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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #381

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Another live music weekend. Aren’t they all. But here’s what I managed to put together on Sunday Evening.

The Roseline made the album of the week. There’s also new albums from Margaret Glaspy, Rowena Wise, The Mountain Goats, Corb Lund, Silverada, Zach Thompson (EP) and Good Good Blood.

The big one from Finland is the new Hulda Huima single. It’s a cover of Smoking Her Wings by The Bats, but with Finnish lyrics. Other Finnish gems this week are singles from Myrtsi, Paula ja Olli and The Crying Light.

Sam Burton, Kacy Lee Anderson and Margo Cilker can share the international single of the week honor. Love all of them and can’t wait to hear the full albums. Some other early faves came from Mama’s Broke, Hollow Hand, Paige Plaisance, Riley Downing, Sierra Ferrell, Devon Church… again just to name a few.

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

1. The Roseline – North Sea Views (86 Gumption, RPH Records)
2. Margaret Glaspy – Petty (I Am Both, ATO Records)
3. Rowena Wise – Unlearning of Love (Bad Things Feel Good, Beloved Records)
4. The Mountain Goats – Best Hard Rock Albums of 2013 (Days, Cadmean Dawn / Thirty Tigers)
5. Corb Lund – Counterfeiter’s Blues (Dark Horses, New West Records)
6. Silverada – Living Proof (Living Proof, Prairie Rose Records)
7. Zach Thompson – If They Get to Hear My Song (Who Pays the Piper EP, Breakfast Records)
8. Good Good Blood – Learn (Lie of Mine, Fox Food Records)
9. Sam Burton – I’m a Stranger (single, Captured Tracks)
10. Kacy Lee Anderson – Giving In (single, Earth Libraries)
11. Margo Cilker – Little White Cross (single, Fossil Records)
12. Mama’s Broke – Old-Fashioned Love Song (single, Free Dirt Records)
13. Paige Plaisance – Waiting (single, Timeless Echo)
14. Sierra Ferrell – Trying to Love You (single, Rounder Records)
15. Riley Downing – Helen & Gene (single, Oh Boy Records)
16. Hollow Hand – Heavy Metal T-Shirt (single, Loose Music)
17. Way Dynamic – Officially (single, Jagjaguwar)
18. Devon Church – Back from the Grind (single, Ruination Record Co)
19. Dark Tea – Love Has Many Faces (single, Don Piano Enterprises)
20. Big Trouble – Mel (single, Royal Oakie Records)
21. Hulda Huima – Siivet tuleen (single, Minna Records / All That Plazz)
22. Myrtsi – Uusi viimeinen asia (single, Lördag)
23. Paula ja Olli – Elokuun Tuulet (single)
24. The Crying Light – Kill Yourself to Stay Alive (single, Nature Sucks Anyway Records)
25. Icarus Phoenix – Choke (single)
26. Benny J Ward – Fear of Going Out (single, Cheersquad Records & Tapes)
27. The Smashing Times – With a Louder Voice (single, Perennial)
28. The Cindys – Glass Shattered (single, Breakfast Records)
29. Exploding Hearts – Spinning Carousel (single, Meritorio Records)
30. Railcard – Unstable Neighbor (single, Skep Wax)
31. John Moods – What’s There (single, Nature’s Candy)
32. Josh Gilligan – Guessing Game (single, Congrats Records)
33. Vanishing Twin – Sugar Stone (single, Fire Records)
34. Mary Margaret Cozart – Snakeskin (single, Starbird Galaxy Sounds)
35. Bill Baird – Karma Loan (single, Royal Oakie Records)
36. Told Slant – Draw Blood (single, Mtn Laurel Recording Co)
37. The Unbelieving Dog – Pick it Up (single)
38. Asher White – Stage Diva (single, Joyful Noise Recordings)
39. Shaun Couture – Scratch Off Ticket (single, General Store Music)
40. Brad Parsons – Down on My Luck (single, Dutch Records)
41. David Miner – 66 Corvair (single, Edgewater Music Group)
42. Chloe Kimes – Triton V8 (single, Pond Happy)
43. Rose Gerber – Not Enough (single)
44. Grey DeLisle – The Lights Are Off But Somebody’s Home (single, Hummin’bird Records)
45. Pokey LaFarge – Hambone (single, Boxer Boy Records / ONErpm)
46. Theo Lawrence – I Love You, Bartender (single, Bee & EL Records)
47. Hannes Aitman – Cry With Me (single)
48. Embla & The Karidotters – Your Own Moon (single, Die With Your Boots On Records)
49. Marina Madden – Wild Things (single)
50. Fanny Lumsden – Mother’s Eyes (single, Red Dirt Roads)
51. Jason McNiff – Whoever I Am (single, Tombola Records)
52. Leon Majcen – Falling Short (single, Cloverdale Records)
53. Nicholas Jamerson – Goodbye Brother (single, Cloverdale Records)
54. Muireann Bradley – True Love Will Find You in the End (single, A Fontana Records / Verve Forecast)
55. The Sons of Ranier – Rodeo (Nothing But Time)

