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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #256

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A quick fever-ish covid edition of the new music weekly. My head hurts and I’m sure I forgot some stuff. Probably even things I promised to include. My apologies. I also couldn’t listen a lot due to the headache either, so I just quickly picked something I liked from each record. Still wanted to do it, because it was a great release week and many of these will end up on my aoty lists in a month or so.

The album of the week is the new Jeffrey Martin album. A lot of great songwriting there. Kelly Sloan, Andrew Bryant and Julie Arsenault are always big faves too. Then there’s also great new ones from Bry Webb, Skyway Man, Bonnie Montgomery, Jaime Wyatt, Fever Feel, Matthew McNeal (EP), Fortunato Durutti Marinetti, Geordie Gordon, Luxury Skin, David Ritschard, Christian Kjellvander, Laura Veirs, Teenage Tom Petties, Summer Set, memorytown, Gabriel Birnbaum, Thorsten Nesch (EP), Hannah White and The Smashing Times.

A really big release week in Finland too. A new awesome double-LP from Salaliitto, great debut full-lenghts from Krypta and Tender Lakes, new english-language album from Joose Keskitalo plus singles from Tams, Kiss Disease, Iisa, Lovers Left Alive, HXA, Janeveera, Lau Nau, Colorblue and Markus Asunta. Oh and one few months old single from a band called Toinen Maisema. I missed it back then, but thankfully finally got the memo because I love this song.

Some great international singles too from Joe Pug, Leslie Stevens, Junior Scaife, Frog, Vincent Neil Emerson, Antonia Estelle, Matthew Doc Dunn and the likes.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Back next week with another episode of this silly little playlist. Mostly likely on Sunday, because I have a workday on Saturday (as long as I’ve shaken off this covid thing before that). Love from a distance.

