No playlist next week, so I’ll see if I can cram a few extra songs into this one.

“Florida” – Modest Mouse
We will depart early Sunday for a week in the Florida panhandle. This is the only song overtly about Florida in my collection, thus its inclusion. Thursday was also M’s birthday. Famously, I was listening to “Float On” when S’s water broke, so I always think of Modest Mouse this time of year.

“Dead Plants” – better joy
Not your typical Manchester music. At the risk of being called a dirty old man, in addition to her vocal and lyrical talents, the lead singer is also an attractive human being.

“Wandering Song” – Chime School
One of the most perfectly named bands out there right now. You know exactly what you’re getting from them.

“Triple Seven” – Wishy
This band is from Indy, but I don’t know much about them. They’ve released three singles in recent weeks, all sounding very different and with different lead singers. This is the only one that does much for me.

“Later” – GIFT
A nice melding of shoegaze and synthpop.

“Found a Job” – The Linda Lindas covering Talking Heads
I can’t say I’m familiar with the original, but I do most definitely dig this cover.

“Somebody to Shove” – Soul Asylum
SA released a new song this week. I listened to it once without wanting to hear it again. It did make me pull up their two, awesome, 1992 songs: this and “Black Gold.”

“Not Too Soon” – Throwing Muses
Spotify’s Discover Weekly has been all jacked up recently, spitting out more catalog songs than new ones. I was thrilled to be reminded of this 1991 classic, though. Tanya Donnelly’s best song before leaving to form Belly.

“Overkill” – Colin Hay
Let’s keep it going on Old Songs I Hadn’t Heard In Ages with this one. A brother in music shot it my way with the rather glorious autocorrected typo of “Goats appear and fade away.” That’s how I’ll heard this song from now on. Also a pretty spectacular acoustic take on Hay’s Men at Work original.

“Summer Song” – Joe Satriani
There had to be at least one in here.

No Name – Side B, Track 1 – Jack White
Holy shit, Jack is back! And in perfect Jack White style.

Last Friday he released a new, surprise album. But he didn’t do it like other artists, who might slip an album into Spotify and Apple Music at midnight with a corresponding press release. Nope, there was zero clue this album was coming. Nor did it land on any streaming platform. Rather, if you went to one of White’s Third Man record stores (in Detroit, Nashville, or London), and bought something last Friday, the staff added an extra vinyl LP into your bag. It was stamped with only the moniker No Name. No pictures or mentions of White. No song titles or run times. There are no liner notes. Lucky recipients were encouraged to rip the album and share it with “seven friends.”

I finally got around to listening to a YouTube rip on Tuesday. WHOOOOO MAMA!!!! ROCK AND ROLL WILL NEVER DIE, THANKS TO JACK WHITE!!!!!

It sounds so much like the classic White Stripes sound that there have been plenty of people wondering if these are leftover Stripes tracks, or if Jack and Meg got back together in the studio. I think that’s pretty unlikely. There is no doubting that early 2000s ferocity is present in almost every one of the album’s 13 tracks. If you like Jack’s take on garage rock, you’ll probably love it. This is one of my favorites of the bunch.

There are strong rumors the album will hit record stores around the country sometime in the next three weeks. Hopefully streaming services, too. I doubt I’ll be sick of listening to the ripped MP3s I have by then.

“The Warrior” – Scandal featuring Patty Smyth
Another song that feels like it could have only hit in 1984. It snuck into the Top 40 last week and was still sitting at #37 this week. By September it would peak at #7 for a couple weeks, and become an all-time Eighties classic along the way.

Amazingly, this was the band’s only Top 40 hit, making them genuine One Hit Wonders. The follow up single, “Hands Tied,” is a lovely, lovely song that stalled at #41. As did their 1985 single “Beat of the Heart.” What always blows me away, though, is that 1982’s “Goodbye To You” came no where near Casey Kasem territory, making it only to #65. I would have sworn it was a radio hit.