New music this week from Olivia Dean, Queen's Pleasure, Deaf Havana, Tessa Rose Jackson, Cory Wong with Cody Fry, Starbenders, Shepherds Reign, Vulfmon, Scandal (the Japanese one), Elujay, The Kites, Angel Names and much more. Enjoy!
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I admit that we're still digging out a few gems from 2025 as we finally start getting new releases in earnest for 2026, but that will diminish over the next few weeks. One album that is definitely a brand new one is The Lighthouse from Tessa Rose Jackson. She is a film composer who splits her time between Amsterdam and London, and has released pop music under the moniker "Someone" but has decided to release music under her own name and the new album is a great and moody piece. If you're looking for a rocker or something to get you on the dance floor this isn't for you, but if you want to have a warm drink and curl up by the fire this is a great album.
One artist I missed from 2025 is Olivia Dean. Her album "The Art of Loving" came out back in September but I admit I would have never heard it if not for YouTube music critic Todd in the Shadows. I went back and gave the album a listen and I have to agree, it's one of the better British R&B albums to come along in a while. I've added two tracks from it to the playlist, and I recommend listening to the whole thing.
There is a song on this playlist that is probably the most unique artist I ever feature, "Toa" by Shepherds Reign. This is a New Zealand-based band that sings in Maori. I know that I'm ignorant of the culture (aside from the opening of any game featuring the All Blacks) and there are likely other bands out there who do this, but this is the one I know, and it looks like they're going to have a new album this year, so stay tuned.
There is an alt-R&B artist on the playlist named Elujay, whose song "Circles" you will find towards the end of the playlist. It might just be me getting old, but I'm not really a fan of the singing style he uses. That said, the songwriting is pretty stellar, and for that alone he deserves a listen. That and his Spotify Profile just says "Dachsund Dad".
Joseph, despite their name, is a pop-pop/rock outfit from Oregon with some success under their belt already. They've been releasing and stacking up singles for the past year - so much so that their "singles" have as many as eight songs on them. You should check them out.
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Where are the Epstein Files, motherfuckers?
Two murders in Minnesota in the space of a month by Federal Agents, and no arrests. I recognize that making arrests is difficult when the Federal Government is destroying evidence, but how about Obstruction charges? You want to impress me? Start arresting these balaclava-wearing terrorists hiding in Federal clothing.
I do admit that there are two stories in this whole fucking mess that give me hope:
1) Republican Chris Madel has dropped out of the race for Minnesota Governor, calling what's happening in his state an abomination, and that he can't be part of a party that does this shit.
2) Reverend Rob Schenck, one of the leaders in moving this country towards Christian Fascism as founder of Faith and Action in the Nation’s Capital set in motion the very things that got power couples and rich people in Washington DC to convert to Conservatism which was then hijacked by MAGA et. al. to supporting Fascists... (that was terribly constructed but you see the point)... well the man has seen the light. He disbanded his organization, gave his considerable wealth away (he earns a living driving for Uber instead of running a Megachurch) and is trying to repair the damage. He joined the protestors in Minneapolis. To those who say that god sometimes uses flawed men for his good works, I point out that before he gives them those works he FIXES them.
So hope does linger, although both of these men have a long way to go.
Given his comments after a conversation with Governor Walz, whose reputation he has spent a couple of years trashing, I notice that the head of the Crime Administration tends to agree with whomever he spoke with most recently. He has even gone so far as to demote the Nazi dress alike that was running the operation in Minnesota. Quite the Zelig, our President. (Oooh, a Woody Allen reference comparing to the President? Read into that what you will).
Yes, it's true. Fox "News" really did run a chyron that said that the administration "...Cuts U.S. Aid to 3 Mexican Countries."
These are not the best of times.
And because I love you, and yes I've played this one before, but here is my own song, Love Locks:
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