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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #307

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This week around Thanksgiving is always very quiet on the release front. Only grateful for that, because I need time to put the eoty lists together.

New The Innocence Mission is the album of the week. Also really liking the new Rambling Nicholas Heron album. That’s a prolific songwriter, because I think it’s only a month or two since the previous one. But the quality stays high all the time. There’s also great new releases from Juanita Stein, Jim Bryson (EP), Eric Long, Ben Van Bonn, Rob Joynes (EP) and Sarah Summer (EP).

The Finnish release week was surprisingly busy for this time year. New Joni Ekman Group is the leader of the pack. Love that stuff for sure. We also have new albums from Kas Kan, 20 000 Hz, Hal Wickman and Idän mies plus singles from Jani Matti Juhani, Sanni Reilin, Kissa, KO:MI, Helmi Ada, Itcevät, Punomo, Janeveera, Honey Crisp, Tuomo Mannonen and Vyötiäinen.

Some early faves on the international singles category came from Darren Hanlon, Mirrored Daughters, Ryan Necci & The Buffalo Gospel and Cassidy Waring. Again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Now back to crafting the fun but pointless year end lists. Some of them might or might not appear before the next new music weekly. It depends how much energy I have after the work days. Anyway, a lot of those coming sometime during the next few weeks. And one more new music weekly. After that there will be about a month long holiday break to charge the batteries. It’s hard work (well hobby) to build hours long new music weekly playlist every weekend on your spare time. So I definitely need a break and this is the best time for it. Love love love.

1. The Innocence Mission – Your Saturday Picture (Midwinter Swimmers, Bella Union)
2. Rambling Nicholas Heron – Brutal Awakening (Manuel’s Dream: Gunmetal Clouds, Suitcase Studio & Shop)
3. Juanita Stein – The Weightless Hour (The Weightless Hour, Agricultural Studio)
4. Jim Bryson – Is This Blues? (Combinations 1+1 EP, Fixed Hinge Recordings)
5. Eric Long – As Blue as the Blue Gets (Portrait)
6. Rob Joynes – Forgiveness (Friendless EP)
7. Sarah Summer – Red Rover (Blessed Interruption EP)
8. Ben Van Bonn – Kite Hill Jump (Further than Thought)
9. Ryan Necci & The Buffalo Gospel – You (single)
10. Cassidy Waring – Hearse Chasing (single)
11. Darren Hanlon – Good Vibration (single, FYR)
12. Mirrored Daughters – City Song (single, Fika Recordings)
13. KO:MI – Theory (single, Minna Records)
14. Kas Kan – Jos tahtoo olla joku muu (En pelkää enää mitään)
15. Itcevät – Sä oot jotain muuta (single, Itcevät Records)
16. Punomo – Kuuntele mua (single, Playground)
17. 20 000 Hz – Pussaa mua valokuvakopissa (Kaaosteoria, Alakulttuuritalo)
18. Joni Ekman Group – En katso taakseni (Joni Ekman Group, Näkki-levyt)
19. Kissa – Jokainen maaliviiva (single, Svart Records)
20. Helmi Ada – Neiti Etsivä (single)
21. Jani Matti Juhani feat Knipi – Jos alkaa saan uudelleen (single)
22. Tuoma Mannonen – Kadonnut kaamokseen (single, Playground)
23. Juhlat – Alaovella (single)
24. Janeveera – Narkkari (single, Eclipse)
25. Sanni Reilin – Oi Bolivia (single)
26. Vyötiäinen – Mukalakivet (single, Panama-levyt)
27. Idän mies – Huomisen hyvää (Askel painaa, Idän miehen levyt)
28. Honey Crisp – Dopamine (single, Honey Crisp Musique)
29. Hal Wickman – Sunny Side of the Street (Hal Wickman)
30. Matt Moran – Dry County (single, Broken Tenor Records)
31. Kendall Lujan – I Want to Be in Love With You (single, ROLA Records)
32. John Southworth – Burning of the Notre-Dame (single)
33. Thorsten Nesch – Flying Down the Highway (single, Polterzeitgeist Records)
34. Jim Ghedi – Wasteland (single, Basin Rock)
35. Billy Allen + The Pollies – I’m Okay (single, Single Lock Records)
36. Ex-Vöid – Pinhead (single, Tapete Records)
37. Ally Kerr – Back Again (single, Much Obliged Records)
38. Lila Tristram – Martha May (single)
39. Humbird – Forgiveness (single, Nettwerk)
40. Darien Lane feat Jason Dea West – You Can’t Hold a Sound (single)
41. Simon Joyner – Port of Call (Coyote Butterfly, BB*Island)
42. Father John Misty – Summer’s Gone (Mahashmashana, Bella Union)

