Another week, another weekly playlist.

Your sorry excuse of a music blogger is again here with a new playlist and it’s time for the episode #34. After one slow week, the release schedule got back on track and it was tough to find room for everything on this little playlist and so left out a couple of high profile singles. Also my favorite songs of the week, the new songs by Micah Schnabel and Matthew Milia are not available on this Spotify thing (at least not yet).

Let’s start again with the new international albums. Ian Daniel Kehoe released the first one under his own name (he released several great albums under the name Marine Dreams). This new album is very 80s and very brilliant. K.Skelton is someone that I didn’t know about before seeing his name on China’s feed some days ago. I followed him then out of interest and when the album become available on Friday, I found out that it’s really good. The new find of the week for me. Long time favorites Strand of Oaks, Andrew Bird, Jenny Lewis, Weeping Willows and Lambchop also released great albums (ok, Lambchop’s album is not exactly my cup tea, but that doesn’t make it bad. Lambchop gets to decide what they sound like, not some narrow-minded twat who writes a blog in his bedroom). There’s also songs from the most likely excellent new albums by Orville Peck, Lucy Rose, Matt Andersen, Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert and Paulusma (new solo from frontman of the legendary Dutch group Daryll-Ann). I used the phrase most likely, because I’ve only skimmed through these very briefly at this point. B.B. Palmer’s gorgeous country album came out on in February, but your ignorant blogger missed it back then. It’s pretty damn good, so I featured it this time around. The new EPs on the playlist are from Sun June and Sofia Wolfson.

That Terry Allen & the Panhandle Mystery Band set that just came out on Paradise of Bachelors is also super interesting, but I’m not sure does that narrative stuff really fit that well to a playlist so I left it out from this.

The Finnish section is pretty strong this time. We have a new Sur-rur album, which is a parade-worthy event even on its own. Plus then there’s a new song from Veli (Tolbiac, Red Carpet etc). How sweet is that. Oh and there’s more. There’s a new single from Hulda Huima! A new double-single from Hot Heros & Janne Laurila. Eikä siinäkään vielä kaikki. New singles from Tams, Matti Sakari and Samae Koskinen.

And last but not least the new international singles. Every song would be worth a namedrop, because I like all of them. Some major ones for me were the new singles by Taylor Knox, Damien Jurado, Bob Hund, TK & The Holy Know Nothings (new Mama Bird family band from Taylor Kingman), Reb Fountain, Swimming Bell and Charlotte Cornfield. But that’s all for now. Remember love.

