Weekend Showcase 2.31

The dog days of August are upon us. To help you through these steamy days, the Weekend Showcase 2.31 features 47 scintillating tunes that will only add to the heat.  Ten countries / regions are represented, including: Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden, and the United States.

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:

• Heyrocco Live Sessions – “Venice Beach” (video premiere, 3 of 6)
• Waterfall Wash – “Married to the Sound” (single premiere)

Albums:

• Avec Sans – Heartbreak Hi (Beverly Martel)
• BLAB – Everything is everyone else’s fault EP (self-released)
• Field Mouse – Episodic (Topshelf Records)

Singles:

• Melodic Tonic ’16, vol. 29 – Dent May, Mozes and the Firstborn, Sneaks, Twin Villains, WHITE
• The Matinee August 9th – Andrew Judah, Elle Belle, Gina Leonard, Gold Fir, Lake Jons, Lowell, Morgan Delt, Virgin Of The Birds
• The Matinee August 10th – Born Joy Dead, Delamere, Evy and the Gaffer, Katie Burden, Otis English, Seeing Hands
• The Matinee August 11th – Altadore, The Belligerents, Jinja Safari, Like A Motorcycle, MADEIRA, Steph Sweet, Whistlejacket, Zuzu
• The Matinee August 12th – Alice Jemima, Lowla, Mayflower, Swimsuit Addition, VACAY, VOKES
• Saturday Sampler August 13th – Arc Iris, Bonfire Nights, Forth Wanderers, Grapell, Gringo Star, IRAH, Kyle Craft, The Lemon Twigs Teeth & Tongue, Tom Chaplin

Other:

• Newport Folk Festival 2016 in Photos – Part I (photo essay)
• Newport Folk Festival 2016 in Photos – Part II (photo essay)

Weekend Showcase 2.31 Tracklisting

• WHITE – “I Liked You Better When You Needed Me” (Glasgow, Scotland)

• Zuzu – “Get Off” (Liverpool, England)

• Swimsuit Addition – “I Need U” (Chicago, USA)

• Teeth & Tongue – “Turn, Turn, Turn” (Melbourne, Australia)

• IRAH – “Fast Travelling” (Copenhagen, Denmark)

• Twin Villains – “Meanwhile Mountains” (Drogheda, Ireland)

• Forth Wanderers – “Slop” (Montclair, NJ, USA)

• Born Joy Dead – “Sourdough” (Brisbane, Australia)

• The Belligerents – “Caroline” (Brisbane, Australia)

• Arc Iris – “Paint with the Sun” (Providence, USA)

• Mozes and the Firstborn – “Great Pile of Nothing” (Eindhoven, Netherlands)

• Grapell – “Some Places” (Stockholm, Sweden)

• Alice Jemima – “Dodged a Bullet” (Devon, England)

• Katie Burden – “I Can See It Clear” (Los Angeles, USA)

• Kyle Craft – “Before the Wall” (Portland, USA)

• Morgan Delt – “Some Sunsick Day” (Los Angeles, USA)

• Steph Sweet – “Wolf’s Eye” (England/United Kingdom)

• Avec Sans – “Heartbreak Hi” (London, England)

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

• Sneaks – “True Killer” (Washington, D.C., USA)

• BLAB – “Money” (Essex, England)

• Virgin Of The Birds – “Spooky, Stony, Barely Over Thirty” (Seattle, USA)

• MADEIRA – “Come On Thru” (Auckland, New Zealand)

• Dent May – “Face Down in the Gutter of Your Love” (Los Angeles, USA)

• Altadore – “If Only For You” (Portland, USA)

• Bonfire Nights – “Easy Touch” (London, England via Brisbane, Australia)

• Field Mouse – “Order of Things” (Philadelphia/Brooklyn, USA)

• Gold Fir – “Night Walk” (London, England)

• Elle Belle – “Knock On The Light” (ft. Misty Boyce of BØRNS) (Los Angeles, USA)

• Delamere – “Black and White Space” (Staffordshire/Manchester, England)

• Gringo Star – “Get Closer” (Atlanta, USA)

• VOKES – “Wrong” (Los Angeles, USA)

• Lowell – “Blow The Bass” (Toronto, Canada)

• Seeing Hands – “I Knew You” (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England)

• Jinja Safari – “So Much” (Sydney, Australia)

• Waterfall Wash – “Married to the Sound” (Nashville, USA)

• The Lemon Twigs – “These Words” (Hicksville, NY, USA)

• Whistlejacket – “Oh Brother” (London, England)

• Gina Leonard – “Playing Dead” (Bristol, England)

• Mayflower – “I’m Not There” (Manchester, England)

• Like A Motorcycle – “High Hopes” (Halifax, Canada)

• Lowla – “Walls” (London, England)

• Andrew Judah – “Blue” (Kelowna, BC, Canada)

• Lake Jons – “Tree” (Helsinki, Finland)

• Tom Chaplin – “Hardened Heart” (London, England)

• Otis English – “Young Kids, Old Love” (Los Angeles, USA)

• VACAY – “The Other Side” (Toronto, Canada)

Supporting labels: 4AD Records, Abandoned Love Records, Arts & Crafts, Bella Union, Beverly Martel, Burger Records, Carpark Records, Cautionary Tail, Dine Alone Records, Dot Dash / Captured Tracks, Father/Daughter Records, Fierce Panda Records, Groundswell Music, Hand in Hive, Holy Beatnik Records, House Anxiety, Island Records, Merge Records, Nevado Music, Palaver Records, Randm Records, Remote Control Records, Roll Call Records, Scruff of the Neck Records, Song, By Toad Records, Strangers Candy, Sub Pop, Sunday Best Recordings, Tall Pat Records, Tambourhinocerous, Top Notch Records, Topshelf Records, and Yeah Meng Records.

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