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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #368

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A bit ahead of the schedule this time around, because vappu gave an extra day off from the day job.

Maisy Owen made the album of the week. Other album gems this week came from Hiss Golden Messenger, Paisley Fields, Emily Nenni, Damien Jurado & Lilly Miller, Adeem the Artist (EP, a full album has been available on Bandcamp for some months. I highly recommend buying it there, but now some of it is available to stream as well), The Medium, Ty Maxon, Reb Fountain (EP), Rob & Ellen (EP), Above Me, Maya Hawke, Cindy, Geordie Gordon, Golden Tiles, Weird Nightmare, Chris Brain, Good Good Blood (EP), Henry Parker (EP), Reverend Baron (first part of a forthcoming album), William Alexander, Andrew Jobin (EP), North Fork Crossing, Charley Crockett, Jacob Faurholt, Jesca Hoop, Laura Cahen, Sweet Megg and Malin Pettersen (EP). Then there’s also Old No.1 tribute with a lot of my favorite artists taking part. I put Erin Rae here on the playlist. Update few hours later: added Serafima & The Shakedowns album, because I somehow forgot it.

The Finnish part is my favorite this week, because there’s some songs that matter the world to me. If you follow me on instagram, you are well aware that M. I. Laine has become a huge favorite of mine during the last six months. I’ve loved pretty much everything that I’ve heard on several live shows around Turku. Therefore I’m thrilled that there’s now a wonderful debut single available from M. I. Laine & Sortumavaara. It’s a powerful song dedicated to the victims of sexual violence. Also check out the equally awesome live video from Tavastia for the song Kaupan kylmähyllyllä.

This week I also got borderline obsessed with the new kaunis veli song Haapojen alle. Well actually stats say that I’ve listened it 45 times now, so perhaps the word borderline is somewhat unnecessary. It’s an amazing song full of of warm-hearted fragile beauty. Absolute love it wholeheartedly.

Then there’s also the Albert album that came out in late March. I missed it at the time, but found it early this week and have been listening it a whole lot. A damn good rock’n’roll album and also highly recommended. The actually brand new Finnish album gems came from Arppa & Jiri-serkku and Väinö Karjalainen (only two songs on Spotify, full album available on physical formats and other streaming services). Then there’s also great singles from Hot Heros & Janne Laurila, Janeveera, Tahmela Six and Pratt & Moody feat Cold Diamond & Mink.

The international single of the week is the new Hurry one, because they are one of my favorite power pop bands and just released the first single from their next album. Other early faves came from Cinder Well, The Mellons, Jeffrey Silverstein, I’m Kingfisher, Corey Parsons, Avry Truex, Charlie Marie… again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Oh and this will be on Apple Music for one more month, because of course I forgot to cancel that two month free trial and it charged my card. So good news for the four people who follow me there. I did cancel it now, so this will disappear from Apple on 1st of June. Anyway, back next week with another of these way too long playlists. Then we have the new joku iiris masterwork among other beautiful things. Love.

