Another week, another new music weekly.

First one as a writer of a 21 year old music blog. Time is a weird concept. But I made a post about that yesterday, so let’s go on with the weekly new music routine.

Marina Allen’s beautiful album and EP from Terry’s Paradise were the key releases for me this week. Really dig that postmodern doowop from Terry’s Paradise. If you dig the new one, I highly recommend the earlier EPs too. There’s some big gems there like Full Moon and Dotted Line. There’s much more of course and the week gave us new albums from Kim Ware & The Good Graces, Veronica Stanton, Skinny Dyck (EP), Amy Ray, Rhett Miller, Sweet Megg, The Beths, Jesca Hoop, The Harlem Gospel Travelers, Ali McGuirk, Lara Taubman, The Commonheart and Iron & Wine (Lori covers EP). And then there’s one originally from 2018 too, but it has a 2022 reissue. That’s the one by country songwriter and musician Tobias Berblinger who also plays in Kassi Valazza’s touring band. I actually found this great album from Kassi’s insta stories. So thank you goes there. The CD and streaming reissue is already available on Ten Dollar Recording Co. Vinyl reissue is coming up in October, so perhaps I’ll share another track when that happens.

The big Finnish release on these evil streaming platforms is the new album from Jani Matti Juhani. It has been out some months for the lovely folks who still buy music, but now it is also streaming. A really strong album. I love it to bits. We also got a debut album from Nina Kaitaranta and then there’s a great run of singles from Of Wild, Silva Emilia, Suosikki and Hexehexe. Ok, I think the last one is from the week before this, but better late than never all the other cliches. It’s a damn good one so sorry about missing it a week ago.

The international single favorite is probably the new one from Julianna Riolino. So look forward to hearing her album when it comes out. Other early faves this week came from David Miner, Twain, Tommy Alexander, Lincoln Barr, MacKenzie Roark, John Fullbright, Drew Beskin & The Sunshine, Mightmare and Pomplamoose / Nataly Dawn / J.E. Sunde. Just to name a few and future spins might make me fall badly for a song that I didn’t name or even include on this way too long playlist.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Love from a distance.

