MI Local: A singer-songwriter showcase, premieres from Loose Koozies, Rose St. Germaine + more

This week, we’re listening to a lot of new music from talented Michigan-based singer-songwriters — kicking things off with a sweet, twangy and subtly profound alt-country ballad from Ann Arbor’s Lily Talmers, “The Big Idea.”

Also featured on this week’s MI Local is Grand Rapids-based singer-songwriter Spencer LaJoye, with a beautiful yet heartrending song titled “Death Drive.” LaJoye has even more new music coming out this Friday, ahead of their co-headlining performance at the Ark in Ann Arbor on Nov. 21.

But we had even more songwriters with recently-released tracks, including Alto-based Kyle Joe with “Take It Easy,” featuring Ypsilanti’s Kylee Phillips — catch Kyle Joe this Friday in Lake Orion at 20 Front Street.

I was able to bring WDET listeners exclusive premieres from local rock groups like Rose St. Germaine ahead of their 7-inch vinyl release coming up on Saturday night at The Congregation. We also played brand new music from local country-rockers Loose Koozies, who have an album release party set for Dec. 7 at the Outer Limits Lounge. Plus, local garage-pop duo Checker have a new EP out this week, capped off with a show at The Polka Dot in Hamtramck this Friday night.

But it also wasn’t just folk, and rock, we heard new hip-hop from George Montrelle and some lo-fi shoegaze from Overly Polite Tornadoes.

• The Big Idea – Lily Talmers
• Death Drive – Spencer LaJoye
• My Love – Cal In Red
• Skin Suit Serenade – Career Funeral
• Give Rise – George Montrelle
• Wobbly Wheel – Loose Koozies
• Too Long – Rose St. Germaine
• Potential New Apartment – The Plutophonics
• Wrong Things – Brother Elsey
• Slow Motion – Checker
• Take It Easy – Kyle Joe
• Something More, Something Else – Zach Peterson
• Slow It Down – Overly Polite Tornadoes
• Weekend Warrior – Venus In Spurs