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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #342

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Another late Sunday edition, because I’ve been going to live concerts three nights in a row. A huge release week once again. I may have to throw in the towel when it’s time to do the AOTY list. Well I know I won’t, but it will be extremely hard because there’s so much great music.

I’ve barely listened full albums yet so Joan Shelley, John Calvin Abney and Jesse Lovelock can split the album of the week honors. All seem gorgeous on quick listen. But there’s a whole lot of others too and in the end my favorite might even be something else. There’s new albums available from Dylan Earl, The Pink Stones, Otis Gibbs, Winter McQuinn, Wilder Maker, Kyle Cox, Kitba, Janet Simpson, Jesse Summers, Generifus, Frog, The Cowboys, Wednesday, The Prize, Black Guy Fawkes, Everett Parker, Malin Pettersen, Joe Nolan, Cruise Control, David Robert Pollock and Jim Bryson (EP). I made even two cover collages and still couldn’t fit them all in.

My favorite part is still the Finnish section, because there’s a new Kristiina album and they’ve been one of my absolute favorite bands in the world during the last few years. Another huge one is the debut album from A.Reikko & Kaupungin ääni. Also tipping my hat for Topi Saha for powerful cover version of Mikko Perkoila’s song Säästön hinta. To round up the Finnish part of this, we have great albums from Aili Järvelä and Juppe plus a single from Susanna Leppänen. Update: Yikes, forgot the comeback single from all-time favorite Sweatmaster. Already shared it on my social media earlier, but somehow managed to not include it here. Shame on me. But it’s there now.

International single of the week will be split between long time favorite Courtney Marie Andrews and new favorite Mia Wilson. Oh that Mia Wilson album is going to be special, if the whole thing is as amazing as these first two singles. Other early favorites came from Wharfer, Nick Shoulders, Norma Dream, Mariel Buckley… again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. A reminder that Caleb Caudle and The Sweet Critters will be in Finland next week. Therefore I will be in Helsinki on Saturday and this will again take place late on Sunday. Unless I’m too worn out and tired after the travel. Always amazed how bands cope with the travel. I’m easily worn out after a couple days in a city two hours away and they can do months long tours with long drives each day. Tough job. But yeah until next Sunday unless we meet in Helsinki on Saturday. Love.