1. Maisy Owen – Letters (Dark on a Sunny Day, Tompkins Square)
2. Lilly Miller – After Now (Damien Jurado & Lilly Miller: Did Something in Me Break, Maraqopa Records)
3. Emily Nenni – Talk to Me (Movin’ Shoes, New West Records)
4. Paisley Fields – Silver Spurs (Are U Mad at Me, Don Giovanni Records)
5. Adeem the Artist – Canvas to the Flame (Survival Strategies Vol.1: Enmeshment EP, Four Quarters Records)
6. Serafima & The Shakedowns – Shivers (Ride Easy, BWGiBWGAN)
7. Hiss Golden Messenger – Mercy Avenue (I’m People, Chrysalis Records)
8. Ty Maxon – Laughing Rain (Postcards in the Rain)
9. Reb Fountain – Keep Your Heart Open (Smoke Signals EP, Fountain Records)
10. The Medium – Dammit Pam (Speaking of the Coast, Still the Best Records)
11. Rob & Ellen – Cosmic Error (In On It, Take a Turn Records)
12. above me – monolith (Soften the Blows, Dandy Boy Records)
13. Weird Nightmare feat Julianna Riolino – Bright City Lights (Hoopla, Sub Pop Records)
14. Golden Tiles – Set Up on the Leaves (Set Up on the Leaves, Antiquated Future Records)^
15. Geordie Gordon – River House (River Round, Victory Pool)
16. Cindy – Daytime (Another Country, Tough Love)
17. Maya Hawke – Lioness (MAITREYA CORSO, Mom+Pop)
18. Good Good Blood – Mary (New World EP, Fox Food Records)
19. Chris Brain – Bloom and Die (Red Sun Rising, Big Sun Records)
20. Henry Parker – Eowestre Clough (The Dark Peak)
21. Reverend Baron – Silver Plume (four singles / ep from forthcoming album, Karma Chief Records)
22. Charley Crockett – Down By Law (Clovis, $10 Cowboy)
23. Andrew Jobin – Piney Woods (Lost Weekender EP)
24. North Fork Crossing – Snowy Afternoon (Portland Rose, NFMFX)
25. William Alexander – Now I See (Along the Boundary Line, Cheatin’ Hearts Records)
26. Sweet Megg – I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire (Massive Negroni)
27. Laura Cahen feat This is the Kit – Sur la plage (Side by Side, PIAS France)
28. Jesca Hoop – Playground (Long Wave Home, Last Laugh)
29. Jacob Faurholt – Darkness and Stars (The World is a Birdcage, Raw Onion Records)
30. Malin Pettersen – Get You Back Again (Just When I Thought I Didn’t Know What to Say EP, Die With Your Boots On Records)
31. Erin Rae – That Old Time Feeling (Old No.1 Revisited, Truly Handmade Records)
32. kaunis veli – Haapojen alle (single)
33. M. I. Laine & Sortumavaara – Kiltit tytöt (single, Sortumavaara)
34. Hot Heros & Janne Laurila – Vapaana virtaava joki (single, Playground)
35. Tahmela Six – Ground VI (single, Mustik Motel)
36. Väinö Karjalainen – Down to a Dandelion (Birch Bark Letter, Värkendahl / All That Plazz) – only sampler on Spotify
37. Pratt & Moody feat Cold Diamond & Mink – You Bring Me Joy (single, Timmion Records)
38. Arppa & Jiri-serkku – Tasaraha (Iltamat Pihlajassa, Arppa Oy)
39. Janeveera – Kaikki palautuu (single, Eclipse Music)
40. Albert – Sydän juosten (Albert)
41. Hurry – Zoned Out (single, Lame-O Records)
42. The Greenberry Woods – The One That Makes You Happy (single, Big Stir Records)
43. Daily Worker – Anymore (single, Radio Gurl Records)
44. Dakota Theim – Another Kind of Love (single)
45. The Mellons – Things Gone By (single, Earth Libraries)
46. Greg Mendez – No Evil (single, Dead Oceans)
47. Astral Swans – No Home Left in the Heart (single, Stonerbird Records)
48. Alex Izenberg – Old Gold (single, Mexican Summer)
49. Maya De Vitry – Confidence of the Sun (single, Mad Maker Studio)
50. Cinder Well – While the Womb Screams Silently (single, Hen House Studios)
51. Sumie – Dahlia (single, Pomperipossa Records)
52. I’m Kingfisher – Trauma Queen (single, Fading Trails Recordings / Kite Recordings)
53. Jeffrey Silverstein – Coming Back Around (single, Full Time Hobby)
54. Corey Parsons – Ain’t Life Strange (single, Cloverdale Records9
55. Avry Truex – Flea Market Flowers (single)
56. Charlie Marie – Kancamangus Highway (single)
57. Erin Enderlin – I Wrote This Song For You (single, Black Crow Productions)
58. Todd Day Wait – Heart Over Mind (single, Cloverdale Records)
59. Pendulum Hearts – Bare Necessities (single)
60. Woody Woodworth – Edmund Pettus Bridge (single, PineHoller Records)
61. Matt Woods feat Adam Lee, SHEPHERD and Justin Wells – Let Love Ring (single, Lonely Ones Records)
62. Joshua Ray Walker – Shoot Me Straight (single, East Dallas Records / Thirty Tigers)
63. J.J.Swinn – I Don’t Want Another One (pt.2) (single, Nickel & Dime Recordings)
64. The Hanging Stars – All Your Yesterdays (single, Loose Music)
65. Wild Flowers – Time (single)
66. Wojtek the Bear – fly in the amber (single, Last Night from Glasgow)
67. phoneswithchords – I-75 S (single, Amiable Alleycat Music)
68. Opal Eskar – Bell Div Divide (single)
69. Neal Francis – Hide (single, ATO Records)
70. Michael Cloud Duguay feat Scions – Winterhouse (single, Watch that Ends the Night)
71. Kyle Morgan – Ghost of a Problem (single, Starcrossed Losers Records)
72. Hannah Cohen – Golden Chain (single, Bella Union)
73. Laurelyn Dossett – How Many Moon (single)
74. Kirstie Lynn – Blazing Prairie Star (single, Plaid Dog Studios)
75. Beth Bombara – Not Enough (single, All the Right Pills9
76. Nathan Evans Fox – Little Bit of Shine (single, Free Dirt Records)
77. Hunter Morris / Mountain of Youth – Everything Falls Apart (single, Strolling Bones Records)
78. Rubber Band Gun – Frodoboy (single, Historic New Jersey Recordings)
79. Pete Molinari – The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name (single, Blind Faith Records)
80. Bobby Dove – Billie Holiday (Fortune Teller, New Motor Records)
81. Kiki Cavazos – Two Bit Two (Goodbye Blues, Jalopy Records)

