OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #188

Another week, another new music weekly.

188 done and maybe 12 to go. This was quite a big one and didn’t have time to listen everything on one weekend. Too much new music for one dude to cover on his spare time. But here’s still my take of the finest new music of the week.

Drive-By Truckers and S.G. Goodman albums are the big ones this week, but early on I’ve been equally into the Jack M. Senff album. All extremely highly recommended. This week also gave as great releases from Desolation Horse, Nicki Bluhm, Ryan Lee Crosby, Paige Hargrove, Angel Olsen, Chelsea Rose, Ural Thomas & The Pain, Extra Arms, Andrew Bird, Teenage Tom Petties, Brenna Lowrie (Neil Young cover EP), Mary Gauthier, Andrew Gabbard (live EP) M G Boulter (EP), H Self (EP) Queen Of Jeans (EP), Nataly Dawn, Matt York and Jack Klatt (EP). Oh and this one also includes a song from Jenny Berkel’s album that came out a couple weeks ago. I had the advance singles on this playlist, but managed to miss the actual album release a few weeks back.

The cover magic from Amuri is the Finnish highlight of the week. Love their version of Kestääkö siivet. Other Finnish gems of the week are album from Team Play, EP from Marian Valinta and singles from Pekka Tuomi, Ite Eerola, Kadotettu Nuoruus and Bobby Oroza.

New Anna Tivel song of is of course the international song of the week. One of my favorite songwriters on my favorite record label. I got nothing but love for that. A fabulous week otherwise too. There’s new ones from big personal favorites like Julie Arsenault & Max Garcia Conover, Joan Shelley, Abby Hamilton, John Calvin Abney, Mariel Buckley, Nikki Lane, Caleb Caudle, Wilder Maker, Rachel Brooke, Kyle Cox, Dakota Theim, Michael Rault and the list goes on and on. Check them all out below.

That all for this week. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. Especially important now when I seriously consider whether or not I will continue past the 200 mark. So if you want this to continue, hitting that like / follow button is an easy way to convince me that it might be worth it to keep this thing alive. Oh and happy STHLM Americana festival for all those who celebrate next weekend. I have to skip this year, but I hope I will be able to be there in 2023. Love from a distance.