1. Joan Shelley – New Anthem (Real Warmth, No Quarter)
2. John Calvin Abney – Door of No Return (Transparent Towns, Well Kept Secret)
3. Jesse Lovelock – Many Tears to Fall (Jesse Lovelock and the Velvet Voices)
4. Dylan Earl – Broken Parts (Level-Headed Even Smile, Gar Hole Records)
5. The Pink Stones – Summer’s Love (Winter’s Pain) (Thank the Lord.. it’s The Pink Stones, Normaltown Records)
6. Otis Gibbs – Mountains (The Trust of Crows, Wanamaker Recording Company)
7. Janet Simpson – Porch (Can I See You Tonight? Cornelius Chapel Records)
8. Winter McQuinn feat Acacia Pip – Little Flowers (Where Are We Now? Third Eye Stimuli Records)
9. Wilder Maker – A Tavern Poem, Passed from Mouth to Mouth (The Streets Like Beds Still Warm, Western Vinyl)
10. Kitba – Fool (Hold the Edges, Ruination Record Co)
11. Jesse Summers – Other Ways (Buddy Hollywood, Great Content)
12. Kyle Cox – Ready to Find Out (Listen Up!)
13. Generifus – I Know (Best Of, Perpetual Doom)
14. Frog – Caroline VAR.XIX (The Count, Tapewormies / Audio Antihero)
15. The Cowboys – Punk House Bidet (Captain Easy’s Downfall, Red Man Playa Industries)
16. Wednesday – Townies (Bleeds, Dead Oceans)
17. The Prize – Connie (In the Red, Goner Records)
18. Black Guy Fawkes – Little Black Storm Clout (The Misery Suite, Asbestos Records)
19. Everett Parker – The Game (On the Run, Through the Desert, Ella Ruth Institutet)
20. Joe Nolan – Rebound (Luv in the New World, Beach House Records)
21. Malin Pettersen – Wildflower (Wildflower, Die With Your Boots On Records)
22. Cruise Control – So Long Carolina (Time is an Angel, Curation Records)
23. David Robert Pollock – Winestained (Under the Stone, Anxiety Blanket Records)
24. Jim Bryson – Here Comes the Blues (Combinations 2+1, Fixed Hinge Records)
25. Courtney Marie Andrews – Cons and Clowns (single, Loose Future / Thirty Tigers)
26. Mia Wilson – Face to Face (single, Royal Oakie Records)
27. Norma Dream – Mercy Drops (single, Worried Songs)
28. Wharfer – If You Truly Love Me, You Wake Me Up (single, Georgia Records)
29. Avry Truex – Like You Weren’t Once Mine (single, Up North Records)
30. Magnolia & Johnson Electric Co – Twenty Cycles to the Ground (single, Keeled Scales)
31. Sweatmaster – Destroyer (single, Svart Records)
32. Kristiina – Hameenhelma (Muistatko kuka on Kristiina?, Humu Records / Hillotehdas)
33. A.Reikko & Kaupungin ääni – Gloria (Hulluus, rakkaus ja maailmanloppu, Karhuvaltio Records)
34. Aili Järvelä – Majakka (VUORI)
35. Topi Saha – Säästön hinta (single, Soit Se Silti)
36. Susanna Leppänen – Eeva (single, Leppäsen levyt)
37. Juppe – Seasick (Fun! and How to Have It, Soliti)
38. The Sha La Das – Stop Using My Love (single, Diamond West Records)
39. Steven van Betten – Love is Everywhere (single)
40. Woods – Goodnight (single, Woodsist)
41. Charlie Kaplan – Halley (single, Glamour Gowns)
42. Maxwell Stern – Stay Close to Me (single, Lauren Records)
43. Dom Mariani – World On Its Head (single, Alive Naturalsound)
44. Bird Streets – Run For Our Lives (single)
45. The Lemonheads – Togetherness is All I’m After (single, Fire Records)
46. Have Gun, Will Travel – Into the Distance (single)
47. James Steinle – Growing in the Dark (single, Soggy Anvil Records)
48. Mariel Buckley – Nashville Now (single, Birthday Cake Records)
49. Nick Shoulders – Bored Fightin’ (single, Gar Hole Records)
50. Rosy Nolan – Get On Me (single, Treble in Mind Records)
51. Nicholas Campbell – Flower Shops (single)
52. Jack Barksdale – Songs for the Sad State of This Art Form (single, Cloverdale Records)
53. Joe Kaplow – Homestead Gold (single, Sonder House)
54. Zach Thompson – On Shardeloes Road (single, Breakfast Records)
55. The Glass Hours – In the Pines (single, Cornelius Chapel Records)
56. Caleb Stine – Drinks with Limes (single)
57. Tim Hill – Moon Run (single)
58. Jacob Faurholt – Scary Tales (single, Raw Onion Records)
59. Kashena Sampson – Phases (single, Mule Kick Records)
60. Peel Dream Magazine – Venus in Nadir (single, Topshelf Records)
61. Hannah Frances feat Daniel Rossen – Life’s Work (single, Fire Talk)
62. Aure – The Sailor’s Tales (single, Mayway Records)
63. Greg Jamie feat Josephine Foster – Beautiful Place (single, Orindal Records)
64. Kärmes – Tärkeä ihminen (Myrkkykäärme, KHY Suomen Musiikki)
65. Twilark – Shade for Sunshine (The Taming Ties Create)
66. Carson McHone – Fruits of My Tending (Pentimento, Merge Records)

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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.

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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #341

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Another very late Sunday edition of the new music weekly. A weekend full of live music (and some basketball), so this was little bit on the back-burner. And somewhat overwhelming to start compiling this 7pm on Sunday, but here’s what I managed to put together.

Carson McHone made the album of the week. This is quite different than the high energy rock’n’roll live show I experienced few weeks ago, but equally great. A big shout to Jordan Smart as well for making such a powerful protest album. And there’s many other great things too. We have new albums from Scott Ballew, Michael Hurley, Nicholas Jamerson, Sparrow Smith, Bror Gunnar Jansson, Ike Goldman, Twilark, Dao Strom, Lena Bartels, Lila Tristram, Fruit Bats, Emma Swift, Dancer, Liquid Mike, time thief (EP), Matt Moran, Miles Miller, Patrick Dethlefs, Shawn Camp, Kirby Baby, Josh Ritter, Margaret Glaspy, Asher White and Jens Lekman. That took a while to type let alone listen. Something do for the next few days, because I’ve only scratched the surface on most of them.