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 #306

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Getting a bit quiet on the release front. That’s only a good thing, because I need to do the eoty lists as well. Maybe two more new music weeklies and then I take a month long break from this. So last one for 2024 on the weekend of 7th-8th of December.

Some big album releases though. New Simon Joyner is the album of the week. It’s a heavy one, because it’s a tribute to his son who passed away in 2022. Other great album releases came from Father John Misty, Kim Deal, Will Johnson (EP), Racoma, Dogwood Tales (EP), Vista House, Ags Connolly (James Hand covers), Michael Kiwanuka, Eddie 9V and Golden Tiles (EP).

From the Finnish side of things, we have new albums from A.Takalo, Taikayö Camping, Muovikukat and Baabelin Nulikat plus singles from Lyyti, Tams, FER, Satu Lii, Cult of Stenman and Uusi Fantasia feat Antti Autio.

New The Delines song is the international single of the week. Some other early faves came from Drew Beskin, Sam Moss, King Husky, Brigid Mae Power and Ryli. Again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Back to the AOTY drafting and back next week with another of these episodes. Love love love.

1. Simon Joyner – A Broken Heart is Best Kept Out of Sight (Coyote Butterfly, BB*Island)
2. Father John Misty – Mental Health (Mahashmashana, Bella Union / Sub Pop Records)
3. Kim Deal – Wish I Was (Nobody Loves You More, 4AD)
4. Will Johnson – Frame It (Sleuthed / Full CUts EP, Keeled Scales)
5. Vilma Flood feat Christian Kjellvander – Horses of War (Glowing Like a Holy Ghost EP, Startracks)
6. Racoma – Shaping Up the Corner (In Vine)
7. Dogwood Tales – mt Jackson (sending EP)
8. Vista House – Amber Born Pheasant (They’ll See Light, Anything Bagel)
9. Ags Connolly – Corner of My Street (Your Pal Slim: Song of James Hand)
10. Jesse Daniel & Benjamin Tod – Turn the Devil Away (single, Lightning Rod Records / Thirty Tigers)
11. Michael Kiwanuka – Small Changes (Small Changes, Polydor)
12. Eddie 9V – Tides (Saratoga, Ruf Records)
13. The Delines – Left Hook Like Frazier (single, Decor Records)
14. Patterson Hood feat Lydia Loveless – A Werewolf and a Girl (single, ATO Records)
15. Drew Beskin – I Guess We’re On Our Own (single, Super Canoe)
16. Ryli – When I Fall (single, Dandy Boy Records)
17. Golden Tiles – Doesn’t Take Long to Find (The First EP, Antiquated Future)
18. King Husky – Running (single, Hype City Music)
19. Sam Moss – Dance (single)
20. Brigid Mae Power – Walk On Out of My Mind (single, BMP)
21. The Weather Station – Window (single, Fat Possum Records)
22. FER – Suburban Sunlight (single, JM Records)
23. Lyyti – Entiset ystävät (single, Johanna Kustannus)
24. Tams – Ei aikaa (single, Maisema)
25. Taikayö Camping – Sulle mitään vaikeaa (Taikayö Camping, Alakulttuuritalo)
26. Muovikukat – Katsoimme vaihtuvia valoja (Pimeydessä on piilossa kaikki värit)
27. Baabelin Nulikat – Nämä seinät on peilejä (Valo ei tee meille hyvää, Panama-levyt)
28. A.Takalo – Hyvä elämä (paranoid)
29. Satu Lii – Tää on taistelua (single, Young Diamond)
30. Uusi Fantasia feat Antti Autio – Niinkö se on (single, Is This Art!)
31. Cult of Stenman – Blow Up Doll (single)
32. Amos the Kid – World Burn (single, Grand Hotel van Cleef)
33. Justin Wells – Counting Days (single, August Music)
34. Ron Pope – In the Morning with the Coffee On (single, Brooklyn Basement Records)
35. Vincent Neil Emerson – Big Wheels (single, La Honda Records)
36. Melissa Erin – Good Ol’ Boy (single)
37. Kathleen Edwards feat Lauren Morrow – Hello in There (single, Dualtone)
38. Samantha Crain – Ridin’ Out the Storm (single, Real Kind Records)
39. Dead Gowns – In the Haze (single, Mtn Laurel Recording Co)
40. Eric McEntee – Autumn Leaves (single, Pacific Union Records)
41. The Bird Calls – I Haven’t Been This Happy In a Long Time (single, Ruination Record Co)
42. Ceylon Sailor – shoe in (single, Stunning Models on Display)
43. Spencer Kilpatrick & The Sand Gators – Scot Pollard (single)
44. Ryan Power – Gentle Reminder (single)
45. Andrew Gabbard – Everywhere I Go I Don’t Belong (Ramble & Rave On, Karma Chief Records)
46. Bad Sauna – Challenger (oon vahvempi) (Kerro miltä susta tuntuu, All That Plazz)

