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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #300

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Another late Sunday edition, because live music events took over the weekend. But here’s finally the episode 300. That’s 300 weekends and about 1500 hours spent on curating a new music playlist that don’t really have that much relevance. But for the most parts I’ve enjoyed it and I’ve learned a lot along the way. So I guess it has been worth it.

New one from Chris Acker is the album of the week. We also have new albums from Tucker Zimmerman, Teddy & The Rough Riders, Daniel Markham, Conor Donohue, Dawes, Caroline Says, Ariella and Slack Times (EP).

The highlight of the Finnish release week is the debut single from Ne Lintuizet. It’s a new band formed by Laura Moisio, Lauri Myllymäki, Kielo Kärkkäinen and Pekko Käppi. I love all these people and therefore I had been eagerly waiting to hear the music. Another debut single by Viive is also a real beauty and then we have some great albums too from Miika Leivo and Rakkaudella Janne. Plus Icons of Elegance EP and singles by Nina Kaitaranta, Taikayö Camping and Brian. All really good.

And last the international singles. Some early faves here came from Rose City Band, 2nd Grade, Thee Sinseers, St. Lenox, Andrew Gabbard, The Explorers Club, Austin Stambaugh… again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Back next week. Love.

1. Chris Acker – Eyelash (Famous Lunch, Gar Hole Records)
2. Tucker Zimmerman feat Big Thief – Lorelei (Dance of Love, 4AD)
3. Teddy & The Rough Riders – Trouble Sleeping (Down Home, Appalachia Record Co)
4. Daniel Markham – Secret Power (Secret Power)
5. Conor Donohue – Shape of Your Hand (Stray Dogs)
6. Caroline Says – Dust (The Lucky One, Western Vinyl)
7. Dawes – King of Never-Wills (Oh Brother, Dead Ringers)
8. Ariella – Idea (CryBaby, Lauren Records)
9. Slack Times – Hatchback (Gone for Things EP, Meritorio Records)
10. 2nd Grade – I Wanna Be on Your Mind (single, Double Double Whammy)
11. U.S. Highball – Which Way Is Up (single, Lame-O Records)
12. The Explorers Club – Knock Knock (single, Goldstar Recordings)
13. Andrew Gabbard – Magic Taxi (single, Karma Chief Records)
14. St. Lenox – Lust for Life (single, Don Giovanni Records)
15. Generifus – Evil Queasy Feeling (single, Sultan Serves Records)
16. Rose City Band – Lights on the Way (single, Thrill Jockey Records)
17. Jacksonport – Hurts to Say Goodbye (single, Ay Caramba Records)
18. Brooks and Bowskill – Blisfull State of Mind (single, Ganaraska Record Co)
19. Cristina Vane – Getting High in Hotel Rooms (single, Blue Tip Records)
20. Austin Stambaugh – Nightwalk (Less & More) (single, Anti-Corp)
21. Ne Lintuizet – Hiljainen vieras (single, Texicalli)
22. Miika Leivo – Posket (Nääj, Valassaaret)
23. Rakkaudella Janne – Ei koti mutta kodinkaltainen (Menkää te juhliin, Stupido Records)
24. Nina Kaitaranta – Se mikä ei tapa (single, Kaita Records)
25. Taikayö Camping – Sun eleet (single, Alakulttuuritalo)
26. Brian – Lasersotaa (single, KHY Suomen Musiikki)
27. Icons of Elegance – (Welcome To) Our Corner of the World (October EP, Dinner With Daisy Records)
28. Viive – Tulva (single, Mustik Motel Records)
29. Thee Sinseers – Can’t Call Me Baby (single, Colemine Records)
30. The Green Pajamas – Something About the Light (single, Green Monkey Records)
31. Bailey Bigger – Witches and Warlocks (single, Madjack Records)
32. JD Clayton – Let You Down (single, Rounder Records)
33. Will Payne Harrison – All the Best (single)
34. Angela Perley – Ghoul for You (single)
35. Grayson Capps – Early Morning Rain (single, Royal Potato Family)
36. Idanha – 8 Seconds (single)
37. Ron Pope – Mama Drove a Mustang (single, Brooklyn Basement Records)
38. This Lonesome Paradise – Into the Ether (single, Bad Vibes Good Friends)
39. Klara Goliger feat Christian Kjellvander – Like a Window (single)
40. Thorsten Nesch – Colour Me Surprised (single, Polterzeitgeist Records)
41. Mike Trask – Last Known Picture of Love (single)
42. Rob Dobson – Esoteric Pantomine (single, WarHen Records)
43. Lily Seabird – Fuckhead (single, Lame-O Records)
44. Daughter of Swords – Alone Together (single, Psychic Hotline)
45. The Bedbugs – Microdose (single, Bed Go Boom Records)
46. Charlie Kaplan – Edie Got Away (single, Glamour Gowns)
47. Swimming Bell – Guess I Was Busy (single)
48. Trinelise Væring – I’m Not a Quitter (single, Word for Word Records)
49. Dave Vettraino – Parallel Play (single, Ruination Record Co)
50. Joan Shelley – Seven Steps (Mood Ring EP, No Quarter Records)
51. Erisy Watt – Tried to Say (Not either or but everything, First City Artists)
52. Darrin Bradbury – Julius & Ethel (Atomic Love Story) (Freeman’s TV Repair Shop, Like You Mean It Records)
53. Christo Graham – Hippie Cahier (Music for Horses, We Are Busy Bodies)
54. Arppa – Hyvä päivä (Muovipussi kummittelee, Johanna Kustannus)
55. Fred Thomas – Electric Guitar Left on the Street (Window in the Rhythm, Polyvinyl Records)

