Dig into this week’s Saturday Alternative playlist! The Fitting Room album was Sweet Unknown by Erika Wennerstrom, out now on Partisan Records.
Erika Wennerstom has always shined in the role of frontwoman, having led her band, Heartless Bastards, to critical acclaim – both on the road and in the studio – as one of America’s great, young rock and roll bands. But when that band went on hiatus in 2016, Erika was ready to create on her own, and that newfound freedom allowed her to put even more of herself into her debut solo album, Sweet Unknown. In a press release, she says “I was able to get deeper and you get another level of my heart and soul.” As a solo artist, we hear Erika in true form, with a delivery that is at once effortless and warm, while also grand and full of heart and passion. And the big, sweeping electric guitars that tear through these songs are more than enough to hold us over until the Bastards get back together again.
—hour 1—
For Now – DMA’S – For Now
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Roses – Nap Eyes – I’m Bad Now
Better Off – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – The Tourist
Why – Animal Flag – Void Ripper
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Blackout – Frank Turner – Be More Kind
Running – Bully – Losing
Dunce – Ed Schrader’s Music Beat – Riddles
War Paint – Frankie Simone
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Falling Into Me – Let’s Eat Grandma – I’m All Ears
Look at Your Hands – Tune-Yards – I can feel you creep into my private life
Count It Up – Field Music – Open Here
Showstopper – The Dean Ween Group – Rock2
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Human For – Sunflower Bean – Twentytwo in Blue
Concrete – Shame – Songs of Praise
—hour 2—
Hologram – The Horrors – V
Home Away From Home (ft. Laura Darlington) – Cut Chemist – Die Cut
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Relax – Superorganism – Superorganism
Little Dark Age – MGMT – Little Dark Age
Hit The Ceiling – Thirdstory – Cold Heart
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Pristine – Snail Mail – Lush
Erasure (ft. Waxahatchee & Stephin Merritt) – Superchunk – What a Time To Be Alive
Heard Her – Holy – All These Worlds Are Yours
Pulled Up The Ribbon – Okkervil River – Pulled Up The Ribbon
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Modern Parenting – Creep Show – Mr. Dynamite
Masseduction – St. Vincent – Masseduction
Antidote – Preoccupations – New Material
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Six Wave Hold-Down – Hot Snakes – Jericho Sirens
—hour 3—
My Boy – Car Seat Headrest – Twin Fantasy
MDM – Jo Passed – Their Prime
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Passing Clouds – Hiss Golden Messenger
Plastic – Moses Sumney – Aromanticism
It Keeps Us Dancing – The Family Crest – The War: Act 1
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——FITTING ROOM——
Twisted Highway – Erika Wennerstrom – Sweet Unknown
Extraordinary Love – Erika Wennerstrom – Sweet Unknown
Like A Bird – Erika Wennerstrom – Sweet Unknown
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Far Away Truths – Albert Hammond Jr. – Francis Trouble
Hey – Alvvays – Antisocialites
Panic Attack – Liza Anne – Fine But Dying
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Plastic Hamburgers – Fantastic Negrito – Please Don’t Be Dead
