We revisit familiar places and names. New destinations and hidden gems are explored and discovered. By the end of it all, the Weekend Showcase 2.40 edition features 56 songs by some of indie music’s best artists and newcomers on the precipice of greatness. These outstanding individuals and bands are representing 13 countries, including: Australia, Canada, England, France, Hungary, India, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, South Africa, Sweden, Wales, 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:
- AFFAIRS – “Life Of Leisure” (single premiere)
- Kiirstin Marilyn – “Please Don’t Kiss Me” (video premiere)
Albums:
- Hazel English – Never Going Home EP (House Anxiety, Marathon Artists)
- Jack River – Highway Songs No.2 (I OH YOU)
- Julia Jacklin – Don’t Let The Kids Win (Liberation Music, Polyvinyl Records, Transgressive Records)
- Sera – Rocks! EP (Folkstock Records)
- Springtime Carnivore – Midnight Room (Autumn Tone Records)
Singles:
- Melodic Tonic ’16, vol. 37 – Jennie Abrahamson, Johnny V. Lewis, Lost Animal, Man & The Echo, Sondre Lerche, Suntrodden
- The Matinee October 11th – Big Smoke, Catholic Action, Dirt Farmer, Francobello, Girl Ray, Gurr, JVMIE, Navy Gangs, The Pale White, Sam Evian
- The Matinee October 12th – Fairchild, Golden Coast, Miniature Tigers, Parekh & Singh, Sunbathers, Young Summer
- The Matinee October 13th – American Wrestlers, Anxiety Club, Ariah &, Campbell, Gustave Tiger, Juice, Lazy Day, Pale Honey, Silver Liz, Tzara
- The Matinee October 14th – Cloud Nothings, Dead Horse One, The Japanese House, Lola Colt, Low Income Housing, RYD
- Saturday Sampler October 15th – Atella x Frøder, Deep Sea Arcade, Estrons, The Flat Five, HOLY FAWN, Jim James, Le Grotto, Slow Riot, Stef Chura, Tia Gostelow
Other:
- Mundo 5: The Beatles Covers, authored by Slothrust’s Kyle Bann (featuring Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Guns N’ Roses, Aerosmith, and Mötley Crüe
Weekend Showcase 2.40 Tracklisting
- Pale Honey – “Real Thing” (Gothenburg, Sweden)
- Gustave Tiger – “Thermidor” (Budapest, Hungary)
- Lola Colt – “Jaguar” (London, England)
- Big Smoke – “Best Of You” (Melbourne, Australia)
- Tia Gostelow – “Vague Utopia” (Mackay, Australia)
- Tzara – “Exit Onto Hope” (feat. Yung Sies) (Cape Town, South Africa)
- Sam Evian – “Dark Love” (Brooklyn, USA)
- Sunbathers – “Sugar” (Baltimore, USA)
- Man & The Echo – “Operation Margarine” (Warrington, England)
- Estrons – “I’m Not Your Girl” (Cardiff, Wales)
- Campbell – “Don’t Move” (Auckland, New Zealand)
- Jim James – “Here In Spirit” (Louisville, USA)
- Springtime Carnivore – “Face In The Moon” (Los Angeles, USA)
- Lazy Day – “Disappear” (London, England)
- The Pale White – “That Dress” (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England)
- Jennie Abrahamson – “Bloodlines” (Stockholm, Sweden)
- Cloud Nothings – “Modern Act” (Cleveland, Ohio, USA)
- RYD – “Alter” (London, England)
- AFFAIRS – “Life Of Leisure” (Manchester, England)
- Young Summer – “Echo” (Washington, DC)
- American Wrestlers – “Hello, Dear” (St. Louis, USA via Scotland)
- Slothrust – “Rotten Pumpkin” (Boston, USA)
- Catholic Action – “Breakfast” (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Deep Sea Arcade – “Learning To Fly” (Sydney, Australia)
- Sondre Lerche – “I’m Always Watching You” (Brooklyn, NY via Bergen, Norway)
- Jack River – “Talk Like That” (Forster, Australia)
- Gurr – “Walnuts” (Berlin, Germany)
- Lost Animal – “Too Late to Die Young” (Melbourne, Australia)
- Slow Riot – “Absent Dreams” (Limerick, Ireland)
- The Japanese House – “Face Like Thunder” (London, England)
- Miniature Tigers – “Dreaming” (New York City, USA)
- Julia Jacklin – “Hay Plain” (Blue Mountains, Australia)
- Le Grotto – “HWY 160” (Olympia, WA, USA)
- Anxiety Club – “Be Still” (Wellington, New Zealand)
- Dead Horse One – “Forget About Jesus” (Valence, France)
- Sera – “Through The Night” (Caernarfon, Wales)
- Stef Chura – “You” (Detroit, USA)
- Girl Ray – “Trouble” (North London, England)
- Silver Liz – “Float” (Chicago, USA)
- Hazel English – “Control” (Oakland, USA via Australia)
- Golden Coast – “Comeback Kid” (Los Angeles, USA)
- The Flat Five – “Almond Grove” (Chicago, USA)
- Navy Gangs – “Mondays” (Brooklyn, USA)
- Johnny V. Lewis – “Red Door Blues” (New York City)
- Ariah & – “Everlasting” (New York City, USA)
- Dirt Farmer – “Somethin’s Gotta Give” (Toronto, Canada)
- Low Income Housing – “Ghosts” (Bridgewater, New Jersey, USA)
- Kiirstin Marilyn – “Please Don’t Kiss Me” (Brooklyn, USA)
- JVMIE – “Hanging By A Thread” (Los Angeles, USA)
- Fairchild – “Relevance” (Manchester, England via Gold Coast, Australia)
- Francobollo – “Wonderful” (London, England via Sweden)
- Juice – “Angel Of The Azure” (Birmingham, England)
- HOLY FAWN – “Reykur” (Tempe, AR, USA)
- Parekh & Singh – “Philosophize” (Kolkata, India)
- Suntrodden – “All We Are” (Atlanta, USA)
Supporting labels: 2060 Records, ATO Records, Autumn Tone Records, Barely Dressed Records, Bolero Recordings, Carpark Records, Dangerbird Records, Dead Bees Records, Dirty Hit Records, Duchess Box Records, Eskimo Recordings, Fat Possum Records, Folkstock Records, House Anxiety, I OH YOU, Lost Map Records, Luv Luv Luv Records, Marathon Artists, Peacefrog Records, Saddle Creek, Square Leg Records, Urinal Cake Records, Whelmed Records
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