Spotify Playlist

Tidal Playlist

YouTube Playlist

A few Bandcamp cuts for the lovely non-streamers:





Oh and do buy the vinyl/cd/download. Spotify and other streaming services are perfect for these introductory purposes, but try to buy at least the music that matter the most to you

I’ll make the playlist on Spotify and then transfer it to other platforms. This means a few tracks might be missing from the from the other platforms, if they are not available there. Oh and there’s a bunch of older episodes on my Spotify profile, if you miss an episode or want to revisit.

If you are looking this after a week has gone, the embedded Spotify will show the latest playlist. I’ll just update the same playlist because if someone wants to follow it, they can just follow that one list and will get a new set of songs each weekend.

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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #299

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Another bit late edition of the new music weekly, but managed to put something together on Sunday evening. I hope I didn’t forget too much stuff.

There’s new albums from Christo Graham, The Hard Quartet, Fred Thomas, Joan Shelley (EP), Erisy Watt, Darrin Bradbury, Nick Flessa, Kasey Anderson, Hayes & The Heathens, Roger Harvey & Simon Flory, Holy Matter, Yasmin Williams, Taylor Hollingsworth, Garrett T. Capps and The NASA Country , Henry Parker & David Ian Roberts, Slowforce, Peter Bruntnell, Pop Filter, Mr. Husband, Dan Reeder, Thee Sacred Souls and Leon Bridges.

A bit shorter Finnish part this time around, but there’s two big album releases from Arppa and Joose Keskitalo & The Mystic Relevation of Teppo Repo. Also singles from Saara Heikkilä, Emilia Sisco and Cold Diamond & Mink, Juhlat feat Ty Roxy and Jere Valkonen. I think Saara’s was last week, but I just found out some days back and liked it a lot.

From the international singles category some early faves came from The Weather Station, Leponds, Emma Munger, Chris Acker, Tedo Stone and Drew Beskin, Mt. Misery, Zachary Lucky, Snowgoose, Dakota Theim, Max Bien Kahn… again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Next week episode 300 and then I’m done. Well not really, but this 299 was a struggle. Love and all that.

