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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #365

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The Easter new music weekly never happened, because I caught a stomach bug / norovirus on Sunday and it was difficult to type with my head in a bucket. Horrible stuff and it took out all of my energy for several days. But I’m good now, so here’s a new music weekly that tries to cover the last two weeks. Probably forgot to include some and intentionally left out some singles too, because well lately the one week list has been about 70 songs. So two weeks would be 140 and that’s a lot. I tried to make an even 100, but settled with 110. I know it’s longer than anyone will listen, but here it goes anyway.

John Andrews & The Yawns can be the album of the week(s). Other early big faves have been Cactus Lee, Nick Harley, Brown Horse and Juni Habel. Not that I’ve really spent much time with full albums, because the stomach bug wiped out everything for a while. There’s also new great albums from Carsie Blanton & The Burning Hell, Joe Pernice, Wendy Eisenberg, Prism Shores, Hiding Places, Charley Crockett, Leo Walrus, Craig Benedict Valentine Badynee (EP), Sam Grassie, Memory Spells x Jordan Whitlock, Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart & Whitney Johnson, Gudrid Hansdottir, Omar Velasco, joel cherry tree, Fantastic Cat, Sophia Yau-Weeks, Jessye DeSilva, Katy Pinke (EP), Greazy Alice, Luke Callen, Ted Lucas (I don’t usually include archived stuff here, but I love Ted Lucas), Kalyn Fay, Les Impremes, Steve Gunn (EP), Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears, My New Band Believe, Misha Panfilow & Tomo Katsurada, National Photo Committee, P.J.M.Bond and The Wave Pictures (EP).

Big two weeks on the Finnish side of things as well with lots of beautiful album releases. There’s new great albums from Salaliitto (not on Spotify), Krypta, Hot Heros (jazz is not my speciality, but nothing but love for this. Amazing album), Risto, Susanna Leppänen, Kuusumun Profeetta, Juha Mäki-Patola, Suistamon Sähkö and Vilma Talvitie. Finnish singles are pure gold too. joku iiris probably my own fave, but there’s several that I love. We have new singles from Amuri, Joni Ekman, Annika Pudas feat Topi Saha, Julia Rautamaa, Jani Matti Juhani, Hyvät Hevoset, Markus Asunta, Aleksi Oksanen, Neiti Aika, Saimaa, Kanerva, Saaramaija Żórawski, Pratt & Moody, Ghosts on TV and Joy Duran (lives in Finland, but from Arkansas. I don’t really know much about but love the song. Thanks to Rakas Eden for the insta story hint).

A plenty to love on the international single part too. Alex Amen and Charlie Marie can share the single of the week(s) honors. Other early faves came from 54 Ultra, Thomas Dollbaum, Bland Halen, Avry Truex, Krista Shows, Kiki Cavazos, Gina Leslie, William Matheny, Haylie Davis, I’m Kingfisher, The Lemon Twigs.. 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 weekly updates unless life throws more curve balls my way. Love.

