Freshly Squeezed, Vol. 50: Cappa, Dagny, WESLEE & more

Welcome to Freshly Squeezed, a weekly new music playlist: spanning country, pop, EDM and urban, mainstream and other.

B-Sides & Badlands turns one this week. It’s quite an achievement, even in the digital age where (literally, but not really literally) everyone has a blog. We’ve prided ourselves on discovering new gemstones buried far below the mainstream, highlighting the best of the newcomers, while also celebrating fringe acts who have been toiling on the road for years. To celebrate, we’ve got the big 5-0 new music weekly playlist, spanning our typical go-to genres like alternative country, indie-rock, synth-pop and smooth R&B. We could go on and on and on like we usually do ⎯⎯ breaking down this week’s best gut-punching ballads, dirty dive-bar bops and songs which bring us to our knees. But we’ll let the music do the talking this time ’round, yeah?

For quick reference, the new playlist includes such blog favorites as: WESLEE, Dagny, Cappa, Erin Rae, Lori McKenna, Say Lou Lou, Amy Shark, Andrew Combs, Thomston, Shiragirl, Megan O’Neill, Taylor Bennett, Greyson Chance, Caroline Spence, Sheppard, Dierks Bentley, Swimm, First Aid Kit, Mason Ramsey, Max Cooper, Secret Broadcast, Phoebe Ryan, Brioni, Throttle, Eric Dodd, Miller Blue, Cheat Codes, Lewis Capaldi, NEEDTOBREATHE, Birdtalker, Seth Ennis, Coyle Girelli, Jacob Furr, Overdog, Kyle Reynolds, Lykke Li, The Candescents, Youngr, Little Big Town, Dawn Landes and countless others.

In all, we’ve got 47 new tunes we’re loving, many of which are making bids for Best Songs of 2018 (so far). Speaking of which, keep your eyes peeled for our mid-year reports, including picks for Best Albums, in just a few weeks.

Each playlist will be refreshed every Friday morning/afternoon. We reserve the right to update anytime during the week, so make sure you bookmark this page.

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