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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #353

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Another year, another year new music weekly. I almost expanded the hiatus with another week, because the day job has been so hard that I haven’t really gotten any rest. Mostly just been trying to survive. But I think the release schedule will get heavier starting next week, so good to get this round-up out of the way. This was pretty quickly done. I haven’t paid much attention to new releases or really gone through any submissions. So I’m sure there’s stuff missing, but this tries to gather together at least some of the good music of the last month or so. There’s stuff from early December to brand new music from this Friday. Starting next episode I’ll get back to the weekly rhythm and try to read the submissions too. Platforms are still the same. I didn’t even have the time to think about what I’m going to do with that side of things, so Spotify still there as well. Some songs are not, because some artists haven taken their music off from Spotify. And rightfully so. We’ll see how it goes. It would nice to add Qobuz, but I don’t have the money to pick another subscription. Tidal / Qobuz combo might even make the most sense going forward and maybe could cover enough ground to make compiling this worth it.

New Beaucoup Dolores (aka Erin Chapin from Rainbow Girls) album can be the album of the week(s), because it just came out today and I’m enjoying it a lot. Other album releases from the past month came from Noble Hobo, Jeremy James Meyer, Nikki & The Phantom Callers (EP), Matt Kivel, Bill Janovitz (EP), Dan Darrah, Magnus Carlson & The Moon Ray Quintet, The Deslondes (well a reissue with a bonus track), Caleb Stine and Cole Kidwell. Some are from December and some from January.

Finnish part has a December 2025 album from Torrances and a whole lot of singles from both late 2025 and early 2026. There’s new singles gold from Teini-Pää, Musta Valo, Sisar, Krypta, Mummypowder, Felix Alexander Lybeck, Ylva Haru, Susanna Leppänen, Kurja Valentin, Mikko Juvosen Kanuuna, myrtsi, Tuomas Räisänen, Raivo Jackson, Icons of Elegance, Kissa and Litku Klemetti. Teini-Pää and Musta Valo are not on Spotify.

Finally some favorites from the international single category. Anna Tivel’s Animal Poem was my album of the year and there’s a b-sides EP coming up soon from the leftover material. These are equally wonderful and there’s two of those songs here now. Full EP coming later. Some other ones I’ve loved came from Turner Cody, Stripmall Ballads, Jackie West, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, Uni Boys, Bonnie Prince Billy, Charlie Whitten, Talise.. again just to name a few. I’ve listened far less than during ordinary weeks.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsese. It all matters. Starting next week back to ordinary weekly rhythm. Love.