1. John Andrews & The Yawns – Through & Through (STREETSWEEPER, Earth Libraries)
2. Cactus Lee – Baltimore (Lee’s Dream, Western Vinyl)
3. Nick Harley – Red Haired Boy (Painted Blue, Primordial Void)
4. Juni Habel – Tessa (Evergreen in Your Mind, Koke Plate)
5. Wendy Eisenberg – Another Lifetime Floats Away (Wendy Eisenberg, Joyful Noise Recordings)
6. Joe Pernice – Is it Serious (Sunny, I Was Wrong, New West Records)
7. Carsie Blanton & The Burning Hell – The War to End All Wars (Everything is Great, Carsie Blanton x Mathias Kom)
8. Charley Crockett – Lonesome Dove (Age of the Ram, Island Records)
9. Brown Horse – Comeback Loading (Total Dive, Loose Music)
10. Hiding Places – Heat Lightning (The Secret to Good Living, Keeled Scales)
11. Prism Shores – Lying in Wait (Softest Attack, Meritorio Records)
12. Craig Benedict Valentine Badynee – Everybody’s Talkin For Me (Don’t Leave Your House to An Amateur EP, Team Love)
13. Leo Walrus – Moontime (Moontime, Wahoo Blast)
14. Memory Spells x Jordan Whitlock – You Tell Me (This is What it Feels Like)
15. Gudrid Hansdottir – Loðbressan (Sýrublað, TUTL)
16. Sam Grassie – False True Love (Where Two Hawks Fly, Broadside Hacks Recordings)
17. Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart & Whitney Johnson – Paper folding / disappearing (BODY SOUND, International Anthem)
18. Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears – Setting In (Inner Principles, Ears Over America)
19. Misha Panfilov & Tomo Katsurada – Boundless (Eternal Almost, Future Days Radio / Funk Night Records)
20. My New Band Believe – Target Practice (My New Band Believe, Rough Trade Records)
21. Steve Gunn – Shape of a Wave (Shape of a Wave EP, No Quarter Records)
22. Les Impremes – Close My Eyes (Fading Forward, Big Crown Records)
23. Omar Velasco – Over the Hill (Over the HIll, Inner Cult Records)
24. Luke Callen – Mississippi River (Fool’s Spring, Milkweed Records)
25. Ted Lucas – It’s Love (Rainy Days (1970-1974), Third Man Records)
26. Greazy Alice – Green (As Time Goes By, Loose Music)
27. P.J.M. Bond – Bye Bye Old Ways (Ring in the New) (Coyote (King of the Island), P.J.Bond / Excelsior Recordings)
28. Fantastic Cat – Mona Be Still (Cat Out of Hell, Missing Piece Records)
29. Kalyn Fay – Seven (Garden, Horton Records)
30. Katy Pinke – Yeehaw (Wonder EP, Glamour Gowns)
31. Sophia Yau-Weeks – Lone Wolf (Misty Mountain)
32. Jessye DeSilva – Jar of Fireflies (Glitter Up the Dark)
33. The Wave Pictures – Glass (You’re My Patient Now EP, Acuarela Producciones)
34. joel cherry tree – smoke in my heart (jesus, joel cherry tree / Community Music)
35. National Photo Committee – It’s Hard (Red Hot Photo Committee, Ever/Never Records)
36. Bland Halen – Problems (single, Mumblecore Records)
37. Thomas Dollbaum – Coyote (single, Dear Life Records)
38. Alex Amen – Diamonds (single, ATO Records)
39. 54 Ultra – Turnaround (single, Interscope Records)
40. Charlie Marie – Heart (single)
41. Krista Shows – Pallet (single)
42. Kiki Cavazos – Pedestal (single, Jalopy Records)
43. Avry Truex – Restless Wanderer (single)
44. Joshua Ray Walker – Chasing Sunsets (single, East Dallas Records / Thirty Tigers)
45. William Matheny – Mercy Journeys (single, Diamond Teeth Records / Soundly)
46. Caleb Caudle – Slow Growth (single, Handplow Records / Soundly)
47. Gina Leslie – The World is Changing (single)
48. Haylie Davis – Horns of Time (single, Fire Records)
49. I’m Kingfisher – Your Dad’s Bad Days (single, Fading Trails Recordings)
50. Greg Mendez – Gentle Love (single, Dead Oceans)
51. The Lemon Twigs – 2 or 3 (single, Captured Tracks)
52. Asher Kartman – Pretty Please (single, UTC Records)
53. Tracey Nelson – Hercules (single, perennial)
