Another quick new music weekly. I probably should put more effort to these. Thankfully it was a bit less crowded week due to memorial day weekend in the US. The Pearlfishers and Adam Ross can share the album of the week honors. Some great pop albums there. This week we also have new albums from Yea-Ming and the Rumours, Motorists, Bess Atwell, Dolour, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, Gregory Ackerman (EP), Wyatt C. Louis, Kim Richey, Lana Nauphal, Steel Fringe (EP), La Luz, Sweet Megg and Bill MacKay. Memorial and Wesley Fuller have been out for a while, but I just lately discovered and therefor ..read more

I was away for the weekend, but here’s a very quick new music weekly. Long time fave Micah Schnabel has a new awesome album out there and that’s the album of the week. We also have great new albums from Tim Easton, Joe Kaplow, Kaia Kater, Ana Egge, Apples With Moya, Lightheaded, Spencer Thomas, Beth Gibbons, Martha Spencer, From Nowhere Wil and Meaghan Collins. The Finnish part of this is led by excellent new Kaspar album and the awe-inspiring debut single from Olva. I’m kinda madly in love with that song Mehiläisille. I mean oh my.. everything about that song. One of my favorite songs of 20 ..read more

A bit delayed new music weekly once again, but here it finally is. New Myriam Gendron is the album of the week. Other big early faves are the new ones from Josienne Clarke, Jake Nicoll and Jackie West. Then there’s also great new albums from Pokey LaFarge, Abigail Lapell, Chris Kasper, Todd Farrell Jr (bandcamp last week, now streaming too), Kelsey Waldon, Shannon & The Clams, Stripmall Ballads (EP), Amy O, Austin Miller, Alice Carolyn, Stephen’s Shore (EP) and Arlo McKinley (EP). The Finnish section is quite short this time around, but it’s still a really special one. ITE EEROLA is prob ..read more

A big release week once again and there’s all kinds of greatness both from Finland and abroad. New Adeem the Artist has to be the album of the week. Otherwise Cuppy will be cross with me and I don’t want to upset the employee of the month. But yeah, love that record for sure. Other big album releases came from Mac Cornish, Emily Nenni, The Lemon Twigs, Jon McKiel, Mammoth Penguins, Jessica Pratt, The Deep Dark Woods, Emily Barker, Cara Beth Satalino, Noel McKay, Jay Gavin, Tylor & The Train Robbers, Nathan Kalish (EP), Jonah Sissoyev (EP), Spencer Hoffman (EP), Camera Obscura and Extra ..read more

The album of the week is the new Michael Feuerstack. Love that album. Other great album releases came from ROY, Loose Collars, Scott McMicken and THE EVER-EXPANDING, Heather Little, Stephanie Lambring and Hour (well this was last week, but I managed to miss this beauty). The big one from Finland is the new Iron Country Sisters single. Great to get new music from them. We also have a new album from Kari Burana and singles from Samanna, Amuri, Lempi Elo, Julian Lahdesmaki, Eerie Deer and Folkjykä & Kuntoutujat. New quietly powerful Samae Koskinen single too for the third week in a row and ..read more

Another quick and very late new music weekly. On the verge of quitting, but there’s things I want to cover too. So here’s another one. New Leyla McCalla is the album of the week. There’s also great new albums from Trummors, Minor Moon, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, Rubber Band Gun, Baby Blue, Mythical Motors, Wojtek the Bear, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Austin Stambaugh (EP), Nicolette & The Nobodies, Will Hoge, Humbird, Bridget Kearney and Elysian Fields. From Finland there’s new albums from Rohkeat Kuvat and Pykäri and an EP from Poni. Plus singles from Samae Koskinen (well two singles), Ystävät ..read more

A quick Sunday new music weekly. My effort level just hasn’t been good lately, but here’s what I managed to put together. A big release week once again. John Moreland and Daniel Markham can share the album of the week honors. There’s also great new albums from Pernice Brothers, Erin Mat & Paul, Katie Pruitt, Shabason, Krgovich & Sage, Winter McQuinn, Dana Gavanski, Annie Dressner, Old 97’s, Marcus King, Woods (EP), Caitlin Cannon (EP) and Oort Clod. From Finland there’s awesome singles from Samae Koskinen, Jantso Jokelin, Kaspar, joku iiris and Arppa. Then there’s a whole lot of inte ..read more

Here’s the Easter edition of the new music weekly. Quite a heavy release week, so good to have a couple of extra days at home to digest everything. Hello Emerson is my album of the week, but there’s a lot of good alternatives too. We have new albums from Turner Cody, Jeremy Ferrara, Scott Ballew, Kimmi Bitter, The Secret Sisters, Scott H. Biram, Casual Technicians, The High Llamas, Mike Michaels’ Gentle Earth (a week or two old, but New Commute directed me to it yesterday), Ariel Sharratt, Shotgun Jimmie & Mathias Kom (EP), Bobbie, Magana, Sarah King, Dawn Landes, Jon Snodgrass and Spenc ..read more

Rough week. I thought about skipping this one, but new music release schedule doesn’t rest and there’s again a lot of it. So here’s a quick mild pneumonia recovery edition of the weekly. I’m sure there’s quite a lot stuff missing, because I just went with what I knew beforehand and didn’t make any sort of a deep dive. New Rosali is the album of the week. There’s also new greatness from Charlie Parr, Sam Evian, Waxahatchee, Adrianne Lenker, Sierra Ferrell, Pat Reedy, William Alexander, Hunter Hicks, Crow vs Lion, Rosie Tucker, Alena Spanger, Shaela Miller, Son of the Velvet Rat, Thee Sinseers ..read more

Another quick flu edition. It has been difficult to get rid off whatever this virus is. Wonder Women of Country EP is my favorite release of the week. We also have great albums from Paper Wings, Dancer, Country Risque and Andrea von Kampen plus EPs from Charlie Whitten and Dominic Angelella. A big Finnish release week led by the wonderful new Viitasen Piia album. There’s also gorgeous new albums from Iisa, Klara LaFleur, Brian and AURAL and singles from Luhtaniitty, Poni, Kaita Isäri Seppälä, HXA, D.O.P.A., Rosita Luu, Modem and Ptak. There’s big release news too, because there’s a new Myria ..read more