Weekend Showcase 2.20

Here is the weekly rundown of the past week in new music. Find 51 songs on the Weekend Showcase 2.20 edition, featuring artists from 17 countries: Australia, Belarus, Canada, England, Germany, Finland, France, Iceland, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, the United States, and Wales.

The playlist and tracklisting, as usual, follows the list of articles from the past week.

Enjoy the great music and discover music’s hidden gems.

Premieres:

• Bonefield – “Window” (single premiere)
• Captain Ledge Band – “No Need to Cry” (single premiere)
• Loud Forest – Loud Forest (debut album premiere)

Albums:

• Albert Man – Cheap Suit (self-released)
• Band of Skulls – By Default (BMG)
• Black Honey – Headspin EP (Foxfive Records)
• FURS – Just Kids (The House Band Co.)
• Hunter As a Horse – The Two Magics Vol.1 EP (Valley of Fire Recordings)
• Iska Dhaaf – The Wanting Creature (Brick Lane Records)
• Mutual Benefit – Skip a Sinking Stone (Mom+Pop Music, Spunk Records, Transgressive)

Singles:

• Melodic Tonic ’16, vol. 20 – Dabble, The High Violets, Horse Thief, Joseph Arthur, Quinn
• The Matinee May 24th – Bad Wave, Cadence Kid, Casket Girls, Glass Spells, Hidden Charms, Queue, Swimming Tapes, WILDES
• The Matinee May 25th – Evy the Gaffer, Fieu, Lake Jons, The Lightning Year, New York Movie, Paul Mayson
• The Matinee May 26th – Antrru, The Belafontes, Bows, False Advertising, Fusilier, Jenny Hval, No Joy, Solomon Crook
• The Matinee May 27th – angelic milk, Forebear, Jack Ellis, Jackal Onasis, ROOXX, Unknown Mortal Orchestra
• Saturday Sampler for May 28th – The Amazing, Gordi, Gothic Tropic, Gwenno remixes John Grant, Karl Blau, Kris Oslowski, Meat Eating Orchids, Todd Terje & The Olsens, The Van T’s, Work Drugs

Other:

• Islands play Ritual (photo essay)
• She Shreds 10th Edition Release Party at Market Hotel (gig review and photo essay)
• Van Damsel perform at Zaphod Beeblebrox (photo essay)

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Weekend Showcase 2.20 Tracklisting

• The Amazing – “Ambulance” (Stockholm, Sweden)

• Bows – “Should Have Known” (Berkeley, CA, USA)

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

• False Advertising – “Give It Your Worst” (Manchester, England)

• Queue – “More” (Northeast USA)

• Joseph Arthur – “You Keep Hanging On” (Brooklyn, USA)

• Lake Jons – “In Time” (Helsinki, Finland)

• Kris Orlowski – “Falling Apart” (Seattle, USA)

• Loud Forest – “If Words Had Power” (Pasadena, USA)

• Forebear – “Delroy Lindo” (Los Angeles, USA)

• FURS – “Just Kids” (London, England)

• Hidden Charms – “Cannonball” (London, England)

• John Grant – “Voodoo Doll” (Gwenno remix) (Reykjavik, Iceland)

• The Van T’s – “Blood Orange” (Glasgow, Scotland)

• Solomon Crook – “Who You Know” (Wellington, New Zealand)

• Jenny Hval – “Female Vampire” (Oslo, Norway)

• Iska Dhaaf – “The Moth” (Seattle, USA)

• Fieu – “Impossible” (Brisbane, Australia)

• Bad Wave – “Extraordinary” (Los Angeles via Miami, USA)

• angelic milk – “Rebel Black” (St. Petersburg, Russia)

• Todd Terje & The Olsens – “Firecracker” (Oslo, Norway)

• Hunter As a Horse – “Dead Stars” (Berlin, Germany & London, England)

• WILDES – “Illuminate” (London, England)

• Work Drugs – “Roll” (Philadelphia, USA)

• Glass Spells – “Away From Space” (San Diego, USA)

• Evy and the Gaffer – “Upside Down” (Boulder, CO, USA)

• Fusilier – “Make You” (Brooklyn, USA)

• Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “First World Problem” (Portland, USA & Auckland, New Zealand)

• Gordi – “Can We Work It Out” (Sydney, Australia)

• Captain Ledge Band – “No Need to Cry” (Wilburton, OK, USA)

• Quinn – “Sixteen Vandals” (Birmingham, England)

• Meat Eating Orchids – “Bulletproof” (Tel Aviv, Israel)

• Casket Girls – “Sixteen Forever” (Savannah, GA, USA)

• Bonefield – “Window” (France)

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

• Dabble – “This Nightlife” (Los Angeles, USA)

• Swimming Tapes – “Set The Fire” (London, England)

• ROOXX – “Summertime Low” (Turku, Finland)

• Antrru – “Нуар” (St. Petersburg, Russia via Minsk, Belarus)

• No Joy – “A Thorn in Garland’s Side” (Montreal, Canada)

• The High Violets – “Comfort in Light” (Portland, USA)

• Paul Mayson – “Miles Away” (Netherlands)

• Cadence Kid – “Hold On Me” (Los Angeles, USA)

• Albert Man – “Cheap Suit” (London, England)

• Jack Ellis – “Pocket Of Lint” (Cardiff, Wales)

• Horse Thief – “Drowsy” (Oklahoma City, USA)

• New York Movie – “Firecracker” (Austin, USA)

• The Belafontes – “Skeleton” (Melbourne, Australia)

• Jackal Onasis – “The New Ron” (New York City, USA)

• Gothic Tropic – “Stronger” (Los Angeles, USA)

• Karl Blau – “Fallin’ Rain” (Anacortes, WA USA)

• Mutual Benefit – “The Hereafter” (Brooklyn, USA)

Labels: Bella Union, Bloc+Music, Bobby Cahn Records Imprint, Brassland, Brick Lane Records, District South Records, Exploding In Sound Records, Ezhevika, Foxfive Records, Graveface Records, Hand in Hive, The House Band Co, Jagjaguwar, Mom+Pop Music, Olsen Records, Partisan Records, PNKSLM Recordings, Real World Records, Sacred Bones Records, Saint Marie Records, Solina Records, Spunk Records, Topshelf Records, Transgressive Records, and Valley of Fire Recordings.

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