Big album release week in Finland as well. We have new ones from Rebekka Holi, Kärmes, Arppa, The Wrong Car, Brian and Vehje. Plus singles gold from Mitä helvettiä nyt taas, Tomi Nordlund & Syvä Joki, Paha Lucia, Muuan Mies, The Lovematches, Spotless Souls and Jonah Parzen-Johnson & Lau Nau (well this one’s is half Finnish, but I’ll make Jonah and honorary Finn here because he is making a record with Lau Nau on a Finnish label).

New Andres Miguel Cervantes song can be the single of the week. Don’t lock your AOTY ballots too early, because that beauty is coming out 1st of November. Some other early favs came from Adeline Hotel, Bobby Dove, 54 Ultra, Caged Animals, Renny Conti, Lefty Parker.. Again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. The blog will hit 24 years next week. A long time to do anything, let alone a music blog. We’ll see if I manage to make any kind of birthday post. But back next week with another one of these in any case. Might be another late one, because there’s live concerts that I want to attend on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. And actually two events every day, so I need to figure out where to go on each day. Love.

1. Carson McHone – The Canvas (Pentimento, Merge Records)
2. Scott Ballew feat Sam Doores – Missed Connection (Paradiso, Leisure Rodeo)
3. Michael Hurley – Indian Chiefs and Hula Girls (Broken Homes and Gardens, No Quarter Records)
4. Nicholas Jamerson – Girls from Bristol (The Narrow Way, Cloverdale Records)
5. Sparrow Smith – Mercy (Carolina Mountains, Sassafras Sounds)
6. Jordan Smart – End the Genocide (Confessions of a CEO, Slow Pony Records)
7. Bror Gunnar Jansson & The Escapism – A Refugee (People! Hxng Jazz Records)
8. Twilark – Each Day Will Take a Part of You (The Taming Ties Create)
9. Ike Goldman – Follow Down (Kiki Goldman in “How I Learned to Sing for Statler and Waldorf”)
10. Dao Strom – take (Tender Revolutions, Beacon Sound / Antiquated Future)
11. Lena Bartels – Nothing Makes Me Feel Touched (The Brightest Silver Fish, Glamour Gowns)
12. Lila Tristram – Hey, Mother (America, Hail Mary!)
13. Emma Swift – Going Where the Lonely Go (The Resurrection Game, Tiny Ghost Records)
14. Fruit Bats – Puddle Jumper (Baby Man, Merge Records)
15. time thief – a brief history of ordinary letdown (time thief EP, Musical Fanzine Records / Lost Sound Tapes)
16. Dancer – Baby Blue (More or Less, Meritorio Records)
17. Liquid Mike – 99 (Hell is an Airport, AWAL)
18. Matt Moran – Every Drink You Take (The Ba’ar, Broken Tenor Records)
19. Shawn Camp – The Ghost of Sis Draper (The Ghost of Sis Draper)
20. Josh Ritter – Wild Ways (I Believe in You, My Honeydew, Pytheas Recordings / Thirty Tigers)
21. Miles Miller – Just Let Me Drive (Mr. Runaway, Easy Lovin Records)
22. Patrick Dethlefs – Shadows of Green Light (Patty)
23. Kirby Baby – Altar Call (inside man, no hat no cattle records)
24. Margaret Glaspy feat Andrew Bird – Sometimes You Need (The Golden Heart Protector, ATO Records)
25. Jens Lekman feat Matilda Sargren and Peter Oren – I Want to Want You Again (Songs for Other People’s Weddings, Secretly Canadian)
26. Asher White – Why I Bought the House (8 Tips for Full Catastrophe Living)
27. Adeline Hotel – Dreaming (single, Ruination Record Co)
28. Caged Animals – Crow (single, You’ve Changed Records)
29. Andres Miguel Cervantes – A Silver Wind (single, Speakeasy Studios SF)
30. Bobby Dove – Not Much of an Outlaw (single)
31. 54 Ultra – I Won’t Go (single)
32. Rebekka Holi – Vesimittari (Vyöry, Booa Music & Vallila Music House)
33. Arppa – Linnanmäeltä Liberteen (Peppuni kanssa, Arppa Oy)
34. Kärmes – Maa (Myrkkykäärme, KHY Suomen Musiikki)
35. Brian – Kultakausi (Kultakausi, KHY Suomen Musiikki)
36. Vehje – Kysymys (Poispoikkeen, Humu Records)
37. Paha Lucia – Paha Lucia (single, Minna Records)
38. Tomi Nordlund & Syvä Joki – Maanteitä pitkin (single, Soit Se Silti)
39. Mitä helvettiä nyt taas – Satumaa (single)
40. The Wrong Car – Pay the Price (Tapes in the Attic, Haarakiila Records)
41. The Lovematches – Bye Bye Bye (single, Emsälo Records)
42. Muuan mies – Baklava (single, Helmi Levyt)
43. Spotless Souls – Rosemary (single, Soliti)
44. Jonah Parzen-Johnson & Lau Nau – First Time Viewer (single, We Jazz)
45. Josienne Clarke – In the Dark of the Night (single)
46. Michaela Anne – If Your Body Fails Yous (single, Georgia June Records)
47. Renny Conti – Valley Ford (single, Mom+Pop)
48. Jeff Tweedy – Lou Reed Was My Babysitter (single, dBpm Records)
49. Lefty Parker – Ark (single, Airloom)
50. Abigail Austin – Ultimate Frisbee on AstroTERF (single, Say-10 Records)
51. Frog – Sax-a-ma-phone Var.XII (single, tapewormies)
52. Tiberius – Moab (single, Audio Antihero)
53. Giant Day – Golden Times (single, Elephant 6 Recording Co)
54. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – Upside Down in an Empty Room (single, A Colourful Storm)
55. The Telephone Numbers – Battle of Blythe Road (single, Slumberland Records)
56. The Cords – When You Said Goodbye (single, Skep Wax)
57. The Mountain Goats – Armies of the Lord (single, Cadmean Dawn / Thirty Tigers)
58. Red River Dialect – Again, Again (single, Hinterground Records)
59. Fittonia – Horses in Great Numbers (single, Watch That Ends the Night)
60. David Bavas and Megan Palmer – Till the River Ends (single)
61. Jonny Fritz – Hot Chicken Condos (single, Gar Hole Records)
62. Leon Majcen – Thinking Bout Love (single, Cloverdale Records)
63. Katie Mae & The Lubrication – Object Impermanence (single, Soggy Anvil Records)
64. The Nude Party feat Pearl Charles and Lady Appletree – Sweetheart of the Radio (single)
65. Matt Woods – Getaway Driver (single, Lonely Ones Records)
66. Joshua Ray Walker – Telephone (single, East Dallas Records / Thirty Tigers)
67. EP’s Trailer Park – Too Far Gone (single, Ella Ruth Institutet)
68. Chris Rawlins – After Dark (single)
69. Muireann Bradley – These Days (single, A Decca Records / Verve Forecast)
70. Forrest VanTuyl – Rose of Nowhere (Old Trails)