1. Beaucoup Dolores – Don’t You Try to Tell Me It’s Raining (I Don’t Want Any More Friends)
2. Noble Hobo – Washington (Sorry for the Mess)
3. Jeremy James Meyer – Funeral (Astoria, Pt.2, Oh Ship! Records)
4. Nikki & The Phantom Callers – Hardline (When I Die (You Better Say Nice Things About Me EP)
5. Matt Kivel – Robert Bedford (Escape from L.A, Scissor Tail Records)
6. Bill Janovitz – Way Back to the Dawn (Way Back to the Dawn EP, Janovitz Records)
7. Dan Darrah – Brendan’s Pretending (Vacationland, Sunday Drive Records)
8. Magnus Carlson & The Moon Ray Quintet – Milk and Honey (Shadows, We Jazz)
9. Anna Tivel – Swan Song (single, Fluff & Gravy Records)
10. The Deslondes – Old Cold Tater (Holy Cross Blues -reissue)
11. Cole Kidwell – Ballad of Esther May (This House Aint’ For Sale (World of Stone, Three Springs)
12. Caleb Stine – William Butler Baker (Nickel and Dimes)
13. Talise – Dog Haired Love (single, Run On Records)
14. Stripmall Ballads – Rabbits (single)
15. Leo Craft – Wading Through the Water (single, Pines & Mountains)
16. Turner Cody – Cigarettes Inside (single, Capitane Records / Modulor)
17. Bonnie Prince Billy – They Keep Trying to Find You (single, Domino Recording Co)
18. Charlie Whitten – Statement (single, Airloom)
19. Anna Tivel – Memphis (single, Fluff & Gravy Records)
20. Jackie West – Silent Century (single, Ruination Record Co)
21. Buck Meek – Gasoline (single, 4AD)
22. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – New Leaf (single, Fire Records)
23. Uni Boys – I Don’t Wanna Dream Anymore (single, Curation Records)
24. Daniel Romano’s Outfit – Autopoiet (single, You’ve Changed Records)
25. Gladie – Future Spring (single, Get Better Records)
26. Teini-Pää – Valssi #1 (single, Soit Se Silti)
27. Musta Valo – Jotain kaunista tapahtuu (single, Kaakao Records)
28. Sisar – Lohtu (single)
29. Kissa – Yö laskeutuu (single, Svart Records)
30. Krypta – Muuttuva labyrintti (single, Svart Records)
31. Torrances – Second Chance (Arachnophobic Spider)
32. Mummypowder – Stars in the Snow (single, All That Plazz)
33. Icons of Elegance – Silence (single, Dinner with Daisy Records)
34. Tuomas Räisänen – The Endless Ride (single, Punaiset levyt)
35. Raivo Jackson – Swimming Under Ice (single)
36. Kurja Valentin – Punaiset varjot (single)
37. myrtsi – Ajatuksen tasolla (single, Lördag)
38. Susanna Leppänen – Odotuksen aika (single, Humu Records)
39. Mikko Juvosen Kanuuna – Vegaanit pääsevät taivaaseen (single, Humu Records)
40. Felix Alexander Lybeck – tar vi aldrig slut (single, All That Plazz)
41. Litku Klemetti – Asperger (single, Lördag)
42. Ylva Haru – Onnenmaisemaan (single, Lotta Roots)
43. Kyle Cox – No One Seems to Care (single)
44. Hank Bee – 10:23 (single, Memorial Distincion)
45. Zachary Lucky – Everywhere a Man Can Be (single, Wroxton Recordings)
46. Avry Truex – Oh Codeine (single)
47. Vincent Neil Emerson – The Great Highway (single, La Honda Records)
48. Jeremy Ivey – Edge of Darkness (single, Soggy Anvil Records)
49. Caleb Caudle – I’ve Endured (single)
50. Emily Scott Robinson – Hymn for the Unholy (single, Oh Boy Records)
51. Tiffany Williams – Blue Kentucky Girl (single)
52. Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence – Good Luck to Ya (single, Bee & El / Warner Records)
53. Ole Kirkeng – Roadside Flowers (single, Die With Your Boots On Records)
54. Juni Habel – Evergreen in Your Mind (single, Basin Rock)
55. Sam Blasucci – Who lives on these lands (single, Calico Discos / Doubleplay Records)
56. The Mellows – Waiting on the Rain (single)
57. Bory – By the Lake (single, Bleak Enterprise)
58. Guv – Chasin’ Luv (single, Run for Cover Records)
59. Heavenly – Excuse Me (single, Skep Wax Records)
60. The Young Fresh Fellows feat Neko Case – Destination (single, Yep Roc)
61. Butler, Blake & Grant – Lonely Night (single, 355 Recordings)
62. Joe Pernice – The Black and the Blue (single, New West Records)
63. Fazed on a Pony – The Perfect Swan (single, Meritorio Records)
64. Trevor Beld Jimenez – Riverside (single, Gertrude Street Records)
65. Fables – Enough (single, Home Alone)
66. Rachel Swain – Stay With Me (single, Magic City Recordings)
67. Jesper Lindell feat Phil Campbell – Drift Away (single, Brunsvik Sounds)
68. James McCann – Time Can Be Spent (single, Cloverdale Records)
69. John Craigie – Dry Land (single, Zabriskie Point Records)
70. Twilark – Foxheart (single)
71. Rod Smoth – Adding (single, Simp Records)
72. Logan Farmer – The Hunt (single, Western Vinyl)
73. Spencer Kilpatrick & The Sand Gators – West Virginia (single)
74. Tyler Austin Baker – The Year That Clayton Delaney Died (single)
75. Katie Mae & The Lubrication – Oval Room (single, Soggy Anvil 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.

