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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #334

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I was away from home last weekend and also this weekend. But here’s a late Sunday night edition of the new music weekly that somewhat desperately tries to cover the past two weeks of new music. I know there’s a ton missing. I didn’t have the time to go through any submissions and I probably simply forgot a lot. Anyway, here’s something.

Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band can be the album of the week(s). There’s also new albums from Jack Symes, Fortunato Durutti Marinetti, Yoshika Colwell, Galore, Pacing, Night Moves, Julian Cubillos, Constellation Myths, Cory Hanson, Tyler Childers, Sean Pratt, Ben Nichols, Amy Lashley, Mose Wilson, Laura Jane Grace, Red Sleeping Beauty, Luke Saxton, Ranch Hands and Grayson Jenkins.

A short Finnish section. I’m sure there had to be more. But there’s an album from Kelja and singles from Vehje, Kadotettu Nuoruus and Junttu.

New Anna Tivel can be the international single of the week. Other big early faves came from John Calvin Abney, Cooper Kenward, Julianna Riolino, Jessica Risker, Kitba, Kashena Sampson, Jesse Lovelock, Sierra Ferrell & Nikki Lane…. again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Hopefully less rushed edition next weekend. There’s a couple of festival in the city though, so who knows. I might skip Turku Sea Jazz, because I’ve spent so much money lately and that’s fairly expensive. However, Punx for Seitan is next weekend too. I’m not really a punk and don’t know any of the bands, but it’s a lovely event and Kirjakahvila is a special place. So maybe I’ll go there, but I’m gonna do this one as well. Love.

1. Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band – New Threats From the Soul (New Threaths From the Soul, Tough Love / Sophomore Lounge)
2. Jack Symes – I Remember (All These Moments Feel Like Yesterday, Ay Caramba Records)
3. Fortunato Durutti Marinetti – Do You Ever Think? (Bitter Sweet, Sweet Bitter)
4. Yoshika Colwell – A Poem About Walking (On the Wing, Pias)
5. Galore – Dream Palace (Dirt, Speakeasy Studios SF)
6. Pacing – Advertising (Pl*net F*tness, Asian Man Records)
7. Cory Hanson – Joker (I Love People, Drag City)
8. Julian Cubillos – Returning (Julian Cubillos, Ruination Record Co)
9. Night Moves – The Judge (Double Life, Domino Recording Co)
10. Constellation Myths – Good Life (The Cost of Living)
11. Ranch Hands – Changes (So Much Fun)
12. Sean Pratt – Smile (Prairie Whistle Call, Worried Songs)
13. Ben Nichols – The Devil Takes His Leave (In the Heart of the Mountain, Liberty & Lament)
14. Tyler Childers – Cuttin’ Teeth (Snipe Hunter, RCA / Hickman Holler Records)
15. Grayson Jenkins – Old Trails (Country Parables)
16. Amy Lashley – Big Girl Britches (Flatland Blossoms)
17. Mose Wilson – That’s Love (That’s Love)
18. Laura Jane Grace – New Years Day (Adventure Club, Polyvinyl)
19. Red Sleeping Beauty – Caroline (I Found Love) (Music For Late Nights)
20. Luke Saxton – Younger Than Before (Uno Momento, Bigfoot)
21. Jessica Risker – He’s Gone (single)
22. Kitba – Hold the Edges (single, Ruination Record Co)
23. Anna Tivel – White Goose (single, Fluff & Gravy Records)
24. John Calvin Abney – Last Chance (single, Well Kept Secret)
25. Julianna Riolino – Seed (single, MoonWhistle Records)
26. Kashena Sampson – Rearview Mirror (single,
27. Cooper Kenward – Queen of it All (single, Soggy Anvil Records)
28. Sierra Ferrell & Nikki Lane – A Lesson in Leavin (single, Rounder Records)
29. Austin Stambaugh – Thanks a Lot (single, Tomika Records)
30. Jesse Lovelock – Misty Blue (single, Mule Kick Records)
31. Kelja – Murheella meitä ei ruokita (Tuulesta temmattua, Hullumunkki levyt)
32. Vehje – Painajainen Elm Streetillä (single, Humu Records)
33. Kadotettu Nuoruus – Pidä kii (single)
34. JUNTTU – Jesus on a Plane (single, Anyone? Records)
35. Jack Fister – I’ll Make It Up to You (Someday) (single, Sweetheart Records)
36. Joe Wunderle – No Account Rounder (single, Anti-Corp)
37. Audrey Spillman feat John Moreland – Meet Me at a Dive Bar (single, Pioneertown Records)
38. Sparrow Smith – I am Mine (single, Sassafras Sounds)
39. Josh Halper – Schlimazel (single, Glamour Gowns)
40. Wilder Maker – Strange Meeting with Owls (single, Western Vinyl)
41. Geckos – El Techno (single)
42. Kyle Cox – Stickin’ By You (single)
43. Abigail Flowers – Only a Dream (single)
44. Chris Staples – A Cold New York Morning (single, Hot Tub Recordings)
45. Winter McQuinn – Always Looking (single, Third Eye Stimuli Records)
46. Strange Pilgrim – Through the Branches (single, Royal Oakie Records)
47. Case Oats – Nora (single, Merge Records)
48. Wednesday – Picked up that Knife (single, Dead Oceans)
49. Bobby Emmett – Magic Eyes (single)
50. Dom Mariani – Apple of Life (single, Alive Naturalsound)
51. Jake Winstrom – Freelancing on a Pheromone (single, Meaux Money Meaux Music)
52. Brower – Train (single)
53. Sloan – Dream Destroyer (single, Murderecords)
54. Liquid Mike – Claws (single)
55. Call Me Rita – No Xmas Cards for Fascists (single)
56. Dillon Warnek – Pistol and a List of Demands (single, Soggy Anvil Records)
57. Otis Gibbs – Holy River Blues (single)
58. Zach Russell – Who Will Sing For Me? (single, Carlboro Records / Thirty Tigers)
59. Patrick Sweany – See Through (single, Nine Mile Records)
60. Amanda Shires – A Way It Goes (single, Silver Knife Records / ATO Records)
61. Giant Day – Devil Dog (single, Elephant 6 Recording Co)
62. Caged Animals – Alligator (single, You’ve Changed Records)
63. Icarus Phoenix – Stories We Tell (single)
64. Mike Adams at His Honest Weight – Slow Zoom (single, Joyful Noise Recordings)
65. Sharon Silva – Monogamy (single)
66. Carson McHone – Downhill (single, Merge Records)
67. Josienne Clarke – What Do I Do (single)
68. Lena Bartels – Bad Sugar (single, Glamour Gowns)
69. Anna St.Louis – Summer Song (single)
70. Jens Kuross – Stereotype (single, Woodsist)
71. Shadowgraphs – Dawn Over Mountain Terrain (single)
72. Jeff Tweedy – Out in the Dark (single, dBpm Records)
73. Twilark – A New Ending (single)
74. Way Dynamic – I Was the Dancer (single, Spoilsport Records)
75. Nathan K. feat Remi Goode – Boundaries (single)
76. The Telephone Numbers – Be Right Down (single, Slumberland)
77. Rubber Band Gun – Thunder is a Knock (single, Historic New Jersey Recordings)
78. Jake Nicoll – Supercritical (single)
79. The Altons – Love You Like That (single, Daptone Records)
80. Janet Simpson – Tonight (single, Cornelius Chapel Records)
81. Maya De Vitry – Any Bell I See (single, Mad Maker Studio)
82. Caleb Elliot feat The Secret Sisters – I Don’t Believe You (single, Single Lock Records)
83. Anders Jörnesten – On the Outskirts of Town (single)
84. Joseph Decosimo – Billy Button (single, Dear Life Records)
85. Ryan Lee Crosby – Going Away (single, Crossnote 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 #333

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Another quick summer edition of the new music weekly.

Coltt Winter Lepley made my album of the week. Well I guess it’s an EP actually. Anyway, there’s a whole lot of great songwriting in there and it’s a wonderful release. A name to keep an eye on. Could be huge one day. Other album gems this week came from Graves, Tami Neilson, Bonnie Dobson & The Hanging Stars, Sister., Allo Darlin’, Alfie Firmin, Girlatones / Forever Son (split), The Wind-Ups, The Innocence Mission (EP), Mal Blum, Martha (rarities comp), Murry Hammond, Van Darien, Bob Lefevre & The Already Gone, Mike Polizze, Gary Hector (this is from June, but I missed it at the time), Tanner Usrey, Andy Boay and Leroi Conroy.

Finnish part is a bit shorter this time around, but the quality is high. There’s a new album from Ptak and singles from Spotless Souls, Echo Tapes, Figaro and Eero Savela.