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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.

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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #340

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A bit less heavy release week, but somehow I still I ended up with 65 songs. I might be in trouble during the busy September / October release schedule.

New Forrest VanTuyl is be the album of the week. There’s also new albums from Robbie Fulks, Ry Jennings, Greazy Alice (EP), Minta & The Book Trout, Big Thief, Small Forward, John Myrtle, Alien Eyelid, Cory Cross, Curtis Harding, Gwenifer Raymond, Brian Dunne and Grant Lee Phillips. Plus a beautiful tribute to Jason Molina. I don’t often feature the tribute albums here, because these are already longer than anyone will listen. But I love Jason Molina and a lot of big favorite artists on the album too. So an exception to the rule is in order.

On the Finnish side of things, we have albums from KIUSA, Lyyti, Metsäheikki and Nössö Nova. Plus singles from Michael Bleu, Hamina, Brian, Neiti Olga and Terika.

The big news of the week was that there is a new posthumous Luke Bell double album in the works. First single is now out and that’s of course the international single of the week. Make sure you also check out the lovely music video that Mike Vanata made from archive footage. Other big early favorites came from Jordan Smart, Alex Amen, Vanity Mirror, Lena Bartels, Dylan Earl, Corey Parsons, Julie Doiron, Daniel Romano, Rambling Nicholas Heron… again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. One more next week is an 23 year old music blog. Then 24 strikes. No plans to celebrate this year, but probably should come up with something for the forthcoming 25 year jubilee. Because that’s a long time to do anything, let alone a music blog. Love.