1. Jeffrey Martin – Sculptor (Thank God We Left the Garden, Loose Music / Fluff & Gravy Records, 2023)
2. Kelly Sloan – No Worse Way to Go (Insides Out, Victory Pool, 2023)
3. Julie Arsenault – Riverdale Bridge (Nothing Sweeter, Son Canciones, 2023)
4. Andrew Bryant – Trampoline (Prodigal, Sentimental Noises, 2023)
5. Bry Webb – I Can’t See You (Run With Me, Idee Fixe Records, 2023)
6. Fever Feel – Something About Today (Family Milk, 2023)
7. Skyway Man feat Kelly McFarling – Moonlight Thunder (Flight of the Long Distance Healer, Mama Bird Recording Co, 2023)
8. Jaime Wyatt – Feel Good (Feel Good, New West Records, 2023)
9. Bonnie Montgomery – I Was Fine (River, Gar Hole Records, 2023)
10. Matthew McNeal – The Hardest Part (Love Was EP, Matte Black Sound Company, 2023)
11. Fortunato Durutti Marinetti – The Flowers (Eight Waves in Search of an Ocean, Soft Abuse / Quindi, 2023)
12. Geordie Gordon – Soul Promise (Tambourine, Victory Pool, 2023)
13. Laura Veirs – Beautiful Dreams (Phone Orphans, Raven Marching Band, 2023)
14. Luxury Skin – This Time’s For Love (It’s All Over, 2023)
15. David Ritschard – Ingrid (Detta har hänt, Universal, 2023)
16. Christian Kjellvander – Terns Took Turns (Hold Your Love Still, Tapete Records, 2023)
17. memorytown – Gone Bad in the Boneyard (It Takes Forever, Plum Records, 2023)
18. Teenage Tom Petties – Greenhorn (Hotbox Daydreams, Safe Suburban Home Records x Repeating Cloud, 2023)
19. Summer Set – Favorite Places (Summer Set, Fort Lowell Records, 2023)
20. Lovers Left Alive – Old Friend Joe (single, TMH Productions, 2023)
21. Kiss Disease – Heart on the Ground (single, 2023)
22. Tender Lakes – Citywards (Nocturnals, 2023)
23. Salaliitto – Huolestun (Portaat, Salalevyt, 2023)
24. Krypta – Aika meitä muistuttaa (Outo Laakso, Svart Records, 2023)
25. Toinen Maisema – Toiseen maisemaan (single, TM-Levyt, 2023)
26. Janeveera – Pliis, pliis, hei pliis (single, 2023)
27. Tams feat Iita – Dream Come True (single, 2023)
28. Iisa – Pitkät hyvästit (single, Fullsteam Records, 2023)
29. Colorblue – Ever After (single, Nowhere Boy, 2023)
30. Markus Asunta – Annikki Tähti (single, Humble House Records, 2023)
31. HXA – Evil Eyes (single, Humu Records, 2023)
32. Joose Keskitalo – Searching for the Faeries (Oh, Our Slow Designs, Helmi Levyt, 2023)
33. Lau Nau – April (single, Fonal Records, 2023)
34. Gabriel Birnbaum – I Ordered a Beer That Never Came (Nightwater / All the Dead Do Is Dream, Western Vinyl, 2023)
35. Antonia Estelle – Poser (single, 2023)
36. Thorsten Nesch – What are we doing here (What are we doing here EP, Polterzeitgeist, 2023)
37. Joe Pug – WHat Is Good Will Never Change (single, Nation of Heat / Soundly, 2023)
38. Smith and Tegio – Second Hand (single, 2023)
39. Vincent Neil Emerson – Time of the Rambler (single, La Honda Records / RCA Records, 2023)
40. Mackenzie Roark – Killin’ Time (single, Vocal Rest Records, 2023)
41. Leslie Stevens – Such a Good Time Without You (single, Soundly, 2023)
42. Hannah White – Right On Time (Sweet Revolution, Last Music Company, 2023)
43. Matthew “Doc” Dunn – Camerawoman (single, Cosmic Range Records, 2023)
44. Jesper Lindell – One of These Rainy Days (single, Brunnsvik Sounds, 2023)
45. Johnny Ruiz & The Escapers – Sorry (single, Penrose Records, 2023)
46. Junior Scaife – When My Heart Beats (single, Penrose Records, 2023)
47. Frog – Maybelline (single, tapewormies / Audio Antihero, 2023)
48. Gonzalez Smith – Roll Up (single, Bobo Integral, 2023)
49. Postal Blue – Chance Occurrence (single, 2023)
50. The Smashing Times – Where Is Rowan Morrison (This Sporting Life, Perennial, 2023)
51. Chayse Porter – Lead Pipe Cinch (single, Earth Libraries, 2023)
52. St. Yuma – Drives (single, 2023)
53. Gregory Dwane – 3000 Miles to LA (single, Peacedale Records, 2023)
54. Daniel Sherrill feat Simon Chrisman – Fable’s Tune (single, American Standard time Records, 2023)
55. Willy Tea Taylor & The Fellership – The Nurse (The Great Western Hangover, Blackwing Music, 2023)

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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 Tidal. This means a few tracks might be missing from the Tidal version, if they are not available on that platform. Usually it’s 1-3 tracks that are not on Tidal. 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 #255

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Busy weekend, but here’s a quick new music weekly before Sunday’s Helsinki visit to see Dylan LeBlanc. This was actually a pretty damn good release week.

Not a whole lot of listening yet, but let’s give the album of the week to the new Willy Tea Taylor & The Fellership record. Loved that on first listen. There’s quite a lot of diffent kind of things I love this week. Sean Burns has a great classic country record while Thomas Walsh has an awesome pop album. The American Analog Set returned and Steven van Betten’s album is just super sweet (although the song I have on the playlist hits really hard. My apologies for that). Maybel, Carla Geneve and Jerry Leger always big faves too and the list goes on an on. We also have new albums from Duff Thompson, Tommy and the Ohs, Desolation Horse, Golden Apples, The Mountain Goats, Monster Furniture, Jon Danforth, Jessi Colter, Nora Jane Struthers, Caitlin Kraus, Norma MacDonald, Flatland Cavalry, Black Pumas, The Gaslight Anthem and Micah Thunder.

