OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #304

A bit slow release week. I guess we all need some time to recover. Dark times. Thankfully there’s music.

I’ve been really loving the ALVILDA album that came out a couple of weeks ago (credit to RSTB where I discovered it). This week we have new albums from Fleur, Silver Sun, Speed Circuit, Alex Dupree (reissued), John R. Miller (EP), Bananagun, Brooks and Bowskill, Klara Goliger and amelia courthouse (a couple of months old, but just found it). Oh and a great Margo Guryan celebration compilation.

A bunch of great Finnish albums too from Henna Emilia Hietamäki, Minkki, Jonatan Snapir and Mikko Juvonen (well this one was last week, but somehow I forgot to include it). Also new singles from Bad Sauna, Emilia Sisco and Cold Diamond & Mink, Tuomo & Markus feat Verneri Pohjola, Esa Linna and Carla Aakre.

Some early faves on the international singles category came from Malin Pettersen, Dom Mariani, Abe Partridge, Clara Mann, Continental Lovers, Gabi Hartmann. Again just to name a few.

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

1. ALVILDA – Angoisse (C’est D​é​jà L’heure, Static Shock Records)
2. Fleur – Nous Continuerons à Marcher Ensemble (Fille Sauvage, Soundflat Records)
3. Silver Sun – Feed the Flame (Mild Peril)
4. Speed Circuit – Maybe Another Time (Survey the Damage)
5. Alex Dupree – The Long Weekend (You Winsome, You Lonesome, Trapdoor)
6. John R. Miller – Forgiven and Forgotten (Fireside Sessions Vol. 1 EP, Rounder Records)
7. Brooks and Bowskill – Francis (Blissful State of Mind, Ganaraska Recording Co)
8. Bedouine & Sylvie – Can You Tell (Like Someone I Know: A Celebration of Margo Guryan, Sub Pop Records)
9. amelia courthouse – Keep Your Arms (broken things EP)
10. Bananagun – Those Who Came Before (Why is the Colour of the Sky, Full Time Hobby)
11. Klara Goliger – Access Denied (Words)
12. Ruby Gill – Some Kind of Control (single)
13. Clara Mann – ‘Til I Come Around (single, State51 Conspiracy)
14. Dead Gowns – How Can I (single, Mtn Laurel Recording Co)
15. Lily Talmers – I Missed You Today (single, El Tee Records)
16. Gabi Hartmann – Take a Swing at the Moon (single, 27/29)
17. Todd Day Waits – It Hits Me Hard Sometimes (single, Cloverdale Records9
18. Vincent Neil Emerson – Rodeo Clown (single, La Honda Records)
19. Abe Partridge – Stand Up and Fight for It (single, Tasty Good Records)
20. Humbird – Rosemary (single, Nettwerk)
21. Henna Emilia Hietamäki – Tuu tuu tuonelahan (Luutarha,
22. Mikko Juvonen – Harmaa talo (Kuovi, Helmi Levyt)
23. Minkki – Musta vyö (Nyt oon zen, Alakulttuuritalo / Panama-levyt)
24. Bad Sauna – Voittajan ainesta (single, All That Plazz)
25. Jonatan Snapir – Sofia (Eberth, Flame Jazz)
26. Tuomo & Markus feat Verneri Pohjola – Division Street (single, Grandpop Records)
27. Emilia Sisco and Cold Diamond & Mink – Say Yes (single, Timmion Records)
28. Carla Aakre – through (single, Kieku Records)
29. Esa Linna – I Can See Myself (single, Castello Recordings)
30. Dom Mariani – Jangleland (single, Alive Naturalsound)
31. Dropkick – Dreams Expire (single, Bobo Integral)
32. Ryli – I Think I Need You Around (single, Dandy Boy Records)
33. The Mellons – Tell Me Why (single, Earth Libraries)
34. Hollow Hand – Drinking With Judy (single, Names Records)
35. Continental Lovers – Connection (single, Cadiz)
36. Gold Star – Fade Away (single, Like ltd)
37. Liz Jones & Broken Windows – Double Measures (single)
38. Spencer Tweedy – Thinking Will Kill You (single)
39. Malin Pettersen – Fear/Hope (single, Die With Your Boots On Records)
40. Dominic Billett – Zuzu’s Song (single, Light Purple Sound)
41. David Quinn – Easy Rider (single)
42. Austin Stambaugh – Johnny Cash’s Grave (Speechmythology, The Musical Short Stories of Austin Stambaugh)
43. Zachary Lucky – John (The Wind, Wroxton Recordings)
44. Andrew Bryant – Let The Green Grass Grow (Loosa Schoona, Sentimental Noises Records)
45. Max Bien Kahn – Saturday Night (Flowers, Well Kept Secret)
46. Jari Raaste – Maailma palaa (Fresh! Minna Records / Panama-levyt / Raastepöytä)
47. Mt. Misery – You Call My Name (Love In Mind, Prefect Records)
48. Haley Heynderickx – Sorry Fahey (Seed of a Seed, Mama Bird Recording Co)
49. Jennifer Castle – Fractal Canyon (Camelot, Paradise of Bachelors)
50. Viive – Kevättalvi (Sen jälkeen kun, Mustik Motel)

