Luxury Records

Good evening. When searching for the new song “Lilla London”, which was added in todays Spotify update, I also found a couple of more releases from small Swedish indie label Luxury Records. Label search is my friend. Enjoy!

(The google doc won’t be posted for a while.)

(The Boys EP has both wrong band name and title in Spotify.)

Almedal – …och utan en massa skit (EP)
Anton Kristiansson – Lilla London (single)
Boat Club – Caught The Breeze
Boys – Wapping (EP)
Fontaineblue – Svenska Fåglar EP
Samtidigt Som – Denna sida mot fienden (EP)

Fat Wreck Chords 3

Howdy. Many more releases from punk label Fat Wreck Chords were included in yesterdays big Spotify update. From those fresh releases I’ve selected a total of eight good punk albums to present for you. Enjoy!

(Fat Wreck Chords 1 and 2.)

(Oh, and I think it’s really nice to see all the covers together.)

Against Me! – As The Eternal Cowboy
Anti-Flag – Underground Network
Hi-Standard – Growing Up
Lagwagon – Blaze
No Use for a Name – Daily Grind
Rise Against – Revolutions Per Minute
Strung Out – Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues
The Real McKenzies – 10,000 Shots

Kning Disk: part two

Good evening. This is part two of two with selections from small label Kning Disk. In this selection the genres are: instrumental/classical/jazz/ambient. I really like the cover art as well. Enjoy!

(Part one: here)

Nils Frahm – The Bells
Peter Broderick – Docile
Rickard Jäverling – The Valleys
Voice of the Seven Woods – The Journey (EP)
James Blackshaw – Waking into sleep: Göteborg, 27.05.06

Kning Disk: part one

Hey there. Many releases from small independet label Kning Disk have been added to Spotify lately. This is part one of two with my top selections. Genres: ambient/pop/folk/electronic/experimental. Recommended listening for sure. Enjoy!

Balroynigress – Shampoo And Champagne
Erik Enocksson – With its dark tail curled ’round the garage
The Bats – The Guilty Office
Lisa Nordström – 7 states of passion
Misophone – Be glad you are only human

Fat Wreck Chords 2

Morning. This is the second and last part with selections from punk label Fat Wreck Chords (first part here). There may be a third part if more Fat Wreck releases are added to Spotify later on. Enjoy!

Frenzal Rhomb – Sans Souci
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – Have A Ball
NOFX – The Longest Line (EP)
Strung Out – Blackhawks Over Los Angeles
Teenage Bottlerocket – They Came From The Shadows
The Loved Ones – Build & Burn

Fat Wreck Chords 1

Hello again. Plenty of releases from American punk label Fat Wreck Chords have been added to Spotify lately. This is part one of two with my selections. The second part will be posted tomorrow. Enjoy!

Against Me! – Searching For A Former Clarity
Bracket – Live In A Dive
Lagwagon – Trashed
Mad Caddies – Just One More
Propagandhi – Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes
The Soviettes – LP III

Fat Possum Records

Evening. A couple of albums from legendary label Fat Possum Records have been added in the latest two Spotify updates. I hope there is more to come. In this post: only blues selections. Enjoy!

(No google doc from the latest update has been posted yet and I have no idea when it will appear.)

Junior Kimbrough – You Better Run
R.L. Burnside – Too Bad Jim
Robert Belfour – What’s Wrong With You
Super Chikan – What You See
T-Model Ford – You Better Keep Still

More from Matinee Recordings

Howdy folks. Exactly two weeks ago I wrote a post with selections from indie pop label Matinee Recordings. Since many more Matinee releases were added to Spotify in yesterdays update, I’m back with some more selections. Enjoy!

Math and Physics Club – Math and Physics Club
Slipslide – The World Can Wait
The Fairways – This Is Farewell
The Pines – It’s Been A While
The Young Tradition – Northern Drive
Various Artists – The Matinée Hit Parade

Matinee Recordings

Hi there. Quite a few releases from indie label Matinee Recordings have been added to Spotify recently (a couple even today). Here are my six top picks. Hopefully, many more releases will be added soon. Enjoy!

The Guild League – Speak Up
The Hermit Crabs – Correspondence Course EP
The Liberty Ship – Tide
The Lucksmiths – T-Shirt Weather EP
The Windmills – Now Is Then
Would-Be-Goods – Emmanuelle Beart EP

Anticon Records

Hi there. Many releases from Anticon Records have been added in the latest Spotify updates. Here are my five top picks. This is mostly electronic stuff, but with some other genres thrown into the mix as well. Enjoy!