International song of the week is the new single from Alice George Perez. That’s a week old, but I found it after last week’s episode. Instantly loved it and have been listening to it all week long. Extremely highly recommended. Some other early faves came from The Fishermen Three, Katie Spencer, Abe Partridge, Dylan Earl, T. Hardy Morris, Hello Emerson, Pete Posie, Otis Gibbs, MJ Lenderman (Jason Molina cover), Michael Hurley… again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. Next weekend is the Odysseus Festival at Korjaamo, Helsinki and long time OCTA favorite Michael James Tapscott will be playing there. I will be there at least on Friday, so I’ll see you there if you are coming. At the moment I only have a ticket for Friday, but it’s possible that I grab a hotel and stick around for Saturday too. I haven’t really decided yet. In that case I might not have the time or energy to do this next weekend. So I might skip next weekend. If so, I’ll again cover two weeks with the next episode. Love.

1. Coltt Winter Lepley – A Tear Addressed to You (Coltt Winter Lepley EP, Keystone Artist Connect)
2. Graves – RV Love (Gary Owens Jr: Super Hits Volume 3, Perpetual Doom)
3. Tami Neilson feat The Secret Sisters – Keep On (Neon Cowgirl, Outside Music)
4. Bonnie Dobson and The Hanging Stars – You Don’t Know (Dreams, Loose Music)
5. The Innocence Mission – St. Paul (The Raindrop Cars EP, Therese Records)
6. Sister. – Two Moons (Two Birds, Mtn Laurel Recording Co)
7. Allo Darlin’ – Stars (Bright Nights, Fika Recordings)
8. Alfie Firmin – Retrospective (Alfie Firmin, An Onionheads Production)
9. Girlatones – Don’t Want to Keep You (By the Book, BDK Records)
10. Forever Son – World at My Window (By the Book, BDK Records)
11. Mal Blum – Must Get Lonely (The Villain, Get Better Records)
12. Martha – 1967, I Miss You, I’m Lonely (Standing Where it All Began (Singles and B-Sides 2012-2025, Specialist Subject Records)
13. The Wind-Ups – (That’s Just My) Dream Girl (Confection, Dandy Boy Records)
14. Murry Hammond – Praise the Road (Trail Songs of the Deep, Fluff & Gravy Records)
15. Van Darien – woods (bummertown, Janktown Operation)
16. Bob Lefevre & The Already Gone – Only Lonely (In Tongues, BLATAG)
17. Tanner Usrey – Better Weather (These Days, Atlantic)
18. Gary Hector – Can You Love Again ??? (Memphis Medicine, Maraval Records)
19. Mike Polizze – It Goes Without Saying (Around Sound, Paradise of Bachelors)
20. Andy Boay – You’re in the Air Now (You Took That Walk For the Two of Us)
21. Leroi Conroy – Abiding (A Tiger’s Tale, Colemine Records)
22. Alice George Perez – The Crow (single, Mokuhi Sonorities)
23. The Fishermen Three – Electricity (single, Royal Oakie Records)
24. Echo Tapes feat Ty Roxy – 12,000 Days (single)
25. Spotless Souls – In the Heat (single, Soliti)
26. Ptak – Astronaut (Fall to Pieces, Bird’s Nest Records)
27. Figaro – Rakkauden keä ’25 (single, Lördag)
28. Eero Savela – Timangi (single, Mustik Motel)
29. Mae Powell – Contact High (single, Karma Chief Records / Colemine Records)
30. Hello Emerson – Forehead on the Window (single, Hello Emersongs)
31. Katie Spencer – Cold Stone (single, Lightship Records)
32. T. Hardy Morris – Don’t Kill Your Time (To Shine) (single, Normaltown Records)
33. Abe Partridge – JJP from Elba ALA (single, RCAM Records)
34. Hayes Carll – We’re Only Human (single, HWY 87 Records / Thirty Tigers)
35. Dylan Earl – Level-Headed Even Smile (single, Gar Hole Records)
36. Austin Stambaugh – Papers & Pens (single, Tomika Records)
37. Pete Posie – I Can’t Have a Rose (single, Low Rent)
38. Otis Gibbs – Raze (single)
39. Alicia Blue – In the Land of the Plenty (single, Tasty Good Records)
40. Matt Mitchell Music Co – Fading Fast (single)
41. Croy and the Boys – Fuck I.C.E. (single, Spaceflight Records)
42. Buffalo Nichols – Moses (single)
43. Michael Hurley – Fava (single, No Quarter Records)
44. Nicholas Jamerson feat Shelby Means – One With You (single, Cloverdale Records)
45. Scott Ballew – Hey Baby (single, Leisure Rodeo)
46. Ben Nichols – In the Heart of the Mountain (single, Liberty & Lament)
47. MJ Lenderman – Just Be Simple (single, Run for Cover Records)
48. Neko Case – Wreck (single, Anti)
49. Johanna Rose – Real One (single, Henchmen Records)
50. Molly Taylor – Emotions (single)
51. Sarah Summer – More to Life (single, Jollymonster Publishing Company)
52. Hand Habits – Dead Rat (single, Fat Possum Records)
53. herbal tea – Seventeen (single, Orindal Records)
54. Big Thief – All Night Day (single, 4AD)
55. Sara Beth Go – Something Without Solution (single, Blue Room Tunes)
56. Star Moles – Why (single, Earth Libraries)
57. Karl Frog – Legends of the Niche (single, Spoilsport Records)
58. Jens Lekman – Candy from a Stranger (single, Secretly Canadian)
59. Field Medic – castle peaks (single, Many Hats Distribution)
60. Skinny Dyck – Ground Floor (single, Victory Pool)
61. Modern Nature – Source (single, Bella Union)
62. Floating Action – Stillnes Strikes Me (single, Airloom)
63. Dwayne Jarrell and the Truer Sound – Inheritance (single)
64. Kissing Other ppl – Kissing Other People (single, Peacedale Records)
65. Willi Carlisle – Sound and Fury (Winged Victory, Signature Sounds)

