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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #322

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Again two days of live music and therefore a late edition of the new music weekly. Something is most definitely missing.

Jimmie Kilpatrick made the album of the week. If that doesn’t ring a bell, you might know him as Shotgun Jimmie. But it’s still Jimmie and it’s still wonderful. We also have new albums from Gum Parker, Joni, Valerie June, Nell Smith, Cassidy Waring, fantasy of a broken heart (EP), Jay Gonzalez vs Sloan Brothers (split EP), The Bedbugs (EP), Sunny Intervals, Finnish Postcard, Turnpike Troubadours, Mojohand, H. Self, Daughter of Swords. Oh and there’s the Bon Iver too, but I haven’t gotten around to that yet. And it’s not like you need this blog to find that one. But people do say it’s great, so I’ll check it out when I have the time.

From the Finnish side of things we have albums from Klara LaFleur, Tanssiva Karhu (rarities etc), Sina Viola (EP). Also singles from Emmy June, Salla Karonen, Kärmes, Joni Ekman & Koira, Litku Klemetti, Thelma’s Dream and KIUSA.

On the international singles category we have the first outtake from the next Willi Carlisle album. So that has to be the song of the week. There’s also great new ones from Kassi Valazza, Bells Larsen, Esther Rose, Dean Johnson (Lucinda cover), Slippers, Alien Boy… 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 is the Easter, so I don’t know about the timeframe for this. Dean Johnson will be touring in Finland around Easter, so that’s the most important thing. Tampere on Sunday and Helsinki on Monday. I try to make this too at some point, because there’s important things like a new Kristiina single. But no promises. Not sure if I manage. We’ll see. But yeah, if I miss a week. I’ll cover two with the next one. Love and all that. See you at the Dean Johnson show.

1. Jimmie Kilpatrick – Satellite (Jimmie, You’ve Changed Records)
2. Gum Parker – Not Breaking Rocks (The Brakes, Repeating Cloud)¨
3. Joni – Your Girl (Things I Left Behind, Hand in Hive / Keeled Scales)
4. Valerie June – Trust the Path (Owls, Omens & Oracles, Concord Records)
5. Cassidy Waring – I’m Okay (If I Had Only Been Better)
6. Nell Smith – Billions of People (Anxious, Bella Union)
7. fantasy of a broken heart – We Confront the Demon in Mysterious Ways (Chaos Practitioner EP, Dots Per Inch Music)
8. Jay Gonzalez – Strong One (Jay Gonzalez vs Sloan Brothers split EP, Chunklet Industries)
9. Sunny Intervals – I’ve Been Looking Over My Shoulder for too Long (Swept Away)
10. The Bedbugs – Mood Ring (6-Pack Series Vol.9 EP, Bed Go Boom Records)
11. Finnish Postcard – Asking (Body, I’m Into Life Records)
12. Daughter of Swords – Morning in Madison (Alex, Psychic Hotline)
13. Mojohand – Cut Me Loose (Dungarees, Mojohand Records)
14. Turnpike Troubadours – Searching for Light (The Price of Admission, Bossier City Records)
15. H. Self – Poolen (Efterskalv, Ella Ruth Institutet)
16. Kassi Valazza – Shadow of Lately (single, Loose Music / Fluff & Gravy Records)
17. Esther Rose – The Clown (single, New West Records)
18. Willi Carlisle – Work is Work (single, Signature Sounds Recordings)
19. Dean Johnson – Lake Charles (single, Saddle Creek)
20. Bells Larsen – Might (single, Royal Mountain Records)
21. Abigail Lapell – Feels Like We Only Go Backwards (single, Outside Music)
22. Emmy June – If I Were You (single, June Music)
23. Tanssiva Karhu feat Jimi Tenor – Rouva Andersson (Korillinen sieniä, Alakulttuuritalo)
24. Litku Klemetti – Lippissukupolven joutsenlaulu (single, Lördag)
25. Salla Karonen – Uusin silmin (single, Lukkarin punkkia)
26. Sina Viola – Nuoruuden vuodenaika (Nuoruuden vuodenaika EP)
27. Klara LaFleur – Ghosts (Detour 4, Luova Records)
28. Thelma’s Dream – How You Wake the Ocean (single, Noon Records)
29. Kärmes – Linnut karkaavat itään (single, KHY Suomen Musiikki)
30. Joni Ekman & Koira – En ryyppää enää (single, Svart Records)
31. KIUSA – Kaikki mitä mä tarviin (single)
32. Slippers – Guess I Started a Band (single, Lame-O Records)
33. Slack Times – Swing the Dial (single, Meritorio Records)
34. Alien Boy – Pictures of You (single, Get Better Records)
35. Lifeguard – It Will Get Worse (single, Matador Records)
36. Smug Brothers – Sidewalk Champagne (single, Anyway Records)
37. Tom Henry – The Mountains (single, Royal Oakie Records)
38. Icarus Phoenix – Love (single)
39. Nathan K. – Black Beauty (single)
40. Scott Hirsch – Future King (single, Echo Magic / Soundly)
41. Young Gun Silver Fox – Late Night Last Train (single, Monty Music / A Candelion)
42. Jackson and the Jacks – The Kick (single, Jalopy Records)
43. Run Coyote – Alligator (single, Run Coyote Music)
44. Jason Dea West – Rain Falls Down (single)
45. Chris Emmert – Talking Laughin’ Blues (single, Anti-Corp)
46. Drunken Prayer – Selfishness of Man (single, Dial Back Sound / Well Kept Secret)
47. Matt Woods – Children of the Children (single, Lonely Ones Records)
48. Joe Kaplow – Favorite Song (single, Sonder House)
49. Caroline Spence – Soft Animal (single, Tone Tree Music)
50. Julia Sanders – Queen of Swords (single)
51. Carmen Perry – Readjust (single, Mtn Laurel Recording Co)
52. Ben Kweller feat the Flaming Lips – Killer Bee (single, The Noise Company)
53. Asha Wells feat Stephen Breinbrink – The Lesson (single, Anxiety Blanket Records)
54. meka – Baby Blues (single, Meka / Dumont Dumont)
55. Eli Winter – For a Fallen Rocket (single, Three Lobed Recordings)
56. Hayden Pedigo – Long Pond Lily (single, Mexican Summer)
57. Cameron Knowler – Sun Dust (CRK)
58. Slack Bird – Liinu (Jos emme saa tanssia, Harava Records)
59. Will Johnson – Rabbit Run (Diamond City, Keeled Scales)
60. Rosettes – Act of Love (Lifestyles, Timmion Records)

