From SXSW 2017 to JUNOFest and everything in between, we’ve covered a lot this week. Oh, we also spent some time sharing a bunch of new music, and the Weekend Showcase 3.13 edition summarizes all the songs we’ve featured. Find fifty-one (51) are on the mega-playlist, and the artists are representing 11 countries, including: Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, 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:
- Hider unveils “You Look So Amazing” (single premiere)
- Halcyon – “Tongue-Tied” (single premiere)
Albums:
- Julia Holter – In The Same Room (Domino Record Company)
Singles:
- The Matinee April 3rd – Fickle Friends, Jake Houlsby, JR JR, LISBON, Swimm, The War On Peace
- The Matinee April 4th – Amber Arcades, Colour Of Spring, Fazerdaze, Glass Vaults, Houses of Heaven, Odd Couple, Second Still, Tired Lion, Welles
- Melodic Tonic ’17, April 5th – Black Fly, Thunder Dreamer, Pleasure House, DBFC, Needles//Pins, A Victim Of Society
- The Matinee April 6th – The Bad Signs, Big Thief, Flora Cash, The Fontaines, The Megaphonic Thrift, Mermaidens, Secret Shine, Star Benders, Ulrika Spacek
- The Matinee April 7th – Bass Lions, Blonder, Brödet, Ginger Snaps, Gothic Tropic, Lazy Day, Marika Hackman, Melting Faces, PLAZA
- Saturday Sampler April 8th – Campus Security, Cuesta Loeb, Ellie Bleach, Eric Slick, Freedom Fry, Grace Mitchell, Los Tones, SLEEP PARTY PEOPLE, Thea & The Wild
Other:
- ELBRÅNO Rock Out The Horn, UK (photo essay)
- JUNOFest: The Strumbellas give back to the kids (photo essay)
- JUNOFest: Holy Fuck that was a great show! (photo essay)
- SXSW 2017 Memories #1 – keeping Austin weird ( The Academic, Bad Pop, Draper, Fifi Rong, Hunter Sharpe, KOLARS, The National Parks, Phoria, The Shanks, TRISHES, and William Matheny)
- SXSW 2017 Memories #2 – Establishing roots in Austin (Active Bird Community, Birthday Club, EZA, Forever, Jackie Venson, Linying, New Portals, Pines, Sharkmuffin, Slow Dancer, Tuvaband, and Woodes)
- SXSW 2017 Memories #3 – The ABCs of SXSW (Alex Napping, Ciaran Lavery, False Advertising, GGOOLLDD, Kane Strang, Lydia Ainsworth, Ofeliadorme, QTY, Sofi Tukker, The Velveteins, and Wyland)
- SXSW 2017 Memories #4 – The Fairy Tale of Austin (Annabel Allum, Communist Daughter, FayRoy, Hideout, Knox Hamilton, Lewis Watson, Mike Melinoe, Okey Dokey, Saro, Someday River, and Wild Rivers)
Weekend Showcase 3.13 Tracklisting
- Amber Arcades – “Can’t Say That We Tried” (Utrecht, Netherlands)
- Future Islands – “Day Glow Fire” (Baltimore, USA)
- Gothic Tropic – “Your Soul” (Los Angeles, USA)
- Secret Shine – “Falling Again” (Bristol, England)
- Los Tones – “What Happened” (Sydney, Australia)
- A Victim of Society – “The Quick and The Dead” (Athens, Greece)
- The War on Peace – “Fear Of Loss” (Chicago, USA)
- Big Thief – “Mythological Beauty” (Brooklyn, USA)
- Ulrika Spacek – “Full of Men” (Reading, England)
- Tired Lion – “Cinderella Dracula” (Perth, Australia)
- Odd Couple – “Am I Evil” (Berlin, Germany)
- Black Fly – “I Don’t Know” (Richmond, Vermont, USA)
- Jake Houlsby – “Oklahoma” (Newcastle, England)
- Glass Vaults – “Brooklyn” (Wellington, New Zealand)
- Melting Faces – “Far King Oats” (Wellington, New Zealand)
- Freedom Fry – “Wild Child” (Los Angeles, USA)
- Blonder – “In and Out” (New York City, USA)
- The Megaphonic Thrift – “Interlopers” (Bergen, Norway)
- SLEEP PARTY PEOPLE – “The Missing Steps” (Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Mermaidens – “Lizard” (Wellington, New Zealand)
- Second Still – “Strangers” (Los Angeles, USA)
- Pleasure House – “Calm” (Birmingham, England)
- Eric Slick – “You Became The Light” (Philadelphia, USA)
- LISBON – “Tyler” (Newcastle, England)
- Lazy Day – “With My Mind” (London, England)
- Halcyon – “Tongue-Tied” (Brighton, England)
- Flora Cash – “California” (Stockholm, Sweden & Minneapolis, USA)
- Grace Mitchell – “Now” (Portland, USA)
- StarBenders – “Far From Heaven ⚤” (Atlanta, USA)
- Ginger Snaps – “Number Crunching” (Northampton, England)
- Brödet – “Loser” (Stockholm, Sweden)
- Fazerdaze – “Take It Slow” (Auckland, New Zealand)
- The Fontaines – “Vacant” (Los Angeles, USA)
- Marika Hackman – “My Lover Cindy” (London, England)
- Ellie Bleach – “Duvet Day” (Norwich, England)
- DBFC – “Sinner” (Paris, France & Manchester, England)
- The Bad Signs – “Love Lock” (Nashville, USA)
- Houses of Heaven – “Black Waves” (San Francisco, USA)
- Cuesta Loeb – “Grass It Grows” (Los Angeles via New York City, USA)
- Swimm – “First Time” (Los Angeles, USA)
- Bass Lions – “Dynamite Quartz” (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)
- Thea & The Wild – “Dark Horse” (Oslo, Norway)
- Fickle Friends – “Hello Hello” (Brighton, England)
- Colour Of Spring – “Frail” (Leeds, England)
- Thunder Dreamer – “Capture” (Evansville, Indiana USA)
- Welles – “Life Like Mine” (Nashville via Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA)
- Needles//Pins – “Back To The Bright” (Vancouver, Canada)
- Campus Security – “Parts of You” (Los Angeles, USA)
- PLAZA – “Deep In My Head” (Hartlepool, England)
- JR JR – “Same Dark Places” (Detroit, USA)
- Hider – “You Look So Amazing” (London, England)
Supporting labels: 300 Entertainment, 4AD, 6131 Records, Beyond The Wall, C3 Records, Casablanca Records, Clue Records, Different Recordings, Domino Record Company, EggHunt Records, Felte, Flying Nun Records, Groovie Records, Hazy Dog Records, Heavenly Recordings, Her Majesty’s Ship, ICEA, Inner Ear Records, Island Records UK, Joyful Noise Recordings, Killing Moon Records, Lolipop Records, Lost Map, Manic Depression Records, Melodic Records, Mint Records, Naiv Recordings, Old Flame Records, PIAS, Polydor Records, Propeller Recordings, Saddle Creek Records, Saint Marie Records, Samedi Records, Sub Pop, Tipping Point Records, Tough Love Records, Warner Music Group
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