54. Slippers – Fool in Your Room (single, perennial)
55. Tony Molina – Dear Nellie Goodrich (single, Olde Fade / Slumberland / Speakeasy Studios SF)
56. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – Houses (single, Fire Records)^
57. Salaliitto – Lautta (Tähtienvälinen, Salalevyt)
58. Krypta – Minkä taakseen jättää (Unen Oma, Svart Records)
59. joku iiris – Elämältä kaiken sain (single, Humu Records)
60. Risto – Ehjä ja onnellinen (Onneksi kaikki oli vain unta, Lördag)
61. Amuri – Älä vie minulta unta (single, Helmi Levyt)
62. Joni Ekman – Vuoden päivät (single, Suloset Elukat)
63. Jani Matti Juhani feat Tuomas Räisänen & Henrika de Kermadec – Auta yö tää kestämään (single, Punaiset Levyt)
64. Annika Pudas feat Topi Saha – Sweetheart (single, Fountain Records)
65. Saaramaija Żórawski – Sait sydämen (single, Kuohu Records)
66. Julia Rautamaa – Maailmanloppu (single, Lördag)
67. Susanna Leppänen – Oikee johtaja (Leppävaara, Humu Records)
68. Kuusumun Profeetta – Muutama neuvo (Atelofobialainen maalaus, Ektro Records)
69. Hot Heros – Laulu (Tähtisilmä, Puro Recordings)
70. Juha Mäki-Patola – Moment 1 (Momentary Movements of Landscapes, 130701 / FatCat Records)
71. Suistamon Sähkö – Harso (Lunta tupaan, Playground)
72. Vilma Talvitie feat Devina Boughton & Davide Stefani – Vääränlainen (Olio / Alien, Eclipse)
73. Hyvät Hevoset – Mikael (single, Jämädiili Records)
74. Markus Asunta – Jokin laukussansa (Toukokuu) (single, Humble House Records)
75. Kanerva – Hotel Medusa (single, Texicalli)
76. Saimaa – Yks ja yks (single, Lördag)
77. Neiti Aika – Rakkaus oli syndrooma (single, Records for Masses / Supersounds)
78. Aleksi Oksanen – Look to the Left, Look to the Right (single,
79. Ghosts on TV – Amber & Gold (single, Soliti)
80. Pratt & Moody – Hard Way to Live (single, Timmion Records)
81. Joy Duran – Ode to Insomniac (single, Savu Records)
82. Camille Camille – J’ai reve (single, Labelman)
83. Meredith Edgar – I Hope You Haunt Me (single, Graveyard Dog Records)
84. Maisy Owen – Dark on a Sunny Day (single, Tompkins Square)
85. Jobi Riccio – Love of the Song (single, Yep Roc)
86. Vincent Neil Emerson – Dark Horse (single, La Honda Records)
87. Ramsey Thornton – Dripping Coffee (single, Gar Hole Records)
88. Hayes Carll & Corb Lund – Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old) (single, New West Records)
89. Rachel Brooke – The Real Pretender (single, MAL)
90. Benjamin Tod – End of My Rope (Alone) (single, Benjamin Tod / Thirty Tigers)
91. India Ramey – We Ride at Dawn (single, Copaco Records)
92. Willow Avalon feat Jason Isbell – Cardinal Sin (single, Assemble Sound / Atlantic)
93. Ismay – American Flag (single, Fossil Records9
94. Kyle Morgan – Paper Towel Ballad (single, Starcrossed Losers Records)
95. Nathan K. – Hardly (single)
96. Hrishikesh Hirway – Things Change, Even Now (single, Keeled Scales)
97. Deer Tick – Everything Born (single, ATO Records)
98. Bonnie Whitmore – The People vs Oligarchy (single)
99. Smug Brothers – Meet a Changing World (single, Anyway)
100. Astrologer – Drug of Choice (single, Lolipop Records)
101. Super Cassette feat Pacing – Heaven Isn’t Real (But Hell Is) (single, Showbiz Pizza)
102. Kelley Stoltz – Not Gone (single, Dandy Boy Records)
103. The Junipers – In a Maze (single, Cuckoo Records)
104. Hubbell Benson – Born to Lose (single, Missing Persons)
105. Reb Fountain – 100 Days (single, Fountain Records)
106. Spencer Kilpatrick & The Sand Gators – Isn’t That What You Wanted (single)
107. Frog – Dark Out (single, Tape wormies / Audio Antihero)
108. Kyle Cox – Sci-Fi Movies (single)
109. Caleb Elliott feat Andy Baxter – Dead Ringer (single, Single Lock Records)
110. Skinny Dyck – GWYH (single, Victory Pool)

