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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #311

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Here we are again with another episode of this crazy project. Spotify is trying to make me quit though, because it’s becoming more and more questionable to do this there with each passing year. I struggle with that continuously, but at least I do give that Tidal alternative. This has just never gathered much steam there, but maybe 2025 changes that.

New Rose City Band is the album of the week. There’s also new albums from Chris Eckman, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis and Karine Polwart, Nicole Hale, From Nowhere Wil, Magana (EP), MEGGO (EP), Josh Gilligan, The Witches’ Hymnal, Brian John McBrearty, Wes Parker (EP) and The Sprouts (EP).

Just singles on the Finnish part, but they are all really good. There’s new ones from Kaikki turhat haaveet, Knife Girl, Salla Karonen, Janeveera, (proto)Torvinen, Punomo and Mumu the Free Driver.

Cici Arthur and Weaving can share the international single of the week honor. Somehow missed the Cici Arthur album announcement and first single in December, because AOTY stuff took my attention. So check that out too. This one here is the second single. Love them both. Other early faves came from Bland Halen, The Delines, Craig Finn, Jeffrey Lewis, Kyle Cox and many others.

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

1. Rose City Band – Open Roads (Sol y Sombra, Thrill Jockey)
2. Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis and Karine Polwart – You Know Where You Are (Looking for the Thread, Lambent Light Records / Thirty Tigers)
3. Chris Eckman – Genevieve (The Land We Knew the Best, Glitterhouse)
4. Nicole Hale – Some Kind of Longing (Some Kind of Longing)
5. From Nowhere Wil – Shake the Dice (Paradise City Blues)
6. Magana – Hold On (Bad News EP, Audio Antihero)
7. The Witches’ Hymnal feat Bill MacKay – Swim Lessons (The Witches’ Hymnal, Lenya Music Collection)
8. MEGGO – sylvia’s place ;; tricks (eavesdropper;;death stories EP, Badass & Wholesome Productions)
9. Josh Gilligan – Ceiling (Party of One, Easy Does It Records)
10. Brian John McBrearty – Believing (Remembering Repeating, Love Beyond Measure Records)
11. Weaving – Soil (single, Glamour Gowns)
12. Hannah Cohen – Earthstar (single, Bella Union)
13. Cici Arthur – Cartwheels for Coins (single, Western Vinyl)
14. Bland Halen – Beautiful Things (single, Mumblecore Records)
15. The Delines – The Haunting Thoughts (single, Decor Records)
16. Craig Finn – People of Substance (single, Tamarac / Thirty Tigers)
17. Jeffrey Lewis – Sometimes Life Hits You (single, Vintage Voltage)
18. Wes Parker – Splinter (Splinter EP)
19. The Sprouts – Black Leather Jacket (One Room to Another EP)
20. Jacob Miller – Tangled Up In You (single, Only One on the Mountain)
21. Vulfmon feat Jacob Jeffries & Harrison Whitford – Dawn (single, Vulf Records)
22. Kyle Cox – Underneath the Surface (single)
23. The Look Aways – Silhouette (single, Tableaux Records)
24. Emily Barker – Bright Idea (single, Everyone Sang)
25. Wilder Adkins feat Erin Rae – Said the Swallow to the Jay (single)
26. Salla Karonen – Siksi rohkeinta (single, Lukkarin punkkia)
27. Janeveera – Hei päiväkirja (single, Eclipse Music)
28. (proto)Torvinen – Itsesyytösrock (single, Humu Records)
29. Kaikki turhat haaveet – Anastacia (single, Minna Records)
30. Punomo feat Peter Selin – Ihanan kiire (single, Playground)
31. Knife Girl – Fantasies (single)
32. Mumu the Free Diver – Blossoms (single)
33. Yves Jarvis – All Cylinders (single, In Real Life)
34. VanWyck – My Deliverance (Dust Chaser (Deluxe Edition), Maiden Name Records)
35. Sarah Quintana – baby, don’t (single)
36. Leslie Jordan – The Fight (single)
37. Gabi Hartmann – Into My World (single, 27/29)
38. Aviva Le Fey – Baby I’m Crazy (single)
39. Jessica Lea Mayfield – Choose Myself (single)
40. Bryse Taylor – forever already (single)
41. Kendall Lujan – Untitled Love Song (single, ROLA Records)
42. Madeline Hawthorne – Ghost in a Shell (single, Hawthorne Records)
43. Rachel Swain – Bad Guy Boots (single)
44. Brown Horse – Corduroy Couch (single, Loose Music)
45. Kashus Culpepper – Jenni (single, Big Loud Records)
46. Brad Parsons – Ease Your Pain (single, Dutch Records)
47. Leon Majcen – Distant Roads (single, Cloverdale Records)
48. Todd Day Wait – Tomorrow (single, Cloverdale Records)
49. Julian Taylor & Jim Cuddy – Tulsa Time (single, Howling Turtle)
50. Ryan Lee Crosby – Tough Times (single)
51. Frog – Mixtape Liner Notes Var. VII (single, tapewormies / Audio Antihero)
52. Shilpa Ray – Portrait of a Cat Lady (single, Northern Spy)
53. Lily Seabird – Trash Mountain (1pm) (single, Lame-O Records)
54. Kestrels – Free Forever (single, Darla Records)
55. Star 99 – Kill (single, Lauren Records)
56. Devon Williams – Passing Thing (single, Slumberland)
57. Ken Yates – Cataclysmic End (single, Tone Tree Music)
58. Emma Munger – Heart Rate (Pattern)
59. Flora Hibberd – Remote Becoming Holy (Swirl, 22TWENTY)
60. The Weather Station – Sewing (Humanhood, Fat Possum 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 #310