OCTA Weekly Playlist Episode #34

1. Ian Daniel Kehoe – Evil People (Secret Republic, Tin Angel Records / You’ve Changed Records, 2019)
2. Strand of Oaks – Final Fires (Eraserland, Dead Oceans, 2019)
3. K. Skelton – How Do I Keep From Missing You (Night Consumes The Day, 2019)
4. Sur-rur – Fleetwood Macin Välikausi (Hattarahiukset, Roku Records / Joteskii Groteskii, 2019)
5. Hulda Huima & Hitaat sekunnit – Outo Tyttö (single, Helmi Levyt, 2019)
6. Taylor Knox – City at Night (single, Cadence Music, 2019)
7. Martha – The Void (single, Big Scary Monsters, 2019)
8. Jenny Lewis – Hollywood Lawn (On The Line, Warner Bros, 2019)
9. Veli – The Director (single, Evil Veli Recordings, 2019)
10. Bob Hund – Vi är såå lyckliga som bara olyckliga människör kan bli (single, Adrian Recordings, 2019)
11. Andrew Bird – Olympians (My Finest Work Yet, Wegawam Music, 2019)
12. Damien Jurado – Throw Me Now Your Arms (single, Mama Bird Recording Co / Loose Music, 2019)
13. TK & The Holy Know-Nothings – Emmanuel (single, Mama Bird Recording Co, 2019)
14. B.B.Palmer – Lee County Blues (Lee County’s Finest, 2019)
15. Elijah Ocean – Bring Back That Bakersfield Sound (single, 2019)
16. Will Beeley – U.S. 85 (single, Tompkins Square, 2019)
17. John Paul White – The Good Old Days (single, Single Lock Records, 2019)
18. Mariee Sioux – Snow Knows White (single, Night Bloom Records, 2019)
19. Charlotte Cornfield – Silver Civic (single, Next Door Records, 2019)
20. Sofia Wolfson – Self-Fulfilled Prophecy (Adulting EP, 2019)
21. Sun June – NYC (Younger EP, Keeled Scales, 2019)
22. Weeping Willows – Let Go (After US, Razzia Records, 2019)
23. Tams – En halua nähdä sun lähtevän (single, 2019)
24. Hot Heros & Janne Laurila – Anna vähän siimaa (single, Soit Se Silti, 2019)
25. Samae Koskinen – Mummu (single, Johanna kustannus, 2019)
26. Matti Sakari – Parkkihalli (single, 2019)
27. Reb Fountain – Faster (single, Fountain Records, 2019)
28. Calexico and Iron & Wine – Father Mountain (single, Sub Pop Records, 2019)
29. T.Hardy Morris – Scare Easy (single, Normaltown Records, 2019)
30. Conor Donohue – Getting Better (single, 2019)
31. Orville Peck – Winds Change (Pony, Sub Pop Records, 2019)
32. Swimming Bell – For Brinsley (single, Adventure Club Records, 2019)
33. Lucy Rose – Treat Me Like A Woman (No Words Left, Communion, 2019)
34. Gold Light + Snakemusk – The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (single, 2019)
35. Paulusma – No Harm Done (Somehow Anyhow, Excelsior Recordings, 2019)
36. Benedict Benjamin – The Way You Talk To Strangers (single, 2019)
37. Edward + Jane – Blue Ridge Goodbyes (single, 2019)
38. Lambchop – Flower (This (Is What I Wanted To Tell You, City Slang, 2019)
39. Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert – What Would You Do (When The Sun Goes Down, 2019)
40. Matt Andersen feat. Amy Helm – Something To Lose (Halfway Home By Morning, True North 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

This one was a slightly slower release week. Maybe the industry believes everyone is celebrating either SXSW or CXCW during this week of the year. The solo album from Rob Snarski (The Blackeyed Susans) was on the top of my list for new albums, but that’s not yet available on this silly Spotify thing-y. Other great new albums from the week came from Todd Snider, Girl K, Stephen Malkmus, Tiger Saw and Renee Wahl. Iain Micah Weigert’s americana album and Bunny Boy’s new one (this reminds me of Sparklehorse) are a few weeks old, but weren’t available on Spotify before so they appear this time around. Same goes with the new Daniel Markham EP. There are also excellent brand new EPs from Caroline Lazar and Kyle Daniel.

The song of the week is Halla by Amuri. I’ve listened it a few dozen times and I love it to bits. Baroque pop meets Kaseva, Leevi and iskelmä. Nothing can go wrong there. Other Finnish selections are the new singles from Pekko Käppi & K:H:H:L and New Silver Girl and the album from Radio Supernova. Oh and one more last minute addition that I almost missed. Lone Deer Laredo, the collaboration between Paola Suhonen and Olli Happonen (New Silver Girl) released their debut album last week.

While there wasn’t a whole lot of album action, the singles game was again really strong. There were new singles from the forthcoming albums by Anna Tivel, Daniel Norgren, Pony Bradshaw, M.Lockwood Porter, Brad Armstrong. A new single from Shane Leonard was a really pleasant surprise, because I love his work both as a songwriter and producer (he produced the Anna Tivel and Clara Baker albums that are on this list too). And like usual, every song could just as well be namedropped on this text too. These songs are here, because I really like all of them.

Because this was a slightly slower release week, I also revisited several big favorite from the last week or two.

