If you seek a pleasant peninsula — look about you! But also, if you’re seeking out sensational singer-songwriters, then just stream the latest episode of MI Local, because there’s several new releases out this week by solo musicians and band leaders that you can catch live in the weeks ahead, including a stellar showcase coming up at Detroit House of Music.

But first: Neu Blume! The Detroit-based group is led by Mo Neuharth and Colson Miller, and this week they’re releasing their new full-length album, Let It Win. The duo are typically perceived as hovering near-and-around the genre terrain of Americana and alt-folk, but often leaning into an exploratory compositional style with melody-driven songs, coated with warmth and brandishing unvarnished lyrics that are varyingly poignant, provocative, or conjuring some ponderous fever dream. See them live this Saturday night at UFO Bar with singer-songwriter Conor Lynch and alt-country indie-rockers Bonny Doon.

We also had, as mentioned, quite a few songwriters on display this week, including my favorite song by Detroit-based folk balladeer Libby DeCamp, who you can see live on Sunday evening at the Detroit House of Music for the ongoing showcase series known as “Queens of the Song Age,” curated by Marbrisa and featuring WDET favorites like Audra Kubat.

Meanwhile, out in Ann Arbor, you can catch indie-neo-soul/blues-rock hybridist Phillip-Michael Scales at The Ark on Thursday, June 5 as he promotes his new album, Good to Be Here.

While these aren’t brand-new songs, I was excited to feature recently-released tracks by solo folk singer-songwriters like Kora Feder, who recently released a full-length album titled Some Kind of Truth, and also the mystic-ethereal stylings of singer/musician/artist Tess Clark, who performs on Saturday at Turnstiles, over in her home town of Grand Rapids.

Also, Bluhm and Same Eyes, two of my favorites in the new-new-wave/electro-pop realm, both had new singles out this week, and they paired together perfectly in the mix!

One other new release of note is the recording project out of Ann Arbor known as Suburbo, from singer-songwriter Michael Burbo, who collaborated with Fred Thomas of Saturday Looks Good To Me, tapping in to, once again, some of those alt-country vibes. We start the show with the song “Showmanshipwrecked,” from Suburbo’s new album, Braving the Musktrat.

See the playlist below and listen to the episode on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

MI Local Playlist for May 27, 2025

• “Showmanshipwrecked” — Suburbo
• “Punched Out Luck” — Strange Witch
• “High Beams” — The Lasso
• “Low Light” — Bluhm
• “Those Around You” — Same Eyes
• “Something Bout You” — Phillip-Michael Scales
• “You Wanna Beat Him Up?” — Dear Darkness
• “Moon Water” — Angel Of Mars
• “Mitsubishi” — Neu Blume
• “You, Like Sunshine” — Tess Clark
• “Torch” — Libby DeCamp
• “Elementary Queen” — Kora Feder
• “Gestalt” — Nigel & the Dropout
• “In The Early Morning (feat. Lily Nyooni)” — Ancient Language