Another week, another weekly playlist.

Sorry for the delay. I was away for the weekend and then there was the NHL Free agent frenzy on Monday. Trying to do this every weekend can become a bit of a burden when there’s other life things in the mix, but I’ll do at least 50 episodes because it’s so close. Maybe that would be a good time to ask myself why I’m spending hours every weekend to create something that has very little relevance. Anyway, due to the reasons above, this one is a bit shorter and I missed a ton of stuff. Some that I am even aware of, but just didn’t have the time to listen to them at all. I’ll catch up next week, because there might be a bit less going on due to 4th of July.

This week was again a pretty awesome week for new albums. Erin Durant’s beautiful album came out on Keeled Scales and Screwdriver Records started their career with a culture award worthy release of Harrison Whitford’s Afraid of Everything on LP/CD. Canadian studio wizard, pedal steel master and liner note hero Aaron Goldstein takes the spotlight this time around with releasing his own music under the name Espanola. Long time favorites Matt Woods and Chris Staples released their new excellent albums. Those were highest on my personal list, but the week also gave great new albums from Mega Bog, Nev Cottee, The Black Keys, Erik Koskinen, Daughter of Swords and Molly Parden & Hollow Hum. There was way more, but I still haven’t had the time to dive into the Shane Smith and Jade Jackson albums for example.

And then there were the singles. So many beautiful ones. Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster and Joe Pug released impressive first singles from their forthcoming albums. I also loved the new songs from Jordan Moser, RF Shannon, Black Sea Dahu, Lucy Dacus, Ana Egge.. oh well actually all of these.

That’s it for this week. It would also be the time for the mid-year lists, but I’m not yet sure am I going to do them. Plus I should also work on the OCTA 18 year Anniversary thing that takes place in September, if I manage to do something (september comes surprisingly fast). Don’t know is such insanity worth celebrating though. 18 years is a long time to do absolutely anything and a pretty ridiculously long time to write a music blog. But what can you do if you love music, but have zero musicality. You’ll just listen, love and share.

OCTA Weekly Playlist Episode #48

1. Erin Durant – Highway Blue (Islands, Keeled Scales, 2019)
2. Harrison Whitford – Strangers in the Making (Afraid of Everything, Screwdriver Records, 2019)
3. Espanola – Ever Kind and True (Espanola, Surly Young Records, 2019)
4. Matt Woods – Hey Heartbreaker (Natural Disasters, Lonely Ones Records, 2019)
5. Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster – Take Heart, Take Care (single, Big Legal Mess, 2019)
6. Joe Pug – Exit (single, 2019)
7. Lucy Dacus – Forever Half Mast (single, Matador Records, 2019)
8. Jordan Moser ft. Molly Burch – Road to Trouble (single, Keeled Scales, 2019)
9. Black Sea Dahu – How You Swallowed Your Anger (single, 2019)
10. RF Shannon – Angeline (single, Keeled Scales, 2019)
11. Chris Staples – Halfway Over (Holy Moly, Barsuk Records, 2019)
12. Mega Bog – I Hear You Listening (to the Bug on My Wall) (Dolphine, Paradise of Bachelors, 2019)
13. Nev Cottee – Roses (River’s Edge, Wonderfulsound, 2019)
14. Florist – Time is a Dark Feeling (single, Double Double Whammy, 2019)
15. Goodnight Texas – Tennessee (single, 2019)
16. Ottoman Turks – Glass Bottles (single, State Fair Records, 2019)
17. Coyote Brother – Alberta Goddamn (single, Piasa Recordings & Green Canoe, 2019)
18. Ana Egge – Cocoaine Cowboys (single, Storysound Records, 2019)
19. Erik Koskinen – Losers Like Me and You (Burning the Deal, Tone Tree, 2019)
20. Angela Perley – 4:30 (single, 2019)
21. Michael Nau – Rides Through the Morning (single, Colemine Records, 2019)
22. Rayland Baxter – Objects in the Mirror (single, ATO Records, 2019)
23. Slow Healer ft Devon Sproule – Businessman (single, 2019)
24. Molly Parden and Hollow Hum – Sweetheart (Why Worry: A Collection of Covers, Tone Tree, 2019)
25. Daughter of Swords – Gem (Dawnbreaker, Bella Union, 2019)
26. The Rumblings of Spring – Southern Gulf Islands (The Rumblings of Spring EP, 2019)
27. Kurt Baker Combo – (I Can’t Help) Failing in Love (single, Wicked Cool, 2019)
28. The Black Keys – Breaking Down (Let’s Rock, Nonesuch Records, 2019)
29. Pony Bradshaw – Bad Teeth (Sudden Opera, Rounder Records, 2019)
30. Fernando Viciconte – Is This Normal? (Traitors Table, Fluff & Gravy Records, 2019)
31. Native Harrow – Happier Now (single, Loose Music, 2019)
32. Shakey Graves – A World So Full of Love (single, The Next Waltz, 2019)
33. Sunny War and Edith Crash – The Place (single, Hen House, 2019)
34. Jesca Hoop – Outside of Eden (single, Memphis Indrustries, 2019)
35. Tanya Tucker – Hard Luck (single, Fantasy Records, 2019)