1. Forrest VanTuyl – Middle Child’s Lament (Old Trails)
2. Robbie Fulks – Savannah is a Devilish Girl (Now Then, Compass Records)
3. Ry Jennings – Goodbye Galaxy (Whisperin’ Ry, Nudie Records)
4. Greazy Alice – Just Another One (Just Another EP, Loose Music)
5. Minta & The Book Trout – Economy Class (Stretch, louva-a-deus)
6. Big Thief – How Could Have I Known (Double Infinity, 4AD)
7. John Myrtle – The Little World of You and Me (The Little World of You and Me, Dog Bite)
8. Small Forward – Afterhours (Crush)
9. Curtis Harding – Out in the Black (Departures & Arrivals: Adventures of Captain Curt, Anti)
10. Gwenifer Raymond – Champion Ivy (Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark, We Are Busy Bodies)
11. Alien Eyelid – Blue (Vinegar Hill, Tall Texan)
12. Cory Cross feat Patton Magee – Sloatsberg and Suffern (Doin’ Fine)
13. Brian Dunne – Max’s Kansas City (Clams Casino, Missing Piece Records)
14. Grant Lee Phillips – Did You Make It Through the Night Okay (In the Hour of Dust, Yep Roc)
15. Advance Base – Everything Should Try Again (I Will Swim to You: A Tribute to Jason Molina, Run for Cover Records)
16. Corey Parsons feat Riley Downing – Roll Tide (single, Cloverdale Records)
17. Alex Amen – My Oh My (single, Country Worn Studios)
18. Luke Bell – The King is Back (single, All Blue Recordings / Thirty Tigers)
19. Dylan Earl – Two Kinds of Loner (single, Gar Hole Records)
20. Jordan Smart – Huminatarian Raid (single, Slow Pony Records)
21. Julie Doiron – The Cryin’ Kind (single, The Numero Group)
22. Lena Bartels – Fighter (single, Glamour Gowns)
23. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson – Murder of Crows (single, You’ve Changed Records)
24. Vanity Mirror – White Butterfly (single, We Are Busy Bodies)
25. Daniel Romano – Servo (single, You’ve Changed Records)
26. KIUSA – Ajoin pois (single, Onko missään järkee enää?)
27. Neiti Olga – Uudestaan (single, Humu Records)
28. Brian – Minä todella rakastin häntä (single, KHY Suomen Musiikki)
29. Nössö Nova – Mitä täällä tapahtuu? (Pitäis ja pitäis, Soit Se Silti)
30. Michael Bleu – Aika sen viel korjaa (single, Lördag)
31. Hamina – Kun käsi kylmältä peittelee (single, Luova Records)
32. Lyyti – Pidän sulle paikkaa (Pidän sulle paikkaa, Johanna Kustannus)
33. Metsäheikki – Kyllähän ne linnutkin laulelee (UU-aika, Helmi Levyt)
34. Terika – Rebel Kiss (single, Humble House Records)
35. Rambling Nicholas Heron – Loose Ends (single, Suitcase Studio & Shop)
36. Ben Arsenault – Motel in Southern Idaho (single)
37. Brennen Leigh – Tell Me (single, Signature Sounds Recording)
38. Cat Clyde – Wild One (single, Concord Records)
39. Ward Hayden 6 The Outliers – Stolen Car (single, Faster Horses Recordings)
40. Ole Kirkeng – Bare Minimun (single, Die With Your Boots On Records)
41. Liam Kazar – The World The War (single, Congrats Records)
42. The Burning Hell – You’ll Know it When It’s Over (single)
43. Black Sea Dahu – Superpower (single, Mouthwatering Records)
44. Katie Spencer – It Was Then That I Knew Love (single, Lightship Records)
45. Reb Fountain – Silver Linings (single, Fountain Records)
46. Leeann Skoda – Colorblind (single)
47. Alexa Rose – Arms (single, First City Artists)
48. Spencer Kilpatrick & The Sand Gators – Fires 25 master (single)
49. Jalen Ngonda – All About Me (single, Daptone Records)
50. Kitba – Tightrope Island (single, Ruination Record Co)
51. Janet Simpson – Too Clsoe to the Fire (single, Cornelius Chapel Records)
52. Teenage Tom Petties – Hotmail (single, Safe Suburban Home x Repeating Cloud Records)
53. Icarus Phoenix – I told her “hold tight, I’m coming to heat the rain” (single)
54. The Wesleys – Magic Wand (single, Petit Village Records / Meritorio Records)
55. Strange Passage – Hunter’s Fancy (single, Meritorio Records)
56. Black Guy Fawkes feat Dave Hause – This Radio (single, Asbestos Records)
57. Caleb Nichols – Awooo! (single, Royal Oakie Records)
58. Steve Gunn – Nearly There (single, No Quarter Records)
59. Leslie Jordan – Suzy Rain (single)
60. Nicki Bluhm – Tumbleweed (single)
61. Joshua Hedley – Boogie Woogie Tennessee (single, New West Records)
62. Christian Kjellvander – Hole In My Heart (single, Tapete Records)
63. Cooper Kenward – Hello Neighbor (haha, now I’m sad, Soggy Anvil Records)
64. Anna Tivel – Holy Equation (Animal Poem, Fluff & Gravy Records)
65. Sur-rur – Kaipaan takaisin (Härveli, If Society)

