Weekend Showcase 2.12

April has arrived and the music is starting to match the weather, as evidenced by the numerous albums, singles, videos, and concerts we covered this past week. The full list of features is below, and individual songs have been taken to populate the weekly Weekend Showcase 2.12 edition. The full tracklist follows the SoundCloud playlist as always.

The countries represented include Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, Finland, Ireland, Israel, Russia, Scotland, and the United States. Spin the Showcase and discover music’s hidden gems.

Premieres:

• Froomador – “Can’t This Wait” (album premiere)
• Glass Spells – “Rebellion” (video premiere)
• Happy Hollows – “Way Home” (video premiere)
• The Walk Off – “She Talks in Technicolor” (single premiere)

Albums:

• Bonzai – Sleepy Hungry EP (Anchor Point Records)
• Easy Kill – Sermons (My Little Empire Records)
• The Thermals – We Disappear (Saddle Creek Records)

Singles:

• Melodic Tonic ’16, vol. 12 – Brian Fallon, Kevin Morby, Little Scream, New Madrid, O’Brother
• The Matinee March 29th – BEFFROI, Chaika, Fascinations Grand Chorus, Glass Gang, Jo Kathleen Marie, Peyote Coyote, Tamar Eisenman
• The Matinee March 30th – Girl Friend, Great Caesar, Ofelia K, Rocky Nti, Step Rockets, Work Drug
• The Matinee March 31st – Esme Patterson, Heavy Heart, Human Skills, Islands, Moses Sumney, Sidewalk Express
• The Matinee April 1st – Cavalry, Hockey Dad, Ian Bern, Kabiria, Pumarosa, San Fermin & Sam Amidon
• Saturday Sampler for April 2nd – Andrew Bird, Anteros, The Belligerents, Ben Watt, Black Honey, Man of Moon, Moonface and Siinai, Sad Culture, Seratones, Xenia Rubinos
• Robb Murphy – “To Be A Fool”

Other:

• The Motorleague rocks the House of Targ (photo essay)
• Mundo: Ten Songs Filled with Stardust (by Sounds of Sputnik)
• Rodney Cromwell: The Guy who makes Retro Synth-Pop Sound Fresh (Interview)
• Spring Fling 2016 at Main Street Armory Pt. 1 – Foals & Bear Hands (photo essay)
• Spring Fling 2016 at Main Street Armory Pt. 2 – Cage the Elephant & Silversun Pickups (photo essay)
• SXSW Recap (by Wendy Redden)
• The Zolas at Zaphods (photo essay)

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Weekend Showcase 2.12 Tracklists

• Pumarosa – “Cecile” (London, England)

• The Belligerents – “Before, I Am” (Brisbane, Australia)

• Black Honey – “All My Pride” (Brighton, England)

• The Thermals – “Hey You” (Portland, USA)

• Easy Kill – “Not Even Lovers” (Manchester, England)

• Moses Sumney – “Everlasting Sigh” (Los Angeles, USA)

• Bonzai – “Kassi” (London, England via Dublin, Ireland)

• Glass Spells – “Rebellion” (southern California, USA)

• Anteros – “Breakfast” (London, England)

• Islands – “The Joke” (Los Angeles, USA via Montreal, Canada)

• Step Rockets – “West Coast” (Minneapolis, USA)

• San Fermin & Sam Amidon – “Shiver” (Brooklyn, USA)

• Kevin Morby – “Dorothy” (Los Angeles, USA)

• Ian Bern – “Enough” (somewhere in the USA)

• Great Caesar – “Let Me In” (Brooklyn, USA)

• New Madrid – “Knots” (Athens, GA, USA)

• Rocky Nti – “Reflections” (London, UK)

• Moonface and Siinai – “Risto’s Riff” (Vancouver Island, Canada & Helsinki, Finland)

• Xenia Rubinos – “Lonely Lover” (Brooklyn, USA)

• The Walk Off – “She Talks in Technicolor” (Boston, USA)

• Happy Hollows – “Way Home” (Los Angeles, USA)

• Heavy Heart – “Yellowbird” (London, England)

• Man Of Moon – “Sign” (Edinburgh, Scotland)

• Chaika – “I Fall” (Leeds, England)

• Andrew Bird – “Roma Fade” (Los Angeles, USA via Chicago)

• Ben Watt – “Gradually” (London, England)

• Hockey Dad – “So Tired” (Windang, Australia)

• Tamar Eisenman – “2 Step Dance” (Los Angeles, USA via Jerusalem, Israel)

• Cavalry – “Everything” (Liverpool, England)

• Work Drugs – “Permanent High” (Philadelphia, USA)

• Girl Friend – “Nocturnal” (Manchester, England)

• Esme Patterson – “Feel Right” (Portland via Denver USA)

• BEFFROI – “Faint” (Belgium)

• Sidewalk Express – “I Know” (Aylesbury, England)

• o’brother – “Time Is a Length of Rope” (Atlanta, USA)

• Human Skills – “Trouble in My Head” (Los Angeles, USA)

• Jo Kathleen Marie – “The Next Step” (Melbourne, Australia)

• Ofelia K – “Cinco” (Los Angeles, USA)

• Rodney Cromwell – “Barry Was An Arms Dealer” (Catford, England)

• Seratones – “Sun” (Shreveport, Louisiana, USA)

• Peyote Coyote – “Follow Through” (Pompano Beach, FLA, USA)

• Brian Fallon – “Nobody Wins” (New York City, USA)

• Sounds of Sputnik – “Light Scheme” (ft. Ummagma) (Moscow, Russia & Peterborough, Ontario, Canada)

• Robb Murphy – “To Be A Fool” (Belfast, Ireland)

• Fascinations Grand Chorus – “Welcome” (Brooklyn, USA)

• Glass Gang – ‘”Outside Your Love” (Brooklyn, USA)

• Kabiria – “Hold Me Down” (Columbus, OH, USA & Vancouver, Canada)

• Little Scream – “Love as a Weapon” (Montreal, Canada)

• Froomador – “Solar Energy” (Orlando, USA)

• Sad Culture – “Raspberry Ooze” (London, England)

Supporting Labels: Anti- Records, Art Is Hard Records, Bobby Cahn Records Imprint, Caroline International, Chess Club, Dead Oceans, Dine Alone Records, Fat Possum Records, Fierce Panda Records, Foxfive Records, Grand Jury Music, Island Records, Jagjaguwar, Kanine Records, Loma Vista Recordings, Melodic Records, Merge Records, Mom + Pop Music, My Little Empire Records, Normaltown Records, Saddle Creek Records, and Triple Crown Records.

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