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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 #332

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I did skip a week like you may have noticed. I was on full vacation mode. Sorry if someone was waiting for this, but I needed the break. This might not seem like much, but it’s still a grind to compile it every weekend. I will definitely skip one more week in late August and perhaps one before that as well. We’ll see where live music take me during the summer weekends. And well it’s getting again harder and harder to justify making a Spotify playlist, but at least there’s the Tidal option too. But yeah, enough of this. Here’s the new music of the past two weeks. There’s definitely stuff missing, because there were some vacation days when I didn’t listen to new music at all.

Willi Carlisle made the album of the week(s). There’s also great new albums from Jesse Welles, Kathryn Legendre, Vandoliers, The While (wonderful Swedish pop album), Tom Henry, Ryli, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, Lightheaded, Jeanines, The Slow Summits, Space Jaguar, Jonathan Richman, Ceylon Sailor, Western Extra, Hamilton Boyce, The Bobby Tenderloin Universe (country meets metal lyrics), Andrew Smith, Christopher Gold, Rah Rah Rabbit, Laura Stevenson, Quinn Cicala, R&D, Durand Jones & The Indications, Jackson and the Janks, Andy Jenkins, Billy Allen + The Pollies, and Zoh Amba.

The Finnish part of this has albums from Itcevät, The Chiefs and Asko Keränen plus an EP from Saara Heikkilä. Some great singles too from Eerie Deer, Eero Savela (this one is from early summer, but missed it at the time), Enkel and Kelluvat Ikkunat.

International single of the week(s) can be the new song from Leslie Graves and Toby Goodshank. I really love it and can’t wait to hear the full album. Other early faves came from Ron Sexsmith, Greg Freeman, Ian Noe (Bruce cover), Black Sea Dahu, Jens Kuross, Jessica Risker, Blair Borax, Josh Halper, Asher Kartman, Kathleen Edwards, Jack Symes, Sparrow Smith… again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Most likely back next week with another one of these, but who knows for sure. Love.