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 #303

What a strong release week so late in the year. Jennifer Castle, Haley Heynderickx and Mt. Misery can share the album of the week honors. Love all of them. New Andrew Bryant album was a great surprise. I didn’t see that coming, but excited to put that on heavy rotation next week. Then there’s also new albums from Max Bien Kahn, Zachary Lucky, Mount Eerie, Sam Blasucci, Lee Baggett, Trust Fund, Brower, Peter Perrett, Charlie Kaplan, Jeremie Albino, Loose Cattle, W.C. Beck, Austin Stambaugh, Garrett Owen, Julia Logan, Rachel Sermanni (EP) plus a Richard Swift compilation.

Equally big Finnish release week too led by the awesome new Viive and Jari Raaste albums. But that’s just tiny part of it, because we also have new albums from Peissu, Jere Valkonen, Ville-Veikko Airaniemi and Ruotomieli plus a STINAKO EP. Not to forget the new singles from Sonja Selene, Orvokki, UTU, Waver, Punomo, Ville Leinonen and Time Flies. Oh and managed to miss the album by Kansalainen on last week’s round up, so it’s here now because I like it a lot.

A new double single from Evan J Cartwright is one of the many gems on the international single category. Other early faves there came from Emma Munger, Renee Reed and K.C. Jones. 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 one. Love love love.