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Tidal Playlist

Apple Music 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 #364

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Last week I told that I might skip this week. However, there was so much new music that was dear to me that I pulled myself together and made this in the end. Put yeah, it was done as quickly as possible and is almost entirely filled with artists that I already knew. I didn’t have the time to go through submissions.

St. Yuma is the album of the week, because I love them and that’s the only one I’ve really listened properly so far. Sluice, Uni Boys and Charlotte Cornfield form the next big three for me this week and can’t wait to fully dive into those albums. Other great albums this week came from Karen Dahlstrom, Dream Sitch, Spencer Cullum, Lisa Will Insult You, Darling, True Green, Butler, Blake & Grant, Helicopter Leaves, Green Seagull, The Corner Laughers, The New Pornographers, frank Hurricane, CJ Stranger (EP) and Drayton Farley.

Some big Finnish releases too. New single from all time fave Hulda Huima is always a big deal and that new Lala Salama tune is also superb. Plastic Tones album is a great power pop blast. Then there’s also albums from Finding Jens Hortling and Sumuposauttaja plus singles gold from Hyvät Hevoset feat Anis Kiitu, Sin Cos Tan, Väinö Karjalainen, Nevala, Aaron Barone & Emmy June, (Sulut) and Kuusumun Profeetta.

New Evan Blix song can be the international single of the week. 70s kinda gold. Absolutely loved it. New John R. Miller is another big early favorite. Then there’s also new greatness from Styrofoam Winos, Corey Parsons, Beefheart & McQuinn, Alela Diane, Bedouine, Nick Harley, Hiss Golden Messenger, Roger Ramsey, Dakota Theim… again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Next weekend is Easter and plans are still a bit uncertain. If I will do this or not. And if I do it, what date would that be. We’ll see how things go. Love.

1. St. Yuma – Trout Man (Trout Man, Quietly Records)
2. Sluice – Vegas (Companion, Mtn. Laurel Recording Co)
3. Uni Boys – You’re So (Phisticated) (Uni Boys, Curation Records)
4. Charlotte Cornfield – Number (Hurts Like Hell, Merge Records)
5. Karen Dahlstrom – Can’t Help Myself (Love These Days, Idalyn Records)
6. Spencer Cullum feat Allison De Groot – Gavon’s Eve (Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection 3, Full Time Hobby)
7. Dream Sitch – Station (3, Airloom)
8. Lisa Will Insult You, Darling – Altered States (Galactics)
9. True Green – Italian Lightning (Hail Disaster, Spacecase Records)
10. Butler, Blake & Grant – Planets (Murmurs, 355 Recordings)
11. Helicopter Leaves – Feeling Nothing is Worse (Sabrina Nickels, Noyes Records)
12. The Corner Laughers – Victoria Sponge (Concers of Wasp and Willow, Big Stir Records)
13. The New Pornographers – Ballad of the Last Payphone (The Former Site Of, Merge Records)
14. Green Seagull – Walking (Smoke and Mirrors, Spinout)
15. frank Hurricane – Holy Michael (Loves the Birds) (Southern Shrymp (In the Big City), Nudie Records)
16. CJ Stranger – Weigh of Darkness (Folk Songs for End Times EP)
17. Drayton Farley – Feel Like Getting High (A Heavy Duty Heart)
18. John R. Miller – If You Could Only See Me Now (single, Rounder Records)
19. Ward Hayden & Greg Hall / Ward Hayden & The Outliers – Forever Homesick (single, Faster Horses Recordings)
20. Roger Ramsey – Warplanes (single)
21. Brennan Edwards – Fool Hearted or Fate (single, Cloverdale Records)
22. Benjamin Tod – End of My Rope (single, Benjamin Tod / Thirty Tigers)
23. The Deslondes – Moving (single, New West Records)
24. Corey Parsons – Good Thing (single, Cloverdale Records)
25. Beefheart & McQuinn – Yesterdays and Younger Days (single, Rainflower)
26. Styrofoam Winos – Pearls (single, Dear Life Records)
27. Evan Blix – Nothing New (single)
28. Hiss Golden Messenger – Shaky Eyes (single, Chrysalis Records)
29. Alela Diane – In My Own Time (single, Loose Music / Fluff & Gravy Records)
30. Bedouine – Long Way to Fall (single, Bedouine Music / Thirty Tigers)
31. Hulda Huima – Pieni lintu (single, Minna Records / All That Plazz)
32. Hyvät Hevoset feat Anis Kiitu – Nuotta (single, Jämädiili Records)
33. Kuusumun Profeetta – Hehkulamppu (single, Ektro Records)
34. (Sulut) – Satiinitie (single, (Sulut) Records)
35. Lala Salama – Muistot haalistuu (single, All That Plazz)
36. Plastic Tones – Dynamo (Can You Keep a Secret?)
37. Finding Jens Hortling – Tell Me What’s On Your Mind (Finding Jens Hortling, Humu Records)
38. Sumuposauttaja – Time to Remember (Work and Play, Puro Recordings)
39. Väinö Karjalainen – Partial Reflection of Light (In Water) (single, Värkendahl / All that Plazz)
40. Sin Cos Tan – Wall of Stone (single, All That Plazz)
41. Nevala – America (single)
42. Aaron Barone & Emmy June – Your Love Ain’t (single)
43. Kevin Carducci – The Money (single, Fossil Records)
44. Nick Dittmeier & The Sawdusters – Apparition (single, SofaBurn Records)
45. Leeroy Stagger feat Podsongs – Carry Me (single, The Independent Record Company)
46. Eilen Jewell – Deportee (single, Signature Sounds Recordings)
47. Amy Lashley – Miss Josephine (single, Wanamaker Recording Company)
48. Nick Harley – Painted Blue (single, Primordial Void)
49. Johanna Samuels – White Limousine (single, Odd Man Out Recordings)
50. Dakota Theim – Patiently Waiting (single)
51. Yea-Ming and the Rumours – Paper Doll (single, Dandy Boy Records)
52. Sumos – Luck (single, Meritorio Records)
53. Rural France – Thirty Seven Forever (single, Meritorio Records)
54. Joe Pernice feat Norman Blake – I’d Rather Look Away (single, New West Records)
55. Brennan Wedl feat Waxahatchee – Six O’Clock News (single, Anti)
56. Nick Flessa – Ira Louvin’s Inner Child (single, Anxiety Blanket Records)
57. Trippers & Askers – No Coming, No Going (single)
58. The Huntress and the Holder of Hands – Promethean (single)
59. Gudrid Hansdottir – Grus (single, TUTL)
60. Squirrel Flower feat Babehoven & Billie Marten – Wheels (single, Polyvinyl Record Co)
61. Emma Swift – I Didn’t Mean to Get Weird On You, Babe (single, Tiny Ghost Records)
62. Opal Eskar – Ode to Tubby (single)
63. Angelo De Augustine – Empty Shell (single, Asthmatic Kitty Records)
64. Pearla – Loved By Me (single)
65. Juni Habel – Pearl Cloud Song (single, Koke Plate)
66. M G Boulter – Pilgrim Bones (single, Hudson Records)
67. The Hanging Stars – The Glasshouse (single, Loose Music)
68. Dominique and the Diamonds – Honky Tonk Queen (single, Desert Rose Music)
69. Gladie – Unfolding (No Need to Be Lonely, Get Better Records)
70. Micah Schnabel & Vanessa Jean Speckman – 2p4p (The Great Degradation)
71. Luka Kuplowsky – Spring! (The Grass Grows, Antonych Grows, Next Door Records)
72. Rakas Eden – Tehty sua varten (Joku täällä pitää minut kasassa)