OCTA Weekly Playlist Episode #33

1. Amuri – Halla (single, Helmi Levyt, 2019)
2. Iain Micah Weigert – Dust To Mud (Dust to Mud, 2019)
3. Daniel Norgren – Let Love Run The Game (single, Superpuma Records, 2019)
4. Anna Tivel – Worthless (single, Fluff & Gravy Records, 2019)
5. Erin Durant – Take a Load Off (single, Keeled Scales, 2019)
6. Shane Leonard – Empire Builder (single, AntiFragile Music, 2019)
7. Molly Tuttle – Messed With My Mind (single, Compass Records, 2019)
8. Pony Bradshaw – Van Gogh (single, Rounder Record, 2019)
9. M. Lockwood Porter – The Dream Is Dead (single, Black Mesa Records, 2019)
10. Todd Snider – Working on a Song (Cash Cabin Sessions Vol.3, Aimless Records, 2019)
11. Caroline Lazar – Georgia (Honey EP, Reading Past Bedtime, 2019)
12. Brad Armstrong – Carry Your Head High (single, Cornelius Chapel Records, 2019)
13. Matt York – Permanent Crush (single, 2019)
14. Mammoth Penguins – Closure (single, Fika Recordings, 2019)
15. Girl K – Stephanie (For Now, 2019)
16. Nataly Dawn – For You (single, 2019)
17. Michael Nau – No Quit (single, Karma Chief Records, 2019)
18. Tiger Saw – Kiss The Drums (The Featherweight, Burst & Bloom Records, 2019)
19. Caleb Elliot – Old Souls (Forever to Fade, Single Lock Records, 2019)
20. Daniel Markham – Crickets (In Space EP, 2019)
21. New Silver Girl – Love Is Like a Gold Mine (single, Soliti Music, 2019)
22. Radio Supernova – Sykli (Tähtiin, Soit Se Silti, 2019)
23. Stephen Malkmus – Rushing the Acid Frat (Groove Denied, Matador Records, 2019)
24. Bunny Boy – Your Blue Sky (Did the Angels Come To Kiss You, 2019)
25. Lone Deer Laredo – Golden Harvest (Lone Deer Laredo Vol.1, 2019)
26. Howe Gelb – On The Fence (Gathered, Fire Records, 2019)
27. Logan Ledger – Starlight (single, Rounder Records, 2019)
28. Kyle Daniel – Somewhere in Between (What’s There to Say EP, 2019)
29. Terri Binion – Between Midnight and Dawn (single, 2019)
30. Renee Wahl – From Here To There (Cut To The Bone, Double R Records, 2019)
31. Christopher Gold & The New Old Things – Wolves (single, 2019)
32. Pekko Käppi & K:H:H:L – Musta kimppu (single, Svart Records, 2019)
33. I Was a King – Egersound (Slow Century, Coastal Town Records, 2019)
34. The Boys with The Perpetual Nervousness – Nervous Man (Dead Calm, Pretty Olivia Records, 2019)
35. Durand Jones & The Indications – True Love (American Love Call, Dead Oceans/Colemine Records, 2019)
36. Yola – Rock Me Gently (Walk Through Fire, Easy Eye Sound, 2019)
37. Julia Jacklin – I Don’t Know How To Keep Loving You (Crushing, Transgressive Records, 2019)
38. Arsun – Send Her My Way (single, 2019)
39. Clara Baker – A Memory (Things To Burn, 2019)
40. Rachel Toups – There (Sundog, Peconic Records, 2019)

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.