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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #352

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This is the last one for 2025. It’s a grind to compile this every weekend, so I need a little breather and this is always the best time to do it, because there’s less new releases. I know there will be some so I try to feature them when I return in January (week 2 or week 3). I’m not sure will this return in the same shape, form or platforms. This is a good time to ponder that stuff too. But someway somehow somewhere music curation will continue. Anyway, back to the new releases of the week. Well two weeks, because I missed last week due to a family event.

Album of the week(s) is from April, but I fell badly for this Ruth Parker album today. Thanks to Grayson Haver Currin whose insta story led me to this amazing album. Other album gems came from Matthew Dunn, Tulpa, Daudi Matsiko (EP), 0 Stars, Ronnie D’Addario, Melody’s Echo Chamber, Mesa, Richard Allen (EP), Have Gun, Will Travel (EP), The Gunshy, Rambler Kane (EP), The Saints, Julia, Julia, Joel Henry Little and Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter. A couple other bit older ones that I missed (as an addition to Ruth). Zach Romeo album I picked from New Commute and Danny Ayala and Tchotchke from Daisyalbums on insta. So credit to them.

The big one from Finland is the new Joni Ekman album, but there’s a whole lot to love. There’s albums from Ani Harmi and Timo Kämäräinen plus EPs from Satu Lii and Hyvät Hevoset. Plus singles from Kissa, Ne Lintuizet, Sin Cos Tan, RULES, Pauliina Kokkonen, Hissun Kissun, Anna Inginmaa, Felix Alexander Lybeck, Muuan Mies, Pambikallio, Joonas Holmen + The Lossy Codecs and Kuusikoski. Oh and Teini-Pää single, which is not on Spotify. Another good reason to ditch Spotify, because it’s a wonderful song.

International single of the week(s) is the new Stripmall Ballads song. Other early faves came from Dana Sipos, Courtney Marie Andrews, Tenderness, Sleepy Pearls, The Delines, 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. Thank you to all who followed this new music adventure this year whether it was regularly or occasionally. I appreciate you. The new music weekly will be on hold until January, but there will be a lot of year-end lists during the next 1-2 weeks. I hope to get most of them done fairly soon, so I can take it easy around the holidays. I probably make some Christmas playlist too or add new tunes to the old ones, because I didn’t want to put them to this one. I might have even missed some, because I thought they were Christmas songs. I guess I might have also accidentally include one that is a Christmas song, but it wasn’t so obvious. But I’ll share that on social media when I’ve done it. So far I’ve only listened to Melissa Carper’s album. Back next week with the eoty stuff. Love.

1. Ruth Parker – Otherwise Occupied (Otherwise Occupied, Flippin’ Yeah Records)
2. Daudi Matsiko – Tukutendereza (Dead Bird Dream EP, Really Good / Daudi Matsiko)
3. Matthew Doc Dunn – Lorraine (Here We Are, Cosmic Range Records)
4. Tulpa – Transfixed Gaze (Monster of the Week, Skep Wax Records)
5. 0 Stars – World No.2 (World No.2, Worm Records)
6. Ronnie D’Addario feat The Lemon Twigs – A Very Short Dream (Written By, Omnivore Recordings)
7. Danny Ayala – Something With You (Only Fools Love Again, Reminder Records)
8. Tchotchke – Did You Hear? (Playin’ Dumb, Tchotchke Records)
9. Zach Romeo – Junk (Little Action)
10. The Saints – Empires (Sometimes We Fall) (Long March Through the Jazz Age)
11. Melody’s Echo Chamber – The House That Doesn’t Exist (Unclouded, Domino Recording Co)
12. Julia, Julia – Feeling Lucky (Sugaring a Strawberry, Suicide Squeeze Records)
13. Joel Henry Little – Bela (The Jesus of Indiffirence)
14. Richard Allen – Shaping Clouds (Shaping Clouds EP, Celebration Days Records / Modulor)
15. Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter – Dewayne (Forever, I’ve Been Being Born, Ideologic Organ)
16. Mesa – Wasn’t My Faith (When Love Calls)
17. Have Gun, Will Travel – Everything is Made of Stars (Voyager Golden EP)
18. Rambler Kane – Florida Pony (Sirens and Flames EP, Cloverdale Records)
19. The Gunshy – Buzzer Beater (Hurricane Umbrellas, Sleep Recordings)
20. Stripmall Ballads – Like and Share (single)
21. The Delines – Dilaudid Diane (single, Jealous Butcher Records)
22. Dana Sipos – Strange to My Mind (single)
23. Courtney Marie Andrews – Little Picture of a Butterflu (single, Loose Future / Thirty Tigers)
24. Tenderness – Database Blues (single, Amorphous Sounds)
25. Sleepy Pearls – I Think That’s Fair (single, Royal Oakie Records)
26. Joni Ekman – Tule rakkaus (Joko saa laulaa? Svart Records)