1. Marina Allen – Smoke Bush (Centrifics, Fire Records, 2022)
2. Terry’s Paradise – I Wanna Know (Postmodern Doowop EP, 2022)
3. Jani Matti Juhani – Klaus & Caroline (Maailma palaa raiteilleen, Ainoa Productions, 2022)
4. Kim Ware & The Good Graces – Bird in One Hand (Ready, Fort Lowell Records, 2022)
5. Veronica Stanton – New Dream (Caught Up on a Feeling, 2022)
6. Amy Ray feat H.C. McEntire – Muscadine (If It All Goes South, Daemon Records, 2022)
7. Julianna Riolino – Queen of Spades (single, You’ve Changed Records, 2022)
8. Skinny Dyck – TV Blue (Palace Waiting, Sound Asleep Records, 2022)
9. David Miner – By the Way (single, Potholes Records, 2022)
10. Tobias Berblinger – Luckiest Hippie Alive (The Luckiest Hippie Alive, Ten Dollar Recording Co, 2022)
11. Mackenzie Roark – Highway I’ve Been On (single, Vocal Rest Records, 2022)
12. John Fullbright – Social Skills (single, Blue Dirt Records / Thirty Tigers, 2022)
13. Tommy Alexander – Backslide (single, Fluff & Gravy Records, 2022)
14. Twain – Walking II (single, Keeled Scales, 2022)
15. Lincoln Barr – Beyond the Threshold (single, Two Roads Records, 2022)
16. Weyes Blood – It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody (single, Sub Pop Records, 2022)
17. Jesca Hoop – Lyrebird (Order of Romance, Memphis Industries, 2022)
18. Rhett Miller – Already There (The Misfit, ATO Records, 2022)
19. The Beths – Your Side (Expert in a Dying Field, Carpark Records, 2022)
20. Drew Beskin & The Sunshine – My Time in the Sunshine (single, Super Canoe / We Bough a Zoo Records, 2022)
21. Mightmare – Enemy (single, Kill Rock Stars, 2022)
22. Miko Marks & The Resurrectors – Trouble (single, Redtone Records, 2022)
23. Say She She – Pink Roses (single, Karma Chief Records / Colemine Records, 2022)
24. The Harlem Gospel Travelers feat Aaron Frazer – Help Me to Understand (Look Up? Colemine Records, 2022)
25. Sweet Megg – I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling (My Window Faces the South, Turtle Bay Records, 2022)
26. Pomplamoose / Nataly Dawn / J.E. Sunde – Next Life (single, 2022)
27. Fran – So Long (single, Fire Talk, 2022)
28. Silva Emilia – What If We Could Fly (single, 2022)
29. Nina Kaitaranta – Versot (Minä valitsen tämän, Kaita Records, 2022)
30. Of Wild – Haddaway (single, Bianca-Pop Music, 2022)
31. Hexehexe – Shake (Shake Shake) (single, 2022)
32. Suosikki – Arki on mun huora (single, Soit Se Silti, 2022)
33. Dead Gowns – Renter Not a Buyer (single, 2022)
34. Bec Stevens – Big Worry (single, Damaged Record Co, 2022)
35. Lenny Bull – Vegas (single, Cock & Bull Records, 2022)
36. Trevor Beld Jimenez – Dreamin’ All the Time (single, 2022)
37. Beau Jennings & The Tigers – I’ve Got Your Heart Right Here (single, Black Mesa Records, 2022)
38. Kath Bloom – Love Is Here (single, Steady Hand Records, 2022)
39. Chris Kasper – Dufresne Rock Blues (single, Tone Tree Music, 2022)
40. Vilma Flood – Intertwined (single, Startracks, 2022)
41. Emily Scott Robinson – Built on Bones (single, Oh Boy Records, 2022)
42. Bonny Light Horseman – Sweetbread (single, 37d03d, 2022)
43. Nicholas Mudd – A Lover and a Drunkard (single, 2022)
44. Tim Hill – Calico (single, Innovative Leisure, 2022)
45. Hayes Carll – People Who Care (single, Dualtone, 2022)
46. Ali McGuirk – Evelyn (Til It’s Gone, Signature Sounds Records, 2022)
47. Breanna Barbara – Landslide (single, Fuzz Club Records, 2022)
48. Julia, Julia – Do It or Don’t (single, Suicide Squeeze Records, 2022)
49. Dear Nora – Shadows (single, Orindal Records, 2022)
50. A.O. Gerber – Only Mystery (single, Hand in Hive / Father/Daughter, 2022)
51. Jade Imagine – Instinct That I Wanna Know (single, Marathon Artists, 2022)
52. Angel Olsen feat Sturgill Simpson – Big Time (single, Jagjaguwar, 2022)
53. Bill Callahan – Coyotes (single, Drag City, 2022)
54. Lara Taubman – Ol’ Kentucky Light (Ol’ Kentucky Light, CRS. 2022)
55. Jessie Marks – Apparition (single, 2022)
56. Katy Rea– We Come Back (single, 2022)
57. Hand Habits – Greatest Weapon (single, Psychic Hotline, 2022)
58. Adam Ross – Dry Soul (single, Olive Grove Records, 2022)
59. Bonny Doon – San Francisco (single, Anti, 2022)
60. Field Medic – Stained Glass (single, Run For Cover Records, 2022)
61. Neal Francis – Very Fine Pts 1 & 2 (single, ATO Records, 2022)
62. Lee Fields – Forever (single, Daptone Records, 2022)
63. The Commonheart – Trying to Get Over (For Work of Love, Jullian Records, 2022)
64. Honey Harper – Ain’t No Cowboys in Georgia (single, ATO Records, 2022)
65. Stephen Wilson Jr – Billy (single, 2022)
66. One Eleven Heavy – Bama Yeti (single, 2022)
67. Iron & Wine feat Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart – Like Patsy Would (Lori EP, Black Cricket Recording Co, 2022)
68. Matthew Check – Old Wooden Floor (single, 2022)
69. Martha Scanland & Jon Neufeld – I’m As High As Summer Breeze (single, Jealous Butcher Records, 2022)
70. Scott Ballew – Sweetest Friend (Leisure Rodeo, 2022)

Spotify Playlist

Tidal Playlist

Playlist Archive on Spotify

Playlist Archive on Tidal

Apple Music Playlist

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.