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Only took about a week or so to get overwhelmed with the amount of great new music. But I guess I kind of love that too. So no complaints. But it’s tough to keep track of everything, so I’m sure something obvious is missing.

New Flora Hibberd is the album of the week. I’m a huge fan and this is again a fabulous parade-worthy release. There’s also gorgeous new albums from The Weather Station, Emma Munger, Luther Russell, The Gentle Spring, Ex-Vöid, Prism Shores, Kyle Forester (EP), Pigeon Pit, Little Oso, 20/20, Sophie Jamieson, Melissa Mary Ahern, Cave Flowers and Shane Pendergast.

From the Finnish side of things we have new albums from SaintPolis, Tuomo Mannonen and The Orphan. Plus some singles gold from Lala Salama, The Rosettes, Kissa, Hanhani, Juha Mäki-Patola, Sumukuu, Jere Ijäs, Slack Bird, Vellamo and Cats of Transnistria.

International single of the week is the new one from The Bird Calls. Other early faves came from Jason Isbell, Juliet McConkey, Justin Wells, Sunny War feat Valerie June, Sharon Van Etten, Kristin Daelyn, Butler, Blake & Grant, Asher Kartman, Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence and Carter Felker. Again just to name a few. There’s plenty and I haven’t had a lot of time listen yet, because this weekend was full of live music and NFL playoffs.