Spotify Playlist

Tidal Playlist

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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.

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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #339

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Another late Sunday edition of the new music weekly. My vacation is now over, so maybe this gets back to normal schedule. There’s still a lot of live shows coming up though, so some delays may occur.

New Anna Tivel is the album of the week. She has been one of my songwriter favorites for a decade and this is again a remarkable album. Absolutely love it. There’s also great new albums from Caroline Spence, Ron Sexsmith, Cooper Kenward, Margo Price, The Fishermen Three, Rodney Crowell, Jens Kuross, Floating Action, Shabason, Krgovich and Tenniscoats, Charlie Collins, The Beths, John Moran (EP), Sekunderna, herbal tea, Lakun, Foot Ox, Katy Pinke & Will Graefe (covers album), Stephen Wilson Jr (covers ep), Buck Curran and Modern Nature.

A giant release week in Finland too, because we have a new Sur-rur album. Extremely highly recommended and definitely one of my favorite Finnish albums of the year so far. A lot of other great things too. We have albums from Lovers Left Alive and Kauko Röyhkä & Riku Mattila plus singles from A.Reikko & Kaupungin ääni, 1961, Puhelinseksi, Mutka, Janne Laurila Double Denim, Nina Kaitaranta, Lettoman, Lone Deer Laredo and Kärmes.

International single of the week honors can go to both Sabine McCalla and Thomas Dollbaum. There’s beautiful music videos to both of those songs as well. Other early faves came from Tristen, Joan Shelley, Julianna Riolino, Lefty Parker, Sharp Pins.. again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Back next week with another of these. Love.