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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 #321

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Weekends remain busy so here’s another late Sunday evening edition of the new music weekly. Inbox still a chaos. Probably should just remove the submission info temporarily. Sorry for being so hard to reach.

Will Johnson and Craig Finn can share the album of the week honors. Long time fan of both and the new records seem fabulous on quick listen. We also have new albums from Florist, Stranded Horse, Cameron Knowler, I am Oak, Matthew McNeal, Brown Horse, Grey DeLisle, Sarah Jane Scouten (EP), Lily Seabird, Daniel Kleederman, Kicking Bird, The Great Park, The Ophelias and Pale Spectres (EP from few weeks back).

Some big album releases from Finland as well. Rosettes, Slack Bird and Satu Lii all released a great new album. Then there’s also EP from Perkeet and singles from Klara LaFleur, Ghost World, Juovat, The Bablers, Anton V. Kivi and Tomi Nordlund & Syvä Joki.

New S.G. Goodman can be the international single of the week. Also new gold from Lady Apple Tree, Hectorine, Beche, Matthew Doc Dunn, Comet Gain, Jerry David DeCicca, Patton Magee, Dylan Earl, Chad Price Peace Coalition, Erin Durant… again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Another quite busy live music weekend coming up here in Turku, so the next one of these might again be a late Sunday edition. Love.