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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 #363

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Another week, another new music weekly. There might be a break after this one though. Next 9 out of 10 days will be day job days and most of them overtime too. Sunday will be the only day off and right now I have no idea whether I have it in me to make this on that one off day. It’s not totally out of the question, but I’m not going to push it if it feels like I need the rest more. But I’ll let you know on the social media channels if there won’t be one next weekend.

Gladie, Luka Kuplowsky and Micah Schnabel & Vanessa Jean Speckman can split the album of the week honors, because they are all great in different ways. The Schnabel / Speckman one has been on Bandcamp for a while, but only just noticed that it was streaming too. Sorry if it was there before and I missed it. But Bandcamp is better anyway. Other album gems this week came from Leah Blevins, The Montvales, Michael Nau(EP), Jack Studer, Spencer Thomas, Danny George Wilson, Joshua Burnside, Morgan Nagler (missed last week), Nick Droz, Les Blackwell, Sean Thomas Gerard, Ryan Pollie (EP), Otoliths, Special Friend, Son Little, SH CRANE, Masahiro Takahashi and Discovery Zone & John Moods (this was previously bandcamp/physical only I think)

The Finnish part has great new albums from Pelkkä Poutanen, Antti Autio, Joose Keskitalo and Saaga. Plus singles from The Lovematches, Matti Jasu, Eidetic Dreams, Pykäri, Telephone Romeo, Vilma Talvitie, Janeveera and Eerika ja Sakari. There’s one 2025 release too and that’s an album from Rakas Eden. So it’s not exactly brand new, but music is relevant whenever it hits the listener’s heart and this one did just that to me this week. I spent hours listening to it and absolutely loved it. Therefore I wanted to include it here as well.

(Actually it’s kind of sad that these days it often feels like album/song is relevant for like two weeks around the release date and then the cycle is over and people move on to other things.. and yeah, I’m probably contributing to that short life cycle sillyness by making a really long weekly playlist that changes every damn week)

New Ian Noe is the international single of the week. That Carsie Blanton & The Burning Hell collaboration made me both laugh and cry. Some other early faves came from Vincent Neil Emerson, Meredith Edgar, Slippers, Charlie Hill, John Andrews & The Yawns, Beche, Cactus Lee, Frog… again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Another one of these coming someday. Whenever that is remains to be seen. Love.