Another week, another new music weekly.

This new music weekly is back on Apple Music for the next two months. So if you’ve been missing it, there’s some good news for you. Unfortunately it will only be temporary and most likely disappears again in mid-November, because I can’t afford to pay subscription fees to multiple streaming services. I rather give that money to the local record store. So it will be two month run unless it becomes immensely popular over there. And based on last run I know it won’t. So listen while you can and tell your Apple Music friends. One day I would also like to give Qobuz a go. Just to test drive the app and see whether it’s better, as good/bad or worse than other services.

The album of the week is the new beautiful monster from Daniel Romano’s Outfit. Pretty much unplaylistable (is that a word), because it’s just one song in two parts. Therefore I used to earlier single excerpt on the playlist. New albums from Charley Crockett, Scott Ballew and JPW were also on top of my list for this week. Then there’s also excellent new ones from Rachel Angel, Thorsten Nesch (EP), Snow Coats, Jason McCue, The Boys With Perpetual Nervousness, Mike Adams at His Honest Weight, Marlon Williams, Futurebirds & Carl Broemel, Air Waves, Jake La Botz, GA-20, Laura Benitez and the Heartache, Damn Tall Buildings, The Deer, lund and Mayya.

The Finnish section is tiny, but the quality is high. The debut single from Heta Narkaus is the highlight along with the second single from The Skiffs. And yeah I do have a soft spot for Olavi Uusivirta and his new album is again really good. Plus I also added one more song from the ITE EEROLA album.

My favorite song of the week has been the new awesome Melissa Carper single. You better not finish your AOTY lists in early November, because the album is due out on the 18th of November. I’m already reserving a spot for Ramblin’ Soul on my list. I’m also a big fan of Terry’s Paradise and their new single. New EP on the horizon there. Other early single favorites came from Courtney Marie Andrews, 2nd Grade, I Was a King, Tedo Stone, Tommy Prine (beautiful debut single from John Prine’s son), Caleb Caudle, Hallelujah the Hills, Isla Craig and Terra Spencer & Ben Caplan. Again just to name a few and future spins will dictate what will become the biggest personal faves.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. By the time of the next new music weekly, this blog will be 21 years old. Kinda crazy if you ask me. Yet here I still am and I guess will be for the foreseeable future. Love from a distance.

