ROUTES-cast June 14, 2026

ROUTES & BRANCHES

featuring the very best of americana, alt.country and roots music

June 14, 2026

Scott Foley, purveyor of dust

We'll be attempting our mid-year favorites list in the coming days at R&B HQ. Each day we're continuing to add future releases to A Routes & Branches Guide To Feeding Your Monster. This week's Episode includes debuts (D) from acts like Idle County, Bucko, and those edgy upstarts from American Aquarium. 

^ American Aquarium, "History Repeats Itself" New Ways To Lose  (Losing Side, Jun 26)  D

- Goodnight Texas, "How To Act" single  (GT, 26)  D

- Charles Wesley Godwin, "Hey There Son (ft Wyatt Flores)" Christian Name  (Big Loud, Jul 24)

- Willow Avalon, "Work To Do" Pink Pocket Pistol  (Atlantic, Jun 26)

- Jamestown Revival, "Juniper & Gin" single  (Jamestown, 26)  D

- Breakfield, "Angel 41" Breakfield  (Rounder, 26)

- Dead South, "Rox In the Box" single  (Six Shooter, 26)  D

- Presley Haile, "Busy" single  (Columbia, 26)  D

- Katie Pruitt, "Blackout (ft Nolan Taylor)" Fools For the Fleeting  (Rounder, Sep 18)  D

- Anna Graves, "America's Greatest Burnout" America's Greatest Burnout  (Rounder, Sep 4)  D

- Palmyra, "Cheap Beer" Cheap Beer EP  (Oh Boy, Sep 18)  D

- Natalie del Carmen, "Gone For Good" single  (Torrez, 26)  D

- Jesse Welles, "Siddartha" Masks Off  (Welles, 26)

- Otis Gibbs, "Low Down Dirty Rotten" single  (Gibbs, 26)  D

- Tim Barry, "Still Lit" Clear Blocks Ahead  (Chunksaah, 26)  D

- William Matheny, "I Wish I Was Back In West Virginia (ft John R Miller)" single  (Diamond Teeth, 26)  D

- Alex Amen, "Changes" Sun Of Amen  (ATO, 26)

- Max Knouse, "It's Time To Go Out Running" Goat Pupil  (Ruination, 26)  D

- Lambchop, "Stella" Punching the Clown  (Merge, Aug 21)

- Attic Abasement, "Bruised Water Moon" Moonlight Passes On  (Father/Daughter, Aug 14)  D

- Idle County, "Lebanon, TN"  single  (Idle County, 26)  D

- Bucko, "Casinos & Landfills" Casinos & Landfills  (Big Co Trucking and Steel, 26)  D

- Tracey Nelson, "The Can" Hercules  (perennial, Jul 10)

- Fruit Bats, "All Wounds" The Landfill  (Merge, 26)

- Aaron Lee Tasjan, "Lydia's Boots" Get Over It Underdog  (Blue Elan, Jul 17)

- Mountain Goats, "Shallow Grave" Days  (Cadmean Dawn, Aug 7)

- Elanor Moss, "Sarah Waiting In the Car" The Knife the Needle  (Merge, Aug 21)  D

- Jack White, "Dollar Bill" Frozen Charlotte  (White, Jul 10)  D

- Jon Spencer, "Step On the Gas" Songs Of Personal Loss and Protest  (Shove, 26)

- Johnny Blue Skies, "Whiter Shade Of Pale" Mutiny After Midnight (Extended Edition)  (Atlantic Outpost, 26)  D

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