1. Gladie – I Want That For You (No Need To Be Lonely, Get Better Records)
2. Luka Kuplowsky – The Home Beyond Star (The Grass Grows, Antonych Grows)
3. Michael Nau – But Never Tips (Chopping Block Collage EP, relearn to boogie)
4. Micah Schnabel & Vanessa Jean Speckman – Omaha (Villain) (The Great Degradation)
5. Les Blackwell – Tresspassing Heaven (Dollar Down Records Sessions)
6. Jack Studer – If I Only Could (Falling Forward, Gar Hole Records)
7. Leah Blevins – Tequila Mockingbird (All Dressed Up, Easy Eye Sound)
8. The Montvales – The Wicked (Path of Totality, Free Dirt Records)
9. Danny George Wilson – Grain of Sand (Arcade, Loose Music)
10. Joshua Burnside – It’s Not Going to Be Okay (It’s Not Going to be Okay, Nettwerk)
11. Morgan Nagler – Hurt (I’ve Got Nothing to Lose and I’m Losing It, Little Operation Records)
12. Nick Droz – Middling Age (Middling Age)
13. Spencer Thomas – Cynical Vision (Cynical Vision, Strolling Bones Records)
14. Sean Thomas Gerard – Worlds Collide (Stay in Your Light, Fort Lowell Records)
15. SH CRANE – Flowers (Crosswinds, Widerange)
16. Son Little – Whip the Wind (Cityfolk, Anti)
17. Discovery Zone & John Moods – Everytime You Leave (Dreaming For Miles, Mansions and Millions)
18. Ryan Pollie – Hudson Plains (Manitoba EP, New Jersey Wildlife)
19. Masahiro Takahashi feat Joseph Shabason – I’m Your Mirror (In Another, Telephone Explosion Records)
20. Special Friend – Theoretical (Clipping, Howlin’ Banana)
21. Otoliths – Maeve’s Melody (Lithos,
22. Slippers – Wants for Everyone (single, perennial)
23. Meredith Edgar – Lie to Yourself (single, Graveyard Dog Records)
24. Carsie Blanton & The Burning Hell – Everything is Great (single)
25. Charlie Hill – Something Stinks (single, CL Productions)
26. Ian Noe – Jukebox Blue (For Blaze Foley) (single, Lock13 Records / Thirty Tigers)
27. Vincent Neil Emerson – Livin’ in the Past (single, La Honda Records)
28. The Lovematches – Playing with Matches (single, Emsalö Music)
29. Joose Keskitalo – Rise John Rise (Cursed Be Those Mariners, They Lead a Wicked Life, Helmi Levyt)
30. Telephone Romeo – Ways of the World (single, Soliti)
31. Matti Jasu – Doing Donuts (single)
32. Us – Man Ray (single, Lördag)
33. Eidetic Dreams – Eidetic Dreams (single, All That Plazz)
34. Pykäri – Slide (single, Expo)
35. Pelkkä Poutanen – Kaikki mitä rakastan on kaikkialla (Jossain on kai sateenkaari vaikkei sitä tähän näy, Eclipse Music)
36. Vilma Talvitie – Raja (single, Eclipse Music)
37. Antti Autio – Kompassi (Tie on maalattu maahan, Soit Se Silti)
38. Rakas Eden – Sarjakuvia (Joku täällä pitää minut kasassa, 2025)
39. Saaga – Syli (Sydänkohtauksia)
40. Janeveera – Mä haluan sut (single, Eclipse Music)
41. Eerika ja Sakari – Sinä tuot kevään (single)
42. Radhika feat Mitch Mitchell – Feline Bandits (single, Glass Modern)
43. Dream Sitch – Shake Til I Budge (single, Airloom)
44. Hrishikesh Hirway feat Uwade and Fenne Lily – Rollercoaster (single, Keeled Scales)
45. Frog – Je Ne Sais Pas (single, Tapewormies / Audio Antihero)
46. John Andrews & The Yawns – What’s Good (single, Earth Libraries)
47. Beche – Spiralling (single, Beche Forever)
48. Bland Halen – Troubles Running Down (single, Mumblecore Records)
49. TV Star – Reality Cheque (single, Father/Daughter Records)
50. Prism Shores – Magical Thinking (single, Meritorio Records)
51. Barney Cortez – Stupid Man (single, Citizen)
52. Deadbeat Beat – Peach Sprite (single, We Are Time)
53. SOFTJAW – Playing Bogart (single, Dandy Boy Records)
54. The Greenberry Woods – Whenever You Want Me Too (single, Big Stir Records)
55. Lily Seabird – Demon in Me (single, Lame-O Records)
56. Cactus Lee – Bad Luck (single, Western Vinyl)
57. White Fence – Unread Books (single, Drag City)
58. Slow Leaves – Not Your Fault (single, Birtday Cake Records)
59. Leeann Skoda & Ryan O’Reilly – Things We Just Don’t Talk About (single, Crownstone Records)
60. Bonnie Montgomery & Melissa Carper – Rather Have Love (single, Mae Music)
61. Ben Jarrell – Where the Muddy River Flows (single, IFITAINTBROKE)
62. Frank Hurricane feat Superflower – Taylor and Rhonda (single, Nudie Records)
63. Otis Gibbs – Cry For Love (single)
64. Brown Horse – Wreck (single, Loose Music)
65. Beth Bombara – Walking in the Dark (single, All the Right Pills)
66. Luke Callen – Shirley (single, Milkweed Records)
67. Kyle Morgan – Where to Start (single, Starcrossed Losers Records)
68. Abigail Lapell – Shadow Child (single, Outside Music)
69. Reb Fountain – Sand Dunes (single, Fountain Music)
70. Kielo Kärkkäinen – Nojaamme tyhjään (Kuin tarttuisi kädestä, Texicalli Records)

