Weekend Showcase 2.15

The weather might be warming up and usually this is the time when the summer anthems start coming out, but the Weekend Showcase 2.15 edition features albums and singles from the past week that were mostly blistering rockers and dramatic, emotional numbers that will move you emotionally and physically. There are some dance-pleasing tracks, but this Weekend Showcase is arguably the most intoxicating and powerful one yet.

The playlist and tracklisting, as usual, follows the list of articles that featured the 52 great songs. The artists on the Weekend Showcase 2.15 are from: Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Northern Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Singapore, Sweden, United States, and Wales.

Premieres:

• Auna Sims – “Dance the Extra Mile” (single premiere)
• Kinjac – “Champagne” (single premiere)
• Monograms – “Downer” (video premiere)
• RVBY MY DEAR – “Hidden Threads” (single premiere)
• Tropic of Xhao – “He Hex” featuring Katrina Ford (single premiere)

Albums:

• Ashley Shadow – Ashley Shadow (Felte Records)
• Creature Comfort – Echoes & Relics (EP)
• The Limiñanas – Malamore (Because Music)
• Volunteer Dad – Hotel California Hotel (Some Weird Sin Records)

Singles:

• Melodic Tonic ’16, vol. 15 – Dam Gila, Emotional, Fear of Men, The Magnetic North, Solids, The Subways
• The Matinee April 19th – The Isabelles, Knightingale, Lake Ruth, Little Lapin, Noy, Pleasure Beach, Still Parade
• The Matinee April 20th – case/lang/veirs, Fairchild, Girl Friend, Kid Joki x CLMD, Torches, Wolf Prize
• The Matinee April 21st – Andy Shauf, Deerhoof, inSaturn, Maison Hall., Spine of Man, Stone Cold Fox
• The Matinee April 22nd – Boxer Rebellion, The Broadcasts, Rebecca Clements, Slow Turismo, Violet Days, Why We Run
• Saturday Sampler for April 23rd – Backward Houses, Big Deal, Erra Project, Fenne Lily, Kyle Forester, Islands, Look Park, Maiah Wynne, Minor Victories, Trevor Sensor

Other:

• Mundo 5: Music to Seduce Someone – by Ramsey
• Slingshot Dakota Show Review : Pure Punk

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Weekend Showcase 2.15 Tracklisting

• inSaturn – “LADYLION” (London, England)

• Ashley Shadow – “Another Day” (Vancouver, USA)

• The Limiñanas – “Prisunic” (Perpignan, France)

• Great Profile – “Lemonade” (The Netherlands)

• Big Deal – “Avalanche” (London, England)

• Fenne Lily – “Top To Toe” (Bristol, England)

• Andy Shauf – “The Worst in You” (Regina, SK, Canada)

• Wolf Prize – “Baby Blue” (Los Angeles, USA)

• Slow Turismo – “Falter” (Canberra, Australia)

• Solids – “Blurs” (Montreal, Canada)

• Knightingale – “Demons” (Singapore)

• Emotional – “Believe in Me” (San Francisco, USA)

• Torches – “Future” (Los Angeles, USA)

• Violet Days – “Your Girl” (Stockholm, Sweden)

• Fear of Men – “Trauma” (Brighton, England)

• Lake Ruth – “Through The Lychgates” (New York City, USA)

• Look Park – “Aeroplane” (Northampton, MA, USA)

• The Subways – “Dirty Muddy Paws” (London, England)

• Tropic of Xhao – “He Hex” featuring Katrina Ford (North Essex, England)

• Dam Gila – “Slow Burn” (Chicago, USA)

• Noy – “Owning the Night” (New York City, USA via Israel)

• Ramsey – “Pain Now” (Los Angeles, USA)

• Still Parade – “Chamber” (Berlin, Germany)

• Pleasure Beach – “Magic Mountain” (Belfast, Northern Ireland)

• Rebecca Clements – “Bad TV” (Southwest of England)

• Fairchild – “Neighbourhoods” (Manchester, England via Gold Coast, Australia)

• Volunteer Dad – “Brand Recognition” (Los Angeles, USA)

• Maiah Wynne – “Monster in a Human Suit” (Missoula, MT, USA)

• Trevor Sensor – “Judas Said to be a Man” (Illinois, USA)

• Kinjac – “Champagne” (Asheville, NC, USA)

• Girl Friend – “Tragic On The Dancefloor” (Manchester, England)

• Spine of Man – “Vampires” (Copenhagen, Denmark)

• Little Lapin – “Californian Sun” (Bristol, England)

• Stone Cold Fox – “Firing Squad” (Brooklyn, USA)

• The Boxer Rebellion – “Weapon” (London, England)

• Erra Project – “Hotel Rooms” (Clonmel, Ireland)

• Auna Sims – “Dance the Extra Mile” (Atlanta, USA)

• case/lang/veirs – “Honey and Smoke” (USA and Canada)

• Why We Run – “Where I’ll Be Waiting” (Sydney, Australia)

• Monograms – “Downer” (Brooklyn, USA)

• Creature Comfort – “Sugar Cookies” (Nashville, USA)

• Minor Victories – “Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard)” (Reading, Stafford, and Glasgow, UK)

• The Magnetic North – “A Death in the Woods” (London, England)

• Deerhoof – “Plastic Thrills” (Brooklyn, USA)

• The Isabelles – “Permanent Rewind” (Faimouth, England)

• RVBY MY DEAR – “Hidden Threads” (Australia and USA)

• Kyle Forester – “Won’t Go Crazy” (Brooklyn, USA)

• Backward Houses – “Pseudo Sane” (demo) (Norwich and London, England)

• The Broadcasts – “This Is Life” (Llantrisant, Wales)

• Kid Joki x CLMD – “Wait for Love” (Oslo, Norway/Los Angeles)

• Islands – “No Milk, No Sugar” (Toronto, Canada)

• Maison Hall. – “Plain Life Pt.1” (Brisbane, Australia)

Supporting labels: ANTI- Records, Arts & Crafts, Bodan Kuma Recordings, Burger Records, Death Records, Dine Alone Records, Easy Action Records, Fat Cat Records,  Fat Possum Records, Felte Records, Flying Moonlight Records, Full Time Hobby, Jagjaguwar, Kanine Records, Play It Again Sam, Polyvinyl Records, Some Weird Sin Records, Topshelf Records, and Yep Roc Records.

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