Happy Friday to you and yours! The list of releases this week is pretty single heavy in anticipation of all the full-lengths to come. If it's not a single, then it seems like it's hard to categorize this week. Its a good week to be Keb' Mo' with a new album out, Bluesamericana, and he's playing the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival tomorrow afternoon.
What a crazy mash-up that line-up is. Tonight Public Enemy, The Avett Brothers, Santana, Gregory Porter and Joe Louis Walker plus more close out the evening (on different stages). I wonder if there are any spontaneous moments where the sound from two or more stages will synchronize and create a natural mash-up. Those are my favorite festival moments, standing inbetween stages where the sound bleeds together and for just a few measures, two bands you would never put together match up and then it's gone. Anyway... to the releases.
Hey - it's the List!
The Sunny West Coast Playlist
Fear of Men, Loom - well kinda moody sunny rock. Just a little.
Isabelle Amé, We Are Life
The Apache Relay, Apache Relay - NW coast, that is.
The Luxembourg Signal, Distant Drive - just a 2-track single but worth a listen
Markus Krunegård, "Du Stör dig hårt på mig"
The Sunny Pop Playlist
Lovey James, "Rollercoaster" - new single that is a delicious pop treat.
Neon Trees, Pop Psychology
The Sunny Rock Pick: I mean, like you want to pump your fist in your garage while working on your Trans Am pick - Three Lions, Three Lions
Just Rock
The Whigs, Modern Creation
The Shackletons, Records - Shack-LE-tons not Shack-EL-tons. Just be sure on that
And if it's raining...
My Autumn Empire, The Visitation
Natalia M. King, Soulblazz - at least it sounded good when it was raining the other day to me.
Chill-out
Baladista, Baladista
Luluc, "Without A Face"
My Bubba, "Feverish" - bossa-like and good for dancing, dinner partying or relaxing.
A little bit for any mood I think. Some really nice releases this week, so make sure to take a listen even if there aren't any familiar names up there. Happy listening!
Friday Refrain is a weekly post regarding what new releases have caught my ear for the week. I try to compile a pretty comprehensive list of releases of the week and see what is available for me to listen to on the web. This is just my non-scientific, highly-subjective, randomly-listened-to list of stuff from the week. Oh, and I don’t always listen to lyrics or look at album art/music videos, so appropriateness is left up to the listener