Playlist link

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

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 a) if someone wants to follow it, they can just follow that one list and will get a new set of songs each Sunday b) so that I don’t have a trillion of different playlists on my Spotify account

Another week, another weekly playlist.

It sort of looks like there’s even less point to do this during these summer months. Apparently people have other things to do in the summer than listen to an hours long weekly playlist. Who would have thought? I suppose I still keep on doing this through the summer too, because I’m sort of stubborn plus I’m so close to 50 episodes. And the release schedule is still very strong and the week brought lots of great new records. I had been eagerly waiting for the Pony Bradshaw and Bedouine albums. The release date changed for both, but now they are finally here and are totally worth the wait. That just a tip of the record mountain though. There’s new full-length albums from Fernando Viciconte, Merival, Stanley Brinks & The Wave Pictures, Black Pumas, Drivin N Cryin, Mannequin Pussy, The Raconteurs, Guidon Bear, Fruit Bats, Willie Nelson, Jim Lauderdale, Chuck Mead, Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis and Fell Runner. Peter Bruntnell has been out a while, don’t know how I managed to miss that one, because I’ve been fan a couple of decades. On the EP front there’s new ones The Rumblins of Spring (new project by Matt Paxton) and Hackensaw Boys.

The small Finland section contains a new EP from Tams, a new single from Since November and the White Jackets single that I missed a week ago. I’m sure there had to be more.

And as usual a ton of brilliant new singles. Some personal faves were the new songs from Tyler Childers, Leslie Stevens, Matt Woods, Jason Hawk Harris, The Hold Steady, Beth Bombara, Joanna Sternberg, Rue Snider, Andrew Combs, Joseph Robert Krauss and Zachary Lucky.

That’s all for now. I know I missed a lot of stuff again, because NHL Draft and midsummer took a lot of time from my weekend. Back next Sunday with a new playlist and before that one of those silly Four Arms to Hold You post in the middle of the week. Love love love.