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Tidal Playlist

Apple Music 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.

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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #367

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A bit behind schedule, because I’ve been focusing on live music and went to see live shows five days in a row. But here’s what I managed to put together.

Kiki Cavazos made the album of the week. Really big release week in the in rootsier side of things altogether. Bobby Dove, Kevin Carducci, Rachel Brooke are all big in my world. And there’s a whole lot other great releases too. There’s new albums from The Electric Weepers / Austin Stambaugh, Bland Halen, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, Jason Dea West, Fables, Meredith Edgar, The Junipers, White Fence, Hrishikesh Hirway, Gia Margaret, Pearla, Taylor Dallas Vidic, The Abramson Singers (EP), The Milk Carton Kids, Mikaela Davis, Ben Jarrell, Blood Sucking Maniacs, Kyp Harness, M G Boulter (EP) and Jackie Mendez.

Finnish part of this has albums from Mikko Juvosen Kanuuna and Keidas plus EPs from Oudot ajat and Moppi (these EPs are not on Spotify). Then there’s also singles from Lintudisko, Tams, SILVA EMILIA, Sin Cos Tan, Viive, Tomi Puukko and Aleksi Mattila.

Let’s put the new Styrofoam Winos as the international single of the week. Other early faves came from Beefheart & McQuinn, The Tubs, Yea-Ming & The Rumours, Alela Diane, Johanna Samuels, John R. Miller, Sequoia, Ruth Garbus… again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. There’s couple of extremely highly recommended international visitors in Finland this week. Corb Lund and Hayes Carll will play in Helsinki and Tampere. I will miss this one myself, because can’t get out of work in time to travel to a different city. But please make my FOMO stronger by going. The Tubs will play in Helsinki and Turku, so this one I will see myself too at 8raita on Sunday. Love.