1. Daniel Romano’s Outfit – Genuine Light (La Luna excerpt) (La Luna, You’ve Changed Records, 2022)
2. Charley Crockett – Time of the Cottonwood Trees (The Man from Waco, Son of Davy / Thirty Tigers, 2022)
3. Scott Ballew – Postcard from Paradise (Leisure Rodeo, 2022)
4. JPW – Clarifying Word (Something Happening / Always Happening, Fort Lowell Records, 2022)
5. Melissa Carper – Ain’t a Day Goes By (single, Mae Music / Thirty Tigers, 2022)
6. Courtney Marie Andrews – These Are the Good Old Days (single, Fat Possum Records, 2022)
7. Rachel Angel – Midnite Heart Attack (Midnite Heart Attack, Ruzafa Records, 2022)
8. Terry’s Paradise – Dusty Rose (single, 2022)
9. Thorsten Nesch – We Are Losing Our Keith Richards (This Will Hurt a Little EP, 2022)
10. Jason McCue – Everything is Good (Tempted, Fluff & Gravy Records, 2022)
11. The Boys with the Perpetual Nervousness – As the Day Begins (The Third Wave of, Bobo Integral, 2022)
12. Snow Coats – Ok ok (Sue) (If It Wasn’t Me, I Would’ve Called It Funny, Alcopop! 2022)
13. Mike Adams at His Honest Weight – Me & Tammy (Graphic Blandishment, Joyful Noise, 2022)
14. 2nd Grade – Me & My Blue Angels (single, Double Double Whammy, 2022)
15. I Was a King – Lo Pressure (single, 2022)
16. Tedo Stone – Keeping it Tight (single, Super Canoe, 2022)
17. Marlon Williams – Don’t Go Back (My Boy, Dead Oceans, 2022)
18. Futurebirds & Carl Broemel – St. Teresa (Bloomin’ Too, No Coincidence Records, 2022)
19. Air Waves – The Dance (The Dance, Fire Records, 2022)
20. The Afghan Whigs – Please, Baby, Please (How Do You Burn? Royal Cream / BMG, 2022)
21. Hallelujah the Hills – God is Lonely Tonight (single, Discrete Pageantry Records, 2022)
22. Jake La Botz – Hope the Sunshine (Hair On Fire, 2022)
23. Caleb Caudle – I Don’t Fit In (single, Soundly, 2022)
24. Tommy Prine – Ships in the Harbor (single, Nameless Knight, 2022)
25. Jenny Berkel – Westbound (single, Outside Music, 2022)
26. Isla Craig – Song for Boots (single, Idee Fixe Records, 2022)
27. Heta Narkaus – Missa mun ois hyvä olla (single, 2022)
28. The Skiffs – Conspiracies (single, 2022)
29. Olavi Uusivirta – Älä päästä mua menemään (Pieni kuolema, Johanna kustannus, 2022)
30. Mr. Sam & The People People – Get Along (single, 2022)
31. GA-20 – Fairweather Friend (Crackdown, Karma Chief Records, 2022)
32. The Bones of J.R. Jones – Trouble (single, Tone Tree Music, 2022)
33. Garrett T Capps & NASA County – People Are Beautiful (single, Spaceflight Records, 2022)
34. Tyler Childers – Angel Band – Jubilee version (single, 20229
35. Brit Taylor – Cabin in the Woods (single, Cut a Shine / Thirty Tigers, 2022)
36. Tennessee Jet – Drunken Choir (single, 2022)
37. Laura Benitez and the Heartache – Bad Things (California Centuries, Copperhead Records, 2022)
38. Damn Tall Buildings – Painter (Sleeping Dogs, 2022)
39. Emily Nenni – Can Chaser (single, Normaltown Records, 2022)
40. Kim Ware & The Good Graces – U2 (Means to an End) (single, Fort Lowell Records, 2022)
41. Dan Reeder – Bloo You Belive In Bloo Blove (single, Oh Boy Records / Thirty Tigers, 2022)
42. Eliza Edens – Westlawn Cemetary (single, Edens Sound, 2022)
43. Alela Diane – Camellia (single, Soundly, 2022)
44. Kate Bollinger – Running (single, Ghostly International, 2022)
45. Aoife Nessa Frances – This Still Life (single, Partisan Records, 2022)
46. The California Honeydrops – Nothing at All (single, 2022)
47. Terra Spencer & Ben Caplan – Good Friends (single, 2022)
48. Nev Cottee – The Ring (single, Wonderflsound, 2022)
49. Mya Byrne – Autumn Sun (single, Kill Rock Stars, 2022)
50. Wayne Graham – Decorated Time (single, K&F Records, 2022)
51. The Deer – Lilacs (The Beautiful Undead, Keeled Scales, 2022)
52. Wednesday – Bull Believer (single, Dead Oceans, 2022)
53. The Chevelles – Something About You (single, Wicked Cool Records, 2022)
54. Fleur – Fais Gaffe! (single, Soundflat Records, 2022)
55. Mayya – Rock Inside My Shoe (Infinit Possible Futures, Calar Music, 2022)
56. The Green Pajamas – The Hidden Fortress (single, Green Monkey Records, 2022)
57. Matthew J Rolin – Fourth Street (single,
58. Jake Blount & Demeanor – The Downward Road (single, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2022)
59. Barrett Davis – Lazarus (single, 2022)
60. lund – Right This Time (Right This Time, 2022)
61. Mary Bragg feat Caroline Spence – Hard Time (single, Tone Tree Music, 2022)
62. Maya Elise & The Good Dream – Mailman (single, Big Berry Studios, 2022)
63. Ite Eerola – Neiti Helena (On tullut ajateltua kuolemaa ja semmosta, Panama-levyt, 2022)
64. Jack Fister – Ashes of Her Love (Sweet Riverside Farm Mojo Heart, 2022)
65. Martha Spencer feat Luke Bell – Banks of New River (Wonderland, Gingham Rose, 2022)

Spotify Playlist

Tidal Playlist

Playlist Archive on Spotify

Playlist Archive on Tidal

Apple Music Playlist

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.