OCTA Weekly Playlist Episode #47

1. Pony Bradshaw – Josephine (Sudden Opera, Rounder Records, 2019)
2. Bedouine – Sunshine Sometimes (Bird Songs of a Killjoy, Spacebomb Records, 2019)
3. Fernando Viciconte – Thirsty Man (Traitors Table, Fluff & Gravy Records, 2019)
4. The Rumblings of Spring – Tidal Waves (The Rumbling Of Spring EP, 2019)
5. Merival – Planting a Garden (Lesson, 2019)
6. Stanley Brinks & The Wave Pictures – Gin in Me (Tequila Island, Fika Recordings, 2019)
7. Black Pumas – OCT 33 (Black Pumas, ATO Records, 2019)
8. Tyler Childers – All Your’n (single, Hickman Holler / RCA, 2019)
9. Leslie Stevens – 12 Feet High (single, 2019)
10. Matt Woods – Blue-Eyed Wanderer (single, 2019)
11. Jason Hawk Harris – Cussing at the Light (single, Bloodshot Records, 2019)
12. Drivin N Cryin – What’s Wrong with Being Happy (Live the Love Beautiful, Drivin N Cryin Records, 2019)
13. Beth Bombara – Upside Down (single, 2019)
14. The Hold Steady – Denver Haircut (single, Frenchkiss Records, 2019)
15. Joseph Robert Krauss – Around Here (single, 2019)
16. Joanna Sternberg – Step Away (single, Team Love Records, 2019)
17. Andrew Combs – Stars of Longing (single, New West Records, 2019)
18. Peter Bruntnell – King Of Madrid (King Of Madrid, Blue Rose Records, 2019)
19. Zachary Lucky – Helsinki (single, Nordvis, 2019)
20. Dalton Domino – Daddy’s Mud (single, Lightning Rod Records, 2019)
21. Molly Burch – Only One (single, Captured Tracks, 2019)
22. Angie McMachon – And I Am a Woman (single, AWAL Recordings, 2019)
23. Bad Heaven Ltd. – 100 (single, 2019)
24. White Jackets – Fumes (single, Pinetree Music, 2019)
25. Jade Imagine – Remote Control (single, Marathon Artists, 2019)
26. Rue Snider – Make Me Feel (single, 2019)
27. Mannequin Pussy – Drunk II (Patience, Epitaph, 2019)
28. The Raconteurs – Somedays (I Don’t Feel Like Trying) (Help Us Stranger, Third Man Records, 2019)
29. Guidon Bear – Magellanic Cloud (Downward Mobile: Steel Accelerator, Antiquated Future Record / Yoyo Recordings, 2019)
30. Fruit Bats – Gold Past Life (Gold Past Life, Merge Records, 2019)
31. Pete Molinari – Waiting For a Train (single, We Are Hear, 2019)
32. Kyle Cox – No Matter How Far (single, 2019)
33. Willie Nelson – My Favorite Picture Of You (Ride Me Back Home, 2019)
34. Jim Lauderdale – I’ll Forgive You If You Don’t (From Another World, Yep Roc Records, 2019)
35. Chuck Mead – I’m Not The Man For The Job (Close to Home, Plowboy Records, 2019)
36. Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis – Heartache to Houston (Beautiful Lie, Motel Time Music, 2019)
37. Hackensaw Boys – Factory Blues (A Fireproof House of Sunshine, Free Dirt Records, 2019)
38. Daughter of Swords – Fields of Gold (single, Bella Union, 2019)
39. Anna Vogelzang – Beacon (single, Paper Anchor Music, 2019)
40. I Am Oak – Swells (single, Snowstar Records, 2019)
41. Leif Vollebekk – Hot Tears (single, Secret City Records, 2019)
42. Steve Gunn – Be Still Moon (single, Matador Records, 2019)
43. Fell Runner – Come Home (Talking, Yes Plz, 2019)
44. Tams – Vaeltava Aave (Aikahyppy 1 EP, 2019)
45. Since November – Airplane Astronauts (single, Recording Robots Records, 2019)
46. Bill Callahan – 747 (Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest, Drag City, 2019)
47. Nev Cottee – Local Hero (single, Wonderfulsound, 2019)
48. Tim Bluhm – The Cape (single, 2019)
49. Chris Gantry – Wasted (single, Drag City, 2019)
50. Courtney Hartman – Here’s to The Ones (Ready Reckoner, Reckoner Records, 2019)

Playlist link

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

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 a) if someone wants to follow it, they can just follow that one list and will get a new set of songs each Sunday b) so that I don’t have a trillion of different playlists on my Spotify account

Another week, another weekly playlist.

Sorry for the small delay. I spent the weekend in Stockholm at STHLM Americana festival and therefore couldn’t do this before today. It’s also the reason why I probably missed more stuff than during a normal week. This is also a bit more rushed effort, because I just didn’t have enough time to listen all the new releases that well. Anyway, I loved the festival. It was great to meet likeminded people and see lots of wonderful concerts. Therefore I begin this weeks playlist with the artists that played there and released something new last week. The great new singles from Michaela Anne and Paul Cauthen and a new album from Swedish country maestro David Ritschard fall into this category.

It was a great week for new albums again. Along with the already mentioned excellent Ritschard LP, there were new ones from Bill Callahan, Will Beeley, Courtney Hartman, Claire Cronin, Mike Adams at His Honest Weight, Butcher the Bar, Greg Felden, Bruce Springsteen, Julia Shapiro, Los Coast, Ramonda Hammer, SadGirl, Jeanines, The Minus 5 and Calexico & Iron & Wine. That Steve Marino I managed to miss a while back, but included it now.

The Finnish section is tiny, but quality is super high. New EP from MeriTuuli and a new single from Litku Klemetti.

And lots and lots of new singles from artists that I love dearly. Mariel Buckley, Erin Durant, Hiss Golden Messenger, Shotgun Jimmie, Erin Rae, Jeremy Ivey, Will Johnson, Joan Shelley, Sturgill Simpson and the list goes on an on and everyone could be mentioned on this text as well. Oh my. Heavenly good week for new music.

