Menahan Street Band - There's A New Day Coming/Tommy Don't 7" (Dunham Records)(2019)

 

Menahan Street Band with another great release but it is way too short! It left me wanting more. Check out There's A New Day Coming. Top shelf. This is released in conjunction with Daptone Records. So, you know it is good. B side is good as well.

Thee Illusions - Baby Don't (Waste My Time)/Will You Love My Child 7" (Black Bird Records)(2022)

 

Thee Illusions with a solid release. Not as catchy as I hoped but worth exploring more. The B side, Will You Love My Child is the better side. Need to explore this label more.

Vicky Tafoya - The Moment/Love Don't Treat You Fair 7" (Penrose Records)(2023)

 

Very bluesy offering from Vicky Tafoya. Check out The Moment. 

Pugwash - The Pugwash Singles Club (self-released)(2024)

 

Sometimes you find an artist that has such a mastery of melody that you wished everyone could enjoy them. Thomas Walsh aka "Pugwash" is that type of artist. This compilation was put together for a U.S. West Coast tour in 2024. It is brilliant. So many good songs and so many melodies. This is the real deal folks. Pugwash is pop. Check out Fall Down

Fleet Foxes - A Very Lonely Solstice (Anti)(2022)(CD)

 

Fleet Foxes just seems to calm me. I have mentioned this before but their music sets a beautiful mood for the mind and soul. It is a music that one should listen to on headphones in your dark room. Another gem. This is from 2022.  Listen to Tiger Mountain Peasant Song from this release.

Various - Pour A Little Sugar On It: The Chewy Chewy Sound of American Bubblegum 1966-1971 (Grapefruit USA)(2024)(3 x CD)

 

Great concept and idea. I had really high hopes for this compilation but for some reason it left me a little cold. Not sure what is wrong. The songs are melodic and are exactly what you would expect. The quality is good. It is not that it is bad. But the songs and the CDs when played all the way through left me a little bored. Maybe I need to listen to this box set a third time.  I did like the Cuff Links - Tracey a lot! I wish I was more excited about this box set.

Willie West & The Soul Investigators/The Soul Investigators - After the Storm/Instrumental 7" (Timmion Records)(2016)

 

This is the second 7" 45 from Timmion Records out of Helsinki, Finland that i have tried out and it is a cracker. Original release in 2016. If you like soul music, you are going to like this 45. The B-side is an instrumental of the A-side featuring the The Soul Investigators which may be the Timmion Records house band(?). Check out the song here.