Another week, another new music weekly.

Hey look, it’s episode #201. I guess there was never that big of a doubt. Although mid-week I did consider taking a break for a week or two, because it felt like I’ve given all I have for the time being. But then on Friday I saw all kind of cool things like the new Kristiina single and suddenly it felt like there was a reason to keep going. So here we are.

This was a horrible week in the country music world, because we lost a great songwriter and a beautiful soul way too young. Rest in peace Luke Bell and thank you for everything. Luke actually duets with Martha Spencer on a couple of songs on Martha’s brand new album, so I’ll start this week with Martha and Luke singing beautifully together. I would have loved to share that under better circumstances, because the album is a beauty and worth all the love. Another rootsy gem in the beginning is Jack Fister’s album followed with a few power pop treasures from Uni Boys and Mo Troper. Kind of covering both sides of my music listening habits there. The week also gave us new albums from Jake Tittle, Ragland, The Wynntown Marshalls, Jay Gavin (EP) Drayton Farley (EP), Lean Year, Lou Turner, Motel Radio, The Orchids, Ylayali, Ruby Gill, Brittany Collins and Julie Title (this last one is from mid-August).

The Finnish section starts with my favorite song of the week. It’s the first single from Kristiina’s (Tamara Luonto) forthcoming album. Absolutely love this one, which is not surprise because Neiti B by Tamara Luonto is one of my favorite Finnish songs of the year. Can’t wait to hear more from both Kristiina and Tamara Luonto. A couple of big album releases too from Samae Koskinen and Itä-Hollola Installaatio plus singles from KIUSA, Otto Mikkola, AURAL, Evita, Bleak Moments, Knife Girl and Tahtoisin kertoa sinulle tarinan. All great, but I want to highlight the one by KIUSA, because the band hasn’t been on this blog before. Just found them this weekend (thanks Olli) and I really like them. The list also includes two more songs from Ite Eerola’s last week album release, because I still love it madly.

And then the international singles. There’s the double a-side split power pop monster single in the beginning from Weird Nightmare and Ancient Shapes. Later on some of my favorites include the new ones from Todd Farrell Jr, Marina Allen, Mapache, Drew Beskin & The Sunshine, Nathan K, The Boys with the Perpetual Nervousness and The Late Great. Just to name a few and only further spins will tell me what I end up loving the most.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Love from a distance.