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Tidal Playlist

Apple Music 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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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #362

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Another week, another new music weekly. I try to keep up, but my day job will be a total nightmare for the coming weeks. So we’ll see how big of a hit this hobby project will take. Next weekend I’ll try to do this, but live shows will push it to late Sunday evening. The weekend after that this might be too much due to the day job.

The Outfit and Cut Worms can share the album of the week. Love them both. The Outfit is Daniel Romano’s Outfit, but I bought the vinyl yesterday and it only says The Outfit there. So I guess they go with just that now. Other great album releases came from Spencer Hoffman, Resavoir, Jason P. Woodbury, Cat Clyde, Garrett T. Capps, Tenderness, Joey Frendo, TOMI, Ora Cogan, Rocko Wheeler, Lily Talmers (b-sides EP) and Crow vs Lion (home recorded vestiges). The new Johnny Blue Skies also came out, but that’s a non-streaming one. But a grap a copy from your local record store. That’s better than streaming anyway.

A big Finnish release week. My favorite is the Kielo Kärkkäinen album. What a wonderful release. Then on the rootsy side of things we have a great debut from Tuomas Räisänen. Maustetytöt don’t really need a tiny music blog praising them, but it’s still worth a mention that their album is awesome too. Other Finnish gems this week are album from Muuan mies and singles from Frankie Babyface, Krypta, Tytti Metsä & Hyypiöt, Plastic Tones and Marty’s Random (formerly known as Marty the Random Guy). There’s also a new ITE EEROLA double-CD available in record stores or directly from the artist or record label Panama-levyt.

New Sequoia song can be the international single of the week. A lot of phenomenal singles this week though and I love the new ones from Kiki Cavazos, Thomas Dollbaum and The Lemon Twigs just as much. Other early faves came from The Mellons, Andrew Sa, Touch Girl Apple Blossom and Miguel Mendez feat Pearl Charles.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Most likely back next week with another of these, if the every day life doesn’t suck out all time and energy that I have. Love.