Teini-Pää – Enkelten kaupungissa (single, Soit Se Silti) – not on Spotify

27. Kissa – Pilvet putoo (single, Svart Records)
28. Hyvät hevoset – Huomenna sinä saat uudet vaatteet (Hyvät Hevoset EP, Jämädiili Records)
29. Timo Kämäräinen – Laulu pelastaa (Laulu Pelastaa, Lördag Records)
30. Ani Harmi – Linnani on kotini (Rakkaudesta ja kuolemasta, Humu Records)
31. Anna Inginmaa – Älä soita (single, Stupido Records)
32. Pauliina Kokkonen – Winona (single, Soit Se Silti)
33. Felix Alexander Lybeck – Namnlös#1 (tid+rum) (single, All That Plazz)
34. RULES – Dolphin (single, Panama-levyt)
35. Sin Cos Tan – Cutting Losses (single, All That Plazz)
36. Hissun Kissun – Pyynikki (single, Soit Se Silti)
37. Pambikallio – Göteborg (single, Helmi Levyt)
38. Muuan mies – Graalin malja (single, Helmi Levyt)
39. Satu Lii – Aamulla varhain (Vanhoja suomalaisia lauluja EP, Young Diamond Productions)
40. Ne Lintuizet – Petin pienen linnun (single, Texicalli Records)
41. Kuusikoski – Use a Little Love (single, Mg-music)
42. Joonas Holmen + The Lossy Codecs – You Modern Folk, Us Backward Men (single, Fuu Recs)
43. The Lemon Twigs – I’ve Got a Broken Heart (single, Captured Tracks)
44. Fazed on a Pony – Wrong Party (single, Meritorio Records)
45. Frown Town – My Face (single, Still the Best Records)
46. Sunday Mourners – Careers in Acting (single, Curation Records)
47. Benji Knight – Arizona Snowstorm (single, Curation Records)
48. The Wave Pictures – Sure & Steady (single, Bella Union)
49. The Softies – Turn it Up (single, Father/Daughter Records)
50. V.V. Lightbody – Best Problem (single)
51. Black Sea Dahu – Ants on the Wall (single, Mouthwatering Records)
52. Merce Lemon & Fust – Cup of Loneliness (single, Trouble Chairs / Many Hats Distribution)
53. Amber Rae Slade – Brave & Quiet (single, Checked Label Services)
54. Talise – Country Blues (single, Run on Records)
55. Kevin Carducci – House of Cards (single, Fossil Records)
56. Benjamin Tod – Hell I Have (single, Benjamin Tod / Thirty Tigers)
57. Alissa Arnason feat Kacy Lee Anderson – Good Time Girl (single)
58. Paper Wings – Country Girl (single)
59. Carsie Blanton – Little Flame (single)
60. Pat Hull – Overlook (single, Only One on the Mountain)
61. Matt Kivel – Sapphire Days (single, Scissor Tail Records)
62. Greg Weeks – Gone Darkside (single, Language of Stone)
63. Jana Horn – All in Bet (single, No Quarter Records)
64. Will Stewart – Didn’t We Dance (single, Earth Libraries)
65. The Sha La Das – If You Want You Can Be My Girl (single, Daptone 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.

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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #351

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Toning this down a bit for the remainder of 2025. I plan to do one more this year. I might be too busy next weekend, so maybe I’ll skip that one and do one more during the weekend 6 and 7th of December. It’s Thanksgiving in the US next weekend anyway, so I think it will be a fairly slow release week so I might as well skip that one instead of trying to force it Sunday night or something. Somewhere along the way there will be AOTY lists. Might be even before the next new music weekly, but might be much closer to Christmas too. I have no idea when I’m ready with those.