1. Martha Spencer feat Luke Bell – Hesitation Blues (Wonderland, Gingham Rose, 2022)
2. Jack Fister – Funeral House Blues (Sweet Riverside Farm Mojo Heart, 2022)
3. Uni Boys – Long Time No See (Do It All Next Week, Curation Records, 2022)
4. Mo Troper – Waste Away (MTV, Lame-O Records, 2022)
5. Weird Nightmare – I Think You Know (single, Sub Pop Records, 2022)
6. Ancient Shapes – Bird With an Iron Head (single, Sub Pop Records, 2022)
7. Jake Tittle – Owen (Blood Offering, Anxiety Blanket Records, 2022)
8. Lou Turner – Empty Tame and Ugly (Microcosmos, Spinster, 2022)
9. Lean Year – The Trouble With Being Warm (Sides, Western Vinyl, 2022)
10. Ragland – I Think I Love You Too Much (Guardian, 2022)
11. Jay Gavin – Therapy (Therapy EP, 2022)
12. Drayton Farley – Dreamer (Walk Home EP, Hargrove Records, 2022)
13. The Wynntown Marshalls – Disappointment (Big Ideas, 2022)
14. Todd Farrell Jr. – Can’t Sit Still (single, 2022)
15. Kristiina – Hai (single, Humu Records / Hillotehdas, 2022)
16. Itä-Hollola Installaatio – Länki (Velipuolet, KHY Suomen Musiikki, 2022)
17. KIUSA – 52 kertaa (single, 2022)
18. Bleak Moments – Sad Country Girl (single, 2022)
19. Otto Mikkola – Ei mul oo varaa rakastuu (single, Harava Records, 2022)
20. Tahtoisin kertoa sinulle tarinan – Järjellä vai tunteella (single, 2022)
21. Samae Koskinen – Marketin rappuset (Viima vei, KHY Suomen Musiikki, 2022)
22. Ite Eerola – Pirkko (On tullut ajateltua kuolemaa ja semmosta, Panama-levyt, 2022)
23. AURAL – Syyskuu (single, 2022)
24. Evita – Kassa (single, Grand Vesuvio, 2022)
25. Knife Girl – Never Let Go (single, Soliti, 2022)
26. With Strangers – A Love That’s Gone (single, Mango Hill Records, 2022)
27. Ironsides – Changing Light (single, Colemine Records, 2022)
28. Mapache – Always It’s You (single, Innovative Leisure, 2022)
29. Motel Radio – Stress (The Garden, Single Lock Records, 2022)
30. Marina Allen – Halfway Home (single, Fire Records, 2022)
31. Nathan K. – Tryin (single, 2022)
32. Drew Beskin & The Sunshine – All Along Your Way (single, Super Canoe, 2022)
33. The Boys with the Perpetual Nervousness – Isolation (single, Bobo Integral, 2022)
34. The Orchids – Echos (Dreaming Kind, Skep Wax Records, 2022)
35. Shannen Moser – Ben (single, Lame-O Records, 2022)
36. A.O. Gerber – For (single, Hand in Hive & Father / Daughter, 2022)
37. Ylayali – He Needs Me (Separation, Dear Life Records, 2022)
38. Via Mardot – Portal (single, 2022)
39. Plains – Abilene (single, Anti, 2022)
40. Dana Gavanski – Strangers (single, Full Time Hobby, 2022)
41. Ruby Gill – Dirty Work (I’m Gonna Die With This Frown on my Face, 2022)
42. Annie Dressner – I’ve Always Been Like This (single, 2022)
43. Quinn Cicala – Arkansas (single, 2022)
44. Gilded Lows – Last Call (single, Perpetual Doom, 2022)
45. Nathan Xander – Tide Rolls Back (single, 2022)
46. Rayland Baxter – If I Were a Butterfly (single, ATO Records, 2022)
47. Kim Ware & The Good Graces – Palisade Peaches (single, Fort Lowell Records, 2022)
48. Hayes Carll – Happy Hour (single, Dualtone, 2022)
49. The Late Great – Absolutely Losers (single, Safe & Sound Recordings, 2022)
50. Amy Ray – Joy Train (single, Daemon Records, 2022)
51. Gabe Lee – Rusty (single, Torrez Music Group, 2022)
52. Matthew Check feat Miss Tess – The Way That You Are (single, 2022)
53. Brittany Collins – Two Worlds (Things I Tell My Therapist, Pacific Northwest Records, 2022)
54. Julie Title – A Wreath to Lay (After the Sun, Beatroot, 2022)
55. Angela Perley -Star Dreamer (single, 2022)
56. Riley Catherall – Bark at the Moon (single, Compass Brothers Records, 2022)
57. Deer Tick – Cake and Eggs (single, Partisan Records, 2022)
58. Kyle Hamlett Duo – ZZZ (Tape Diamonds, Arrowhawk Records, 2022)
59. The Secret Beach – The Last Time We Love (Songs from the Secret Beach, Victory Pool, 2022)
60. Ite Eerola – Laulu ystäville (On tullut ajateltua kuolemaa ja semmosta, Panama-levyt, 2022)

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.

Another week, another new music weekly.

It’s also new music weekly #200. Hooray! Kinda crazy that I’ve spent 200 weekends almost in a row making this little thing. I’ve missed a few due to various reasons, but it has still been a big task. Sometimes even a hell of a grind due to the hours it takes to compile it. I have no idea whether it was worth it or if it matters. Probably not in any kind of bigger scale, but it matters to me and hopefully to some of you. I’m grateful for everyone who have listened the playlist and/or read this accompanied blog post regularly or occasionally. There are many bigger publications out there doing similar things, so it means a lot that you follow my one man adventure in the world of new music. I hope I’ve rewarded that trust with giving you some hidden gems that you may have otherwise missed.