1. The Outfit – Preservers of the Pearl (Preservers of the Pearl, You’ve Changed Records)
2. Cut Worms – Barfly (Transmitter, Jagjaguwar)
3. Spencer Hoffman – Fiddler’s Green (Cherry Picker, Anxiety Blanket Records)
4. Jason P. Woodbury – Calling From Somewhere (Jason P.Woodbury and the Night Bird Singing Quartet, Always Happening Records)
5. Resavoir – Lilacs (Themes for Dreams, L’UNIVERS)
6. Tenderness – Saturday Morning (True, Amorphous Sounds)
7. Lily Talmers – I Felt You So Gently (It Is Cynical, Missing You B-sides EP, El Tee Records)
8. Ora Cogan – Too Late (Hard Hearted Woman, Sacred Bones Records)
9. Cat Clyde – Hold My Hand (Mud Blood Bone, Concord Records)
10. Garrett T. Capps – Remember the Alamodome (I Still Love San Antone)
11. Rocko Wheeler – Bounce Back With a Smile (West Coast Gold)
12. Joey Frendo – Old Dogs (Harder than Dreaming, Back Burner Records)
13. TOMI – Balloon (Let You Go) (Break it Til You Fix It)
14. Crow vs Lion – Old Red House (Waking Inward Lambert Light, Vol2. Live Home Recorded Vestiges)
15. Sequoia – So Long (single, Vocal Rest Records)
16. Kiki Cavazos – Grey Ghost Train (single, Jalopy Records)
17. Thomas Dollbaum – Dozen Roses (single, Dear Life Records)
18. Andrew Sa feat H.C. McEntire – Lavender Cowboy (single, Bloodshot Records)
19. Miguel Mendez feat Pearl Charles – A Great Mystery (single, Deathbomb Arc)
20. The Lemon Twigs – I Just Can’t Get Over Losing You (single, Captured Tracks)
21. Touch Girl Apple Blossom – Vacation (single, perennial)
22. The Mellons – Black & White (single, Earth Libraries)
23. Frankie Babyface – Se on Hän (single)
24. Maustetytöt – Itken jos mua huvittaa (Itken jos mua huvittaa, Lördag)
25. Kielo Kärkkäinen – Ei ole niin hiljasta yötä (Kuin tarttuisi kädestä, Texicalli Records)
26. Tytti Metsä ja Hyypiöt – Vanha suola (single, MuFarang International)
27. Muuan mies – Elämänkoulu (Hernelehto, Helmi Levyt)
28. Tuomas Räisänen – Ghosts of Love (Ghosts of Love, Punaiset Levyt)
29. Marty’s Random – One Man’s Trash (single)
30. Krypta – Oi, Pandora! (single, Svart Records)
31. Plastic Tones – You Can Do Whatever You Wanna Do (single)
32. SOFTJAW – Working Too Hard (single, Dandy Boy Records)
33. The Junipers – When She Turns (single, Cuckoo Records)
34. Icarus Phoenix feat Chasing Mice – Boiled Peanuts (single)
35. Jessica Lea Mayfield & Dolour – Pink Triangle (single, Inverness Recordings)
36. Theo Lawrence – Lonely Too Long (single, Bee & El Records)
37. Kevin Morby – Die Young (single, Dead Oceans)
38. Matthew Logan Vasquez – Haunted (single)
39. Allison Russell – Rainbows (single, Fantasy Records)
40. Michaela Anne – These Are the Days (single, Georgia June Records)
41. Karen Dalstrom – Love These Days (single, Idalyn Records)
42. Emily Nenni – Not a Winner (single, New West Records)
43. Rachel Brooke – The Ballad of Bald Hill (single, MAL)
44. Jason Dea West & Nora Jean – Poor Girl’s Story (single, Anti-Corp)
45. Ben Jarrell – The Gambler (single, IFITAINTBROKE)
46. Wild Earp – Blessed in Death (single, Western Myth Records)
47. Charley Crockett – Fastest Gun Alive (single, Lone Star Rider / Island Records)
48. The Turkey Buzzards – Dog in the Sun (single)
49. Leeroy Stagger – Fiddler’s Daughter (single, Cordova Bay Records)
50. Anders Jörnesten – Midsummer Blues (single)
51. EP’s Trailer Park feat Kristofer Åström – Albuquerque (single, Ella Ruth Institutet)
52. Ramsey Thornton – Rocking (single, Gar Hole Records)
53. Tucker Zimmerman – Sun in Scorpio (single, Big Potato)
54. Dream Sitch – Deep Seat (single, Airloom)
55. Sam Blasucci – Evening Storm (single, Calico Discos / Doublepay Records)
56. Kelley Stoltz – Competitive Bastard (single, Dandy Boy Records)
57. Spencer Kilpatrick & The Sand Gators – Self Sabotage (single)
58. Deer Tick – Mary Singletary (single, ATO Records)
59. Crazier – Bye Bye (single, Bad Raps)
60. Kalyn Fay – Honeysuckle (single, Horton Records)
61. CJ Stranger – Love Will Find a Way (single)
62. Memory Spells & Jordan Whitlock – Do You Think of It Sometimes? (single)
63. Natalie Jane Hill – Lady Pond (Hopeful Woman, Dear Life Records)
64. Where’s Beth – Overtime Waltz (Ache is a Cricket in the Night)
65. The Delines – The Reckless Life (Set Up, El Cortez Records / Decor Records)

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Tidal Playlist

Apple Music 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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