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 #305

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Weekend was again heavy with live music, so I didn’t have whole lot time or energy to listen new music. But here’s what I managed to gather.

There’s new albums from Fightmilk, Andrew Gabbard, Dorothea Paas, Yuma Abe, Winter McQuinn & Acacia Pip (EP), Casual Technicians, Red Sleeping Beauty, Assistant, Minky Starshine, Continental Lovers, Gold Star, Lily Seabird (acoustic EP), William Matheny (EP), Eilen Jewell and Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms.

New great Bad Sauna album leads the Finnish part of this. I also want to hightlight the awesome debut singles from Kirsikkapuu, Ullalintulampi and Pihalla. The other Finnish gems are singles from Samae Koskinen, Ne Lintuizet, Nina Kaitaranta, Jere Ijäs, J.Karjalainen and Ananas.

Some early faves from the international singles category came from Sunny War feat Steve Ignorant, Will Stewart, Ryan Necci & The Buffalo Gospel, Matt Paxton, The Laughing Chimes and Joni. 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. Fightmilk – Canines (No Souvenirs, Fika Recordings)
2. Andrew Gabbard – Just Like Magic (Ramble & Rave On!, Karma Chief Records)
3. Dorothea Paas – Maybe I’ll Fade (Think of Mist, Telephone Explosion Records)
4. Winter McQuinn & Acacia Pip – Crack the Plates (Recently I’ve Been Missing The Colour Green EP, Third Eye Stimuli)
5. Yuma Abe – Yukai na Tokosa (Hotel New Yuma, Thain Records / Space Shower)
6. Casual Technicians – Locally Hated (Deeply Unworthy, Repeating Cloud)
7. Minky Starshine – Kids on the Verge (Boozers Gloom and a Pinch of Anxiety)
8. Assistant – Derek Jarman (Certain Memories, Laurie Records)
9. Red Sleeping Beauty – This Heart’s Now Yours (Diary)
10. Gold Star – With You (How to Shoot the Moon, Like ltd)
11. Continental Lovers – Make Up Your Mind (Continental Lovers, Cadiz Music)
12. Lily Seabird – Twenty (Alas, acoustic versions EP, Lame-O Records)
13. William Matheny – Blood Moon Singer (The Poor Message Bringer EP)
14. Eilen Jewell – Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind) (Butcher Holler, Signature Sounds Recordings)
15. Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms – Same Little Heart (Gold In Your Pocket, Free Dirt Records)
16. Ryan Necci and The Buffalo Gospel – Time Don’t Heal a Thing (single)
17. Will Stewart – Penny (single, Earth Libraries)
18. Matt Paxton – Rusty Treasure (single, Down by the Point Records)
19. Mara Connor – American Drea (Hometown Heroes & Beauty Queens) (single, Side Hustle Records)