I’ll start this time with the Finnish ones, because there’s a new Finnish album that I love madly. Ite Eerola actually may have written my favorite album of the year so far. I have nothing but love for this beautiful album. Oh and don’t be scared of the title, because the overall feel of this is warm-hearted, comforting and humane. It may often revolve around death, but it makes me love life, people close to me and myself. And well especially that myself part hasn’t always been a given. So thank you Reetta for that and this treasure of an album. I even made an exception and put two songs from it to the playlist. That may be the first time ever. But moving on now, because there’s more Finnish gems too. We also got an excellent album from Tulio and some mighty singles from Kuumat Siivet, Kytäjä and Sammal. Oh and then there’s also a revisit to last week’s wonderful Mikael H and Rock Siltanen Group albums.

The international album part doesn’t have many long time favorites, but that’s also refreshing because it gives me more time to listen to artists that are fairly new to me. Kyle Hamlett Duo and The Secret Beach for example fall into this category and both made awesome albums. Let’s Whisper is a great one if you are into indie pop and for soul fans that Thee Sacred Souls album is exciting. Julia Jacklin of course rules and I loved that Paisley Fields track but didn’t have time to listen the whole album yet. And then there’s many others that I look forward to listen more thoroughly. The week gave us new albums from Lilly Winwood, Stella Donnelly, Miles Hewitt, Will Hoge, Chris Forsyth, Valerie June (covers), L.A. Mood, Thanya Iyer (EP), Terminally Phil (EP), Tommy McLain, Jacob Faurholt, Marcus King and Nora Brown.

And finally the international singles. First let’s take moment to celebrate that there’s new music from Caitlin Rose. First single is out now and it’s a great one. I also loved that Tommy Alexander joined Fluff & Gravy Records family and released a new single. Some other favorites came from Johanna Samuels, Adeline Hotel, Nikki Lane, M. Lockwood Porter, Jeremy Squires, Ellen Froese, Rinehearts (thanks to Joe Algeri for the recommendation), Stephen Becker, The Speedways, Small Sur, JPW and Chris Canterbury. Again just to name a few. I have no idea yet what will become my biggest favorites until I have more time to listen to these.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. I still don’t have a clear picture of the future and will things stay completely the same now that I’ve reached this milestone. I guess so, but only 100% sure thing is that this won’t completely disappear. So come back next week to see if things look the same. Until then. Love from a distance.