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

1. Flora Hibberd – Every Incident Has Left Its Mark (Swirl, 22TWENTY)
2. The Weather Station – Mirror (Humanhood, Fat Possum Records)
3. Emma Munger – Nervous Driver (Pattern)
4. Luther Russell – Happiness For Beginners (Happiness For Beginners, Curation Records)
5. The Gentle Spring – Untouched (Looking Back at the World, Skep Wax Records)
6. Prism Shores – Overplayed My Hand (Out From Underneath, Meritorio Records)
7. Ex-Vöid – July (In Love Again, Tapete Records)
8. Pigeon Pit – apple (crazy arms, Ernest Jenning Record Co)
9. Kyle Forester – Empty City (Just Like Anyone EP)
10. Little Oso – The Frogs Sing For No Reason (How Lucky To Be Somebody, Repeating Cloud & Safe Suburban Home Records)
11. 20/20 – When the Sun Goes Down (Back to California, Spyderpop Records)
12. Sophie Jamieson – I still want to share (I still want to share, Bella Union)
13. Melissa Mary Ahern – The Truth (Kerosene, Fat Cat Records)
14. Shane Pendergast – Candle on the Sill (Winter Grace, Corran Ban Music)
15. Cave Flowers – Do You Ever Know Someone (Western Spectre, Hard Bark Records)
16. Juliet McConkey – Drifting (single)
17. Jason Isbell – Bury Me (single, Souteastern Records / Thirty Tigers)
18. Justin Wells – Sad, Tomorrow (single)
19. Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence – Thank You, But No Thank You (single)
20. Sunny War feat Valerie June – Cry Baby (single, New West Records)
21. Sharon Van Etten – Trouble (single, Jagjaguwar)
22. Kristin Daelyn – Patience Comes to the Bones (single, Orindal Records)
23. The Bird Calls – Ordinary Silence (single, Ruination Record Co)
24. Asher Kartman – Never Been So Blind (single, Colors)
25. Butler, Blake & Grant – Bring an End (single, 355 Recordings)
26. SaintPolis – Outrun the Dark (Hope Comes in Like Waves, SaintPoliSongs)
27. The Orphan – Tiny Universe (Hard On For Chaos, Lil’Beast Records)
28. Kissa – Wayne’s World (single, Svart Records)
29. Lala Salama – Kuvan susta (single, All That Plazz)
30. Rosettes – Lifestyles (single, Timmion Records)
31. Jere Ijäs – Kuka keksi rakkauden (single, Texicalli Records)
32. Hanhani – Maailmanlopun kahvila (single, HanHan Music)
33. Tuomo Mannonen – Haudatkaa perhoset (Haudatkaa perhoset, Playground)
34. Sumukuu – Myrskutuulet (single)
35. Juha Mäki-Patola – Lake (single, Moderna Records)
36. Cats on Transnistria – Horrors (single, Soliti)
37. Vellamo – Where the Witches Fly (single)
38. Slack Bird – Elämä on kurjaa (single, Harava Records)
39. Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears – Storm’s Coming Tonight (single, Ears Over America / Missing Piece Records)
40. Will Stewart – Firebird Fever (single, Earth Libraries)
41. Matt Woods – Burning Bed (single, Lonely Ones Records)
42. Patterson Hood – The Pool House (single, ATO Records)
43. Ron Pope – The Life IN Your Years (single, Brooklyn Basement Records)
44. Jack Browning – The Bullfighter (single, R&D Productions)
45. Jim White feat Trey Blake – Tumbleweed Time (single, Fluff and Gravy Records)
46. David Ramirez – I Got People (single, Blue Corn Music)
47. Pug Johnson – Believer (single, Break Maiden Records / Thirty Tigers)
48. Golden Shoals – New White House Blues (single)
49. Angela Autumn – Roving Jewel (single, Tone Tree Music)
50. JD Clayton – Dirt Roads of Red (single, Rounder Records)
51. Carter Felker – Cold Wind (single, Department Store Records)
52. Lilly Hiatt – Kwik-E-Mart (single, New West Records)
53. Kate Teague – Get By (single)
54. Eliza Niemi – Do U FM (single, Tin Angel Records)
55. Florist – Have Heaven (single, Double Double Whammy)
56. Rose Hotel – Cool (single, Strolling Bones Records)
57. The Mirrored Daughters – The New Design (single, Fika Recordings)
58. Sam Moss – Wire (single)
59. Icarus Phoenix – Pedantic Myopia (single)
60. Dropkick – Snowflakes (single, Bobo Integral)
61. Ceylon Sailor – All promises will break eventually (single, Stunning Models on Display)
62. Jake Nicoll – Galloping Horses (single)
63. Edwyn Collins – Knowledge (single)
64. Basia Bulat – Disco Polo (single, Secret City Records)
65. Patchwork Inc feat Wyatt Waddell – Last Forever (single, Colemine Records)
66. Jonas Lundvall – A Song to Sing (single, Wallpaper / Strawtown)
67. Rubber Band Gun – Grow Up Again (single, Historic New Jersey Recordings)
68. Mothermood – Sunk (single, Forward Music Group)
69. Lucy Dacus – Ankles (single, Geffen Records)
70. Dead Gowns – Swimmer (single, Mtn Laurel Recording Co)
71. Silver Synthetic – Yr Gonna Be Happy (single, Curation Records)
72. Samantha Crain – Dart (single, Real Kind Records)
73. Byland & The Bones of J.R. Jones – Jubilee (single, Mother West)
74. Cassidy Waring – Dead Hamsters (single)
75. Dylan Golden Aycock – No Spring Chicken (single, Feeding Tube Records / Worried Songs)
76. niilo karppinen – en muutu… (huolenaiheita, Sykli)

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 #309

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Another year, another new music weekly.

