Another quick summer edition of the new music weekly.
Coltt Winter Lepley made my album of the week. Well I guess it’s an EP actually. Anyway, there’s a whole lot of great songwriting in there and it’s a wonderful release. A name to keep an eye on. Could be huge one day. Other album gems this week came from Graves, Tami Neilson, Bonnie Dobson & The Hanging Stars, Sister., Allo Darlin’, Alfie Firmin, Girlatones / Forever Son (split), The Wind-Ups, The Innocence Mission (EP), Mal Blum, Martha (rarities comp), Murry Hammond, Van Darien, Bob Lefevre & The Already Gone, Mike Polizze, Gary Hector (this is from June, but I missed it at the time), Tanner Usrey, Andy Boay and Leroi Conroy.
Finnish part is a bit shorter this time around, but the quality is high. There’s a new album from Ptak and singles from Spotless Souls, Echo Tapes, Figaro and Eero Savela.
International song of the week is the new single from Alice George Perez. That’s a week old, but I found it after last week’s episode. Instantly loved it and have been listening to it all week long. Extremely highly recommended. Some other early faves came from The Fishermen Three, Katie Spencer, Abe Partridge, Dylan Earl, T. Hardy Morris, Hello Emerson, Pete Posie, Otis Gibbs, MJ Lenderman (Jason Molina cover), Michael Hurley… again just to name a few.
That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. Next weekend is the Odysseus Festival at Korjaamo, Helsinki and long time OCTA favorite Michael James Tapscott will be playing there. I will be there at least on Friday, so I’ll see you there if you are coming. At the moment I only have a ticket for Friday, but it’s possible that I grab a hotel and stick around for Saturday too. I haven’t really decided yet. In that case I might not have the time or energy to do this next weekend. So I might skip next weekend. If so, I’ll again cover two weeks with the next episode. Love.
1. Coltt Winter Lepley – A Tear Addressed to You (Coltt Winter Lepley EP, Keystone Artist Connect)
2. Graves – RV Love (Gary Owens Jr: Super Hits Volume 3, Perpetual Doom)
3. Tami Neilson feat The Secret Sisters – Keep On (Neon Cowgirl, Outside Music)
4. Bonnie Dobson and The Hanging Stars – You Don’t Know (Dreams, Loose Music)
5. The Innocence Mission – St. Paul (The Raindrop Cars EP, Therese Records)
6. Sister. – Two Moons (Two Birds, Mtn Laurel Recording Co)
7. Allo Darlin’ – Stars (Bright Nights, Fika Recordings)
8. Alfie Firmin – Retrospective (Alfie Firmin, An Onionheads Production)
9. Girlatones – Don’t Want to Keep You (By the Book, BDK Records)
10. Forever Son – World at My Window (By the Book, BDK Records)
11. Mal Blum – Must Get Lonely (The Villain, Get Better Records)
12. Martha – 1967, I Miss You, I’m Lonely (Standing Where it All Began (Singles and B-Sides 2012-2025, Specialist Subject Records)
13. The Wind-Ups – (That’s Just My) Dream Girl (Confection, Dandy Boy Records)
14. Murry Hammond – Praise the Road (Trail Songs of the Deep, Fluff & Gravy Records)
15. Van Darien – woods (bummertown, Janktown Operation)
16. Bob Lefevre & The Already Gone – Only Lonely (In Tongues, BLATAG)
17. Tanner Usrey – Better Weather (These Days, Atlantic)
18. Gary Hector – Can You Love Again ??? (Memphis Medicine, Maraval Records)
19. Mike Polizze – It Goes Without Saying (Around Sound, Paradise of Bachelors)
20. Andy Boay – You’re in the Air Now (You Took That Walk For the Two of Us)
21. Leroi Conroy – Abiding (A Tiger’s Tale, Colemine Records)
22. Alice George Perez – The Crow (single, Mokuhi Sonorities)
23. The Fishermen Three – Electricity (single, Royal Oakie Records)
24. Echo Tapes feat Ty Roxy – 12,000 Days (single)
25. Spotless Souls – In the Heat (single, Soliti)
26. Ptak – Astronaut (Fall to Pieces, Bird’s Nest Records)
27. Figaro – Rakkauden keä ’25 (single, Lördag)
28. Eero Savela – Timangi (single, Mustik Motel)
29. Mae Powell – Contact High (single, Karma Chief Records / Colemine Records)
30. Hello Emerson – Forehead on the Window (single, Hello Emersongs)
31. Katie Spencer – Cold Stone (single, Lightship Records)
32. T. Hardy Morris – Don’t Kill Your Time (To Shine) (single, Normaltown Records)
33. Abe Partridge – JJP from Elba ALA (single, RCAM Records)
34. Hayes Carll – We’re Only Human (single, HWY 87 Records / Thirty Tigers)
35. Dylan Earl – Level-Headed Even Smile (single, Gar Hole Records)
36. Austin Stambaugh – Papers & Pens (single, Tomika Records)
37. Pete Posie – I Can’t Have a Rose (single, Low Rent)
38. Otis Gibbs – Raze (single)
39. Alicia Blue – In the Land of the Plenty (single, Tasty Good Records)
40. Matt Mitchell Music Co – Fading Fast (single)
41. Croy and the Boys – Fuck I.C.E. (single, Spaceflight Records)
42. Buffalo Nichols – Moses (single)
43. Michael Hurley – Fava (single, No Quarter Records)
44. Nicholas Jamerson feat Shelby Means – One With You (single, Cloverdale Records)
45. Scott Ballew – Hey Baby (single, Leisure Rodeo)
46. Ben Nichols – In the Heart of the Mountain (single, Liberty & Lament)
47. MJ Lenderman – Just Be Simple (single, Run for Cover Records)
48. Neko Case – Wreck (single, Anti)
49. Johanna Rose – Real One (single, Henchmen Records)
50. Molly Taylor – Emotions (single)
51. Sarah Summer – More to Life (single, Jollymonster Publishing Company)
52. Hand Habits – Dead Rat (single, Fat Possum Records)
53. herbal tea – Seventeen (single, Orindal Records)
54. Big Thief – All Night Day (single, 4AD)
55. Sara Beth Go – Something Without Solution (single, Blue Room Tunes)
56. Star Moles – Why (single, Earth Libraries)
57. Karl Frog – Legends of the Niche (single, Spoilsport Records)
58. Jens Lekman – Candy from a Stranger (single, Secretly Canadian)
59. Field Medic – castle peaks (single, Many Hats Distribution)
60. Skinny Dyck – Ground Floor (single, Victory Pool)
61. Modern Nature – Source (single, Bella Union)
62. Floating Action – Stillnes Strikes Me (single, Airloom)
63. Dwayne Jarrell and the Truer Sound – Inheritance (single)
64. Kissing Other ppl – Kissing Other People (single, Peacedale Records)
65. Willi Carlisle – Sound and Fury (Winged Victory, Signature Sounds)
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.