 - Chris Connelly and Monica Queen - The Birthday Poems (LP)
6/15 - The Attractor Beams - "Only" (single)
6/18 - Thomas Comerford - Introverts (LP)
6/18 - Alexandra Hainsworth - "Lose it With Me" (single)
6/18 - Rocket Report - Overmorrow (LP)
6/18 - Dreampark - "Time Machine" (single)
6/18 - Neker - Slower (LP)
6/18 - The Wind-Ups - Try Not to Think (LP)
6/18 - Keely - Brave Warrior (EP)
6/18 - The Catenary Wire - Birling Gap (LP)
6/18 - Doctor Lo - Claiborne Avenue (LP)
6/18 - Michelle & Jason Hannan - Cheater's Waltz (LP)
UPCOMING
6/19 - Willie Durisseau - Creole House Dance (EP)
6/21 - BOI - Coron O Chwin (LP)
6/21 - Arms & Armour - Into This Wide Unknown (EP)
6/23 - AP Tobler - "Eye for an Eye" (single)
6/25 - L.S. Underground - The Grape Prophet (LP - Reissue)
6/25 - Massage - Still Life (LP)
6/25 - Lights by the Sea - "Eleanor" (single)
6/25 - Routine Faces - Us vs. Them (LP)
6/25 - Jack Grace Band - What a Way to Spend the Night (LP)
6/25 - Sunshine & The Blue Moon - Born 2 Boogie (LP)
6/25 - Hilary Scott - Kaleidoscope (EP)
6/25 - Sir Orfeo - Millefleur (LP)
7/02 - Emma-Jean Thackray - Yellow (LP)
7/02 - The Two Man Travelling Medicine Show - Boomtown (LP)
7/04 - John PayCheck - We All Have a Story (LP)
7/06 - Boyracer - Assuaged (LP)
7/09 - Leo Crandall - They're Cutting Up Betty's Dress Tonight and Other Hymns (LP)
7/09 - Ben Reddell Band - ¡LA Baby! (EP)
7/09 - The Light Show - Round and Round (LP)
7/09 - Wild Earp & the Free For Alls - Dyin' for Easy Livin' (LP)
7/09 - Ro Halfhide - Paint The Town (LP)
7/09 - The Gorstey Lea Street Choir - ...from Prince's Park to Farsley - Volume I (LP)
7/09 - Tylor & The Train Robbers - Non-Typical Find (LP)
7/12 - Steve Dawson -At The Bottom Of A Canyon In The Branches Of A Tree (LP)
7/14 - AP Tobler - Alternate Vision (EP)
7/16 - Blue Glass - Jardin des Étoiles (LP)
7/16 - Jon Byrd - Me and Paul (EP)
7/16 - Mark Duggan - "Run Out the Distance" (single)
7/16 - Clint Morgan- Troublemaker (LP)
7/17 - Messer - "Name (Goo Goo Dolls Cover)" (single)
7/23 - John McTigue III - It's About Time (LP)
7/23 - Art Schop - Starguide (LP)
7/30 - FLDPLN - "Escalator" (single)
8/13 - F. Scott and the Nighthawks - Hold Onto Your Heart (LP)
8/20 - Malcolm Holcomb - Tricks of the Trade (LP)
9/14 - Chris Robley - A Filament In The Wilderness or What Comes Next (LP)
RECENT
5/17 - Tesla Shamans - Electric Storm (LP)
5/18 - Ashleigh Flynn & the Riveters - Live From the Blue Moon (LP)
5/18 - Vandi Lynnae - “Two Stars Collide” (single)
5/19 - The Silver Lines - "Alive" (single)
5/20 - wilter - "solo/solong" (single)
5/20 - Cathedral in Flames - Hang Me High and Bury Me Deep (LP)
5/20 - Ambulance on Fire - Ambulance on Fire (EP)
5/21 - Moon - Shine (EP)
5/21 - Caddy - Detours and Dead Ends (LP)
5/21 - Sister John - I Am Day by Day (LP)
5/21 - The Low Countries - Betty's Boudoir Sessions (EP)
5/21 - Desert Hollow - Thirsty (LP)
5/21 - Marti West - "Everywhere" (single)
5/21 - SAMAS - "Drink Alcohol" (single)
5/21 - BOI - "Ribidires" (single)
5/21 - Jim McCulloch - When I Mean What I Say (LP)
5/21 - Rod Picott - Wood, Steel, Dust and Dreams (2LP)
5/21 - Hotel California - Orange (LP)
5/21 - Trees Speak - Post Human (LP)
5/21 - Oh Condor - Emergency Psychic (LP)
5/21 - Zebrah - Stripes (EP)
5/23 - Pennies by the Pound - Heat Death of the Universe (LP)
5/23 - Cap'n Marble - "Optical Wealth"/"Fox in A Hole" (single)
5/26 - Yes Factory - "Looking Glass" (single)
5/28 - Sharone - Morbid Illusion (LP)
5/28 - Ben Brown - Sayonara Sorrow (LP)
5/28 - Toler Gibson - The Days Before (LP)
5/28 - Tony Steele & The Massacre - "Invisible World" (single)
5/28 - Oui Plastique - "The Fear" (single)
5/28 - Dennis Dalcin - The Incomplete Completeness – A Retrospective 1977-1996 (LP)
5/28 - Tim Auton - "9 til 9" (single)
5/28 - Fiona Brown - Mundane (LP)
5/28 - Arcade Stories - Unbroken (LP)
5/28 - Dude Safari - "Big Worse" (single)
5/28 - Nature of Wires + Machina X - "Within" (single)
5/28 - EB - The Parallel Sessions (EP)
5/28 - Shannon McNally - The Waylon Sessions (LP)
5/28 - Dawn-Song - For Morgan (LP)
5/29 - The Contraptionists - Working Man's Dream (LP)
5/30 - Scott Standley - Victoria (LP)
6/03 - Bilbosa (feat. Lori Sky) - "Neon" (single)
6/04 - Lanterna - Hidden Drives (LP)
6/04 - Ammo - "Rose + Crown" (single)
6/04 - Cloud Eleven - Pandora's Box (LP)
6/04 - Steven Faulkner - "Time After Time" (single)
6/04 - Some Swords - The Eve of the End (LP)
6/04 - Swift Silver - Swift Silver (LP)
6/04 - Amelia White & Brett Ryan Stewart - "Somebody to Hold" (single)
6/04 - Amelia White & Brett Ryan Stewart - 11 A.M. (EP)
6/04 - Jayson - "Body Work" (single)
6/04 - Ro Halfhide - "Hey Hey" (single)
6/04 - Speed the Plough - "Thunder and Snow" (single)
6/04 - Art Schop - "Farm on Mars" (single)
6/04 - Moonchy & Tobias - Venus Mirror (EP)
6/04 - Soulful Femmes - It Is Well With My Soul (LP)
6/04 - Tape Waves - Bright (LP)
6/04 - Annie Keating - Bristol County Tides (LP)
6/04 - Rid of Me - Last (3 song single)
6/04 - Mary Hott with The Carpenter Ants - Devil in the Hills: Coal Country Reckoning (LP)
6/04 - My Name is Ian - Fantastic Company (LP)
6/04 - Pastel Coast - Sun (LP)
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