1. Willi Carlisle – Wildflowers Growin (Winged Victory, Signature Sounds)
2. Jesse Welles – Grapes of Wrath (Pilgrim)
3. Kathryn Legendre – Best Western Breakdown (Here’s Your Honky Tonk)
4. Vandoliers – Bible Belt (Life Behind Bars, Break Maiden Records / Thirty Tigers)
5. The While – Cherries (The While)
6. Tom Henry – Close Your Eyes (Songs to Sing and Dance To, Royal Oakie Records)
7. Ryli – Come and Get Me (Come and Get Me, Dandy Boy Records)
8. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – Marty as a Youth (The Past is a Garden I Never Fed, Fire Records)
9. Lightheaded – Me and Amelia Fletcher (Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming, Slumberland Records)
10. Jeanines – Coaxed a Storm (How Long Can It Last, Skep Wax Records)
11. The Slow Summits – Better Off (Every Intention, Subjangle)
12. Space Jaguar – Fall to Pieces (If You Play Expect to Pay)
13. Ceylon Sailor – All Promises Will Break Eventually (Here We Lie, Stunning Models on Display)
14. Jonathan Richman – You Need Me Too (Only Frozen Sky Anyway, Broken Arrow Records)
15. Western Extra – The Tether (Zig Zags on the Book of Changes)
16. Andrew Smith – Luna (Spent, Barely There Records)
17. Christopher Gold – A Couple More (Ramble)
18. Hamilton Boyce – Last Train Robber (L.A. Nights)
19. The Bobby Tenderloin Universe – Breaking the Law (A Fistful Metal EP, Country Moon Records)
20. Rah Rah Rabbit – A Man I Once Knew (Chasin’ Rabbits, Catching Squirrels, Blackbird Record Label)
21. Jackson and the Janks – Lament (Write It Down, Jalopy Records)
22. Durand Jones & The Indications – Really Wanna Be With You (Flowers, Dead Oceans)
23. Billy Allen + The Pollies – Forever (Black Noise, Single Lock Records)
24. Laura Stevenson – Domino (Late Great, Really Records)
25. Quinn Cicala – Second Change (Gold)
26. Andy Jenkins – Sunshine (Since Always, Psychic Hotline)
27. R&D – When Time Means Nothing (I’ll Send You a Sing, Ruination Record Co)
28. Zoh Amba – Ma (Sun, Smalltown Supersound)
29. Eero Savela – Venus (single, Mustik Motel)
30. Enkel – Ystävyys, lempi ja rakkaus (single, Nordic Notes)
31. Saara Heikkilä – Hellempi heinäkuu (Hellempi heinäkuu EP)
32. Itcevät – Aina jotain jää (Ehkä maailma ei lopu vielä huomenna, Itcevät Records)
33. Eerie Deer – Starling Baby (single)
34. Asko Keränen – Winters Bone (Gralange, Bone Voyage Recording Co)
35. The Chiefs – Far Too Long (Xonoring / Blue Bear Records)
36. Kelluvat Ikkunat – Itämerenneito (single, V.R. Label Finland)
37. Greg Freeman – Gallic Shrug (single, Transgressive Records)
38. Ian Noe – Born in the USA (single, Lock13 Records / Thirty Tigers)
39. Ryan Lee Crosby – Mistreating People (single, Crossnote Records)
40. William Alexander – Boundary Rider Blues (single)
41. Charley Crockett – Crusified Son (single, Lonestar Rider / Island Records)
42. Tyler Childers – Oneida (single, RCA Records / Hickman Holler Records)
43. Matt Woods – Who Are You Fighting (single, Lonely Ones Records)
44. Jessica Pounds feat Nathan Kalish – Believe Me (single, Yellow Canary)
45. Blair Borax – The Color Green (single)
46. Black Sea Dahu – One Day Will Be All I Have (single, Mouthwatering Records)
47. Jessica Risker – 4AM (single)
48. Leslie Graves and Toby Goodshank – Natural Way (single, BB*Island)
49. Ron Sexsmith – Cigarette and Cocktail (single, Cooking Vinyl / Ronboy Rhymes)
50. Jens Kuross – Beggar’s Nation (single, Woodsist)
51. Josh Halper – Use a Friend (single, Glamour Gowns)
52. Scree – August (single, Ruination Record Co)
53. Shabason, Krgvich & Tenniscoats – Our Detour (single, Western Vinyl)
54. Floating Action – Waited Such a Long Time (single, Airloom)
55. Kyle Cox – Lazy River (single)
56. Fortunato Durutti Marinetti – A Perfect Pair (single, Quindi Records / We Are Time)
57. Asher Kartman – The One to Blame (single)
58. Icarus Phoenix – Mark & Kyle (single, Telos Tapes)
59. Jake Winstrom – Don’t Make the Rules (single, Meaux Money Meaux Music)
60. The Martial Arts – Hold on Full of Hope (single, WIAIWYA)
61. Fortitude Valley – Video (Right There With You) (single, Specialist Subject)
62. Shoulder Season – Hard 2 get on it (single)
63. Case Oats – In a Bungalow (single, Merge Records)
64. lulu melons – Unavailable (single, The Dime Store)
65. The Weather Station – Looks Just Like the Sun (single, Fat Possum Records)
66. Mina Tindle feat Sufjan Stevens – Heaven Thunder (single, S76)
67. Lola Wild feat Aistis – Lost Signal (single)
68. Emma Swift – Nothing and Forever (single, Tiny Ghost Records)
69. Kathleen Edwards – Pine (single, Dualtone Music Group)
70. Ian Badger – (Once) I Had It All (single, North Country Collective)
71. Nicki Bluhm – Cumberland Banks (single)
72. Sparrow Smith feat Cat Clyde – Hard Working Women (single, Sassafras Sounds)
73. Mose Wilson – Workin Man (single)
74. Joseph Decosimo – Ida Red (single, Dear Life Records)
75. The Pink Stones – If I Can’t Win (With You) (single, Normaltown Records)
76. Tommy Prine – Purple Paint (single, Nameless Knight)
77. Jack Symes – I Wish You Would (single, Ay Caramba Records)
78. Alien Eyelid – Vinegar Hill (single, Tall Texan)
79. SnarskiCircusLindyBand – You’re So Adorable (single, Snarski & Morrison)
80. Constellation Myths – A Consolation (single)
81. Peaceful Faces – I Let It Happen (Without a Single Fight, Glamour Gowns)
82. James McMurtry – Sons of the Second Sons (The Black Dog and The Wandering Son, New West Records)
83. Little Mazarn – The Great Divide (Mustang Island, Dear Life Records)
84. Alex Amen – And Her Colors (The Zorthian Tapes EP, Country Worm Studios)
85. S.G. Goodman – Heaven Song (Planting By the Signs, Slough Water Records / Thirty Tigers)