Alias & Tarsier – Plane That Draws a White Line (EP)
Dosh – The Lost Take
Odd Nosdam – Level Live Wire
Son Lux – At War With Walls And Mazes
SJ Esau – Small Vessel

Varm Electronic Recordings

Good evening. Three albums from small indie label Warm Electronic Recordings have recently been added to Spotify. Good stuff. Enjoy!

Azure Ray – Burn & Shiver
Crooked Fingers – Crooked Fingers
Phosphorescent – A Hundred Times Or More

Alligator Records 3

Evening. This is the third and final part with selections from independent blues label Alligator Records. Enjoy!

(Alligator Records: part 1 & 2)

Billy Boy Arnold – Back Where I Belong
Cephas & Wiggins – Cool Down
Charlie Musselwhite – Deluxe Edition
Floyd Dixon – Wake Up And Live!
Son Seals – Nothing But The Truth

Jeepster Records

Good evening. Lots of albums from British indie label Jeepster Records were added in todays Spotify update. Here are five quick selections. Enjoy!

(Click here to find all Jeepster releases including many more albums by Belle and Sebastian.)

(Also, note that several Belle and Sebastian albums were removed some weeks ago but now they are back!)

Belle and Sebastian – Push Barman To Open Old Wounds
Snow Patrol – Songs For Polarbears
Salako – Re-Inventing Punctuation
SixNationState – SixNationState
The Gentle Waves – The Green Fields Of Foreverland

Alligator Records 2

Hello again. This is part two of three with selections from independent blues label Alligator Records. All albums were added to Spotify three days ago. Enjoy!

Ann Rabson – Music Makin’ Mama
Koko Taylor – Force Of Nature
Mavis Staples – Have A Little Faith
Mofro – Blackwater
The Holmes Brothers – State Of Grace

Alligator Records 1

Howdy. It’s time for some great blues from the Spotify update two days ago. I spent some hours yesterday trying to pick the best albums from legendary independent Chicago label Alligator Records. This is part one of three and it’s recommended listening – not just for blues lovers. Enjoy!

Eddie “The Chief” Clearwater – West Side Strut
Guitar Shorty – Watch Your Back
Janiva Magness – What Love Will Do
Long John Hunter – Swinging From The Rafters
Michael Burks – I Smell Smoke

Labrador Records 2

Hello again. Here is part two with selections from Labrador Records. All these releases were included in todays Spotify update. Enjoy!

(In order to find all releases from Labrador Records, you have to make a search for label:labrador in Spotify.)

Airliner – The Last Days Of August
Leslies – Leslies
Suburban Kids With Biblical Names – #1 (EP)
Tribeca – Solitude (EP)
Wan Light – That Grim Reality (EP)

Labrador Records 1

Good evening. Finally: Labrador Records. This is part one with selections. The second part will be up later tonight. All releases were added in todays Spotify update (108.000 tracks for me in Sweden). Enjoy!

[ingenting] – Halleluja! (single)
Laurel Music – Dreams And Lies (EP)
The Legends – Up Against The Legends
The Mary Onettes – Void (EP)
The Radio Dept. – Pet Grief

Jagjaguwar Records x3

Hey there. These three recent albums, all from indie label Jagjaguwar Records, were included in yesterdays huge Spotify update. Again many thanks to CaveatCavebat for the great finds. Enjoy!

[Genres here: Oneida (experimental rock), The Skygreen Leopards (folk) and Lightning Dust (folk-rock with some pop influences).]

Oneida – Rated O
The Skygreen Leopards – Gorgeous Johnny
Lightning Dust – Infinite Light

Silence Records

Hey! Many albums from Swedish label Silence Records were added in this weeks first Spotify update. Here are five selections. Enjoy!

Bergman Rock – Bergman Rock
bob hund – Jag rear ut min själ! Allt ska bort!!!
Hederos & Hellberg – Together in the Darkness
Hedningarna – Kaksi!
Traste Lindéns Kvintett – Som På Film

6. Knee Action Blues

Hello. It seems I totally forgot to write the last post in my latest CD Baby series. The genre here: blues (and one release with roots music from Africa). These albums were all added to Spotify a couple of weeks ago. Enjoy!

(Also, there won’t be a Spotify update today. The next one will most likely be on Monday.)

61 South – 61 South
Beth Kohnen – Knee Action Blues
Super Mama Djombo – Super Mama Djombo
The Venice Bluecats – Perfect Example

6. The Effects Of Stereo Tv

Good evening. Here you have part six of seven with more selections from CD Baby. Todays categories are folk and pop and all these albums were part of last weeks first Spotify update. Enjoy!

2 Foot Yard – Borrowed Arms
Vermillion Lies – What’s in the Box
Anything Box – The Effects Of Stereo Tv
Birdlips – Cardboard Wings
Sophe Lux – Plastic Apple
The Airfields – Up All Night

5. Here In The Night

Evening. It’s time for part five of seven in my new CD Baby series. Todays genre: indie rock. All albums were included in the Spotify update nine days ago. Enjoy!