Maybe not the coolest thing to post a Spotify playlist after that bullshit appeal action they did earlier in the week. Makes that note at the bottom of this weekly playlist even more important. Support the artists that matter to you and buy their records. Still it’s not the customers’ fault that the current streaming royalty payout model is fucked up. The big music addicts like yours truly will always keep on buying records, but I think we’ve reached a point where we can’t convince the masses to buy physical records anymore. So paying a monthly fee is definitely a positive contribution to the world of music. We just need to put pressure on the tech companies and music business to spread that money in a more fairly manner. I hope someday they go with the user-centric model instead of the current pro-rata model. I’m a simple guy, so I feel like if I listen to only The Weather Station during a month, she should get everything from my monthly fee after Spotify’s own cut. I would be happy to pay a bigger monthly fee, if the money would go to the artist that I actually listen to instead of the major label acts. Hopefully there will be a some kind of resolution to the problem soon. It might not be easy, but I’m sure it’s possible for both the tech companies and the songwriters to thrive in the streaming world.

Anyway, on with the weekly playlist. Lots of great albums again. Norwegian I Was A King released their wonderful pop album Slow Century (produced by Norman Blake) and Clara Baker her folk treasure Things To Burn. I don’t usually include the reissues and compilations on this playlist, but surely I have to make an exception with the previously unreleased Townes Van Zandt recordings. There’s also a song from the great new albums by The Wild Reeds, Rosie Tucker, Caleb Elliot, The Boys With the Perpetual Nervousness, Howe Gelb, Joybird, Ryan Tanner, Rachel Toups, Nick Waterhouse, Stella Donnelly, Helado Negro and Danny Schmidt. My big favourites from a week ago, Katie Spencer and The Fire Harvest are here with another song, because I love these albums.

The lone Finnish entry this week is the gorgeous new single from Antti Autio. I’m sure there had to be more, so sorry if I missed something important.

On the international charts, we got the debut singles from Logan Ledger who is a name to keep an ear on. There’s two of them, so check out the other one too. There were also parade-worthy new singles from Christian Lee Hutson, Bart, Jacob Miller, Bedouine, Roseanne Reid and Caroline Spence. Again I could just as well namedrop them all, because I really like all of these songs and again had to drop some out because I didn’t want to expand this further than 40 songs. This includes the big ones like The Black Keys and The National, because I’m sure you’ve heard them elsewhere and I’m sure they are not too upset that they didn’t get on onechord.net’s weekly playlist haha. Anyway, that’s it for this week. Love you.

OCTA Weekly Playlist Episode #32

1. I Was A King – Clouds (Slow Century, Coastal Town Records, 2019)
2. Logan Ledger – Imagining Raindrops (single, Rounder Records, 2019)
3. Clara Baker – Six Days of Rain (Things To Burn, 2019)
4. Townes Van Zandt – Sky Blue (Sky Blue, TVZ Records / Fat Possum Records, 2019)
5. Christian Lee Hutson – Northsiders (single, 2019)
6. The Wild Reeds – Run and Hide (Cheers, Dualtone, 2019)
7. Rosie Tucker – Shadow of a Doubt (Never Not Never Not Never Not, New Professor Music, 2019)
8. Caleb Elliot – Get Me Out Of Here (Forever to Fade, Single Lock Records, 2019)
9. The Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness – Sparkle (Dead Calm, Pretty Olivia Records, 2019)
10. Bart – Don’t Push (single, Idee Fixe Records, 2019)
11. Jacob Miller – Cut My Teeth (single, 2019)
12. Howe Gelb (feat. M Ward) – A Thousand Kisses Deep (Gathered, Fire Records, 2019)
13. Joybird – Lean In (Landing, Jirdboy Records, 2019)
14. Ryan Tanner – A Hymn For Me and You (These Eletric Streets, Lake City Records, 2019)
15. Bedouine – When You’re Gone (single, Spacebomb Records, 2019)
16. Rachel Toups – Foxes (Sundog, Peconic, 2019)
17. Caroline Spence – Who’s Gonna Make My Mistakes (single, Rounder Records, 2019)
18. Son Volt – The Reason (single, Transmit Sound, 2019)
19. Bill and the Belles – That’ll Be Just Fine (single, 2019)
20. Nick Waterhouse – By Heart (Nick Waterhouse, Innovative Leisure, 2019)
21. Black Pumas – Fire (single, ATO Records, 2019)
22. Strand of Oaks – Keys (single, Dead Oceans, 2019)
23. Sun June – Monster Moon (single, Keeled Scales, 2019)
24. Angie McMahon – Pasta (single, 2019
25. Stella Donnelly – Allergies (Beware of the Dog, Secretly Canadian, 2019)
26. Roseanne Reid – Amy (single, Last Man Music, 2019)
27. Helado Negro – Imagining What to Do (This Is How You Smile, RVNG, 2019)
28. Calming River – Portrait of a Shadow (single, 2019)
29. Antti Autio – Mustaa (single, Soit Se Silti, 2019)
30. Katie Spencer – Hello Sun (Weather Beaten, KRS Music, 2019)
31. Laura Stevenson – Value Inn (single, Don Giovanni Records, 2019)
32. Andrew Bird – Manifest (single, Wegawam Music, 2019)
33. Charley Crockett – How Low Can You Go (single, Son of Davy, 2019)
34. Lucero – ’84 300zx (with T-Tops) (single, Libery & Lament Records, 2019)
35. SASAMI – Not The Time (SASAMI, Domino Recording Co, 2019)
36. Arre! Arre! – His-Story Moves In Circles (single, PNKSLM, 2019)
37. Field Medic – Used 2 Be a Romantic (single, Run For Cover Records, 2019)
38. Danny Schmidt – Newport ’65 (Standard Deviation, Live Once Records, 2019)
39. The Felice Brothers – Poor Blind Birds (single, Yep Roc, 2019)
40. The Fire Harvest – Human (Open Water, Snowstar 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.