1. Will Johnson – Sylvarena (Diamond City, Keeled Scales)
2. Craig Finn – I Walk With a Cane (Always Been, Tamarac / Thirty Tigers)
3. Florist – Jellyfish (Jellywish, Double Double Whammy)
4. Stranded Horse with Boubacar Cissokho – The Warmth You Deserve (The Warmth You Deserve, Talitres)
5. Cameron Knowler – Last House on Walpi (CRK)
6. I am Oak – Past and Future (Time Drifts, Snowstar Records)
7. Matthew McNeal – Faces (HIGHLONESOME, Matte Black Sound Company)
8. Brown Horse – All the Right Weaknesses (All the Right Weaknesses, Loose Music)
9. Grey DeLisle – A Coastal Town (The Grey Album, Hummin’Bird Records)
10. Sarah Jane Scouten – Better Off Alone (Green Valley Waltz) (The Sweetest Homewrecker EP, Light Organ Records)
11. The Great Park – On Balcony (Valley, Woodland Recordings)
12. Daniel Kleederman – Compromised Positions (Another Life)
13. Lily Seabird – Arrow (Trash Mountain, Lame-O Records)
14. The Ophelias – Cicada (Spring Grove, Get Better Records)
15. Pale Spectres – Better Than Love (Better Than Love EP)
16. Kicking Bird – Verdun (11 Short Fictions, Fort Lowell Records)
17. Comet Gain – Beat of the Veins (single, Tapete Records)
18. Matthew “Doc” Dunn feat J.Mascis & Brandon Valdivia – Tally Ho! (single, Cosmic Range Records)
19. Hectorine – Everybody Says (single, Take A Turn Records)
20. S.G. Goodman – Fire Sign (single, Slough Water Records / Thirty Tigers)
21. Beche – Laymen (single, Beche Forever)
22. 54 Ultra – Upside Down (single)
23. Rosettes – The Call (Lifestyles, Timmion Records)
24. Slack Bird – Maailman järkee (Jos emme saa tanssia, Harava Records)
25. Juovat – Valtakunta (single, Alakulttuuritalo)
26. Perkeet – Matkalla (Matkalla kevääseen EP, Ya Ya Records & Gigs)
27. Ghost World – Rockstar (single, Svart Records)
28. The Bablers – Where the Wind Blows (single, Big Stir Records)
29. Klara LaFleur – Wish for the Moon (single, Luova Records)
30. Satu Lii – Aika on pysähtänyt tähän (Pelastetaan toisemme, Young Diamond)
31. Tomi Nordlund & Syvä Joki – Paha häviää (single, Soit Se Silti)
32. Anton V. Kivi – Huhtikuu (kukaan ei puhu siitä) (single)
33. Chad Price Peace Coalition – Rose (single, Sofaburn Records / Double Helix Records)
34. Jerry David DeCicca feat BJ Cole – Good Ghosts (single)
35. Patton Magee – Ballad of Rusty Iron (single)
36. Dylan Earl – High on Ouachita (single, Gar Hole Records)
37. Kelsey Waldon – Comanche (single, Oh Boy Records)
38. Matt Moran – Comanchero (single, Broken Tenor Records)
39. Leon Majcen feat Sam Stoane – Right Love, Wrong Time (single, Cloverdale Records)
40. Chris Emmert – Fool from the Foothills (single, Anti-Corp)
41. Parker Millsap feat Lockeland Strings – Palisade (single, Okrahoma Records / Thirty Tigers)
42. Lady Apple Tree – Seas of Grain (single)
43. Erin Durant – Castle Rock (single, Ruination Record Co)
44. Common Holly – Aegean Blue (single, Keeled Scales)
45. lulu melons – Corners (single, The Dime Store)
46. Ken Yates – Total Cinema (single, Tone Tree Music)
47. Moon Mullins – Sandpearl (single, Ruination Record Co)
48. The Charities – Fatal Attraction (single, Colemine Records)
49. Leroi Conroy – No Return (single, Colemine Records)
50. Salt Lake Alley – Always out of Time (single, Shelflife Records)
51. Allo Darlin’ – Tricky Questions (single, Fika Recordings)
52. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – I Only Ever Wanted to See You Fail (single, Fire Records)
53. Theatre Royal – Welsh Coastal Towns (single, Spinout Music)
54. The High Water Marks – Old Farm Witches (single, Meritorio Records)
55. The New Pornographers – Ballad of the Last Payphone (single, Merge Records)
56. Rodeo Boys – Sam’s Song (single, Don Giovanni Records)
57. Graham Hunt – East Side Screamer (single, Run for Cover Records)
58. Jason Anderson – Walking Bridge (single, Canyonlands Limited)
59. Small Paul – Long Dark Night (single)
60. Grace Rogers – Tranquility (single)
61. Samantha Henson – Aimless Wanderer (single)
62. Wyke van Weelden – Needed You (single)
63. Pascale Cheron – Shooting Star (single)
64. Shannon Lay and Buddy Hollywood – Other Ways (single, Great Content)
65. Will Fox – Sad Song (single, Second Wind Records)
66. Peter Donovan – Everything in Between (single)
67. Sarah Summer – Tremolo (single, Jollymonsterr)
68. The Bones of J.R. Jones – Shameless (single, Tone Tree Music)
69. Rachel Brooke – Silver Linings (Sings Sad Songs)
70. The Moontwins – Time To Move (Night Times, Playground)