Haley Heynderickx & Max Garcia Conover is the album of the week. Avry Truex released an album of demo tapes and I love them. A bit of a Woody Guthrie start for this week’s playlist, because Avry’s song is for Woody and Haley & Max album was inspired by the life and music of Woody Guthrie. Other big album releases of the week came from Ryan Necci & The Buffalo Gospel, Sharp Pins, Jacob Furr, Tobias Jesso Jr, Sam Blasucci (EP or Movements 1), Joseph Shabason & Thom Gill, Red River Dialect, Glyders, Magic Fig and Sam Salmon.

New Paha Lucia album leads the Finnish part of this. We also have an album from Kuumaliima and singles from The New Tigers, Ylva Haru, Luhtaniitty, Susanna Leppänen, UTU, Joni Ekman, Torrances and Raivo Jackson.

The international single of the week is the new one from Hailey Davis. Absolutely loved it. She used to perform under the moniker Lady Apple Tree and made onechord.net’s EP of the year some time ago. Somehow I had completely missed that she has signed with Fire Records and performs under her own name now. Well good thing I got the memo now that the second single arrived. The first one is great too, so check it out if you dig the new one. Other early favorites came from Gladie, Noble Hobo, Hank Bee, 54 Ultra, Esther Rose, Adelyn Strei… again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Most likely back with these two weeks from now. Maybe a tiny chance of one next weekend, but I doubt I have the time/energy. Love.

1. Haley Heynderickx & Max Garcia Conover – To each their dot (What of Our Nature, Fat Possum Records)
2. Avry Truex – Dusty Rolling Stone (Woody’s Song) (Without the E, Vol. 1)
3. Jacob Furr – Running (Six String Plow)
4. Ryan Necci & The Buffalo Gospel – One Sin at a TIme (The Dead Can’t Take a Hint)
5. Sharp Pins – Popafangout (Balloon Balloon Balloon, Perennial / K Recs)
6. Magic Fig – Sensation Seeker (Valerian Tea, Exploding in Sound Records)
7. Joseph Shabason & Thom Gill feat Andre Ethier – Frog Legs Again (Mississippi River Styx, Western Vinyl)
8. Tobias Jesso Jr. – Rain (shine, R&R)
9. Sam Blasucci – Dance With You (Orchids EP / Movements 1, Calico Discos / Doubleplay Records)
10. Glyders – Thousand Miles (Forever, Drag City)
11. Red River Dialect – Black & Blue (Basic Country Mustard, Hinterground Records9
12. Sam Salmon – Worried (Down for Life, Forward Music Group)
13. Noble Hobo – Darling Corey (single)
14. Gladie – Car Alarm (single, Get Better Records)
15. Stoner Control – Little Spine (single, Sound Judgement Records)
16. Esther Rose – That’s My DJ (single, New West Records)
17. Hailey Davis – Country Boy (single, Fire Records)
18. Hank Bee – Corner (single, Memorials of Distinction)
19. Paper Wings – Fumblin (single)
20. Pearl Charles – Givin’ It Up (single, Taurus Rising Records)
21. Marem Ladson – Alone Forever (single, Mtn Laurel Recording Co)
22. Adelyn Strei – Onto the Ground (single, Mtn Laurel Recording Co)
23. Drugdealer – The News (single, Mexican Summer)
24. 54 Ultra – Find Your Love (single)
25. Paha Lucia – Tanssi (Paha Lucia, Minna Records)
26. Joni Ekman – Lasi vettä ja kuulemiin (single, Svart Records)
27. Kuumaliima – Missä linjat ei kulje (Oudot ja Loput)
28. Luhtaniitty – Lumpeet (single)
29. Ylva Haru – Sydän auki (single, Lotta Roots)
30. Susanna Leppänen – Kadetit (single, Leppäsen levyt)
31. UTU – The Snow Stares Back (single, Eclipse)
32. Torrances – Not You (single)
33. The New Tigers – Off the Wall (single, Soliti)
34. Raivo Jackson – Fire Song Revisited (single)
35. Elliot C Way – Margaret (single)
36. James McCann – Somewhere with Someone (single, Cloverdale Records)
37. Anders Jörnesten – A Heart Split in Two (single)
38. Stephen Wilson Jr. – Gary (single, Big Loud Records)
39. Mesa – When Love Calls (single)
40. Hudson Freeman – If You Know Me (single)
41. Joshua Quimby – Cope (demo) (single)
42. Jake Sheppard – Long Hard Fall (single, Desserted City Records)
43. Crooked Fingers – Cold Waves (single, Merge Records)
44. Nat Vazer – For What? (single, Nat Vazer / Community Music)
45. Common Holly – Amour, Amour (single, Keeled Scales)
46. Anja Churchill – La boheme (single, Open Sound)
47. Joel Henry Little – Fire below (single, Jesus of Indiffirence)
48. Lily Desmond – Prelude (single)
49. Pearla – You Didn’t Do Anything Wrong, You Just Broke My Heart (First City Artists)
50. Mia Wilson – Time is an Arrow (Mia Wilson, Royal Oakie 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.