1. Kiki Cavazos – Black Eyed Man (Goodbye Blues, Jalopy Records)
2. Bobby Dove – Fortune Teller (Fortune Teller, New Motor Records)
3. Rachel Brooke – Currently the Fool (This One’s For You, MAL)
4. Kevin Carducci – In My Dreams (Easy Does It, Fossil Records)
5. Jason Dea West – Uncle Charlie (Louella)
6. The Eletric Weepers / Austin Stambaugh – The First One (The Akron Tapes, Primitive American)
7. Meredith Edgar – Acid Tongue (Melancholy Baby, Graveyard Dog Records)
8. Fables – Woman (Change is a Slow Moving Beast, Home Alone Music)
9. Bland Halen – No Lessons Learner (Tell Me Why) (Diamonds in My Mind)^
10. White Fence – Evaporating Love (Orange, Drag City)
11. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – Emo Band (Acknowledge Kindness, Fire Records)
12. The Junipers – She Makes Sun Shine (The Solid and the Hollow, Cuckoo Records)
13. The Milk Carton Kids – Lost Cause Lover Fool (Far Cry Records / Thirty Tigers)
14. Hrishikesh Hirway feat Uwade – The Ocean (In the Last Hours of Light, Keeled Scales)
15. The Abramson Singers – Can You See It Now (Anything You Could’ve Been EP)
16. Gia Margaret – Moon Not Mine (Singing, Jagjaguwar)
17. Pearla – Imaginings (Song Room)
18. Taylor Dallas Vidic – Muse (Cat & Mouse)
19. Mikaela Davis – Nothin’s On the Radio (Graceland Way, Kill Rock Stars)
20. Ben Jarrell – What Love Ain’t (Tennessee Turnaround)
21. Kyp Harness – Countin On You (Lonely)
22. Blood Sucking Maniacs – Dirt Road (Blood Sucking Maniacs, Paradise of Bachelors)
23. M G Boulter – The Petition of Margaret Engle (Peasant Songs EP, Hudson Records)
24. Jackie Mendez – He Used to Be My Baby (This is Jackie Mendez, Black Bird Records)
25. Taylor Williams – For the First Time (single, Colemine Records)
26. Viive – Sammal (single, Mustik Motel)
27. Sin Cos Tan – Economy (single, All That Plazz)
28. Tams – Haluan unohtaa (single)
29. SILVA EMILIA – Pretty Little Life (single, All that Plazz)
30. Aleksi Mattila – Syntymäpäivä (single)
31. Lintudisko – Nollatutkija Marsista (single)
32. Moppi – Mökki (Bambubermudat Vol.2 EP, Panama-levyt) (not on Spotify)
33. Oudot ajat – Pöly (Pöly EP, Panama-levyt) (not on Spotify)
34. Keidas – Kaipaan sinua Eemeli (Piirsin sinulle kissan)
35. Tomi Puukko – Onnellinen nyt ja tässä (single, Puukko Records)
36. Mikko Juvosen Kanuuna – Huolia (Etanat hyökkää! Helmi Levyt)
37. Moonwards – Aubrieta (single)
38. Another Bummer – Cotillion (single)
39. Rowena Wise – Blood Ties (single, Beloved Records)
40. The Tubs – Fade to Black (single, Merge Records)
41. Yea-Ming and the Rumours – Sweet Opiate (single, Dandy Boy Records)
42. Fascinations Grand Chorus – Chroma Eyes (single, Silent Stereo Records)
43. Gurry Wurry – Have You (single)
44. Jessica Lea Mayfield & Dolour – The Good Life (single, Inverness Recordings)
45. Beefheart & McQuinn – Waiting for the Rain (single, Rainflower)
46. Degler – And Now Nothing Grows There (single, Earth Libraries)
47. Styrofoam Winos – Next Thing (single, Dear Life Records)
48. Ellen Froese – Practicing My Wink (single, Victory Pool)
49. Johanna Samuels – Two People, The Moon (single, Odd Man Out / Many Hats Distribution)
50. Alela Diane – Dusty Roses (single, Loose Music / Fluff & Gravy Records)
51. Juana Everett feat Dylan LeBlanc – Whatever it Takes (single, Great Canyon Records)
52. Sequoia – Protege (single, Vocal Rest Records)
53. John R. Miller – Tollbooth (single, Rounder Records)
54. The Deslondes – Try Again (single, New West Records)
55. Leeroy Stagger feat Joel Plaskett and Kendel Carson – Highlands Leaving (single, Cordova Bay Records)
56. Nick Dittmeier & The Sawdusters – All Downhill from Here (single, SofaBurn Records)
57. Victoria Bailey – My Rock, My Sword, My Shield (single)
58. Dominique and the Diamonds – I Don’t Mind (single, Desert Rose Music)
59. Max Bien Kahn – Jay’n Bee Club (single, Well Kept Secret)
60. Jake Sheppard – Couple Old Friends (single, Desserted City Records)
61. Rachel Swain & Reilly Downes – Mama, Whatday Say (single, Magic CIty Recordings)
62. Fruit Bats – Think Aboutcha (single, Merge Records)
63. Malena Cadiz feat Leeann Skoda – Smoke Rings (single)
64. Kyle Cox & Abigail Flowers – Spring (single)
65. Ruth Garbus – I Think I’m Ready Now (single, Orindal Records)
66. Humbird – Make Believe (single, Nettwerk)
67. Charlie Hill – Weight of My Heart (single, CL Productions)
68. Triptides – What She’s Done To Your Mind (single, Label 51 Recordings)
69. Sumos – Honesty (single, Meritorio Records)
70. Natalie Wildgoose – Nobody on the Path (Rural Hours EP, The State51 Conspiracy)

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Tidal Playlist

Apple Music 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.

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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #366

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Another week, another new music weekly. Back to normal routine after last week’s biweekly monster playlist.

New Sam Blasucci is the album of the week. Well to be honest, I haven’t listened the whole double album this weekend but it has been released in separate movements throughout the past year and therefore I know it’s a beauty. I look forward to diving into the full album now that it’s out and available. Other big album releases came from Frog, Vincent Neil Emerson, Benjamin Tod, Nick Flessa, Rebecca Tilles and Winston Hightower. It seems like a surprisingly small number of album releases, so maybe I missed a ton of stuff.