1. Christo Graham – Hunker Down (Music for Horses, We Are Busy Bodies)
2. The Hard Quartet – Hey (The Hard Quartet, Matador Records)
3. Fred Thomas – Season of Carelessness (Window in the Rhythm, Polyvinyl)
4. Joan Shelley – Fire of the Morning (Mood Ring EP, No Quarter)
5. Ërisy Watt – Say It Louder (Not either or but everything, First City Artists)
6. Darrin Bradbury – Time Pushed Jim (Freeman’s T.V Repair Shop, Like You Mean It Records)
7. Nick Flessa feat Austin Leonard Jones – Any Given Sunday (The Politics of Personal Destruction, Anxiety Blanket Records)
8. Hayes & The Heathens – Adeline (Hayes & The Heathens, BOH Records)
9. Kasey Anderson – Leave an Echo (To The Places We Lived, Nervous Kid Records)
10. Garrett T. Capps & NASA Country – What If We Did? (Everyone Is Everyone, Spaceflight Records)
11. Roger Harvey & Simon Flory – I Don’t Want Your Millions, Mister (Progress)
12. Taylor Hollingsworth – Never Be Lonely (Yahola, Dial Back Sound / Well Kept Secret)
13. Henry Parker and David Ian Roberts – Windy Pike Blues (Chasing Light)
14. Yasmin Williams feat Kaki King & Darian Donovan Thomas – Harvest (Acadia, Nonesuch Records)
15. Holy Matter – Lore Green and Blue (Beauty Looking Back, Royal Oakie Records)
16. Kasey Chambers – Dart n Feather (Backbone, Essence Music)
17. Slowforce – Lightbulb (Shift)
18. Peter Bruntnell – The Flying Monk (Houdini and the Sucker Punch, Domestico Records)
19. Pop Filter – Everywhere Where I Want to Be (Ray & Lorraine’s, Bobo Integral Records)
20. Dan Reeder – I’ve Got the Blues (even though nothing is wrong) (Smithereens, Oh Boy Records)
21. Mr. Husband – I Might Go (WILDFLOWER, Airloom / Good Soil)
22. Leon Bridges – Panther City (Leon, Columbia Records)
23. Thee Sacred Souls – My Heart is Drowning (Got a Story to Tell)
24. Emilia Sisco and Cold Diamond & Mink – Too Late (single, Timmion Records)
25. Arppa – Missä sä oot (Muovipussi kummittelee, Johanna Kustannus)
26. Joose Keskitalo & The Mystic Revelation of Teppo Repo – Kun tähdet palaavat paikoilleen (Tähdet palaavat paikoilleen, Helmi Levyt)
27. Saara Heikkilä – Lupaus (single)
28. Jere Valkonen – Vakavaa (single, Eclipse)
29. Juhlat feat Ty Roxy – Tarinoita (single)
30. Office Culture feat Jackie West – Everything (single, Ruination Record Co)
31. lulu melons – Heads (single, The Dime Store)
32. Leponds – Frog Song (single)
33. The Weather Station – Neon Signs (single, Fat Possum Records)
34. Emma Munger – Pattern (single)
35. Keren Ilan – Soon Summer’s Gone (single)
36. Florist – This Was a Gift (single, Double Double Whammy)
37. Snowgoose – Descendant (single, Violette Records)
38. Dakota Theim – Sad Eyes (single)
39. Tedo Stone and Drew Beskin – I Want a Love Like This (single, Super Canoe)
40. Mt. Misery – Sunday Song (single, Prefect Records)
41. Slack Times – Coattails (single, Meritorio Records)
42. The Eggmen Whoooooo! – It’s Just Your Mind (single, Strangetown Records)
43. Nap Eyes – Dark Mystery Enigma Bird (single, Paradise of Bachelors)
44. Conor Donohue – Wasteland (single)
45. Call Me Rita – Get Ready With Me (single)
46. Spencer Kilpatrick and the Sand Gators – Fires (single)
47. Taco Tapes – No Retreat (single, American Standard Time Records)
48. Chris Acker – Stubborn Eyes (single, Gar Hole Records)
49. Zachary Lucky – Water in the Fuel (single, Wroxton Recordings)
50. Benjamin Tod – Mary Could You (single, Benjamin Tod / Thirty Tigers)
51. Wild Earp feat Michelle Billingsley – Cheap Checks (single, Western Myth Records)
52. Max Bien Kahn – Stranger (single, Max Bien Kahn / Well Kept Secret)
53. Jeremie Albino – So Many Ways To Say I Love You (single, Easy Eye Sound)
54. Kathleen Edwards feat Bahamas – Human Touch (single, Dualtone)
55. Lilly Winwood – What’ve We Got To Lose (single)
56. Waxahatchee – Much Ado About Nothing (single, Anti)
57. Rachel Sermanni – No Way Blues (single, Jellygirl Records)
58. Anne Malin – Stories (single, Dear Life Records)
59. VanWyck – Burning of Dawn (Dust Chaser, Maiden Name Records)
60. Susanna Leppänen – Henrikin pojan häävalssi (Kaikki on kaikki, Panama-levyt)

Spotify Playlist

Tidal Playlist

YouTube Playlist

A few Bandcamp cuts for the lovely non-streamers:





Oh and do buy the vinyl/cd/download. Spotify and other streaming services are perfect for these introductory purposes, but try to buy at least the music that matter the most to you

I’ll make the playlist on Spotify and then transfer it to other platforms. This means a few tracks might be missing from the from the other platforms, if they are not available there. Oh and there’s a bunch of older episodes on my Spotify profile, if you miss an episode or want to revisit.