Here I am again with the new songs that matter to me. Such a strong week of new singles and albums. I had over 50 songs to begin with and then brutally cut it down to 40. This time I wasn’t able to revisit any of the albums from a week ago. Maybe I return them later, if there are less busy weeks. There probably aren’t until summer though.

The new albums from Durand Jones & Indications, Robert Forster and Hand Habits were the ones that I expected the most and I really like all of them. The albums from UK folk songwriter Katie Spencer and Netherlands-based band The Fire Harvest are maybe the most interesting ones for me at the moment, because there’s nothing like finding new artists to love. I’ve been really addicted to The Fire Harvest song Spring. It reminds me of Songs:Ohia. The song of the week for me together with new Damien Jurado song. It’s been just a few days so I’ve only listened to a little bit of the other intriguing album releases of the week. There are lots of them and the list includes a song from a new album by Mary Bragg, KiDD, Dee White, Lomelda, The Honey Dewdrops, Andrew Leahey & The Homestead, Steve Poltz, The Limboos, Quaker City Night Hawks, The Cactus Blossoms and Lonesome Shack. The BA Johnston album is a week or two old, but I missed it then and as a sport freak I have to include a song that’s called Our Love is Like the Cleveland Browns. On the EP front, there’s new ones from Wild Pink and Della Mae.

The Finnish part isn’t big, but quality over quantity. The playlist contains a song from the gorgeous new albums by Lanai and Jani Matti Juhani and the new singles from The Lieblings and Swan/Koistinen.

Next up is the new singles. There was a new outtake from the forthcoming Damien Jurado album and it’s obviously brilliant. The big news of the week was that Ian Noe’s debut album is on the horizon. The first single Irene (Ravin’ Bomb) is a song that already appeared on his great EP, but hey this song demands a new spin. I can’t wait to hear the album. Some big ones were the new singles from Hiss Golden Messenger, Anna Burch, Big Thief, Rosie Tucker, She Keeps Bees, Todd Snider and Brad Armstrong. I missed the Carl Schilde single and the second single from the forthcoming Charlotte Cornfield album a week ago, so I made amends and included them this time around. As usual, I could just as well namedrop all of these in this text. These are all on the playlist, because I really like them. And like I said, this time this could have easily been at least 50 songs long. I left out some excellent higher profile singles (Kevin Morby, Sebadoh etc), some albums that are objectively amazing but maybe not exactly my cup of tea (Yves Jarvis etc), some awesome covers (Rue Snider etc) and so forth. If you actually listen to this, feel free to drop hints how long this should be each week. Oh and all things are not available on Finnish Spotify (Motherhood, Bunny Boy etc). But that’s enough of pointless rambling. Here’s the playlist of the week.