1. Jennifer Castle – Camelot (Camelot, Paradise of Bachelors)
2. Haley Heynderickx – Mouth of a Flower (Seed of a Seed, Mama Bird Recording Co)
3. Max Bien Kahn – Ghost Song (Flowers, Well Kept Secret)
4. Andrew Bryant – At the Sawmill Again (Loosa Schoona, Sentimental Noises)
5. Zachary Lucky – Good at Gettin’ Gone (The Wind, Wroxton Recordings)
6. Lee Baggett – Get It (Waves for a Begull, Perpetual Doom)
7. Mount Eerie – Broom of Wind (Night Palace, P.V. Elverum & Sun)
8. Sam Blasucci – Behind Closed Eyes (Real Life Thing, Innovative Leisure / Calico Discos)
9. Trust Fund – Curtis (Has It Been a While, Tapete Records)
10. Mt. Misery – On My Mind (Love In Mind, Prefect Records)
11. Brower – Now It’s Time (To Get Serious) (Flour, DIG!)
12. Peter Perrett – Fountain of You (The Cleansing, Domino Recording Co)
13. Charlie Kaplan – In a Little Bit of Time (Eternal Repeater, Glamour Gowns)
14. Richard Swift – Common Law (4 Hits & a Miss – The Essential Richard Swift, Secretly Canadian)
15. Jeremie Albino – Struggling with the Bottle (Our Time in the Sun, Easy Eye Sound)
16. Loose Cattle – Crescent City (Someone’s Monster, Single Lock Records / Low Heat Records)
17. Ramsey Thornton – Man-made (American Nervousness EP, La Honda Records)
18. W.C. Beck – River (Facecomber)
19. Garrett Owen – Beautiful Stain (Memoriam)
20. Austin Stambaugh – Driving I-40 W (Speechmythology – The Musical Short Stories of, Anti-Corp)
21. Rachel Sermanni – Strange Death (No Way Blues EP, Jellygirl Records)
22. Julia Logan – Faraway Nearby (Faraway Nearby, Dumont Dumont)
23. Viive – On tullut aika (Sen jälkeen kun, Mustik Motel)
24. Jari Raaste – Luonto on mystinen (Fresh! Minna Records / Panama-levyt / Raastepöytä)
25. Punomo – En vaikene (single, Playground)
26. Ville-Veikko Airaniemi – Arrow Lake (Calico, Airamusic)
27. Peissu feat Jenna-Marie Laine – Joki (Unissakävelijä, Aave)
28. Kansalainen – Hetki jolloin kaikki muuttui (Ikuisen yön kaupungissa, Helmi Levyt)
29. Jere Valkonen – Nuoret sydämet (Viimeistä kertaa, Eclipse Music)
30. Sonja Selene – Jäljellä (Helmi Levyt)
31. (proto)Torvinen – Sadan vuoden päästä se on tätä samaa paskaa (single, Humu Records)
32. Ruotomieli – Syntynyt huhtikuussa (Me olimme täällä, Lil’ Beast Records)
33. Time Flies – Attitude (single, Misfit Lee Records)
34. Ville Leinonen – Jason elää! (single, Panama-levyt)
35. Waver – Unihalvaus (single, Soft Monsters)
36. UTU – Oh, Sorrow (single, Misfit Lee Records)
37. Orvokki – Poseidon (single, Luova Records)
38. STINAKO – I Believe (Spirit EP, Soliti)
39. Emma Munger – Chemistry (single)
40. Brigid Mae Power – In Dreams (single, BMP)
41. Evan J Cartwright – Sleeping Through Afternoon (single, Vain Mina Records)
42. Renee Reed – On a Good Day (single, Keeled Scales)
43. Reb Fountain – Forever (single, Fountain Records)
44. Advance Base – Brian’s Golden Hour (single, Run For Cover Records)
45. JPW & Dad Weed – Everybody’s Talking (Again) (Two Against Nature EP, Fort Lowell Records)
46. K.C. Jones – Only Me to Talk to Blues (single, Valcour Records)
47. Kathleen Edwards – Crawling Back to You (single, Dualtone)
48. Lucinda Williams – Something (single, Highway 20 / Thirty Tigers)
49. Vilma Flood – Rosen (single, Startracks)
50. Johanna Samuels & Ben Lee – Sunset Marquis (single, Weirder Together)
51. Chris Brain – New Light (single, Big Sun Records)
52. Taylor Kopp – November Sunrise (single)
53. Humbird – Astrovan (single, Nettwerk)
54. Bonnie Whitmore – Abinormal (single, Aviatrix)
55. Icarus Phoenix – Feel (single)
56. Jake Nicoll – Pumpkin Baby (single)
57. Jason Joshua – Gee Baby (single, Sheridan Music)
58. Modem – Ei puhuta enää (Miten täällä voi elää? split EP, Modem Age Records)
59. St. Lenox – On Fullfillment (Ten American Work Songs, Don Giovanni Records)
60. Anne Malin – I Know (Strange Power! Dear Life 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 #302

A very quick and very late new music weekly. I didn’t have time go through submissions and I’m sure there’s a ton of good new music missing from this one.

St. Lenox is the album of the week. We also have great new albums from 2nd Grade, Anne Malin, Bailey Bigger, Skinny Dyck, The Bures Band, Ben Varian, Stephen Becker, Onsloow, Amythyst Kiah, Dave Vettraino, Rob Dobson, The Eggmen Whoooooo!, William Harries Graham and Grayson Capps.