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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 #380

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Again a bit behind the schedule with this due to a lot of live music, but here’s what I managed to put together.

The Sons of Rainier made the album of the week. There’s also great new ones from Ed Askew, Triptides, Cormac Nagle (EP), Futo (EP), Mopar Stars, Shannon Lay, Reverend Barton, Elijah Wolf, GA-20 & Charlie Musselwhite and The Family.

Finnish part is again short with only a few singles. However, these songs are very dear to me. M.I. Laine & Sortumavaara and Rakas Eden have both become huge personal favorites during the last year or so. The ones who follow me on Instagram might already be too aware of my love for their music. Unfortunately I see no end to the continuous praising, because I love these new songs just as much as the older ones. Extremely highly recommend music. Our man in Berlin, Aleksi Oksanen rounds up the Finnish part of this.

Ian Noe and Chris Lyons can share the international single of the week honor. Other early faves came from Angela Autumn, Flora Hibberd, Max Bien Kahn, Corey Parsons, Tre Burt, Charlotte Le Lievre, Twilark, Zoe Fox and the Rocket Clocks, Clara Mann, Talise, Joel Cusumano, The Real Numbers, 2nd Grade.. again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the other promotional nonsense. It all matters though. Back next week. A lot of live stuff again on the weekend, so probably late Sunday edition again. We’ll see. Love.

1. The Sons of Rainier – Nothing But Time (Nothing But Time)
2. Ed Askew – Tough Guys (The Final Painting, Drag City)
3. Cormac Nagle – The Auld Hotel (Cosmic Concerns & Cowboy Chords EP)
4. Triptides – You Make it Easy (Past Live, Label 51 Recordings)
5. Mopar Stars – Wreck the Bike (Official Reserachers of the NJ Devil, perennial)
6. Futo – Rec League Tennis (Crying on Oglethorpe EP)
7. Elijah Wolf – you, Forever (track star, Mtn Laurel Recording Co)
8. Shannon Lay – The Calling (Past the Veil, All the Best)
9. Reverend Barton – La Frontera (Daniel, Karma Chief Records)
10. GA-20 & Charlie Musselwhite – The Blues Never Die (Blues Now, New West Records)
11. The Family – I’ll Take It (Delusions of Grandeur, Big Blak Cow Records)
12. Ian Noe – The Heidelberg Fisherman’s Ball (single, Lock13 Records / Thirty Tigers)
13. Charlotte Le Lievre – I’ll Never Forget the Word That You Shared (single, Cheatin’ Hearts Records)
14. Talise – Liquor Knows Best (single, Run On Records)
15. Tre Burt – Hold Me Slowly Till I Float (single, Oh Boy Records)
16. Corey Parsons – One Hour at a Time (single, Cloverdale Records)
17. Max Bien Kahn – Neighbors (single, Well Kept Secret)
18. Chris Lyons – Nothing Good Happens Twice (single, Nudie Records)
19. Angela Autumn – Heavy Tobacco (single, Gar Hole Records)
20. Twilark – Tired to Sleep (single)
21. Flora Hibberd – Shelley (single, 22TWENTY)
22. Libby Dale – Freehand (single)
23. Zoe Fox and the Rocket Clocks – Skipty Doo (single, Cheersquad Records & Tapes)
24. Clara Mann – News From Home (single, The State51 Conspiracy)
25. Rakas Eden – Tuntuukohan kesät vielä (single)
26. M.I. Laine & Sortumavaara – Räjähteitä Liettuesta (single)
27. Aleksi Oksanen – Who Was I When We Were Just Friends (single)
28. The Male Pattern – The Television Watcher (single, Barely Out Recordings)
29. The Roseline – Balance Of Beauty (single, RHP Records)
30. Joel Cusumano – Buying Time (single, Dandy Boy Records)
31. 2nd Grade – Cellophane Girls (single, Lame-O Records)
32. Real Numbers – Was It Always This Way (single, Slumberland Records)
33. Jamie Turner – Paint a Good Picture (single)
34. Gurry Wurry – Polaroid of Pain (single)
35. The Bures Band – Delta (single, Love Police Records & Tapes)
36. Charlie Parr – Rooming House (single, Smithsonian Folkways)
37. Leon Majcen – Don’t You Cry (single, Cloverdale Records)
38. Son Volt – Serenade Song (single, Transmit Sound / Thirty Tigers)
39. Brody Price – Breathing Again (single, Gar Hole Records)
40. Kelly Hunt – Clouds (single, Compass Records)
41. Of a Feather – Two Mules (single, River Delta Records)
42. Kaia Kater feat Rose Cousins – Sidney (single, Free Dirt Records)
43. V.V. Lightbody – Practice Smiling (single, Egghunt Records)
44. Elanor Moss – Fixer (single, Merge Records)
45. Krista Shows – Done My Time (single)
46. Lindsay Lou – I’ve Endured (single, Work of Bart Records)
47. Toria Wooff – Eileen (single, Slow Flower Records)
48. Little Gold – What You Want (Public Dog, Tall Texan)
49. Twin Chutes – What Have I Gotten Myself Into (The Chutes EP, Dandy Boy Records)
50. Sol Hopkins – Scream and Shout (And Let It All Out) (Sol..)