1. Anna Tivel – Meantime (Animal Poem, Fluff & Gravy Records)
2. Caroline Spence – Why the tree Loves the Ax (Heart Go Wild, Tone Tree Music)
3. Ron Sexsmith – Rose Town (Hangover Terrace, Ronboy Rhymes / Cooking Vinyl)
4. Cooper Kenward – Dive Bar Day (haha, now i’m sad, Soggy Anvil Records)
5. Margo Price feat Tyler Childers – Love Me Like You Used to Do (Hard Headed Woman, Loma Vista)
6. Rodney Crowell feat Larkin Poe – Louisiana Sunshine Feeling Okay (Airline Highway, New West Records)
7. The Fishermen Three feat Michael James Tapscott and Jeff Moller – I’ve Been Fool (Infinite Feeling, Royal Oakie Records)
8. Jens Kuross – No One’s Hiding from the Sun (Crooked Songs, Woodsist)
9. Shabason, Krgovich and Tenniscoats – Departed Bird (Wao, 7 e.p.)
10. Floating Action – Then I Woke Up Alone (A Hand Carved Garden Tool, Airloom)
11. herbal tea – Driving Slow (Hear as the Mirror Echoes, Orindal Records)
12. Charlie Collins – You Might be a Man, Just Not Man Enough (Nightwriter, Island Records)
13. Good Good Blood – Never Saw it as a Rainbow (Little Sparrow, Fox Food Records)
14. Sekunderna – Wad har du gjort? (Hits, Fika Recordings)
15. The Beths – Straight Line Was a Lie (Straight Line Was a Lie, Anti)
16. John Moran – big ravine (3 out of 5 EP)
17. Modern Nature – Takeover (The Heat Warps, Bella Union)
18. Lakun feat I’m Kingfisher – Rage Quit (Lakun)
19. Katy Pinke & Will Graefe – Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) (Patterns, Glamour Gowns)
20. Foot Ox – Earmarks (A Lighthouse with Silver Dog Eyes, Ernest Jenning Record Co)
21. Buck Curran – Deserto Parallax (Far Driven Sun)
22. Stephen Wilson Jr – Hunger Strike (Blankets EP, Big Loud Records)
23. Thomas Dollbaum – Angus Valley (single, Dear Life Records)
24. Sabine McCalla – Sunshine Kisses (single, Gar Hole Records)
25. Tristen – Skin of Our Teeth (single, Pupsnake Records / Well Kept Secret)
26. Lefty Parker feat Buck Meek – Illusions (single, Airloom)
27. Joan Shelley – The Orchard (single, No Quarter)
28. Julianna Riolino feat Weird Nightmare – Full Moon (single, MoonWhistle Records)
29. Sharp Pins – (I Wanna) Be Your Girl (single, perennial / K recs)
30. Sur-rur – Resupekka (Härveli, If Society)
31. A.Reikko & Kaupungin ääni – Oi Anhedonia! (single, Karhuvaltio Records)
32. Kauko Röyhkä & Riku Mattila – Pidin sinusta (Meidät pelastaa vain rakkaus, Svart Records)
33. Puhelinseksi – Rakkaus ei riitä (single, Svart Records)
34. Kärmes – Kirje Nylon Beatille (single, KHY Suomen Musiikki)
35. Janne Laurila Double Denim – Festareilla (single, Stupido Records)
36. Nina Kaitaranta – Lennosta kii (single, Kaita Music)
37. Mutka – Toiset (single, Lil’ Beast Records)
38. 1961 – Sä oot kaukana (single, Strange Orange Production / All That Plazz)
39. Lone Deer Laredo – Golden Chosen Playmate (single)
40. Lettoman – Mismatched (single, Lettoman Records)
41. Lovers Left Alive – Sum of These Young Hearts (How.. TMH Productions)
42. Casper Allen and the Naturals – Blame it on the Rain (single)
43. Nathan Jacques – Ride Me Down Easy (single, Hidden Mountain Records)
44. Rambler Kane – Wicked Ways (single, Cloverdale Records)
45. Sparrow Smith – Carolina Mountains (single, Sassafras Sounds)
46. Leon Majcen feat Riley Downing – Tallahassee (single, Cloverdale Records)
47. Ramona and the Holy Smokes – This Little Heart (single)
48. Geckos – Lo Hice (single)
49. Dan Reeder – Up on the Roof (single, Oh Boy Records)
50. Ike Goldman – Tuning Up (single)
51. Apollo Flowerchild – I Lost It (single)
52. Charlie Kaplan – No More Mistakes (single, Glamour Gowns)
53. Rudy De Anda – Like a Memory (single, Karma Chief Records)
54. Jackie West – Offer (single, Ruination Record Co)
55. Sharon Silva – Hold it Down (single)
56. Carla Geneve – Here, Look (single, Dot Dash Recordings)
57. Amanda Shires – Piece of Mind (single, Silver Knife Records / ATO Records)
58. Shoulder Season – No Good (single)
59. Sloan – No Damn Fears (single, Murderecords)
60. Ryan Allen and His Extra Arms – Ex Lion Tamer (single, Setterwind Records)
61. Adults – Patterns (single, Fika Recordings)
62. Nathan K. – Johnny’s (single)
63. Frog – Bitten By My Love Var XI (single, Audio Antihero)
64. Sam Salmon – If I Needed You Know (single, Forward Music Group)
65. The Paranoid Style – Tearing the Ticket (single, Bar None Records)
66. Reilly Downes – Dog Days (single)
67. Caleb Elliott – Slow Burn (single, Single Lock Records)
68. Courtney Hartman feat The Nunnery – Bright Eye (single)
69. Emma Swift – Impossible Air (single, Tiny Ghost Records)
70. Van Plating feat Heather Little – Song of Everything (single, Singular/Gohuki)
71. Scott Ballew – One Trick Pony (single, Leisure Rodeo)
72. Stephen Simmons – Decoration Days (single)
73. Kathleen Edwards – Other People’s Bands (Billionaire, Dualtone)
74. Greg Freeman – Burnover (Burnover, Transgressive Records)
75. Dean Johnson – Winter Song (I Hope We Can Still Be Friends, Saddle Creek)

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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