On the Finnish side of things I would like to highlight the debut single from Nicholas Francett. I saw him live some months ago and I’ve been eager to hear the recorded material. I love the new Viljami Kukkonen song too and the Slack Bird EP is tremendous. Then we also have new albums from Nevala, Pykäri and Hissun Kissun (well this last one I missed last week) plus singles from Nina Kaitaranta, Icons of Elegance and Jani Matti Juhani feat Henna Emilia Hietamäki.

Leah Senior (not on Spotify) and Mama’s Broke can share the internatioanl single of the week. Other early faves came from Whitney Rose, Creekbed Carter Hogan, Nora Kenny, Bedouine, Rosali, Bella White, Angela Autumn, Shabason & Krgovich, Vandoliers and many others.

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

1. Sam Blasucci – Speaking in Tongues (Physical Dream, Calico Discos / Doubleplay Records)
2. Frog – Lois Lane (Frog For Sale, Audio Antihero / Tapewormies)
3. Natalie Wildgoose – Sibyl (Rural Hours, The State51 Conspiracy)
4. Vincent Neil Emerson – Blue Stars (Blue Stars, La Honda Records)
5. Benjamin Tod – The Bottle’s Gone (Vengeance and Grace, Benjamin Tod / Thirty Tigers)
6. Rebecca Tilles – Bottom Shelf (Fifty Fifty, Ella Ruth Institutet)
7. Nick Flessa – Death of a Natural Wine Salesman (A Different Kind of Energy, Anxiety Blanket Records)
8. Winston Hightower – High School (100 Acre Wood, perennial)
9. Shabason & Krgovich – Begin Again (single, Idee Fixe Records)
10. Leah Senior – Mothersong (single)
11. Luke Francis – Anywhere (single)
12. Andrew Sa – Under You (single, Bloodshot Records)
13. Angela Autumn – trampstamp (single, Cacti Omen)
14. Creekbed Carter Hogan – Long Con (single, Gar Hole Records)
15. Whitney Rose – Marquee (single, MCG Recordings)
16. Emily Nenni – What Have I Done Wrong (single, New West Records)
17. Bella White – Pink Living Room (single, Rounder Records)
18. Nora Kenny – So Very Well (single, Soggy Anvil Records)
19. Mama’s Broke – Heaven (single, Free Dirt Records)
20. Theo Lawrence – I’ve Got a Mind For Loving You (single, Bee & El Records)
21. Bedouine – Always On Time (single, Bedouine Music / Thirty Tigers)
22. Touch Girl Apple Blossom – I’m Lucky I Found You (single, perennial)
23. Rosali – Other Side (single, Merge Records)
24. Vandoliers – Girl on the Run (single, Breaken Maiden Records / Thirty Tigers)
25. Slack Bird – Dystopiaa (Dystopiaa EP, Harava Records)
26. Jani Matti Juhani feat Henna Emilia Hietamäki – En koskaan (single, Punaiset Levyt)
27. Nicholas Francett – Tämä kylä syttyi tuleen (single, Lördag)
28. Viljami Kukkonen – Yölaulaja (single, Karhuvaltio Records)
29. Nina Kaitaranta – Aika ajoi ohi (single, Kaita Records)
30. Hissun Kissun – Pyynikki (Kaleidoskooppi, Soit Se Silti)
31. Pykäri – Kävely Seinen rannalla (ROMCOM, Expo)
32. Icons of Elegance – Simple as That (single, Dinner With Daisy Records)
33. Nevala feat Michael Bleu – Monsieur Dominic (Roommates)
34. Joey Quinones – Don’t Let Go (single, Colemine Records)
35. Jalen Ngonda – Hang it on the Shelf (single, Daptone Records)
36. Emily Elbert – Call me a Friend (single)
37. Laura Cahen feat Shura – Toute l’eau qui coule (single, PIAS France)
38. Adam Ross – I Never Thought You Couldn’t Not (single)
39. Ducks Ltd. – Easy Come, Easy Go (single, Carpark)
40. The Maureens – Oceans Apart (single, Meritorio Records)
41. Deadbeat Beat – Dying on that Hill (single, We Are Time)
42. The Medium – You Love Me Always (single, Still the Best Records)
43. The Gnomes – Magic Man (single)
44. Icarus Phoenix – Depresse Dragon Bop (single)
45. Nana Grizol – Frances I (single)
46. Cormac Nagle – You Never Leave Home (single)
47. Shlomo Franklin – 2nd Ave. (single)
48. Tucker Zimmerman – Rose of Sharon (single, Big Potato)
49. Kevin Morby – Badlands (single, Dead Oceans)
50. Aaron Lee Tasjan – Lost & Alone (single, Blue Elan Records)
51. Mya Byrne – Almost Gone (single, Stranger’s Gate)
52. Grey DeLisle – The Pieces (single, Hummin’bird Records)
53. S.G. Goodman – Pepper (single, Slough Water Reords / Thirty Tigers)
54. Abigail Lapell – So Long (single, Outside Music)
55. Trippers & Askers – Old Churchyard (single)
56. Finnish Postcard & Faint – Imaginary Backseat Acrobatics (single, I’m Into Life Records)
57. Gun Outfit – Teardrops (Classic Hell on Earth) (single, Upset the Rhythm)
58. Ben Jarrell – Dreamers (single, IFITAINTBROKE)
59. The Pendulum Hearts – I’ll See You In My Dreams (single)
60. Wild Earp – Florida Lee (single, Western Myth Records)
61. Todd Day Wait – Who’s to Blame (single, Cloverdale Records)
62. Jesse Malin – Hollywood Forever (single, Wicked Cool Records)
63. John Andrews & The Yawns – My Memory (Streetsweeper, Earth Libraries)
64. Juni Habel – Colours Close to Me (Evergreen in Your Mind, Koke Plate)
65. Hot Heros – Tähtisilmä-valssi (Tähtisilmä, Puro Recordings)