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.

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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #379

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I was away for the weekend, so here’s a very late Sunday night edition of the new music weekly. Probably a lot of stuff missing. Even intentionally left out some singles so I get this done tonight.

This week we have new albums from Sol Hopkins, The Chutes (EP), Sam and Louise Sullivan, Creekbed Carter Hogan, Adam Amram, Little Gold (full album is not streaming), Rick White & Julie Doiron, Maya De Vitry, Josaleigh Pollett & Crowd Shy, Woodwose, Sam Blasucci, Spencer Thomas (EP), Kirstie Lynn (EP), Clark Paterson and Sandy’s (EP).

Finnish part still short (but good). There’s a new EP from Kami Mate and a duo album from Masa Orpana & Ville Rauhala.

Some early faves on the international single category came from Le Ren, Mac Cornish, Otis Gibbs, Teenage Fanclub, The Goods, Rayland Baxter, Jeffrey Silverstein, Lambchop, Alex Dupree, Alex Izenberg, Greg Freeman.. 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 with another of these things. Love.

1. The Chutes – Twin Lens (The Chutes EP, Dandy Boy Records)
2. Sol Hopkins – Horse (Sol..)
3. Sam and Louise Sullivan – There You Go Again (Love & Devotion, Historic New Jersey Recordings)
4. Creekbed Carter Hogan – Game of Pretend (Peasants Revolt, Gar Hole Records)
5. Adam Amram – Breakdown (Tribulations, Nudie Records)
6. Little Gold – Public Dog (Public Dog, Tall Texan Records)
7. Rick White and Julie Doiron – Inside (Together, Blue Fog Records)
8. Woodwose – House of Helix (Woodwose, Language of Stone)
9. Maya De Vitry – Traveller (All My Faith, Mad Maker Studio)
10. Josaleigh Pollett & Crowd Shy feat Andrew Goldring – Cherry (If I Let it Quiet, Audio Antihero)
11. Sandy’s – Blue Algae (Sound of the Bay, Nice Guys)
12. Sam Blasucci – Drifting (Black Rose, Doublepay Records)
13. Spencer Thomas – Gum on My Flip-Flop (Beachin’ & Moanin’ EP, Strolling Bones Records)
14. Kirstie Lynn – Yellow Roses (Blazing Prairie Star EP, Plain Dog Studios)
15. Clark Paterson – If I Didn’t Laugh (Are You Lonely Like Me)
16. Otis Gibbs – Caroline (single)
17. James Steinle – Ragged Gunner (single, Soggy Anvil Records)
18. Mac Cornish – I Fear (It’s Becoming Clear) (single)
19. Kimmi Bitter – Tremolo (single)
20. Rayland Baxter – Fool (single, ATO Records)
21. Jeffrey Silverstein – Portland Works (single, Full Time Hobby)
22. The Deep Dark Woods – East of the Sun (single, Victory Pool)
23. Rambling Nicholas Heron – Lay It At My Feet (single, Suitcase Studio & Shop)
24. Lambchop – The New World Wave (single, City Slang)
25. Le Ren – Every Age (single, Royal Mountain Records)
26. Meernaa – Twelve (single)
27. Johanna Samuels feat Jordan Lehning – Full Story (single, Odd Man Out / Jealous Butcher Records)
28. Alex Dupree – I Can See Her In Your Eyes (single, Scissor Tail Records)
29. Teenage Fanclub – Day in the Sun (single, Merge Records)
30. The Goods – The Summer’s Almost Gone (single, Dandy Boy Records)
31. Space Jaguar – The Szilard King (single)
32. The Jimmy C – Pacific Ocean Blues (single, Cheersquad Records & Tapes)
33. The Tubs – Stoop To Me (single, Merge Records)
34. Greg Freeman – Indu (single, Transgressive Records)
35. Kami Mate – Radio Olajardines (Kami Mate IV EP)