Spotify Playlist

Tidal Playlist

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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 #320

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Another week, another new music weekly. Music blogger never rests. Two days of music festival and then a whole lot of new music listening on Sunday. This was a fast effort though and a bit of a grind. I didn’t have to go through emails or such. So I’m sure there’s stuff missing, but here’s what I managed to put together.

There’s new albums from Hannah Cohen, Lucky Cloud, Dean Wareham, Rachel Brooke, Pug Johnson, Cactus Lee, Destroyer, Garrett T. Capps, Jetstream Pony, Butler, Blake & Grant, Anna St. Louis, Lucy Dacus, Ruby Gill, Kathleen Edwards (covers), Mess Esque, Sarah Quintana, Sure Fire Soul Ensemble, Celeste Madden (EP), Stuart Pearce and Guy Capecelatro III & Mike Effenberg.

Some big album releases from Finland too. The Moontwins (PK Keränen & Leija Lautamaja), J. Karjalainen, The Snake, 1980 AD and Helmi Ada. Plus singles from Cult of Stenman, Isse, Brian and Suad.

Some early faves on the international singles category came from The Deep Dark Woods, Why Dogs Why, M Ross Perkins, Mitch Dillon’s Compulsive Ramblers, Colin Miller, Attention Bird Utopia, Julie Arsenault & Aaron Comeau…. just to name a few as usual.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Last week the Spotify version reached 1000 followers at least temporarily, which was nice because that was my long term goal and I wanted to get there before I quit. Of course the numbers are kinda arbitrary and somewhat pointless vanity metrics and any kind of actual interactions with artists and listeners matter much more than any kind of number. Still nice to see that number slowly rising too. So thank you. Back next week with another one of these. Love.