This first one is a monster and longer than anyone will listen. Trying to cover a month’s worth of new music is a tough task. Even though December and early January isn’t the busiest time of the year. So yeah this includes stuff from early December to the new music of this Friday. I didn’t make good notes along the way, so I’m 100% sure that I forgot to include something important. It gets easier next week when I need to cover just one week.

The albums here are from Cedric Noel, Humbird, Freschard, Early James, Brigid Mae Power (covers), Delving (EP), Austin Leonard Jones, Luke Trimble, Nolan Taylor and Jesper Lindell (EP).

The Finnish part has new albums from Jani Matti Juhani, Sanni Reilin, niilo karppinen and Jaanat. So many singles too that probably no point to retype them all here. You’ll find them all on the list below. Finnish part starts from song #28 and ends on song #47. If you want some highlights, I love those Ullalintulampi singles for example. I included two, because one is from December and the other is brand new.

New Will Stratton song is the international song of the weekend. After two singles, I’m fairly sure that Will Stratton’s album will be on my top 10 for 2025, if this blog/world still exists at the end of 2025. Some other early faves came from. Dean Wareham, Wild Flowers, Fust, Mitch Dillon’s Compulsive Ramblers, Tobacco City, The Burning Hell, Vanessa Peters, Brent & Madeline, Office Culture. Just to name a few. There’s like a million of them here. Ok, I don’t have good math skills, but there’s plenty anyway.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters, if you like this crazy new music adventure. Back next week with another one. Love.