36. Masa Orpana & Ville Rauhala – Like Clouds in the Sky (Some of My Friends Are Like Clouds in the Sky, Alba)
37. Alex Izenberg – South California Blues (single, Mexican Summer)
38. 54 Ultra – Tell Me (single, Interscope Records)
39. Josh Gilligan – Sideways (single, Congrats Records)
40. Aiden Ayers – Smoke (single, String City)
41. Caleb Nichols – A Feeling of a Feeling of a Feeling (single, Royal Oakie Records)
42. Renny Conti – Impossible Truth (single, Mom+Pop)
43. Hello Shark – In Hell (single, Father/Daughter Records)
44. Starpainter – Rabbits (single, Ram On Records)
45. Ned Collette – Commandeered Parade (single, It Records)
46. Blaine Todd – Pill Hill (single)
47. Ben Vaughn feat Deer Tick – Imitation Wood Grain (single, Yep Roc)
48. Nicole Atkins – Singing in the Mirror (single, Wicked Game Records)
49. Soft Science – Understand (single, Shelflife Records)
50. Foglights – The Rain Felt Kind (single, Skep Wax Records)
51. Barney Cortez – Kill Your Heroes (single, Citizen)
52. Stef Chura – Danny (single, Saddle Creek)
53. Katie Pruitt – Little Boxes (single, Rounder Records)
54. Ken Pomeroy – Deportee (single, Rounder Records)
55. Chris Pierce – It Ain’t Ever Wrong to Be Free (single, Missing Piece Records)
56. Brian K & The Parkway feat Lilly Hiatt – Roses & Kerosene (single)
57. Aaron Lee Tasjan – The Real (Get Over It, Underdog, Blue Elan Records)
58. John R. Miller – Double Lives (The Great Unknowing, Rounder Records)
59. Philippe Bronchtein – Fluorescent Lights at Walmart (Good Weather)
60. Cinder Well – Shadows of Leaves of Red Brick (A Blooming Body, Hen House Studios)

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.

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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #378

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Another summer edition of the new music weekly. A lot of great stuff this week.

New Cinder Well is the album of the week. Also thrilled to get a new one from Philippe Bronchtein. Mock Media is a new one for me, but absolutely loved the song I picked here. I need give that one a proper spin soon. There’s also great new albums from Aaron Lee Tasjan, John R. Miller (now everywhere, previously only physical and download), DUM1, Sulka, Heffner, DD Island (week old but missed it then), Heidi Feek, Vega Victoria (EP), Golden Everything (EP), Max Subar, CR & White Lights, The Binoculars, Waylon Payne and Honest Charlie (two weeks old but missed it then).

Another very short Finnish section, but there’s a great new album from V.Härkönen and a single from Delta Delay. I’m sure there had to be more.

There’s plenty to love on the international singles part of this though. Chris Acker and Willi Carlisle can share the single of the week honors. Sol Hopkins is a new one for me, but love all his singles. Album out next week. I can’t remember whose insta stories I discovered Sol (maybe Jesse Williams), but thanks to whoever it was. Beautiful stuff. Also love some Evan Blix, The Bird Calls, Stripmall Ballads, Two Runner, Mama’s Broke, The Roseline, Jon McKiel, Riley Downing, Jake Xerxes Fussell too.. again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Two months to go until the blog is 25 years old. Crazy stuff. I still don’t have any plans to celebrate the achievement, because it’s been a grind to even keep this new music weekly going. Anyway, back next week with another of these things.