From the Finnish side of things there’s a couple of EPs. Keidas and Modem / Dragsvik split. Plus some awesome singles from Ne Lintuizet, KO:MI, Viive, Eidetic Dreams, Sanni Reilin, The Orphan, Honey Crisp and SaintPolis.

Some early faves in the international singles category came from The While, Flora Hibberd, Bobby Emmett, Specific Thing, Sam Moss… again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. Back next week with a less rushed effort. Love.

1. St. Lenox – Your Local Neighborhood Bar (Ten Modern American Work Songs, Don Giovanni Records)
2. 2nd Grade – Triple Bypass in B-Flat (Scheduled Explosions, Double Double Whammy)
3. Anne Malin – Lilac Bloom! (Strange Power, Dear Life Records)
4. Bailey Bigger – Dancing with the Devil (Resurrection Fern, Madjack Records)
5. Skinny Dyck – Lean In (Easygoing, Victory Pool)
6. The Bures Band – Bird Strike (Fool Circle, Love Police Records & Tapes)
7. Ben Varian – Florida I (In My Hometown) (SNIP, Bumpy)
8. Stephen Becker – Picturing Cosmos (Middle Child Syndrome)
9. Rob Dobson – Endeavor ON (Be Easy, WarHen Records)
10. Onsloow – Riding on Lies (Full Speed Anywhere Else, Tiny Engines)
11. The Eggmen Whoooooo! – Ready To Go Now (Fuzzy Eggs, Please, Strangetown Records)
12. Amythyst Kiah – Empire of Love (Still + Bright, Rounder Records)
13. William Harries Graham – Yourself (Annie’s House, Strolling Bones Records)
14. Grayson Capps – Barbara Allen (Heartbreak, Misery & Death, Royal Potato Family)
15. Dave Vettraino – Morning Melody (A Bird Shaped Shadow, Ruination Record Co)
16. Ne Lintuizet – Stadion (single, Texicalli)
17. Modem – Hinta (Miten täällä voi elää? split EP with Dragsvik)
18. KO:MI – The Wolves (single, Minna Records)
19. Eidetic Dreams – Sin Sisters (single, All That Plazz)
20. Viive – Väijytys (single, Mustik Motel)
21. Sanni Reilin – Hämeenlinna East Side (single)
22. Keidas – Kuinka meidän nyt käy? (Kuinka meidän nyt käy? EP)
23. The Orphan – Asylum Park (single, Kynsinauhat)
24. Honey Crisp – Twist and Turn (single)
25. SaintPolis – To Whom it May Concern (single, SaintPoliSongs)
26. The While – Glimmering (single)
27. Specific Thing – Now Is Actually Not a Good Time (single, Internal Organ Records)
28. Good Looks – Damage Control (single, Keeled Scales)
29. Bobby Emmett – Abandoned Universe (single)
30. Flora Hibberd – Jesse (single, 22TWENTY)
31. Sam Moss – Swimming (single)
32. Sam Blasucci – Howl at the Moon (single, Innovative Leisure / Calico Discos)
33. Dogwood Tales – dream (single)
34. Gold Star – Fentanyl (single)
35. Bonnie Prince Billy feat Tim O’Brien – Our Home (single, Domino Recording Co)
36. T. Gold – Getting to Know the End (single, Sleepy Cat Records)
37. Jobi Riccio – Final Movie Scene (single, Yep Roc)
38. Brooks and Bowskill – Carousel of Time (single, Ganaraska Recording Co)
39. Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears – Riding in the Van (single, Ears Over America / Missing Piece Records)
40. Rosali – Hey Heron (single, Merge Records)
41. Caroline Spence – Confront It (single, Tone Tree Music)
42. Kyle Cox – Coming Back to Me (single)
43. The Altons – Waiting (single, Daptone Records)
44. Office Culture – Desire (Enough, Ruination Record Co)
45. Litku Klemetti – Jos olisin koira (Funny Girl, Is This Art!)
46. Topi Saha feat Ylva Haru – Iso kirkko palaa (single, Soit Se Silti)

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.

Continue Reading
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