A lot of good Finnish stuff. I think my early faves here are the double singles from Kielo Kärkkäinen and new band called Leipä (some usual suspects in the line-up though). Other finnish treasures are albums from Suudelmat, Favourite Colours and Tuomari Nurmio & FOLX, EP from Kaikki turhat haaveet and singles from Nuoruus, Säteri Super and Pekka Nisu. Oh and included A.Takalo’s couple of weeks old album, because I missed it at the time. Sounded real good on quick listen, so I will put that on rotation during the coming week.

The international song of the week is the new one from long time favorite Adam Remnant. Other early faves came from Adeem the Artist, John Craigie, Advance Base, BenBen, Bory, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, Liquid Mike and Frog. Again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. See you tomorrow in Helsinki and here again next weekend. One of the best albums I’ve heard this year comes out then. That’s Jeffrey Martin. Until then. Love and empathy.

1. Willy Tea Taylor & The Fellership – Dangerous Beautiful (The Great Western Hangover, Blackwing Music, 2023)
2. Duff Thompson – Bring it to You (Shadow People, Mashed Potato Records, 20239
3. Tommy and The Ohs – So It Seems (Box Truck Boogie, Perpetual Doom, 2023)
4. Sean Burns – The Same Old Thing Again (Lost Country, Department Store Records, 2023)
5. Jerry Leger – Sort Me Out (Donlands, Latent Recordings, 2023)
6. Desolation Horse – Haircut (Biff, American Standard Time Records, 2023)
7. Maybel – Passing Through (Gloam, Idee Fixe Records, 2023)
8. Steven van Betten – Zoe (Friends and Family, Futere Gods, 2023)
9. Carla Geneve – Spilt Milk (Hertz, Dot Dash Recordings, 2023)
10. Thomas Walsh – Love in a Circumstance (The Rest Is History, Curation Records, 2023)
11. Golden Apples – Guard Stick (Bananasugarfire, Lame-O Records, 2023)
12. Monster Furniture – Got a Good Job (Giant Egg, Scary Chair, 2023)
13. The American Analog Set – Konika & Maliko (For Forever, Hometown Fantasy, 2023)
14. The Mountain Goats – Jenny III (Jenny from Thebes, Merge Records, 2023)
15. Jon Danforth – Out of My Head (Repetitions, 2023)
16. Caitlin Kraus – Fool (Gone Beyond, 2023)
17. Norma MacDonald – Co-Star (In Waves, Noyes Records, 2023)
18. Nora Jane Struthers – Life of a Dream (Back to Cast Iron, Blue Pig Records, 2023)
19. Jessi Colter – Hard on Easy Street (Edge of Forever, Appalachia Record Co, 2023)
20. Micah Thunder – Mountain Pass (The Korean Cowboy, 2023)
21. Flatland Cavalry – The Best Days (Wandering Star, Interscope Records, 2023)
22. The Gaslight Anthem – I Live in the Room Above Her (History Books, Rich Mahogany Recordings / Thirty Tigers, 2023)
23. Black Pumas – Chronicles of a Diamond (Chronicles of a Diamond, ATO Records, 2023)
24. Favourite Colours – Railing (Summer’13, Purple Skies, 2023)
25. Suudelmat – Julia (Katuvatko kuolleet elämää, Suru Records, 2023)
26. Kaikki turhat haaveet – Kaikki turhat haaveet (Pelkkää tuulen suhinaa EP, Minna Records, 2023)
27. Nuoruus – Hän kertoo olevansa (single, Need Money For Records, 2023)
28. Säteri Super – Vääriä valintoja (single, Ya Ya Records, 2023)
29. Tuomari Nurmio & FOLX – Ei paha tavallaan (Rajaseudun laki, Vallila Music House, 2023)
30. Pekka Nisu – Se aika ei palaa (single, KHY Suomen Musiikki, 2023)
31. A.Takalo – Puuttuva rengas (Kuva taivaasta, Salatut elämät, 2023)
32. Leipä – Toinen avaruus (Minna single, Tulli-levyt, 2023)
33. Kielo Kärkkäinen – Valkovuokkonäyt (single, Texicalli Records, 2023)
34. Adam Remnant – Sunrise at the Sunset Motel (single, Coiled Myth Records, 2023)
35. John Craigie feat TK & The Holy Know-Nothings – Where It’s From (single, 2023)
36. Advance Base – How You Got Your Picture on a Wall (single, Orindal Records, 2023)
37. The Satchel Kid feat Carl Edblom – Dogs Running in Dream (single, Ella Ruth Institutet, 2023)
38. BenBen – Clouded Head (single, Perpetual Doom, 2023)
39. Austin Lucas – Just a Girl (single, Grindethos Records, 2023)
40. Katie Jo – Used to Be (single, Fossil Water Records, 2023)
41. Dalton Mills – Redbirds (single, 2023)
42. Adeem the Artist – Fast Cars (single, Four Quarters Records / Thirty Tigers, 2023)
43. Matthew “Doc” Dunn – Fantastic Light (single, Cosmic Range Records, 2023)
44. Memorytown – Mirror (single, Plum Records, 2023)
45. Bory – We Both Won (single, Earth Worms, 2023)
46. Ian M Bailey – It’s Summer Rain (single, 2023)
47. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – Dull Panic & Sunday Gloom (single, Tough Love, 2023)
48. The Laughing Chimes – A Promise to Keep (single, Slumberland, 2023)
49. Liquid Mike – Mouse Trap (single, 2023)
50. Dazy – Forced Perspective (single, Lame-O Records, 2023)
51. Katy Kirby – Table (single, Anti, 2023)
52. Fever Feel – Just a Flavour (single, 2023)
53. Frog – Black on Black on Black (single, tapewormies, 2023)
54. Jon Rauhouse & Blaine Long – Nothing Lasts Forever (single, Fort Lowell Records, 2023)
55. St. Yuma – To the Maximum (single, Quietly Records, 2023)
56. Martha Scanlan & Jon Neufeld – Buck Brush (single, Jealous Butcher Records, 2023)
57. Rose Cousins, Jill Barber and Jenn Grant – Dark Angel (single, Old Farm Pony / Nettwerk, 2023)
58. Amanda Fields & Megan McCormick – Dying Leaves (single, Are and Be Recordings, 2023)
59. Dori Freeman – Movie Screen (single, Blue Hens Music, 2023)
60. Lana Nauphal – Oh He Oh My (single, 2023)
61. Lotta St. Joan – Between You and I (single, 2023)
62. Suonio & Taskinen – Jatkuu (Selväpiirteinen EP, 2023)
63. Sepänkadun köyhät ja nöyryytetyt – Sepänkadun köyhät ja nöyryytetyt (Hyvästit pojille, Panama-levyt, 2023)
64. Dylan LeBlanc – The Outside (Coyote, ATO Records, 2023)
65. Cactus Lee – Pale Rider (Caravan, Org Music, 2023)

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Playlist Archive on Tidal

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 Tidal. This means a few tracks might be missing from the Tidal version, if they are not available on that platform. Usually it’s 1-3 tracks that are not on Tidal. 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 #254

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The album of the week is the new Dylan LeBlanc album for two great reasons. First and foremost, it’s a damn good album. Secondly, he will actually starts his European tour here in Finland next week. He will play in Tampere, Telakka on the 28th and in Helsinki, On the Rocks on the 29th. Extremely highly recommended. Both the record and the upcoming concerts.

There’s plenty of other great releases too. Maybe Sun June and Stanley Brinks are at the top of my list, but we also great new ones from Matt Moran (EP), Dusk, Mike Adams at His Honest Weight, Tedo Stone, Cactus Lee, Ha Ha Tonka, Steph Green, Dylan Rodrigue, Katie Von Schleicher, Maya De Vitry (EP), Israel Nash, Malena Cadiz, Gracie Lane, Dylan Lancaster and Malin Pettersen.

Awesome Finnish release week as well led by the new Sepänkadun Köyhät ja Nöyryytetyt album. We also got excellent albums from Pambikallio and Jarkko Martikainen plus an EP from Suonio & Taskinen. A few gorgeous singles from Aavikko feat Nicole Willis and Karlo Haapiainen & Varaslähtö. Oh and I missed a couple of things last week. These are album from Vimma and single from Tyynyt. That Tyynyt single was a really bad miss, because it’s such a wonderful song.

The international single of the week is obviously the first single from the next Willi Carlisle album. Love that guy. Other early faves came from Zach Russell, Andrew Bryant, Vincent Neil Emerson, Charley Crockett, Evan Cheadle, Thomas Walsh, Michael Nau and Bastards of Soul. Again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. Maybe we’ll see in Helsinki next Sunday at the Dylan LeBlanc concert. But most likely another episode of this new music weekly before that. Until then. Love and empathy.

1. Dylan LeBlanc – Dust (Coyote, ATO Records, 2023)
2. Matt Moran – The Boy Who Looked Like Elvis (Oklahoma Vernacular EP, Broken Tenor Records, 2023)
3. Dusk – Be Nice To Me All Day Long (Glass Pastures, Don Giovanni Records, 2023)
4. Sun June – Sage (Bad Dream Jaguar, Run For Cover Records, 2023)
5. Stanley Brinks – Good Moon (Good Moon, Fika Recordings, 2023)
6. Mike Adams at His Honest Weight – Pyramid Schemes (Guess For Thrills, Joyful Noise, 2023)
7. Tedo Stone – Hard Rock Cruise (Back 9 of Life, Super Canoe, 2023)
8. Dylan Rodrigue – 30 on 2 (Entropy, kid vommit, 2023)
9. Ha Ha Tonka – Tired and Stuck (BloodRedMoon, 2023)
10. Cactus Lee – River Rhone (Caravan, 2023)
11. Steph Green – Last Seance (Lore, 2023)
12. Katie Von Schleicher – Bottle It? (A Little Touch of Schleicher in the Night, Sipsman, 2023)
13. Maya De Vitry – Baby Elephants (Infinite EP, Mad Maker Studio, 2023)
14. Malena Cadiz – Whatever You Need (Hellbent & Moonbound, 2023)
15. Israel Nash – Pieces (Ozarker, Loose Music, 2023)
16. Dylan Lancaster – Kathy & Linda (Stressful Fantasy, 2023)
17. Gracie Lane – Watch it Fall Apart (Doing My Time, 2023)
18. Willi Carlisle – Critterland (single, Signature Sounds, 2023)
19. Sierra Ferrell – Fox Hunt (single, Rounder Records, 2023)
20. Charley Crockett – Killers of the Flower Moon (single, Son of Davy, 2023)
21. Zach Russell – Milk & Honey (single, Carlboro Records / Thirty Tigers, 2023)
22. Vincent Neil Emerson – The Golden Crystal Kindgom (single, La Honda Records / RCA Records, 2023)
23. Andrew Bryant – Shiloh (single, Sentimental Noises, 2023)
24. Suonio & Taskinen – Huijaat vieläkin (Selväpiirteinen EP, Ya Ya Records, 2023)
25. Jarkko Martikainen – Tahdon saada sen verran kuin antaa voit (Itse tehty elämä, Sakara Records, 2023)
26. Sepänkadun Köyhät ja Nöyryytetyt – Hyvästit pojille (Hyvästit pojille, Panama-levyt, 2023)
27. Pambikallio – Sydämenhaikeus (Parc de Pambi, Helmi Levyt, 2023)
28. Vimma – Kielot (Tornadon silmässä, Nordic Notes, 2023)
29. Aavikko feat Nicole Willis – Space Disco Muysic (single, Soit Se Silti, 2023)
30. Tyynyt – Taivaalla kaupungin kangastus (single, Nefer Maglev, 2023)
31. Karlo Haapiainen & Varaslähtö – Lex Amor (single, Helmi Levyt, 2023)
32. Bastards of Soul – You Let Me Down Again (single, Eastwood Music Group, 2023)
33. Wesley Bright – Six Minute Mile (single, Palmetto Street Recording Co, 2023)
34. Pale Jay & Chris Keys – Share a Dream (single, Mello Music Group, 2023)
35. Michael Nau – Shiftshaping (single, Karma Chief Records, 2023)
36. Evan Cheadle – I’ve Been Fooling You (single, Victory Pool, 2023)
37. Bry Webb – Outbound Only, No Return (single, Idee Fixe Records, 2023)
38. Pheribee – Placate the Atmosphere (single, 2023)
39. Wojtek the Bear – Second Place on Purpose (single, Last Night From Glasgow, 2023)
40. Thomas Walsh – We Knew (single, Curation Records, 2023)
41. Summer Set – Center of Attention (single, Fort Lowell Records, 2023)
42. Ducks Ltd – The Main Thing (single, Carpark, 2023)
43. Emmett Morris – Take You Down to Vegas (single, 2023)
44. Skyway Man – Winds (single, Mama Bird Recording Co, 2023)
45. The Maureens – Rainy Day (single, Meritorio Records, 2023)
46. Mightmare – Killer Killer (single, Kill Rock Stars, 2023)
47. Wila Frank – The Returning Dream (single, Tone Tree Music, 2023)
48. Malin Pettersen – Trouble Finding Words (Trouble Finding Words, Die With Your Boots On, 2023)
49. Emma Geiger – All Your Words (single, 2023)
50. Ana Egge – Last Day of Our Acquaintance (single, StorySound Records, 2023)
51. Chelsea Rose – Bittersweet Relief (single, Paul is Dead Records, 2023)
52. Jeremy Squires – Vampires (single, Blackbird Record Label, 2023)
53. Sinai Vessel – Birthday (single, 2023)
54. Fever Feel – Polish the Plastic (single, 2023)
55. John Blek & The Broken Strings – The City Sleeps (single, Bigger River Recording Co, 2023)
56. Dusty Stray – Happiness Strikes (single, Great Waters, 2023)
57. Blue Stoplights – Fistful (single, 2023)
58. Charlie Hill – Hackensack (single, 2023)
59. Melissa Erin – He’ll Love Me Tomorrow (single, 2023)
60. Sean Burns – Before She Made Me Crawl (single, Department Store Records, 2023)
61. Bonnie Montgomery – I’ll Know (single, Gar Hole Records, 2023)
62. Jaime Wyatt – Back to the Country (single, 2023)
63. Janne Tapion Sisäinen Avaruus – Kuori (Jättiläisen tasku, Eclipse, 2023)
64. Anna Hillburg – It Certainly Feels / Little Sister (Tired Girls, Speakeasy Studios SF, 2023)
65. Kacey Johansing – Watch It Like A Snow (Year Away, Night Bloom Records, 2023)

Spotify Playlist

Tidal Playlist

Playlist Archive on Spotify

Playlist Archive on Tidal

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 Tidal. This means a few tracks might be missing from the Tidal version, if they are not available on that platform. Usually it’s 1-3 tracks that are not on Tidal. 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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