20. Sunny War feat Steve Ignorant – Walking Contradiction (single, New West Records)
21. Bad Sauna – Iso tunne siitä että ollaan pieniä (Kerro sille miltä susta tuntuu, All That Plazz)
22. Kirsikkapuu – Hedelmät homehtuu (single, Minna Records)
23. Pihalla – Syvään uneen (single, Pihalla Records)
24. Jere Ijäs – Vuonna ’85 (single, Texicalli Records)
25. Samae Koskinen – Laulu kaikille meille (single, KHY Suomen Musiikki)
26. Nina Kaitaranta – Aamu Tammelassa (single, Kaita Music)
27. Ne Lintuizet – Laatikkoon (single, Texicalli Records)
28. J. Karjalainen – Mary Ann (single, Warner Music Finland)
29. Ullalintulampi – Kömpelö kummitus (single, Panama-levyt)
30. Ananas – Tuuli (single, Tampere Music House)
31. Joni – Avalanches (single, Keeled Scales)
32. Sun June – 41 Dollars (single, Run for Cover Records)
33. The Laughing Chimes – High Beams (single, Slumberland)
34. Wilding – You Tried Your Best (single)
35. Icarus Phoenix – Old Sleep Singer (single)
36. Rah Rah Rabbit – What it Means (single, Blackbird Record Label)
37. Freya Josephine Hollick – Ribbons (single, Cheersquad Records & Tapes)
38. Lilly Hiatt – Thoughts (single, New West Records)
39. Charley Crockett – Hey Mr. Nashville (single, Son of Davy / Thirty Tigers)
40. Matt Moran & Will Payne Harrison – On the Road Again (single, Broken Tenor Records)
41. Luke Tyler Shelton – Where the West Begins (single, Concord Records)
42. Pug Johnson – El Cabron (single, Break Maiden Records / Thirty Tigers)
43. Nicholas Campbell – He Said She Said (single)
44. Leah Blevins – Hundred Different Sides (single)
45. Michaela Anne feat Josh Oliver – Just More Love (single, Georgia June Records)
46. Trinelise Væring – When We Were Young (single, Word for Word Records)
47. Jacksonport – Do the Things (single, Ay Caramba Records)
48. Rose City Band – Seeds of Light (single, Thrill Jockey Records)
49. The Woolen Men – Change Life (single, Dog’s Table)
50. The Hellacopters – Leave a Mark (single, Nuclear Blast)
51. Neal Francis – Back it Up (single, ATO Records)
52. Eddie Chacon – End of the World (single, Stones Throw Records)
53. Andrew Thoreen – A Mirror Dimly (single)
54. Leeann Skoda – Easy (single)
55. Ciao Malz – Two Feet Tall (single, Audio Antihero)
56. Hour – Saturday After Payday (single, Dear Life Records)
57. Thorsten Nesch – Tired (single, Polterzeitgeist Records)
58. Chris Eckman – Town Lights Fade (single, Glitterhouse Records)
59. Mikko Juvonen – Kolme tietäjää (Kuovi, Helmi Levyt)
60. Henna Emilia Hietamäki – Armo suuri rajaton (Luutarha, Soliti Music)

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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