If you are looking this after a week has gone, the embedded Spotify will show the latest playlist. I’ll just update the same playlist because if someone wants to follow it, they can just follow that one list and will get a new set of songs each weekend.

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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #298

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Another more than a little bit overwhelming release week. About 30 new albums on this one and most likely still missed some good ones.

Long time favorites Christian Lee Hutson, VanWyck and Adeline Hotel can share the album of the week honors. There’s also new ones from Andre Ethier, Big Share, Jenina MacGillivray, Ilia Nicoll (EP from April, but Jenina led me to this), Styrofoam Winos, Feeling Figures, Best Bets, John Davis (from Superdrag), Naima Block, Merce Lemon, Trace Mountains, Auguste Patino, Kate Bollinger, Leif Vollebekk, Luke De-Sciscio, Julian Taylor, Billy Strings, The Bobby Tenderloin Universe, Selland & Starr, Rayvon Pettis, Spectator Bird, Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders, Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin and Kolumbo. That took a while to type, let alone listen.

The Finnish part was pushed to the late twenties on the playlist by that flood of international albums, but there’s plenty to love here as well. The big ones are the awesome new albums from Pekka Laine & The Enchanted and Susanna Leppänen. Then there’s also a bunch of gorgeous singles from Mikko Juvonen, Kansalainen, Peissu feat Jenna-Marie Laine, Henna Emilia Hietamäki, Lintudisko, Monsuuni and The Wrong Car.

International single of the week is the new beauty from Jennifer Castle. Other early faves came from Lou Hazel, Sam Blasucci, Dakota Theim, St. Lenox, Erisy Watt, Michael Cloud Duguay… again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Two more to go 300 and another milestone. That’s a few weekends and hours that I’ve dedicated to compiling this new music playlist, because it takes 5+ hours to make this each weekend. It doesn’t really make any kind of sense, if I think about it that way. So I rather not. And well heart runs this operation instead of the brain anyway. So back next week for episode 299. See you then.

