Friday, April 17, 2020

ThisSmallPlanet Corona Apocalypse Playlist 2 - New Indie Music


Although we're still listening to ThisSmallPlanet Corona Playlist 1: Women Folk Who Rock, a bunch of new stuff just came out, some of them specifically COVID-19 Shutdown Projects... 

Some great new music to listen to during these difficult times...



Fiona Apple

Laura Marling
Bob Dylan
Mavis Staples & Jeff Tweedy
Mark Lanegan
Hank Williams
Pearl Jam
Ty Segall
Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Matt Sweeney
Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst)
M. Ward
The Strokes
The Mountain Goats
Phoebe Bridgers
Gorillaz
Car Seat Headrest



ALBUMS

Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters. Great new album! Interesting recent New Yorker article about Fiona.



Laura Marling Song for Our Daughter

Mark Lanegan Straight Songs of Sorrow.  Accompanies his new book Sing Backwards and Weep, a memoir.



Pearl Jam Gigaton. Surprisingly strong album.

Ty Segall Segall Smeagol. Free download of Ty's tribute to the brilliant late, great singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson




M. Ward Migration Stories. Very good. Well-worth a listen.

The Strokes The New Abnormal. Sounds like a return to form.


The Mountain Goats Songs For Pierre Chuvin. Check this album out!





SINGLES

Bob Dylan "I Contain Multitudes" (see above), a new single, hot on the heals of another new one "Murder Most Foul"

Mavis Staples feat Jeff Tweedy "All In It Together". Wilco's Tweedy co-wrote, plays guitar, and duets on vocals with legend Mavis Staples.

Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Matt Sweeney "You'll Get Eaten Too". Good excuse to check out the duo's 2005 Superwolf album, as well as Billie's fine new release I Made A Place.

Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst) "Persona Non Grata"

Phoebe Bridgers "Kyoto"


Car Seat Headrest "Hollywood"




Gorillaz "Aries"







ARCHIVAL

Hank Williams Alone with His Guitar. Nice versions of some Hank classics with just Hank on vocals & guitar.




RIP JOHN PRINE!

Many artists paid tribute to John Prine, who we lost to the Coronavirus.


Here's Roger Waters doing "Paradise" for John Prine and The Mountain Goats doing "Glory of True Love", followed by John himself doing "Paradise", "When I Get To Heaven", and "Egg & Daughter Nite":




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