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

• “Different Animal” – The High Strung
• “Embankment” – Fred Thomas
• “Arcturus Beaming” – The Crane Wives
• “Gas Station Joe Jonas” – no problemo!
• “It’s Nice To Stand Outside” – Sunbather
• “Leto II Accepts the Sandtrout Onto His Body” – Olivia Kieffer
• “TV Star” – Mod Lang
• “The Box” – Deadbeat Beat
• “Thin Mirrors” – Low Phase
• “PTS” – Bivouac Cabs
• “Gold Lake” – Ki5 & Aviva Match
• “Morning Eyes” – The Morning Eyes
• “Mermaid” – Henry Walters
• “Where Are You Going” – Ally Evenson
• “To Say Goodbye” – May Erlewine
• “I’m A Fool” – Ménage Détroit

It’s a busy week for new releases when it comes to the Michigan music scene, particularly around the metro Detroit area!

Let’s start with the incomparable Flint-based musician/artist Tunde Olaniran, releasing their latest album, Chaotic Good, celebrated by a performance next Saturday, at the Pyramid Scheme in Grand Rapids!

Too Bad by Tunde Olaniran

Meanwhile, Detroit-based electronic art-pop auteur My Brightest Diamond, aka Shara Nova, have released three new singles from her forthcoming album, Fight the Real Terror, which is out today!

We heard this song, “Safe House,” last week on MI Local.

Fight The Real Terror by My Brightest Diamond

Next, let’s bend our ears towards Kalamazoo to listen to an interesting new album featuring the versatile instrumental hip-hop producer known as The Lasso (aka Andy Catlin), paired up with the boundary-pushing indie-rock quartet known as The Go Rounds.

Catlin is a former member of The Go Rounds, which made this a natural collaboration. This new album by The Lasso (& The Go Rounds), released just yesterday, is titled Pedal Steel, and our favorite track from it is “Goldwine.”

PETAL STEEL by The Lasso, The Go Rounds

Back here in Detroit, a ’90s-vibed indie-rock quartet known as The Microplastics have released a catchy and dreamy little ballad that has just the right amount of spookiness to help us settle into some autumnal vibes; it’s called “Undead.”

Undead – Single by The Microplastics

Listen to “MI Local” with Jeff Milo every Tuesday from 9-10 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET.