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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #264

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I had busy weekend, but here’s a quick new music weekly.

The album of the week is the new Willi Carlisle. Easily could be album of the year too, but let’s not decide that in January. Other great album releases this came week came from Matt Mitchell Music Co, Ismay, Gabi Hartmann (EP), Katy Kirby, Mol Sullivan, The Umbrellas, Sarah Jarosz, Spencer Burton, Chatman County Line and William Elliot Whitmore.

The Finnish highlight is the new Mikko Joensuu album. There’s also a beautiful album from Emilia Tuovila ja Väijytys and singles from Ilja Karsikas & Erik Bäckman and Ptak. Oh and worth mentioning on this section is also the single from Berlin-based The Usual Boys, because they are 1/4 Finnish.

International song of the week is the new one from Hurray for the Riff Raff. Other early faves came from Charley Crockett, Jason Hawk Harris, Mythical Motors, Liquid Mike, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, Christopher Paul Stelling, The Wannadies, Nathan Kalish, Thee Sinseers and so forth. Again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. I forgot to cancel Apple, so this is still a multi-platform monster and available on Tidal, Spotify, Qobuz, Apple and YouTube. Now time to vote and later on NFL playoffs. See you next week with another episode. Love love love.

1. Willi Carlisle – Dry County Dust (Critterland, Signature Sounds Recordings, 2024
2. Matt Mitchell Music Co – Bootstrap Nation (Obvious Euphoria, Amarican Standard Time Record, 2024)
3. Ismay – I Called You Up (Desert Pavement, 2024)
4. Katy Kirby – Fences (Blue Raspberry, Anti, 2024)
5. Gabi Hartmann – Is Anything Wrong (Little Song Lines EP, 27/29 / Sony Music, 2024)
6. Mol Sullivan – Lamb (Goose, 2024)
7. The Umbrellas – When You Find Out (Fairweather Friend, Tough Love, 2024)
8. Sarah Jarosz – Columbus & 89th (Polaroid Lovers, Rounder Records, 2024)
9. Spencer Burton – North Ontario (North Wind, Dine Alone Records, 2024)
10. Chatham County Line – Way Down Yonder (Hiyo, Yep Roc, 2024)
11. William Elliot Whitmore – Bunker Built for Two (Silently, The Mind Breaks, Whitmore Records, 2024)
12. Charley Crockett – 10$ Cowboy (single, Son of Davy / Thirty Tigers, 2024)
13. Hurray for the Riff Raff – Colossus of Roads (single, Nonesuch Records, 2024)
14. Christopher Paul Stelling – Better Days (single, 2024)
15. Jason Hawk Harris – The Risk You Take (single, Bloodshot Records, 2024)
16. Nathan Kalish – Existential AI (single, Yellow Canary, 2024)
17. Sarah Shook & The Disarmers – Revelations (single, Abeyance Records / Thirty Tigers, 2024)
18. Mythical Motors – Court of the Beekeeper (single, Repeating Cloud, 2024)
19. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – Your Worst Song is Your Greatest Hit (single, Tough Love, 2024)
20. The Wannadies – It’s You (It’s You It’s You It’s You) (single, IntMusik / Universal, 2024)
21. Liquid Mike – American Caveman (single, 2024)
22. The Usual Boys – Another Wasted Day (single, 2024)
23. Mikko Joensuu – The Beast and Me (Long Ark, Is This Art! 2024)
24. Emilia Tuovila ja Väijytys – Viljavia kaaria (Täs on sulle, Eclipse, 2024)
25. Ilja Karsikas & Erik Bäckman – Tanssi vaan (single, EBIK Records, 2024)
26. Ptak – You Are the River (single, Bird’s Nest Records, 2024)
27. Minor Moon – The Light Up Waltz (single, Ruination Record Co, 2024)
28. Nina de Vitry – If We Didn’t Have Night (single, 2024)
29. Spencer Cullum feat Hollow Hand – O Caroline (single, Full Time Hobby, 2024)
30. Thee Sinseers – Can’t Do That to Her (single, Colemine Records, 2024)
31. Louien – Losing My Mind (single, Jansen Records, 2024)
32. Merce Lemon feat Colin Miller – I See a Darkness (single, Darling Recordings, 2024)
33. Sofia Wolfson – Donuts (Everyone Reminds Me of You) (single, 2024)
34. Abby Webster – Calliope (single, 2024)
35. Lola Wild – Get Up (single, Tip Top Recordings, 2024)
36. Wild Earp – Enjoy the Silence (single, 2024)
37. Lance Howell – Even the Losers (single, 2024)
38. AC Sapphire – Chaparral Bottoms (single, American Standard Time Records, 2024)
39. Kayla Von Der Heide – Desert (single, 2024)
40. The Bones of J.R. Jones – My Hometown (single, Tone Tree Music, 2024)
41. Brian Sumner – I Don’t Care (single, 2024)
42. Lotta St. Joan – Once (single, 2024)
43. Rosie Tucker – All My Exes Live in Vortexes (single, Sentimental Records, 2024)
44. Apples With Moya – Nettles (single, 2024)
45. Wojtek the Bear – Slowly, then all at once (single, Last Night From Glasgow, 2024)
46. Smoking Popes – Golden Moment (single, 2024)
47. Billy Tibbals – Burn Out! (single, Silver Arrow Records, 2024)
48. Shawn Hess – Walls (Wild Onion, 2024)
49. Brown Horse – Paul Gilley (Reservoir, Loose Music, 2024)
50. Clay Parker and Jodi James – In the Cool of the Evening (Your Very Own Dream, 2024)
51. Doug Paisley – Today I Started Loving You Again (Sad Old World, 2024)
52. Kielo Kärkkäinen – Uivat naiset (Näkijä, Texicalli, 2024)
53. Inginmaa/Hypnomen – Katoavaisuus (Maailma katoaa, Stupido Records, 2024)

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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.

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 #263

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A really sad week in the music media with the Pitchfork layoffs and a merge with a damn men’s magazine. A real add to insult there. Solidarity for all the great writers who lost their job. Hopefully the remaining ones are still allowed to highlight some less household names too.

Album of the week is the great new country beauty from Shawn Hess. New Clay Parker and Jodi James is another big fave. Then there’s also great new albums from Brown Horse, Mali Obomsawin & Magdalena Abrego, Lizzie No, Doug Paisley, Ryan Power, Swimming Bell, The Maureens, Green Day (surprised to see Green Day here? I know I am but had to share this pop beauty from their new album), Old Heavy Hands and Colby T. Helms.

A big Finnish release week led by new albums from Inginmaa/Hypnomen and Kielo Kärkkäinen. I love them both. New Teini-Pää song also pure gold as usual. Other Finnish gems of the week are albums from Pekka Nisu and Karlo Haapiainen & Varaslähtö plus singles from Oho!, Pieni Maailma, Rebekka Holi, Pink Chameleons, SaintPolis, Ruissalo Amping and M.

And finally the international singles. Maybe not a clear cut song of the week, but there’s plenty of great ones from Sierra Ferrell, Jamie Lin Wilson, Lana Nauphal, Leslie Stevens, Lance Howell, Adrianne Lenker, Pernice Brothers, Sam Evian, Eric Long, Adam Ross and so forth. Just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Remember that this is now on Qobuz at least for three more weeks. Actually it’s also on YouTube now. I’m not sure should it be there, but looks like someone had already transferred older episodes there so I guess it doesn’t matter if I do it myself too. This new music weekly is a real multi-platform monster right now. Anyway, Now back to NFL playoffs and back here next week unless some venture capitalist buys this for one million dollars. Love love love.

1. Shawn Hess – Yesterday’s Coffee (Wild Onion, 2024)
2. Clay Parker and Jodi James – A Matchbook Song (Your Very Own Dream, 2024)
3. Brown Horse – Everlasting (Reservoir, Loose Music, 2024)
4. Mali Obomsawin & Magdalena Abrego – Change of Heart (Greatest Hits, 2024)
5. Lizzie No – The Hearbreak Store (Halfsies, Miss Freedomland / Thirty Tigers, 2024)
6. Doug Paisley – Take Stars Out of the Sky (Sad Old World, 2024)
7. Ryan Power – World of Wonder (World of Wonder, 2024)
8. Swimming Bell – For Al and Lee (Charlie, Adventure Club Records / Permanent Records, 2024)
9. The Maureens – Fell in Love (Everyone Smiles, Meritorio Records, 2024)
10. Green Day – Suzie Chapstick (Saviors, Reprise Records, 2024)
11. Old Heavy Hands – Old Demons (Small Fires, Spitting Daggers Records, 2024)
12. Colby T. Helms – Smoke and Flames (Tales of Misfortune, Photo Finish Records, 2024)
13. Sierra Ferrell – Dollar Bill Bar (single, Rounder Records, 2024)
14. Jamie Lin Wilson – Maritime Moon (single, In a Wink Music, 2024)
15. Lana Nauphal – Is It Raining in California? (single, 2024)
16. Leslie Stevens – Big Time, Sucka (single, Soundly, 2024)
17. Lance Howell – In Another Life (single, 2024)
18. Pernice Brothers – Who Will You Believe (single, New West Records, 2024)
19. Adrianne Lenker – Sadness As a Gift (single, 4AD, 2024)
20. Sam Evian – Wild Days (single, Flying Cloud Recordings / Thirty Tigers, 2024)
21. Kielo Kärkkäinen – Ikiaamu (Näkijä, Texicalli Records, 2024)
22. Inginmaa/Hypnomen – Salainen ranta (Maailma katoaa, Stupido Records, 2024)
23. Oho! – Mansikkaufo (single, Oho! Music, 2024)
24. Pieni Maailma – Narahtelevat nurkat (single, 2024)
25. Pekka Nisu – Nyt kun oon jo menettänyt sut (Lauhanmaa, KHY Suomen Musiikki, 2024)
26. Karlo Haapiainen & Varaslähtö – Maamo (Rakkauden raastuvassa, Helmi Levyt, 2024)
27. M – Valvotaan koko yö (single, Playground, 2024)
28. Rebekka Holi – Piina (single, Booa Music, 2024)
29. Teini-Pää – Mietin minne meet (single, Soit Se Silti, 2024)
30. Ruissalo Amping – Kerro niistä öistä (single, Svart Records, 2024)
31. Pink Chameleons – Colors Seem to Fade (single, Soliti, 2024)
32. SaintPolis – Clear Blue Sky (single, SaintPoliSongs, 2024)
33. Gold Star – Wild Boys (single, 2024)
34. Ana Egge – Sorry You’re Sick (single, StorySound Records, 2024)
35. Eric Long – When It’s Over (single, 2024)
36. Country Risque – Depression Drawer (single, Rocks In Your Head Records, 2024)
37. Scott H. Biram – Easy Rider (single, Bloodshot Records, 2024)
38. Sophie Gault – Fixin Things (single, Petamula Records, 2024)
39. Laura Jane Grace – Birds Talk Too (single, Big Scary Monsters, 2024)
40. Kathryn Williams & Withered Hand – Shelf (single, One Little Independent Records, 2024)
41. Adam Ross – Free Will (single, Fika Recordings, 2024)
42. Dancer – Passionate Sunday (single, Meritorio Records, 2024)
43. Sara Beth Go – Teamo (single, 2024)
44. Shabason, Krgovich, Sage – Gloria (single, Idee Fixe Records, 2024)
45. The Glass Hours – Same Old You (single, Cornelius Chapel Records, 2024)
46. Emily Keating feat David Ramirez – What If I Don’t (single, 2024)
47. Melissa Erin – Lickety Split! (single, 2024)
48. Son of the Velvet Rat feat Jolie Holland – Rosary (single, Fluff & Gravy Records, 2024)
49. Marcus King – F*ck My Life Up Again (single, Republic Records, 2024)
50. The Splendids feat Eamon – Cry Baby Cry (single, Colemine Records, 2024)
51. Ippe Nilsson & The Narrows Bros. – Valentine’s Day Is Made For Us (Ippe Nilsson & The Narrows Bros, 2024)
52. Austin Leonard Jones – Country Eyes (At the Polo Club, Perpetual Doom, 2024)
53. Keven Louis Lareau – For a Little While (Ernie Graham single/EP, 2024)
54. Adam Remnant – Ghost Story (Sunrise at the Sunset Motel EP, 2024)
55. John Craigie and TK & The Holy Know-Nothings – Sandra (Pagan Church, 2024)

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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.

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 #262

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Another week, another year, another new music weekly. This is now a four platform monster, because I’m test driving Qobuz while I ponder my options. It won’t stay that way, because paying for four different platforms to make a hobby playlist doesn’t make a whole lot sense. Just wanted to give Qobuz a try. Some holes in the catalogue for sure, but the sound quality is wonderful especially when compared to Spotify. Anyway, I don’t really know what I’m going to do in the long run, but for the next little while this new music weekly is on Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music and Qobuz.

This first new music weekly episode of 2024 tries to cover the past few weeks that this was on hold. So not just this current week. There’s some mid-to-late December stuff too. I’ll get back to usual routine next week. I’m sure I simply forgot to include something, because I didn’t make notes when this was on hiatus. Feel free to send hate mail / recommendations to my inbox. There’s also like 5000 unread email submissions on the inbox and I probably won’t ever have time to go through them. Feel free to send it again, if you tried to reach me during the vacation.

John Craigie and TK & The Holy Know-Nothings is the album of the week. Austin Leonard Jones and Lee Baggett didn’t care about the eoty listmania and released great albums in late December. Big ones for me are also the brand new EP from Adam Remnant and December EP from Michael James Tapscott. Other album gems from December to today came from Fust, Justin Golden, Begale, Pinky Ring (EP), Drew Danburry and Wagging.

We already have a couple of awesome Finnish album releases too from Suosikki, Ippe Nilsson & The Narrows Bros and Santeri Sihvonen & Karjalan Konnat plus a very late great 2023 EPs from Rokki-Mari and iso pusu. 2023 album from Maiju Jouppi is first time on streaming services and therefore first time on this playlist too. Despite all those beauties, my favorite Finnish release of the week is the new single from Vähäsarja. Love that song. Another gem from the Helmi Levyt treasure vaults is the wonderful new Joonas Hauveli song. Kaunis veli is a new artist to me, but instantly really liked the single when I first heard it in December. Other beautiful Finnish singles came from Leija Lautamaja feat Pekko Käppi, Antti Autio, Ethel Suspense, Hiljaiset kadut and Kiss Disease.

The international single of the week is the new one from Willi Carlisle. There’s already a strong aoty candidate when that album comes out in a few weeks. Same goes for Frontier Ruckus too who also have a great single out and available. Other big favorites here came from The Lemon Twigs, Michael Feuerstack, Desiree Cannon, Vanessa Peters, Keven Louis Lareau (well these covers were on Bandcamp long time ago), Rosali, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Daniel Romano, Jeremy Ferrara, Paisley Fields, Charlie Parr, Joshua Ray Walker and so forth. There’s plenty, because this tries to cover a month of new music.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. If you or your friends are on Qobuz, listen this there too for the next month or so. It probably won’t there permanently unless I really fall in love with during the test run. Anyway, back here with another episode next month. Now time to focus on NFL playoffs. Love love love.

1. John Craigie and TK & The Holy Know-Nothings – Where It’s From (Pagan Church, 2024)
2. Austin Leonard Jones – I Used to Waltz (At the Polo Club, Perpetual Doom, 2023)
3. Adam Remnant – Dumb Luck (Sunrise at the Sunset Motel EP, Coiled Myth Records, 2024)
4. Lee Baggett – All Star Day (Echo Me On, Perpetual Doom, 2023)
5. Michael James Tapscott feat Ed Askew – Police Patrol the Border (Charlie No-Face EP, Royal Oakie Records, 2023)
6. Justin Golden – Riverboat Blues (Golden Country: Volume One, Vocal Rest Records, 2024)
7. Fust – Rolling Prairie (Song of the Rail, Dear Life Records, 2024)
8. Drew Danburry – Luna de Miel (Lynette, 2023)
9. Begale – Lost Scribbles (Loose Ender, Relearn to Boogie, 2023)
10. Wagging – Alien (My Own Private Rodeo, Wagging Industries, 2024)
11. Daniel Romano – Field of Ruins (single, You’ve Changed Records, 2024)
12. Pinky Ring – Terrific Sex Terrible People (Terrific Sex with Terrible People EP, PR Records, 2024)
13. The Lemon Twigs – My Golden Year (single, Captured Tracks, 2024)
14. Michael Feuerstack – Your Mind’s Made Up (single, Forward Music Group, 2024)
15. Keven Louis Lareau – The Girl That Turned the Lever (Ernie Graham single/ep, 2024(
16. Doug Paisley – I Want to Be With You Always (single, 2024)
17. Desiree Cannon – Radio Heat (single, Gar Hole Records / Long Road Society, 2024)
18. Willi Carlisle – Higher Lonesome (single, Signature Sounds, 2024)
19. Frontier Ruckus – Clarkston Pasture (single, Loose Music / Sitcom Universe, 2024)
20. Vanessa Peters – Halfway Through (single, Idol Records, 2024)
21. Rosali – Rewind (single, Merge Records, 2024)
22. Jimmy Montague – Only One For Me (single, 2024)
23. Aaron Lee Tasjan – Horror of It All (single, Blue Elan records, 2024)
24, Charlie Parr – Boombox (single, Smithsonian Walkways Recordings, 2024)
25. Joshua Ray Walker – Thank You For Listening (single, Soundly, 2023)
26. Jeremy Ferrara – Paint Me Blue (single, American Standard Time Records / A For Effort Records, 2024)
27. Waxahatchee feat MJ Lenderman – Right Back to It (single, Anti, 2024)
28. Jake Nicoll – Personality (single, 2023)
29. Jackie West – Tiny Flowers II (single, Ruination Record Co, 2023)
30. Gabi Hartmann – Nowhere to Hide (single, 27/29, 2024)
31. Maiju Jouppi – Ocotillo (Of Epic Proportions, Artsy Records, 2023)
32. Vähäsarja – Pääskyset (single, Helmi Levyt, 2024)
33. Kaunis veli – Juhlat (single, 2023)
34. Joonas Hauveli – Koti on hatun alla (single, Helmi Levyt, 2024)
35. Santeri Sihvonen & Karjalan Konnat – Jotain kosteaa (Mitenpä tää menikään? 2024
36. Antti Autio – Vittu minä kuolen tänne (single, Soit Se Silti, 2024)
37. Leija Lautamaja feat Pekko Käppi – Kun rakkaus iski minuun (single, Leija Organs Records, 2024)
38. Hiljaiset kadut – Tukholma (single, Stupido Records, 2024)
39. Rokki-Mari – Ajeluta vielä (Frankliniat EP, Minna Records / Panama-levyt / Bemböle Cassettes, 2023)
40. iso pusu – naaras (tuutko ystäväksi? 2023)
41. Suosikki – Kaikki jengi tsiigaa (Sä oot meistä se kaunis, Soit Se Silti, 2024)
42. Kiss Disease – Wallflower (single, 2023)
43. Ippe Nilsson & The Narrows Bros. – Shirley (Ippe Nilsson & The Narrows Bros. 2024)
44. Ethel Suspense – Monday (single, 2024)
45. Paisley Fields – Over the Radio Waves (single, Don Giovanni Records, 2024)
46. Matt Mitchell Music Co – Captain Toyota (single, American Standard Time Records, 2024)
47. Jesse Daniel – Workin’ Hard (Day and Night) (single, Die True Records / Lightning Rod Records, 2024)
48. The Pendulum Hearts – Lost in Austin (single, 2024)
49. Clay Parker and Jodi James – Fire for the Water (single, 2023)
50. Shay Martin Lovette – Lionhearted Woman (single, Red-Winged Black Bird, 2024)
51. Emily Barker – Loneliness (single, Everyone Sang, 2024)
52. Itasca – Milk (single, Paradise of Bachelors, 2024)
53. Mol Sullivan – Goose (single, 2024)
54. Hannah Frances – Bronwyn (single, Ruination Record Co, 2024)
55. Bridget Kearney – Security Camera (single, Keeled Scales, 2024)
56. Mali Obomsawin & Magdalena Abrego – Believer (single, 2024)
57. Kim Krans – Golden Tears (single, Echo Magic, 2024)
58. Sea Dramas – Running Thoughts (single, Royal Oakie Records, 2024)
59. Torrey – No Matter How (single, Slumberland, 2024)
60. The Infinites – The Queen (single, Meritorio Records, 2024)
61. The Lemonheads – Seven Out (single, Fire Records, 2024)
62. Buffalo Tom – Helmet (single, Scrawny Records, 2024)
63. J Mascis – Right Behind You (single, Sub Pop Records, 2024)
64. GospelbeacH – Hang Thyme (single, Curation Records, 2024)
65. Eyelids – Down in Splendour (single, Jealous Butcher Records, 2024)
66. Casual Technicians – Lucy in the Dark (single, Repeating Cloud, 2024)
67. Charlie Whitten – Stained Glass (single, Airloom, 2024)
68. Parker Millsap & Robert Ellis – Here We Are (single, Okrahoma Records / Thirty Tigers, 2024)
69. Wyatt C. Louis – In Emerald (single, Royal Mountain Records, 2024)
70. Joe Pug – Treasury of Prayers (single, Nation of Heat Records / Soundly, 2024)
71. Katie Pruitt – White Lies, White Jesus and You (single, Rounder Records, 2024)
72. Kaia Kater – The Internet (single, Free Dirt Records, 2024)
73. The Roseline – Hang ’em High (single, RPH Records, 2024)
74. Kaitlin Butts – Tomorrow Will Be Kinder (single, Soundly, 2024)
75. Penny Carson Nichols – Just This Time (single, Yoga Records, 1988/2024)

Spotify Playlist

Tidal Playlist

Playlist Archive on Spotify

Playlist Archive on Tidal

Apple Music Playlist

Qobuz 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 #261

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One more before the holiday season. After this one there will be about a month long break. Unless I suddenly decide to throw in the towel the new music weekly should be back on your favorite evil streaming platform either week 2 or 3 in January. A lot of year end action to come before that. I had a busy day job week and didn’t manage to finish anything, but all the pointless lists should be here within a week or so. I’m taking the lazy route and probably don’t write anything. Just the lists with a playlist. Just don’t have the time and don’t think many cares about the writings anyway. Most will just look what’s on it. Anyway, here’s the final new music weekly of 2023. Did this very quickly so probably missed a thing or two.

Not many album releases anymore, but the quality is high. Bory and Michael Nau can share the album of the week title. I really like them and might get on the aoty list too, if I want to go back into the drawing board with that one. Probably not, because I’m not sure I have the heart to take anything out that I already have there. Great new albums also from BenBen, Smith and Tegio, Theo Lawrence, Apollo Flowerchild and Muireann Bradley.

From the Finnish side of things we have a new album from Lintudisko plus singles from Ty Roxy, Ruissalo Amping, Fernet Underground and Rohkeat Kuvat.

Some excellent international singles too from Itasca, Adrianne Lenker, The Tyde, Joanna Sternberg, Laura Jane Grace, Hallelujah the Hills and so forth. As usual the christmas stuff are on their own playlist.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional matters. It all matters if you want this to continue. Back with this on week 2 or 3. That’s the current plan. Now back to the eoty lists. Love love love.

1. Bory – Wreck (Who’s a Good Boy, Earth Libraries, 2023)
2. Michael Nau – Painting a Wall (Accompany, Karma Chief Records / Colemine Records, 2023)
3. BenBen – Walkins Welcome (Sincere Gifts, Perpetual Doom, 2023)
4. Smith and Tegio – Think I’ll Just Sing (Can’t Stay Here, 2023)
5. Theo Lawrence – Trail of Signs (Pickin’ & Singin’, Tomika Records / Modular, 2023)
6. Muireann Bradley – Delia (I Kept These Old Blues, Tompkins Square, 2023)
7. Apollo Flowerchild – Anynomous Treasure (Drawing 101, 2023)
8. Itasca – Imitation of War (single, Paradise of Bachelors, 2023)
9. Adrianne Lenker – Ruined (single, 4AD, 2023)
10. The Tyde – Heal Thyself (single, Spiritual Pajamas, 2023)
11. Joanna Sternberg – Without You (single, Fat Possum Records, 2023)
12. Thee Sinseers – For You (single, Colemine Records, 2023)
13. Ty Roxy – The Return (single, Fonal Records, 2023)
14. Ruissalo Amping – Ruusupuutarha (single, Svart Records, 2023)
15. Rohkeat Kuvat – Lupaukset (single, Soit Se Silti, 2023)
16. Lintudisko – Jos olisi kysymys (Elämä lymyilee, 2023)
17. Fernet Underground – Keinu (single, Kynsinauhat, 2023)
18. Hallelujah the Hills – Alone, In Love (single, Discrete Pageantry, 2023)
19. Jamie Turner – A Girl Just Like You (single, 2023)
20. Jimmy Montague feat Chris Farren – All the Same (single, 2023)
21. Laura Jane Grace – Cuffing Season (single, Big Scary Monsters, 2023)
22. Sarah Shook & the Disarmers – Backsliders (single, Abeyance Records / Thirty Tigers, 2023)
23. John Craigie & The Holy Know-Nothings – Good to You (single, 2023)
24. The Roseline – I Was a Gun (single, RPH Records, 2023)
25. Thunder and Rain – Wilted Flower Waltz (single, 2023)
26. Joe Wunderle – The Moon is on Roll Tonight (single, Anti-Corp, 2023)
27. Rod Smoth + Spirituals – Wad (single, 2023)
28. Samantha Crain – Time After Time (single, Real Kind Records, 2023)
29. Emmett Morris – Glimpse of Beyond (Emerald EP, 2023)
30. Gonzalez Smith – Something Good (Roll Up a Song, Bobo Integral, 2023)

Spotify Playlist

Tidal Playlist

Playlist Archive on Spotify

Playlist Archive on Tidal

Apple Music 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 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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