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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #350

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Another week, another new music weekly. Some are already making year-end lists, but I will continue making these weekly playlists for a little while longer. Some great things still coming out like the Haley Heynderickx and Max García Conover album next week. There will definitely be a 3-4 week break from the playlist around the Christmas / Holiday season. I need a few weeks off and that’s always the best time to do that, because the release schedule isn’t as heavy as usual.

This is a big week, because the Mia Wilson album is now out and available. That’s definitely the album of the week and well one of my biggest favorites of the whole year too. You will find it really high on the AOTY list, if I’m making a ranked version. Such a beautiful album. Extremely highly recommended. There’s also new albums from Tony Molina, Colter Wall, I Was A King (not on Spotify), Spencer Radcliffe, Casper Allen, Dan Spencer (this was last week), Andrew Daly Frank, Tiberius, Tim Hill, Courtney Hartman, Jake Xerxes Fussell & James Elkington, Dwayne Jarrell and the Truer Sound, Rick Maddocks, Abigail Flowers, Sweet Nobody (also last week) and Sunny Intervals (EP).

A bit shorter Finnish section this time around. We have an album from Matti Sakari and singles from Sweatmaster, Heidi Elmgren (double single), Oiro Pena (well the album has been available on Bandcamp and vinyl for a few months, but at least one song is now streaming too so I shared it) and Timo Kämäräinen. I’m sure there had to be more.

Some early favorites on the international singles category came from Bill Callahan, Lefty Parker, Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence, Joey Frendo, Matt Mitchell Music Co, Kevin Carducci, Aviva Le Fey, Leah Senior (not on Spotify), Beaucoup Dolores.. again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Also reached another milestone too with this episode #350. If it takes average of five hours to make one, that’s 1750 hours spent on new music curation. Just for the sheer love of it. Probably could have spent that time more wisely, but don’t think it has been worthless either. What platforms this should be on is of course very questionable. I fully support and respect all the artists and listeners who have left Spotify. I subscribed to Tidal during the first wave few years, because I wanted to provide an alternative. Unfortunately it still feels that there’s only a handful of listeners there. So there continues to be a bit of a dilemma. Keeping this on Spotify is very difficult to justify, but it would also be difficult to justify spending 5 hours every weekend on something that just a few people could hear.

I guess the options would be to either keep both available at least until a bigger movement away from the platform happens or ditch Spotify and either completely stop making the playlist or make some less time consuming version of it on Tidal or Qobuz. I really don’t know which option would be better for the small artists that I love and try to support as well as I can. And yeah, on a personal level, I buy a lot of vinyl, merch and concert tickets. Much more than I really should with my low end factory job salary. It’s just what would be best way of support with the blog/playlist. Anyway, I’ll finish this year this with the current way. There’s time to ponder the essence of life and this playlist during the holiday break. Love.