Black Tie Dynasty – Down Like Anyone
Built By Snow – Mega
Silver Griffin – Here In The Night
Soft Targets – Heavy Rainbow
Sol Fiya – Sundance
The Sidewalk Regrets – The Sidewalk Regrets
The Skellingtons – American Static

4. Fireflies, Moonlight, Coalmines, Chocolate

Good evening. This is part four of seven in my new CD Baby series. Tonights category: singer-songwriters. All albums were included in the Spotify update eight days ago. Enjoy!

(Remember these are my six favourites from hundreds of albums in this category. Obviously there are lots of singer-songwriters out there.)

Andrea Wittgens – In The Skyline
Bo Ramsey – Down To Bastrop
Brooks West – Fireflies, Moonlight, Coalmines, Chocolate
Simone White – The Sincere Recording Co. Presents
Sir Oliver Mally – Candystore
Val Marshall – Love’s Ghost

3. 8 Bit Weapon

Good evening. This is part three of seven with CD Baby selections from last weeks first Spotify update. The genre here is electronic music. And while I’m not an expert in these sub-genres, I think all four albums are very good (if you are in the right mood of course). Enjoy!

8 Bit Weapon – Meantime EP
Brokenkites – Flight School
Blind Faith and Envy – Media Motel
Shadowed – Activate

2. Songs For Sinners

Good evening. This is part two of seven in my new CD Baby series. So what genres do we have here? plays Well, there is instrumental rock influenced by surf and rockabilly (‘63 Burnout), classic rockabilly (Blue Suede Bombers), surf rock (Buddy Dughi) and pirate punk (Scurvy Bastards). All albums were part of this weeks first Spotify update. Enjoy!

‘63 Burnout – Trouble At The Speedway
Blue Suede Bombers – Songs For Sinners
Buddy Dughi – Hot Rod Surf
Scurvy Bastards – Battle Born

1. Nuclear Rodeo

Hello. It’s time for my new CD Baby series. Here you have part one with selections from this weeks first Spotify update. The genres in this post are rock and metal. In more detail we have classic rock (1220), Swedish hard rock (Abramis Brama), melodic death metal (Agamendon), death metal (Against The Plagues), heavy metal (Boarders) and instrumental metal (Tomohiro Nishimura). Enjoy!

(And while CD Baby isn’t really a label, I will still add these posts into my Labels category.)

1220 – Miss Legendary (EP)
Abramis Brama – Live!
Agamendon – Nuclear Rodeo
Against The Plagues – Architecture Of Oppression
Boarders – The World Hates Me
Tomohiro Nishimura – Tomohiro Nishimura

CD Baby: nine

Hello there. It’s time for another episode of my ongoing CD Baby series. All albums were picked from the Spotify update 13 days ago. Enjoy!

So, what genres do we have here? Well, there is some ska (The Toasters), surf rock (The Spy Surfs), electronic (Tokyo507), jazz (Tom McMahon) and finally some world music/jazz (Tom Toomey).

The Toasters – Enemy Of The System
This Spy Surfs – This Spy Surfs 525
Tokyo507 – Tokyo507
Tom McMahon – Small Talk
Tom Toomey – Monfi Cat

Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal

Good evening. This release with selections from Island Records (1967-72) was added to Spotify earlier this week. Some of the artists featured are: Traffic, Jethro Tull, Sandy Denny, Nick Drake and Cat Stevens. Enjoy!

Various Artists – Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal – An Island Records Anthology

CD Baby: eight

Howdy. This is part eight in this ongoing series of selections from CD Baby. All these releases were included in this weeks first Spotify update. Enjoy!

Genres here: classic rock (Too Tall Tom), singer-songwriter (Tracey Jane Comer), folk (Tracy Smith), electronic (Trancient Dreams, Tranxgo) and progressive rock (Trettioåriga Kriget).

Too Tall Tom – Armageddon Drive-In
Tracey Jane Comer – Quietly There
Tracy Smith – Taverns and Tall Ships (Songs of the American Colonial)
Trancient Dreams – Into The Ether
Tranxgo – Arravaltronics I
Trettioåriga Kriget – Elden av år

CD Baby: seven

Hello. This series with selections from CD Baby is still going strong. All these albums were part of this weeks first Spotify update. Enjoy!

Tricycle Thief – Six Maladies
Tripsitter – California Son
Umbrella Hunt – Umbrella Hunt
Uncle Stumbles – Uncle Stumbles
Utah Carol – Rodeo Queen
Valerie Gomes – Hold On To The Dream