Spotify Playlist

Tidal Playlist

Apple Music 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.

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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #365

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The Easter new music weekly never happened, because I caught a stomach bug / norovirus on Sunday and it was difficult to type with my head in a bucket. Horrible stuff and it took out all of my energy for several days. But I’m good now, so here’s a new music weekly that tries to cover the last two weeks. Probably forgot to include some and intentionally left out some singles too, because well lately the one week list has been about 70 songs. So two weeks would be 140 and that’s a lot. I tried to make an even 100, but settled with 110. I know it’s longer than anyone will listen, but here it goes anyway.

John Andrews & The Yawns can be the album of the week(s). Other early big faves have been Cactus Lee, Nick Harley, Brown Horse and Juni Habel. Not that I’ve really spent much time with full albums, because the stomach bug wiped out everything for a while. There’s also new great albums from Carsie Blanton & The Burning Hell, Joe Pernice, Wendy Eisenberg, Prism Shores, Hiding Places, Charley Crockett, Leo Walrus, Craig Benedict Valentine Badynee (EP), Sam Grassie, Memory Spells x Jordan Whitlock, Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart & Whitney Johnson, Gudrid Hansdottir, Omar Velasco, joel cherry tree, Fantastic Cat, Sophia Yau-Weeks, Jessye DeSilva, Katy Pinke (EP), Greazy Alice, Luke Callen, Ted Lucas (I don’t usually include archived stuff here, but I love Ted Lucas), Kalyn Fay, Les Impremes, Steve Gunn (EP), Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears, My New Band Believe, Misha Panfilow & Tomo Katsurada, National Photo Committee, P.J.M.Bond and The Wave Pictures (EP).

Big two weeks on the Finnish side of things as well with lots of beautiful album releases. There’s new great albums from Salaliitto (not on Spotify), Krypta, Hot Heros (jazz is not my speciality, but nothing but love for this. Amazing album), Risto, Susanna Leppänen, Kuusumun Profeetta, Juha Mäki-Patola, Suistamon Sähkö and Vilma Talvitie. Finnish singles are pure gold too. joku iiris probably my own fave, but there’s several that I love. We have new singles from Amuri, Joni Ekman, Annika Pudas feat Topi Saha, Julia Rautamaa, Jani Matti Juhani, Hyvät Hevoset, Markus Asunta, Aleksi Oksanen, Neiti Aika, Saimaa, Kanerva, Saaramaija Żórawski, Pratt & Moody, Ghosts on TV and Joy Duran (lives in Finland, but from Arkansas. I don’t really know much about but love the song. Thanks to Rakas Eden for the insta story hint).

A plenty to love on the international single part too. Alex Amen and Charlie Marie can share the single of the week(s) honors. Other early faves came from 54 Ultra, Thomas Dollbaum, Bland Halen, Avry Truex, Krista Shows, Kiki Cavazos, Gina Leslie, William Matheny, Haylie Davis, I’m Kingfisher, The Lemon Twigs.. again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Back to weekly updates unless life throws more curve balls my way. Love.