1. Drive-By Truckers – Forged in Hell and Heaven Sent (Welcome 2 Club XIII, ATO Records, 2022)
2. Jack M. Senff – Thunder Roll On (Low Spirit, Skeletal Lightning, 2022)
3. S.G. Goodman – Patron Saint of the Dollar Store (Teeth Marks, Verve Forecast, 2022)
4. Desolation Horse – Bobby’s Band (Is Land, American Standard Time Records, 2022)
5. Nicki Bluhm – Leaving Me (Is the Loving Thing To Do) (Avondale Drive, Compass Records, 2022)
6. Ryan Lee Crosby – I’m Leaving (Winter Hill Blues, 2022)
7. Anna Tivel – Outsiders (single, Mama Bird Recording Co, 2022)
8. Julie Arsenault & Max Garcia Conover – Seven Continents (single, Son Canciones, 2022)
9. Joan Shelley – Home (single, No Quarter, 2022)
10. John Calvin Abney – Call Me Achilles (single, Black Mesa Records, 2022)
11. Will Stewart – New World Daydream (single, Cornelius Chapel, 2022)
12. Abby Hamilton – Trailer Park Queen (single, 2022)
13. Nikki Lane – First High (single, New West Records, 2022)
14. Mariel Buckley – Shooting at the Moon (single, Birthday Cake Records, 2022)
15. Caleb Caudle – Betty Oshawa (single, Soundly, 2022)
16. Nick Nace – There’s No Music in Music City (single, 2022)
17. Rachel Brooke – Undediced Love (single, 2022)
18. Paige Hargrove – Blooming Golden (The Name of the Game is Luck, 2022)
19. Angel Olsen – Dream Thing (Big Time, Jagjaguwar, 2022)
20. Chelsea Rose – My Old Friend (Truth or Consequenses, Paul Is Dead Records, 2022)
21. Michael Rault – Right on Time (single, Wick Records, 2022)
22. Bobby Oroza feat Cold Diamond Minks – My Place, My Time (single, Big Crown Records, 2022)
23. Amuri – Kestääkö siivet (single, Helmi Levyt, 2022)
24. Pekka Tuomi – Lomille Kuusamoon (single, Luova Records, 2022)
25. Marian Valinta – Lupaus (Lupaus EP, 2022)
26. Kadotettu Nuoruus – Vampira (single, 2022)
27. Ite Eerola – Rakkaani halua kuolla (single, 2022)
28. Team Play – If I Was Born Again (Wishes and Desires, Soliti, 2022)
29. Anne Malin – I Found Something in the Stream (single, Dear Life Records, 2022)
30. Brenna Lowrie – Expecting to Fly (Changing Skies EP, 2022)
31. Jenny Berkel – Under a Sky (These are the Sounds Left From Leaving, Outside Music, 2022)
32. Mary Gauthier – Dark Enough to See the Stars (Dark Enough To See The Stars, In the Black / Thirty Tigers, 2022)
33. H. Self – Rich Man’s Problem (Topoli Sessions EP, Ella Ruth Institutet, 2022)
34. M G Boulter – Middle English (A Shadow Falls Over New Brighton, Hudson Records, 2022)
35. Kyle Cox & Franc Castillejos – Quedate Amor / Love Remain (single, 2022)
36. Wilder Maker – Letter of Apology (single, Western Vinyl, 2022)
37. Dakota Theim – Backup Plan (single, 2022)
38. Andrew Gabbard – Cloud of Smoke – Live (Live In Loveland, Karma Chief Records, 2022)
39. The Gabbard Brothers – Little Mama (single, Karma Chief Records, 2022)
40. Ural Thomas & The Pain – Promises (Dancing Dimensions, Bella Union, 2022)
41. Reverend Baron – It’s My Turn (To Cry, Cry, Cry) (single, Karma Chief Records, 2022)
42. The Boys With the Perpetual Nervousnes – Turning Red (single, Bobo Integral, 2022)
43. Dolour – Moves Like Miyagi (single, 2022)
44. Teenage Tom Petties – Boxroom Blues (Teenage Tom Petties, Safe Suburban Home / Repeating Cloud, 2022)
45. Graham Hunt – Atwood (single, Smoking Room, 2022)
46. Diners – If You’ve Ever Put a Spell On Me (single, Lauren Records, 2022)
47. Extra Arms – Vulnerabilities (What Is Even Happening Right Now? Forge Again Records, 2022)
48. Queen of Jeans – Was I Ever (Hiding Place, Memory Music, 2022)
49. Acid House Kings – Honey, Honey (single, 2022)
50. Damien Jurado – Whatever Happened to Paul Sand (single, Field Painting, 20229
51. Alela Diane – Howling Wind (single, Naive, 2022)
52. Andrew Bird – Fixed Positions (Inside Problems, Wegawam Music, 2022)
53. Field Guides – Cicadas in the Lemon Trees (single, 2022)
54. Florist – Sci-Fi Silence (single, Double Double Whammy, 2022)
55. Nataly Dawn – All Bad (Gardenview, 2022)
56. Revelators Sound System – Grieving (single, 37d03d, 2022)
57. Vandoliers – Before the Fall (single, Amerikinda Records / Soundly, 2022)
58. Matt York – Without You (Gently Used, 2022)
59. Jack Klatt – Blue Lights and Yellow Flames (Edge of the End EP, Yep Roc, 2022)
60. The Local Honeys – Better Than I Deserve (single, La Honda Records / Thirty Tigers, 2022)
61. Abigail Lapell – La Cascade (single, Outside Music, 2022)
62. Razor Braids – Megachurch (single, 2022)
63. Burn the Louvre – Lost With You (single, Broken Glass Records, 2022)
64. Evolfo & Ben Pirani – Evolfo Tries Love (single, Palmetto Street Recording Company, 2022)
65. Wilco – Hints (Cruel Country, dBpm Records, 2022)
66. Thorsten Nesch – Keep Your Tears (Brothers For a While EP, 2022)
67. The World Without Parking Lots – My Word For It (You’ll Have to Take My Word For It, Dear Life Records, 2022)

Spotify Playlist

Tidal Playlist

Playlist Archive on Spotify

Playlist Archive on Tidal

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 Tidal. This means a few tracks might be missing from the Tidal version, if they are not available on that platform. Usually it’s 1-3 tracks that are not on Tidal. 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.