1. Cedric Noel – beaut (guides, Front Porch Records)
2. Humbird – Radiator (Astrovan: The Love Song Vignettes, Nettwerk)
3. Freschard – Angels of My Heart (The Best)
4. Drew Danburry – Royalty (Bird Songs)
5. Delving – Better of Being Alone (Reconnecting With Something Fragile EP)
6. Austin Leonard Jones – Theme from the Dick Gibson Show (Famous Times, Perpetual Doom)
7. Bridig Mae Power – See No Evil (Songs For You, BMP)
8. Luke Trimble – My Sweet Renee (Headed Out the Holler)
9. Early James – Nothing Surprises Me Anymore (Medium Raw, Easy Eye Sound)
10. Nolan Taylor – I Belong In Your Arms (Nolan Taylor, Atlantic)
11. Jesper Lindell – Fire Lake (Windows Vol.2, Brunnsvik Sound)
12. Will Stratton – Temple Bar (single, Ruination Record Co / Bella Union)
13. Dean Wareham – You Were the Ones I Had to Betray (single, Carpark)
14. Wild Flowers – Sunshine (single)
15. Sylvie – Lady Full of Dreams (single, Numero Group)
16. Tobacco City – Autumn (single, Scissor Tail Records)
17. Rose City Band – Radio Song (single, Thrill Jockey Records)
18. Fust – Spangled (single, Dear Life Records)
19. Mitch Dillon’s Compulsive Ramblers – Moving Town (single, Ragged Gum Records)
20. Spencer Kilpatrick & The Sand Gators – Make Me Say (single)
21. The Burning Hell – Bottle of Chianti, Cheese and Charcuterie Board (single, Bb*Island / You’ve Changed Records)
22. Office Culture – Compromise (single, Ruination Record Co)
23. Ryan Power – Guru Days (single)
24. Echolalia – Blood Moon (single, Full Time Hobby)
25. Vanessa Peters – Flood Zone (single, Idol Records)
26. Brent & Madeline – Come Closer (So You Can Hear Me) (single, A Primrose Recordings)
27. The Laughing Chimes – Cats Go Car Watching (single, Slumberland)
28. Jaanat – Mitä tapahtuu? (Naamat, Stupido Records)
29. Pelko – Karhu (single, Pelkolevy)
30. Jani Matti Juhani feat Petri Nakari – Unten pyörteissä (Jani Matti Juhani Laulaa Elvistä Suomeksi Vol.3, Punaiset Levyt / Ainoa Records)
31. Ullalintulampi – Kiltti tyttö (single, Panama-levyt)
32. niilo karppinen – outoneito (huolenaiheita, Sykli)
33. Sanni Reilin – Iltasatu (Tummaa vettä & kirkasta valoa)
34. Itcevät – Sininen hetki (single, Itcevät Records)
35. Havut – Hylje (single)
36. Kaspar – City Man (single, Soliti)
37. KO:MI – Encounterings (single, Minna Records)
38. Anne-Mari Kivimäki – Maalo (single, Rockadillo Records)
39. Räjäyttäjät – Psykedeelinen harmaa (single)
40. Tomi Nordlund & Syvä Joki – Maailmaan luotu (single, Soit Se Silti)
41. Nina Kaitaranta – Kieltäydyn juhlista (single, Kaita Records)
42. Sonja Selene – Mikä tarina (single, Helmi Levyt)
43. Ullalintulampi – Hiljalleen (single, Panama-levyt)
44. Honey Crisp – Right Type of High (single, Honey Crisp Musique)
45. Nikita Titov – Tuhat vuotta (single)
46. The Snake – Sometimes (single, Svart Records)
47. The Pink Chameleons – Draggin’ On (single, Soliti)
48. The James Baker Beat feat Dom Mariani – She Said (Bad Weekend) (single, Cheersquad Records & Tapes)
49. Gum Parker – Two Subarus (single, Repeating Cloud)
50. Gila – Outro (single, Repeating Cloud)
51. Asher Kartman – In My Own Way (single, Hungry Dogs)
52. Tom Henry – Bella (single, Royal Oakie Records)
53. Kyle Forester – Just Like Anyone (single)
54. Ally Kerr – When You Let it All Fall Away (single, Much Obliged Records)
55. Domestic Drafts – Only the Singer (single, Glamour Gowns)
56. Luther Russell – Right Way (single, Curation Records)
57. Consumables – Great Design (single, Fierce Panda Records)
58. Destroyer feat Fiver – Bologna (single, Merge Records)
59. Black Viiolet – Yin Yang (single)
60. Neal Francis – What’s Left of Me (single, ATO Records)
61. Camden. – Think Of Love (single, Mango Hill Records)
62. The Altons – Your Light (single, Daptone Records)
63. Matthew McNeal – Out of Time (single, Matte Black Sound Company)
64. Jacob Miller – Dropping Acid (single, Only One on the Mountain)
65. Jacksonport – Felt Like Me Again (single, Ay Caramba Records)
66. Bonnie Prince Billy feat John Anderson – Downstream (single, Domino Recording Co)
67. Clara Mann – Driving Home the Long Way (single, The state51 Conspiracy)
68. The Weather Station – Body Moves (single, Fat Possum Records)
69. Kris Delmhorst – Won’t Be Long (single)
70. JF Robitaille & Lail Arad – Could Be Worse (single, Casa Alma)
71. Melissa Mary Ahern – One Way Life (single, Fat Cat Records)
72. Trinelise Vaering – I Hope He Cancels (single, Word for Word Records9
73. Michaela Anne – Me and Willie (single, Georgia June Records)
74. I’m With Her – Espresso (single, Rounder Records)
75. Heather Maloney – Labyrinth in the Woods (single, Signature Sounds Recordings)
76. Jim White feat Trey Blake – Rushing in Waves (single, Fluff and Gravy Records)
77. Matt Mitchell Music Co – Sounds American to Me (single)
78. The Satchel Kid – If I Had a Dollar (single, Ella Ruth Institutet)
79. Jonathan Peyton – Sunrise (single)
80. Sierra Ferrell – Garden (single, Rounder Records)
81. Todd Day Wait – Goodbye (single, Cloverdale Records)
82. Georgia Parker and Hunter Burgamy – Texas and Oklahoma (single)
83. Buffalo Kin – The Last Stampede (single)
84. Gary Louris – Getting Older (single, SHAM / Thirty Tigers)
85. Pete Mancini – Technicolor Days (single)
86. Eric Schroeder – Emily (single, Enabler No.6 Records)
87. Risley – Walls (single)
88. DL Rossi – Am I Out? (single)
89. newtie – Mr. Pity (single, Candlepin Records)
90. Ike Goldman – Newt and Lovers (single)

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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