1. John Andrews & The Yawns – Through & Through (STREETSWEEPER, Earth Libraries)
2. Cactus Lee – Baltimore (Lee’s Dream, Western Vinyl)
3. Nick Harley – Red Haired Boy (Painted Blue, Primordial Void)
4. Juni Habel – Tessa (Evergreen in Your Mind, Koke Plate)
5. Wendy Eisenberg – Another Lifetime Floats Away (Wendy Eisenberg, Joyful Noise Recordings)
6. Joe Pernice – Is it Serious (Sunny, I Was Wrong, New West Records)
7. Carsie Blanton & The Burning Hell – The War to End All Wars (Everything is Great, Carsie Blanton x Mathias Kom)
8. Charley Crockett – Lonesome Dove (Age of the Ram, Island Records)
9. Brown Horse – Comeback Loading (Total Dive, Loose Music)
10. Hiding Places – Heat Lightning (The Secret to Good Living, Keeled Scales)
11. Prism Shores – Lying in Wait (Softest Attack, Meritorio Records)
12. Craig Benedict Valentine Badynee – Everybody’s Talkin For Me (Don’t Leave Your House to An Amateur EP, Team Love)
13. Leo Walrus – Moontime (Moontime, Wahoo Blast)
14. Memory Spells x Jordan Whitlock – You Tell Me (This is What it Feels Like)
15. Gudrid Hansdottir – Loðbressan (Sýrublað, TUTL)
16. Sam Grassie – False True Love (Where Two Hawks Fly, Broadside Hacks Recordings)
17. Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart & Whitney Johnson – Paper folding / disappearing (BODY SOUND, International Anthem)
18. Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears – Setting In (Inner Principles, Ears Over America)
19. Misha Panfilov & Tomo Katsurada – Boundless (Eternal Almost, Future Days Radio / Funk Night Records)
20. My New Band Believe – Target Practice (My New Band Believe, Rough Trade Records)
21. Steve Gunn – Shape of a Wave (Shape of a Wave EP, No Quarter Records)
22. Les Impremes – Close My Eyes (Fading Forward, Big Crown Records)
23. Omar Velasco – Over the Hill (Over the HIll, Inner Cult Records)
24. Luke Callen – Mississippi River (Fool’s Spring, Milkweed Records)
25. Ted Lucas – It’s Love (Rainy Days (1970-1974), Third Man Records)
26. Greazy Alice – Green (As Time Goes By, Loose Music)
27. P.J.M. Bond – Bye Bye Old Ways (Ring in the New) (Coyote (King of the Island), P.J.Bond / Excelsior Recordings)
28. Fantastic Cat – Mona Be Still (Cat Out of Hell, Missing Piece Records)
29. Kalyn Fay – Seven (Garden, Horton Records)
30. Katy Pinke – Yeehaw (Wonder EP, Glamour Gowns)
31. Sophia Yau-Weeks – Lone Wolf (Misty Mountain)
32. Jessye DeSilva – Jar of Fireflies (Glitter Up the Dark)
33. The Wave Pictures – Glass (You’re My Patient Now EP, Acuarela Producciones)
34. joel cherry tree – smoke in my heart (jesus, joel cherry tree / Community Music)
35. National Photo Committee – It’s Hard (Red Hot Photo Committee, Ever/Never Records)
36. Bland Halen – Problems (single, Mumblecore Records)
37. Thomas Dollbaum – Coyote (single, Dear Life Records)
38. Alex Amen – Diamonds (single, ATO Records)
39. 54 Ultra – Turnaround (single, Interscope Records)
40. Charlie Marie – Heart (single)
41. Krista Shows – Pallet (single)
42. Kiki Cavazos – Pedestal (single, Jalopy Records)
43. Avry Truex – Restless Wanderer (single)
44. Joshua Ray Walker – Chasing Sunsets (single, East Dallas Records / Thirty Tigers)
45. William Matheny – Mercy Journeys (single, Diamond Teeth Records / Soundly)
46. Caleb Caudle – Slow Growth (single, Handplow Records / Soundly)
47. Gina Leslie – The World is Changing (single)
48. Haylie Davis – Horns of Time (single, Fire Records)
49. I’m Kingfisher – Your Dad’s Bad Days (single, Fading Trails Recordings)
50. Greg Mendez – Gentle Love (single, Dead Oceans)
51. The Lemon Twigs – 2 or 3 (single, Captured Tracks)
52. Asher Kartman – Pretty Please (single, UTC Records)
53. Tracey Nelson – Hercules (single, perennial)
54. Slippers – Fool in Your Room (single, perennial)