1. Ite Eerola – Ihan hyvä päivä (On tullut mietittyä kuolemaa ja semmosta, Panama-levyt, 2022)
2. Kyle Hamlett Duo – Years and Years (Tape Diamonds, Arrowhawk Records, 2022)
3. The Secret Beach – Miss You (Songs From The Secret Beach, Victory Pool, 2022)
4. Let’s Whisper – This Might Not Be a Crush (The In-Between Times, Fika Recordings, 2022)
5. Thee Sacred Souls – Sorrow For Tomorrow (Thee Sacred Souls, Daptone Records, 2022)
6. Paisley Fields – Iowa (Limp Wrist, Don Giovanni Records, 2022)
7. Lilly Winwood – A Paper Trail of Broken Hearts (Talking Walls, 2022)
8. Will Hoge – You Are the Place (Wings On My Shoes, EDLO Records / Soundly, 2022)
9. Julia Jacklin – Be Careful With Yourself (Pre Pleasure, Polyvinyl, 2022)
10. Stella Donnelly – Restricted Account (Flood, Secretly Canadian, 2022)
11. Johanna Samuels – Phil Spector Is Dead (single, Tone Tree Music, 2022)
12. Tommy Alexander – Silence (single, Fluff & Gravy Records, 2022)
13. M. Lockwoord Porter – Cried Through the Night (single, Black Mesa Records, 2022)
14. Valerie June – Into My Arms (Under Cover, Fantasy Records, 2022)
15. Chris Forsyth – You’re Going To Need Somebody (Evelution Here We Come, No Quarter, 2022)
16. Nikki Lane – Born Tough (single, New West Records, 2022)
17. Caitlin Rose – Black Obsidian (single, Pearl Tower Records, 2022)
18. Adeline Hotel – Unsung (single, Ruination Record Co, 2022)
19. Miles Hewitt – Hearfall (Heartfall, 2022)
20. Jeremy Squires – Into the Fog (single, Blackbird Record Label, 2022)
21. Ite Eerola – Kunpa olisit vielä täällä (Jukalle) (On tullut mietittyä kuolemaa ja semmosta, Panama-levyt, 2022)
22. Kytäjä – Nauttinen hämärä / Nautical Twilight (single, Panama-levyt, 2022)
23. Sammal – på Knivan (single, Svart Records, 2022)
24. Tulio – Vain sanoja (Yyteri, Solina Records, 2022)
25. Kuumat Siivet – En ole koskaan (single, 2022)
26. Ellen Froese – For Each Flower Growing (single, Victory Pool, 2022)
27. Dear Nora – Scrolls of Doom (single, Orindal Records, 2022)
28. Nick Delffs – Lungs (single, Mama Bird Recording Co, 2022)
29. Drugdealer – Someone to Love (single, Mexican Summer, 2022)
30. Say She She – Prism (single, Karma Chief Records, 2022)
31. Lee Baggett – Run to the Sun (single, Perpetual Doom, 2022)
32. Balto – Spanish Wine (single, 2022)
33. Slender Gems – Rosario (single, Sound Judgment, 2022)
34. L.A. Mood – Alert Blue (A Print Out of the Sun, Cheersquad Records & Tapes, 2022)
35. Rinehearts – Powerlines (single, Cheersquad Records & Tapes, 2022)
36. The Speedways – A Drop in the Ocean (single, 2022)
37. Trevor Beld Jimenez – Summertime Is Calling Me (single, 2022)
38. Thanya Iyer – New Kind of Swim (Rest EP, Topshelf Records, 2022)
39. JPW – Always Happening (single, Fort Lowell Records, 2022)
40. Small Sur – Monhegan Island, 2012 (single, Worried Songs, 2022)
41. Stephen Becker – Unspoken (single, 2022)
42. Spencer Hoffman feat Floating Action – French Diseases of the Heart, Park the Van, 2022)
43. Jake Tittle – Carrots (single, Anxiety Blanket Records, 2022)
44. TW Walsh – Kaboom (single, Tower of a Song, 2022)
45. Jacob Faurholt – Sometimes It Feels Like Stars Are Under Us (When The Spiders Crawl, Raw Onion Records, 2022)
46. Good Good Blood – Body of Love (single, Fox Food Records, 2022)
47. Terminally Phil feat Jay Gulley – Heaven (Time is Tight, Dude, Super Canoe, 2022)
48. Tenci – Two Cups (single, Keeled Scales, 2022)
49. Veronica Stanton – I’m No Good (single, 2022)
50. Margo Price – Been to the Mountain (single, Loma Vista, 2022)
51. Marcus King – Whisper (Young Blood, Republic Records, 2022)
52. Courtney Patton – Never on the Hurting End (single, 2022)
53. The War and Treaty – That’s How Love Is Made (single, UMG Recordings, 2022)
54. Tommy McLain feat Elvis Costello – I Ran Down Every Dream (I Ran Down Every Dream, Yep Roc, 2022)
55. Chris Canterbury – Sweet Maria (single, Rancho Deluxe Records, 2022)
56. Michael Paul Lawson – Lucille (single, 2022)
57. Barrett Davis feat Woody Platt – Quiver (single, 2022)
58. Nora Brown – Southern Texas (Long Time To Be Gone, Jalopy Records, 2022)
59. Martha Spencer – Wonderland (single, 2022)
60. Rachael Dadd – Heads Down (single, Memphis Industries, 2022)
61. Emily Fairlight / The Shifting Sands – Desert Love (Sun Casts a Shadow, Fishrider, 2022)
62. Rock Siltanen Group – Sekoilu seestyy (Rock’n’rollin Voima, Rockia ja sporttia, 2022)
63. Mikael H feat Tiiu Helinä – Syvä laakso (Optimisti, 2022)
64. Little Mazarn – Uri (Texas River Song, Dear Life Records, 2022)
65. Anna Tivel – The Bell (Outsiders, Mama Bird Recording Co, 2022)

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.