1. Mia Wilson – Still Pretending (Mia Wilson, Royal Oakie Records)
2. Tony Molina – Despise the Sun (On This Day, Olde Fade / Speakeasy Studios SF / Slumberland)

I Was a King – Nowhere Near (Until the End, Hype City Music) (Only Tidal)

3. Spencer Radcliffe – September Digging (Ohio Vision, Orindal Records)
4. Colter Wall – Memories and Empties (Memories and Empties, La Honda Records / RCA Records)
5. Casper Allen – Casper Allen & the Naturals (Better Slow Down, Cecil Park Records)
6. Dan Spencer – Where Do The Lay When They’re Free (Weave Your Web, Liar-Man, Feeling Grey)
7. Rick Maddocks – Stand Still, Pretender (BLUE HORSE OPERA)
8. Jake Xerxes Fussell & James Elkington – Glow in the Dark (Rebuilding, Fat Possum Records / Crowded Table)
9. Tim Hill – Ruth (Blood Sun Moon Run)
10. Courtney Hartman feat S.Carey – With You (With You)
11. Andrew Daly Frank – Alone in the Frame (You’re No Island, Glamour Gowns)
12. Dwayne Jarrell and the Truer Sound – Scott Peak (American Idylls)
13. Tiberius – It Has to Be True (Troubadour, Audio Antihero)
14. Sweet Nobody – I Don’t Know When I’ll See You Again (Driving Off to Nowhere)
15. Sunny Intervals – Sixty Seconds to Fall In Love (Almost Imperceptiply EP)
16. Abigail Flowers – Nobody But You (Only a Dream)
17. Beaucoup Dolores – Would You Rather (single)
18. Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence – The Way I Remember You (single, Warner Records)
19. Kevin Carducci – A World I Can’t Believe (single, Fossil Records)
20. Matt Mitchell Music Co – Good God Damn (single)
21. Joey Frendo – Black Tar (single, Back Burner Records)
22. Lefty Parker – Weary Eyes (single, Airloom)
23. Bill Callahan – The Man I’m Supposed to Be (single, Drag City)
24. Jeffrey Martin – 1519 – Live at the Showdown (single, Loose Music / Fluff and Gravy Records)
25. Christo Graham – Heather (single, We Are Busy Bodies)

Leah Senior – People Pleaser (single) (Tidal Only)

26. Aviva Le Fey – When It’s Right (single)
27. Oiro Pena – Hei hei rantaniityllä tuolla (single)
28. Heidi Elmgren – Millennium – 2025 (single)
29. Matti Sakari – Ei koskaan (Viimeiset päivät, viimeiset yöt)
30. Timo Kämäräinen – Lasse (single, Lördag)
31. Sweatmaster – More! (single, Svart Records)
32. Spencer Kilpatrick & The Sand Gators – Blame You (single)
33. Taylor Williams – What About Me? (single, Colemine Records)
34. Tobias Jesso Jr – I Love You (single, R&R)
35. Sofia Härdig feat I’m Kingfisher – Thursday Morning In Bloom (single)
36. The Mellons feat Triptides – From the Vine (single, Earth Libraries)
37. Motorists – Cristobal (single, We Are Time)
38. European Sun – When Britain Was Great (single, Skep Wax Records)
39. Matt Kivel – Vampire Weekend (single, Scissor Tail Records)
40. Hiding Places – Holy Roller (single, Keeled Scales)
41. Mikaela Davis – 11:11 (single, Kill Rock Stars)
42. Emily Barker – White Geraniums (single, Everyone Sang)
43. Leah Blevins – All Dressed Up (single, Easy Eye Sound)
44. Valerie June – Rollin’ and Tumblin’ (single, June Tunes / Concord)
45. Kashus Culpepper – In Her Eyes (single, Big Loud Records)
46. Daudi Matsiko feat Riognach Connolly – How Can I Love? (single, Really Good)
47. Jana Horn – Go on, move your body (single, No Quarter Records)
48. Truman Sinclair – Sugar (single, Capitol Records)
49. Jason Tyler Burton – Mourning Until Morning (single, Daylight Mercy Music)
50. Emily Scott Robinson – Dirtbag Saloon (single, Oh Boy Records)
51. Boy Golden feat Cat Clyde – Cowboy Dreams (single, Six Shooter Records)
52. Ben Arsenault – Motel in Southern Idaho (single)
53. William Alexander – I Still Hold Your Love Dear (single)
54. Tristen – Know By Heart (Unpopular Music, Pupsnake Records / Well Kept Secret)
55. Sabine McCalla feat The Lostines – Lovely Lonely (Don’t Call Me Baby, Royal Oakie Records)
56. Devin Shafter – Cool (Patience, American Dreams 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.

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