1. Cinder Well – Ashes (A Blooming Body, Hen House Studios)
2. Philippe Bronchtein – Good Weather (Good Weather)
3. John R. Miller – Steering Wheel Drums (The Great Unknowing, Rounder Records)
4. Aaron Lee Tasjan – Clown Show (Get Over It, Underdog, Blue Elan Records)
5. Mock Media – Take It (Rat Bastard, Meat Machine)
6. DUM1 – Ode to the Endlings (On a Dime, Take a Turn Records)
7. Heffner – Jonny’s Dumb (Our Birthday Forever)
8. Sulka – In This House (Bute, Lost Map Records)
9. DD Island – Setting Sun (Setting Sun)
10. CR & The White Lights – Please (My Old Self, Magic Door)
11. Vega Victoria – Curves and Hollows (Pink Villa EP)
12. Heidi Feek – Cowpoke (Trail Songs and Other Ditties, Well Kept Secret)
13. Golden Everything – Oak Tree (Down Time EP, Rancho Deluxe Records)
14. Waylon Payne – Holding on to Lonely (Wayward, Big Loud Records)
15. Honest Charlie – Lovin’ Way to Live (Painted Hearts Band)
16. The Binoculars – Why Cry For You (single, Double Whammy)
17. Max Subar – I Never (Anything Could Me, Merge Records)
18. Jon McKiel – Rosemary (single, You’ve Changed Records)
19. Evan Blix – Playing the Game (single)
20. Sol Hopkins – Last Night (single)
21. The Bird Calls – Clockwork (single, Ruination Record Co)
22. Chris Acker – Overdrafted (single, Gar Hole Records)
23. Willi Carlisle – The Mason Jar at the Center of the World (single, Signature Sounds)
24. Two Runner – Roadrunner (single, Gar Hole Records)
25. Mama’s Broke – Build it Up (single, Free Dirt Records)
26. Stripmall Ballads – Suitcase (single)
27. Riley Downing – Hurt to Fall (single, Oh Boy Records)
28. The Roseline – Wet Black Fin (single, RPH Records)
29. Jake Xerxes Fussell – Rock Island Line (single, Fat Possum Records)
30. Connor Jay Liess – I’ll Write a Letter (single, Trapper’s Attic Records)
31. Three Sinseers – How Lonely is Lonely (single, Colemine Records)
32. V. Härkönen – Ainoastaan tunteissa on järkee (Älä tee liian myöhään töitä jooki beibi sun pitää nukkuu)
33. Delta Delay – Soft Asphalt (single, Uho Production)
34. Bellwire – lovebirds (single, Werst Nightmare)
35. Lily Seabird – Portal to the Past (single, Lame-O Records)
36. The Chutes – Nowhere in Particular (single, Dandy Boy Records)
37. Jetstream Pony – Grimalkin Tom (single, Skep Wax)
38. Real Numbers – Star (single, Slumberland)
39. David Myhr – Take a Run at the Sun (single, Monogram Recordings / Oglio Enterntainment)
40. Josaleigh Pollett & Crowd Shy – Bed of Quiet (single, Audio Antihero)
41. Grace Mitchell – In the Other Room (single, Cheersquad Records & Tapes)
42. Woodwose – Younger Animals (single, Language of Stone)
43. Mojohand – Bloody Nose Broken Heart (single, Mojohand Records)
44. Wyld Gooms – Dream Girl (single, Outro Records)
45. Janky Bungag – Go Out and Sin (single, Royal Mountain Records)
46. Jason James – One More Cry (single, Heart of Texas Records)
47. Paige Plaisance – Make Mine Country (single, Timeless Echo)
48. Embla and the Karidotters – Another Honky Tonk Song (single, Die With Your Boots On Records)
49. Leon Majcen – Turn Me In (single, Cloverdale Records)
50. Nathan Kalish – Lonesome Onry and Mean (single, Yellow Canary)
51. Jack Barksdale – The Scam Song (single, Cloverdale Records)
52. Bright Eyes – Wonderful Life (single, Sony)
53. Barb Waters feat Van Walker – Chalet Light (single, Cheersquad Records & Tapes)
54. Elizabeth Cook – Girls of Atomic City (single, Agent Love Records / Thirty Tigers)
55. Julia Jacklin feat The Maes – I Wish (single, 4AD)
56. Will Fox – When I Think About You (single)
57. Jackson Hoyt feat Kaia Kater – Maybe That’s Enough (single)
58. Kyle Cox and Abigail Flowers – Encore (single)
59. Nighttime – Mother of Invention (Looking Glass)
60. Fiver – Elemental Progression (Fiver Trois presents Cleaning House, You’ve Changed 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.

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