1. Hannah Cohen – Mountain (Earthstar Mountain, Bella Union)
2. Lucky Cloud – Laughter Yoga (Foreground, Ruination Record Co)
3. Dean Wareham – New World Julie (That’s the Price of Loving Me, Carpark)
4. Rachel Brooke – I’m Doing Just Fine (Sings Sad Songs)
5. Pug Johnson – Big Trains (El Cabron, Break Maiden Records / Thirty Tigers)
6. Cactus Lee – Rico (Cactus Lee, Western Vinyl)
7. Garrett T. Capps – Endless Hole (Life is Strange)
8. Destroyer – The Ignoramus of Love (Dan’s Boogie, Merge Records)
9. Butler, Blake & Grant – Down by the Sea (Butler, Blake & Grant, 355 Recordings)
10. Jetstream Pony – Bad Common Earth Connect (Bowerbirds and Blue Things, Spinout Nuggets / Shelflife Records)
11. Stuart Pearce – The Bosses are Stealing Yr Days! (All This Vast Overproduction, Safe Suburban Home)
12. Sarah Quintana – Rolling and Tumbliing (Baby Don’t)
13. Lucy Dacus – Big Deal (Forever Is a Feeling, Geffen Records)
14. Ruby Gill – The Flood (Some Kind of Control)
15. Anna St. Louis – Visitor (demo) (Home Recordings)
16. Kathleen Edwards – Traveling Alone (Covers, Dualtone)
17. Celeste Madden – Nightly Routine (Is It Really Goodnight? EP, Sad Club Records)
18. Mess Esque – That Chair (Jay Marie, Comfort Me, Forgotten Song Records)
19. Guy Capecelatro III & Mike Effenberg feat Justin Carloni – Strange Mistakes (Gods, Burst & Bloom Records)
20. The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble – Makin’ Moves (Gemini, Colemine Records)
21. The Moontwins – King Size Bed (Night Times, Playground)
22. The Snake – Care At All (Always Bites Back, Svart Records)
23. Cult of Stenman – Slave of Mind (single)
24. Suad – Morning (single, Svart Records)
25. Helmi Ada – Sit ku (Taas sekaisin, Stupido Records)
26. Brian – Jyväskylä Skyline (single, KHY Suomen Musiikki)
27. 1980 AD – Kolmas uni auringosta (Lasipallo, pahvikallo, Alakulttuuritalo)
28. Isse – Täti ampuu (single, Helmi Levyt)
29. J. Karjalainen – Kadun toisella puolella (Suomalaista muotoiluu, Warner Music / Jukan Productions)
30. Hallelujah the Hills – Fake Flowers at Sunset (single, Discrete Pageantry Records)
31. Mitch Dillon’s Compulsive Ramblers – Take Me (single, Ragged Gum Records)
32. Avery Friedman – New Thing (single, Audio Antihero)
33. Why Dogs Why – Clunkers (single, Why Dogs Why Inc)
34. Colin Miller – Porchlight (single, Mtn Laurel Recording Co)
35. Ally Kerr – King of Everyone (single, Much Obliged Records)
26. Trevor Beld Jimenez – Pieces of Me (single, Gertrude Street Records)
37. Rubber Band Gun – Pay it Back (single, Historic New Jersey Recordings)
38. M Ross Perkins – I Feel So Dumb (single, Karma Chief Records)
39. Julie Arsenault & Aaron Comeau – Here Comes the Bully (single, Son Canciones)
40. Attention Bird Utopia – Best of Kings (single, Here, here recordings / Many Hats Distribution)
41. Mike Frazier – What’s Wrong With Me? (single, Geneva Records)
42. Foxwarren – Listen2me (single, Arts & Crafts)
43. Mark Fredson – Company Man (single)
44. Spencer Kilpatrick & The Sand Gators – Bobby Jackson (single)
45. The Deep Dark Woods – Ruby (single, Victory Pool)
46. Reed Turchi – Lay My Burden Down (single, Xenon)
47. The Lowtimers – Lonely Company (single, Alabama Sound Company)
48. Gus Clark & The Least of His Problems – Winner (single, Plastic Pistol Records)
49. Jesse Daniel – My Time is Gonna Come (single, Lightning Rod Records / Thirty Tigers)
50. Zach Russell – Redbud Girl (single, Carlboro Records / Thirty Tigers)
51. Jessica Pounds feat Nathan Kalish – Kinda Like the Sound (single, Yellow Canary)
52. Melissa Erin – Joy Of Living (single)
53. Iris Marlowe – Brimstone Cowboy (single)
54. Mojohand – Hey Rita (single, Mojohand Records)
55. Have Gun, Will Travel – Mission to Nowhere (single)
56. Max Bien Kahn – Magnolia Stroll I (single, Well Kept Secret)
57. Uwade – Harmattan (single, Ehiose Records / Thirty Tigers)
58. Swimming Bell – Meet My Shadow (single)
59. Cass McCombs – Priestess (single, Domino Recording Co)
60. Michael Cloud Duguay – The Only Angel In Sight (single, Watch that Ends the Night Records)
61. JPW & Dad Weed – What If I Were Dying (single, Fort Lowell Records)
62. Jessica Lea Mayfield – Never Coming Back (single)
63. Red Stamp – Dancing With My Baby (single, Primavera Labels)
64. Sarah Gargano – License to Kill (single)
65. Phi-Psonics – New Pyramid (single, Gondwana Records)
66. Brian D’Addario – Only to Ease My Mind (Till the Morning, Headstack Records)
67. Sharp Pins – Race for the Audience (Radio DDR, K Recs / Perennial)^
68. Jeffrey Lewis – DCB & ARS (The Even More Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis, Vintage Voltage)
69. Heat Manager – Palm Springs (Relaxed American, American Grapefruit)
70. Jolly Jumpers – Wicked World (Rural Slang, If Society)

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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