OCTA Weekly Playlist Episode #31

1. Durand Jones & The Indications – Court of Love (American Love Call, 2019)
2. Robert Forster – I’ll Look After You (Inferno, Tapete Records, 2019)
3. The Fire Harvest – Spring (Open Water, Snowstar Records, 2019)
4. Katie Spencer – Weather Beaten (Weather Beaten, KRS Music, 2019)
5. Hand Habits – Jessica (Placeholder, Saddle Creek, 2019)
6. Damien Jurado – Lincoln (single, Mama Bird Recording Co / Loose Music, 2019)
7. Ian Noe – Irene (Ravin’ Bomb) (single, National Treasury Recordings, 2019)
8. Hiss Golden Messenger – Everybody Needs Somebody (single, Merge Records, 2019)
9. Mary Bragg – I Thought You Were Somebody Else (Violets as Camouflage, 2019)
10. She Keeps Bees – Coyote (single, BB*Island, 2019)
11. Big Thief – UFOF (single, 4AD, 2019)
12. Anna Burch – St. Adalbert (single, Heavenly Recordings, 2019)
13. The Smallgoods – Satellite (single, Lost and Lonesome, 2019)
14. The Lieblings – Girl on the Run (single, Stupido Records, 2019)
15. KiDD – A Picture I Don’t Want To Paint (Chance Weekend, Zenerino Records, 2019)
16. Starflyer 59 – Hey, Are You Listening? (single, Tooth & Nail Records, 2019)
17. Lomelda – Talk (M for Empathy, Double Double Whammy, 2019)
18. Charlotte Cornfield – Storm Clouds (single, Next Door Records, 2019)
19. Rosie Tucker – Lauren (single, New Professor Music, 2019)
20. Lanai – Joanna (Ship’s Bell, 2019)
21. C. Gibbs – Geraldine (single, 2019)
22. Dee White (feat. Ashley McBryde) – Road That Goes Both Ways (Southern Gentlemen, Warner Music Nashville)
23. The Honey Dewdrops – More Than You Could Say (Anyone Can See, 2019)
24. Andrew Leahey & The Homestead – Queen and King of Smaller (Airwaves, Skyline Music, 2019)
25. Steve Poltz – Shine On (Shine On, Red House Records, 2019)
26. Todd Snider – Talking Reality Television Blues (single, Aimless Records, 2019)
27. BA Johnston – Our Love Is Like the Cleveland Browns (The Skid is Hot Tonight, 2019)
28. The Limboos – Where Did She Go? (Baia, Penniman Records, 2019)
29. Quaker City Night Hawks – Pay to Play (QCNH, Ligthning Rod Records, 2019)
30. The Cactus Blossoms – Easy Way (Easy Way, Walkie Talkie Records, 2019)
31. Carl Schilde – Top 40 (single, 2019)
32. Sam Evian – Roses (single, Saddle Creek, 2019)
33. Swan/Koistinen – Diagnosis (single, Soliti, 2019)
34. Jani Matti Juhani – Sinä yönä (Piste, 2019)
35. Wild Pink – Coaches Who Cry (5 Songs EP, Tiny Engines, 2019)
36. Lola In Slacks – Postcript in Blue (single, Slacks Records, 2019)
37. Lonesome Shack – Past the Ditch (Desert Dreams, Alive Naturalsound, 2019)
38. Della Mae – Bourbon Hound (The Butcher Shoppe EP, Rounder Records, 2019)
39. Mike Ross – Young Man (single, Taller Records, 2019)
40. Brad Armstrong – Brother Ford (single, Cornelius Chapel 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.