New music this week from Rosa Walton, Low Cut Connie, Baby Richman, Shed Seven, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Adams, Library Card, The Afghan Whigs, David Duchovny (!), Snow Patrol with Kylie Minogue and much more. Enjoy!
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I get asked fairly often where do I find some of these new artists? Sometimes it's just dumb luck, like running across a social media post for Milagro Guerra and her new song "Dopamine". Sometimes its recommendations, sometimes they show up on Discover Weekly on Spotify. Sometimes, the artists find me, like the band Baby Richmond and their debut single "Lights Down", who followed me on Bluesky.
But no one has ever paid me a single penny for placement. I don't accept suggestions. I have to find them myself.
The new album from Low Cut Connie is possibly the best protest album so far this year. There have been a lot of good songs by great artists that we can all roll off but here is a full album of what it's like to be an American right now. "Livin' In The USA" is exactly what it says it is, reminiscent of the rock and roll of Springsteen and others. Well worth your time.
I had never heard of Rosa Walton before this past week and apparently I'm well in the minority given the number of followers she has. Her new album "Tell Me It's A Dream" is a solid effort in a style of alt-pop we haven't heard much of lately.
On Canada Day (July 1 if you didn't know) that stellar Canadian Bryan Adams dropped a protest song called "51st State", which rather nicely tells the Crime Administration to fuck off. I honestly didn't know he had it in him. Bravo.
"Don't Leave Me Here Like That" is now the 4th (5th?) single to drop from Stanley Simmons, the band made up of the sons of Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of Kiss. Unlike their parents they do psychedelic harmonic power pop and we still have another two months to wait before their debut album finally comes out. Each song they release is something new and proof that their vocal harmonies are sharper than you might guess at first listen.
Deep Purple's "Splat!" is finally out, and it's quite frankly a lot more prog rock than I would have suspected. If you go it looking for Richie Blackmore's Deep Purple you won't get it, but their rock and roll hall of fame worthy credentials are on full display here, and it's hard to argue with the results.
Finally, because I love you I am giving you a video that I normally wouldn't because of the religious overtones, but even an old atheistic cynic like myself has to admit that this is pretty damned moving.