1. Christian Lee Hutson – Carousel Horses (Paradise Pop.10, Anti Records)
2. VanWyck – Another to Do (Dust Chaser, Maiden Name Records)
3. Adeline Hotel – Preying On (Whodunnit, Ruination Record Co)
4. Andre Ethier – B.C.E. (Cold Spaghetti, Telephone Explosion Records)
5. Big Share – Barely There (Printed Pictures)
6. Jenina MacGillivray – Sadie (Perseids)
7. Ilia Nicoll – Neener (Long Leaving EP)
8. Styrofoam Winos – Master of Time (Real Time)
9. Feeling Figures – Everything Around You (Everything Around You, Perennial)
10. Best Bets – Autumn Morning (Come What May, Meritorio Records)
11. John Davis – Indiffirent Stars (JINX, Lost In Ohio)
12. Trace Mountains – Crawling Back to You (Into the Burning Blue, Lame-O Records)
13. Auguste Patino – Yogi Berra (A World of Windmills, Forged Artifacts)
14. Leif Vollebekk – Rock and Roll (Revelation, Secret City Records)
15. Kate Bollinger – I See It Now (Songs From a Thousand Frames of Mind, Ghostly International)
16. Merce Lemon – Rain (Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild, Darlig Recordings)
17. Naima Block – Moving (Below a Massive Dark Land, Sub Pop Records)
18. Luke De-Sciscio – For the Poems (Theo, Folk Boy Records)
19. Spectator Bird – Pink Azaleas (Fall Down in a Small Town)
20. Julian Taylor – Love Letters (Pathways, Howling Turtle)
21. The Bobby Tenderloin Universe – Rollin’ Back to You (Satan is a Woman, Country Moon Records)
22. Rayvon Pettis – Forever is a Long Long Time (Pueblo, Like You Mean It Records)
23. Selland & Starr – High Life (Rides Again, Chiles Records)
24. Billy Strings – Gild the Lily (Highway Prayers, Reprise Records)
25. Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders – Mt. Airy Mind (Planet Lidders, Arrowhawk Records)
26. Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin feat Taylor Ho Bynum – Stars Begin to Fall (symbiont, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
27. Kolumbo – Night Blooming Jasmine (Sandy Legs, Calico Discos)
28. Pekka Laine & The Enchanted – Veronica Was Here (In Slumberland, Svart Records)
29. Susanna Leppänen – Sato (Kaikki on kaikki, Panama-levyt)
30. Peissu feat Jenna-Marie Laine – Kuinka saatoitkaan (single)
31. Mikko Juvonen – Matkalla Johannan luo (single, Helmi Levyt)
32. Kansalainen – Muovipussi (singe, Helmi Levyt)
33. Henna Emilia Hietamäki – Lähteet laaksojen (single, Soliti)
34. Lintudisko – Muistojen bumerangi (single)
35. Monsuuni – Kalevankadun herra liikennemerkki (single, Villa Molo Underground Alliance)
36. The Wrong Car – Apples (single, Haarakiila Records)
37. Dakota Theim – Love You Inside Out (single)
38. Ruby De Anda – 83 (single, Karma Chief Records / Colemine Records)
39. Jalen Ngonda – Anyone in Love (single, Daptone Records)
40. Camden. – There’s No One To Blame (single, Mango Hill Records)
41. Sam Blasucci – Flower (single, Innovative Leisure / Calico Discos)
42. Mr. Husband – It Was You (single, Airloom / Good Soil)
43. Shirley Hurt – Hell of a Life (single, Telephone Explosion Records)
44. Reb Fountain – Come Down (single, Fountain Records)
45. Advance Base – The Year I Lived in Richmond (single, Run for Cover Records)
46. St. Lenox – Courtesan (single, Don Giovanni Records)
47. Erisy Watt – Rachel (single, First City Artists)
48. Jennifer Castle – Earthsong (single, Paradise of Bachelors / Solstice Radio)
49. Lila Tristram – Closer (single)
50. Michael Cloud Duguay – Stethoscope (single, Watch That Ends the Night)
51. John Cathal O’Brien – Can’t Be Only a River That Winds (single)
52. Wilder Adkins feat Erin Rae – You Can Never Lose My Love (single, Wings Music Group)
53. Lou Hazel – Little Peace (single)
54. Todd Day Wait – Time Will Let You Know (single, Cloverdale Records)
55. Noeline Hoffman – Rodeo Junkies (single, La Honda Records)
56. Samantha Crain – Dragonfly (single, Real Kind Records)
57. Ex-Vöid – Swansea (single, Tapete Records)
58. Ceylon Sailor – Cambridge Streets (single, Stunning Models on Display)
59. Real Estate – Daniel (single, Domino Recording Co)
60. Trust Fund – The Mirror (single, Tapete Records)
61. Jenny Owen Youngs – Someone’s Ex (single, Yep Roc)
62. Humbird – Vienna (Humbird sings Billy Joel, Nettwerk)
63. Nick Flessa feat Austin Leonard Jones – Theme from the Dick Gibson Show (single, Anxiety Blanket Records)
64. This Lonesome Paradise – Strange Door (single, Bad Vibes Good Friends)
65. Angela Autumn feat Lockeland Strings – Waltz About Death (single, Tone Tree Music)
66. Rachel Baiman feat Kaia Kater – Playing God (single, Signature Sounds Recordings)
67. Whitehorse – Sweet Surrender (single, Six Shooter Records)
68. Bailey Bigger – Resurrecetion Fern (single, Madjack Records)
69. Stelth Ulvang – Let It Fall (Stelth Ulvang and the Tigernips, First Thought Best Thought)
70. Essi Leppänen systeemi – Planeetaltapoistumiskysymys (Zverynasin talo, Helmi Levyt)

Spotify Playlist

Tidal Playlist

YouTube Playlist

A few Bandcamp cuts for the lovely non-streamers:





Oh and do buy the vinyl/cd/download. Spotify and other streaming services are perfect for these introductory purposes, but try to buy at least the music that matter the most to you

I’ll make the playlist on Spotify and then transfer it to other platforms. This means a few tracks might be missing from the from the other platforms, if they are not available there. Oh and there’s a bunch of older episodes on my Spotify profile, if you miss an episode or want to revisit.

If you are looking this after a week has gone, the embedded Spotify will show the latest playlist. I’ll just update the same playlist because if someone wants to follow it, they can just follow that one list and will get a new set of songs each weekend.

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