55. Tony Molina – Dear Nellie Goodrich (single, Olde Fade / Slumberland / Speakeasy Studios SF)
56. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – Houses (single, Fire Records)^
57. Salaliitto – Lautta (Tähtienvälinen, Salalevyt)
58. Krypta – Minkä taakseen jättää (Unen Oma, Svart Records)
59. joku iiris – Elämältä kaiken sain (single, Humu Records)
60. Risto – Ehjä ja onnellinen (Onneksi kaikki oli vain unta, Lördag)
61. Amuri – Älä vie minulta unta (single, Helmi Levyt)
62. Joni Ekman – Vuoden päivät (single, Suloset Elukat)
63. Jani Matti Juhani feat Tuomas Räisänen & Henrika de Kermadec – Auta yö tää kestämään (single, Punaiset Levyt)
64. Annika Pudas feat Topi Saha – Sweetheart (single, Fountain Records)
65. Saaramaija Żórawski – Sait sydämen (single, Kuohu Records)
66. Julia Rautamaa – Maailmanloppu (single, Lördag)
67. Susanna Leppänen – Oikee johtaja (Leppävaara, Humu Records)
68. Kuusumun Profeetta – Muutama neuvo (Atelofobialainen maalaus, Ektro Records)
69. Hot Heros – Laulu (Tähtisilmä, Puro Recordings)
70. Juha Mäki-Patola – Moment 1 (Momentary Movements of Landscapes, 130701 / FatCat Records)
71. Suistamon Sähkö – Harso (Lunta tupaan, Playground)
72. Vilma Talvitie feat Devina Boughton & Davide Stefani – Vääränlainen (Olio / Alien, Eclipse)
73. Hyvät Hevoset – Mikael (single, Jämädiili Records)
74. Markus Asunta – Jokin laukussansa (Toukokuu) (single, Humble House Records)
75. Kanerva – Hotel Medusa (single, Texicalli)
76. Saimaa – Yks ja yks (single, Lördag)
77. Neiti Aika – Rakkaus oli syndrooma (single, Records for Masses / Supersounds)
78. Aleksi Oksanen – Look to the Left, Look to the Right (single,
79. Ghosts on TV – Amber & Gold (single, Soliti)
80. Pratt & Moody – Hard Way to Live (single, Timmion Records)
81. Joy Duran – Ode to Insomniac (single, Savu Records)
82. Camille Camille – J’ai reve (single, Labelman)
83. Meredith Edgar – I Hope You Haunt Me (single, Graveyard Dog Records)
84. Maisy Owen – Dark on a Sunny Day (single, Tompkins Square)
85. Jobi Riccio – Love of the Song (single, Yep Roc)
86. Vincent Neil Emerson – Dark Horse (single, La Honda Records)
87. Ramsey Thornton – Dripping Coffee (single, Gar Hole Records)
88. Hayes Carll & Corb Lund – Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old) (single, New West Records)
89. Rachel Brooke – The Real Pretender (single, MAL)
90. Benjamin Tod – End of My Rope (Alone) (single, Benjamin Tod / Thirty Tigers)
91. India Ramey – We Ride at Dawn (single, Copaco Records)
92. Willow Avalon feat Jason Isbell – Cardinal Sin (single, Assemble Sound / Atlantic)
93. Ismay – American Flag (single, Fossil Records9
94. Kyle Morgan – Paper Towel Ballad (single, Starcrossed Losers Records)
95. Nathan K. – Hardly (single)
96. Hrishikesh Hirway – Things Change, Even Now (single, Keeled Scales)
97. Deer Tick – Everything Born (single, ATO Records)
98. Bonnie Whitmore – The People vs Oligarchy (single)
99. Smug Brothers – Meet a Changing World (single, Anyway)
100. Astrologer – Drug of Choice (single, Lolipop Records)
101. Super Cassette feat Pacing – Heaven Isn’t Real (But Hell Is) (single, Showbiz Pizza)
102. Kelley Stoltz – Not Gone (single, Dandy Boy Records)
103. The Junipers – In a Maze (single, Cuckoo Records)
104. Hubbell Benson – Born to Lose (single, Missing Persons)
105. Reb Fountain – 100 Days (single, Fountain Records)
106. Spencer Kilpatrick & The Sand Gators – Isn’t That What You Wanted (single)
107. Frog – Dark Out (single, Tape wormies / Audio Antihero)
108. Kyle Cox – Sci-Fi Movies (single)
109. Caleb Elliott feat Andy Baxter – Dead Ringer (single, Single Lock Records)
110. Skinny Dyck – GWYH (single, Victory Pool)

Spotify Playlist

Tidal Playlist

Apple Music 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.

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