That’s the weekly round-up. I have a feeling that I forgot something really important. Sorry if I did. I try do a better job next week. Until then. Remember love.

1. Michaela Anne – By Our Design (single, Yep Roc, 2019)
2. Paul Cauthen – Cocaine Country Dancing (single, Lightning Rod Records, 2019)
3. David Ritschard – Inte här (när jag är här) (Brobrännären, Rootsy Music, 2019)
4. Will Beeley – Singin’ Lullabies (Highway & Heart Attacks, Tompkins Squire, 2019)
5. Mariel Buckley – Casting Stones (single, 2019)
6. Courtney Hartman – January Third (Ready Reckoner, Reckoner Records, 2019)
7. Bill Callahan — Circles (Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest, Drag City, 2019)
8. Claire Cronin – What the Night is Thinking (Big Dread Moon, Orindal Records, 2019)
9. Erin Durant – Rising Sun (single, Keeled Scales, 2019)
10. Erin Rae – Gold Plated (single, Single Lock Records, 2019)
11. Hiss Golden Messenger – I Need a Teacher (single, Merge Records, 2019)
12. Mike Adams At His Honest Weight – Olivia (There Is No Feeling Better, Joyful Noise Recordings, 2019)
13. Butcher the Bar – Rosa (III, Bobo Integral, 2019)
14. Shotgun Jimmie – Cool All the Time (single, You’ve Changed Records, 2019)
15. Greg Felden – Tell Me What’s Broken (Made Of Strings, 2019)
16. Eilen Jewell – Crawl (single, Signature Sounds, 2019)
17. Will Johnson – Cornelius (single, Keeled Scales, 2019)
18. Joan Shelley – Coming Down For You (single, No Quarter, 2019)
19. Jeremy Ivey – Story of a Fish (single, Anti-, 2019)
20. Bruce Sprinsteen – Stones (Western Stars, 2019)
21. Jesse Malin (with Billie Joe Armstrong) – Strangers & Thieves (single, Wicked Cool Records, 2019)
22. Brack Cantrell – Blissful Blues (single, 2019)
23. MeriTuuli – Saimaa (Yö Saimaalla EP, 2019
24. Litku Klemetti – Sinä tiedät sen (single, Luova Records, 2019)
25. Chris Staples – Old Friend (single, Barack, 2019)
26. Paper Beat Scissors – Gun Shy (single, Forward Music Group, 2019)
27. Louie Short – Call Me Brother (single, 2019)
28. Eamon Fogerty – Utopia in Blue (single, Jealous Butcher Records, 2019)
29. Wilder Maker – Love So Well (single, Northern Spy, 2019)
30. Julia Shapiro – Parking Lot (Perfect Version, Hardly Art, 2019)
31. Julien Baker – Red Door (single, Matador, 2019)
32. Mega Bog – Truth in the Wild (single, Paradise of Bachelors, 2019)
33. Sara Beth Go – Tugboat (single, Blue Room Tunes, 2019)
34. Angharad Drake – Start Again (single, 2019)
35. Calexico & Iron Wine – In Your Own Time (Years To Burn, Sub Pop Records, 2019)
36. Sturgill Simpson – The Dead Don’t Die (single, Atlantis, 2019)
37. Los Coast – The Morning Weight (Samsara, New West Records, 2019)
38. Ikebe Shakedown – Unqualified (single, Colemine Records, 2019)
39. Mikey Erg – Clueless or Cruel? (single, Don Giovanni, 2019)
40. Ramona Hammer – Empathy (I Never Wanted Company, New Professor, 2019)
41. SadGirl – Chlorine (Water, Suicide Squeeze Records, 2019)
42. Jeanines – Too Late (Jeanines, Slumberland, 2019)
43. Steve Marino – Six Two Four (Fluff, Darling Records, 2019)
44. Black Belt Eagle Scout – At The Party (single, Saddle Creek 2019)
45. The Minus 5 – Scar Crow (Stroke Manor, Yep Roc, 2019)
46. Ben Danaher – We’ll Do the Business (single, 2019)
47. Molly Parden & Hollow Hum – Losing My Religion (single, 2019)
48. Lillie Mae – You’ve Got Other Girls For That (single, Third Man Records, 2019)

Playlist link

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

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 a) if someone wants to follow it, they can just follow that one list and will get a new set of songs each Sunday b) so that I don’t have a trillion of different playlists on my Spotify account