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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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #331

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A quick midsummer vacation edition of the new music weekly, because there was so much good new music that I didn’t have the heart to skip this one. Maybe I skip the next one. Most likely not, because most likely lovely people are again releasing a lot of lovely new music. We sure need it during these dark times.

Album of the week is the new S.G.Goodman. Alex Amen’s EP might still be my favorite release of the week. But I love both of them and it doesn’t end there. A lot of strong albums this week. There’s new ones from Little Mazarn, James McMurtry, Kelsey Waldon, Presley Haile (EP), Eric Long, The Bones of J.R. Jones, Love Axe, Adam Amram, Michael Robert Murphy, Dorio, Peaceful Faces (this ones a few weeks old), Nelson Bragg, Coma Cinema, Scott McMicken and the EVER-EXPANDING, Whitney’s Playland (EP), Sally Anne Morgan and The Witches’ Hymnal.

Finnish section has a run of awesome singles from Mitä helvettiä nyt taas, Rock Siltanen Group, Nikita Titov, Modem and Waver.

Dean Johnson, Anna Tivel and Sabine McCalla can share the international single of the week honors. Wonderful stuff all around. Other early favorites came from Jeffrey Martin, The Deep Dark Woods, Cooper Kenward, Jake Nicoll, Martha, Sloan… again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. I’ll go back to vacation mode. Most likely back next week with another of these unless I’m too deep in the vacation mode and have thrown my laptop into the lake (just a figure of speech, don’t throw stuff in the nature). Love.

1. Alex Amen – Why Does He Try (Garnet’s Song, The Zorthian Tapes EP)
2. S.G. Goodman – Solitaire (Planting by the Sings, Slough Waters / Thirty Tigers)
3. Little Mazarn – The Cloud and the Snail (Mustang Island, Dear Life Records)
4. James McMurtry – The Color of the Night (The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy, New West Records)
5. Kelsey Waldon – Let It Lie (Every Ghost, Oh Boy Records)
6. Presley Haile – Sunny Day (Off to Find a Sunny Day EP, Columbia Records)
7. Eric Long – Doghouse Saloon (Honky Tonk Wisdom)
8. The Bones of J.R. Jones – Hills (Radio Waves, Tone Tree Music)
9. Adam Amram – Waiting Time (Adam Amram Family Band to the End)
10. Love Axe – Where to Dig (Optimism Paranoia Desperation Abolition, Grandmother Clock)
11. Peaceful Faces – Half a Secret (Without a Single Fight, Glamour Gowns)
12. Michael Robert Murphy feat By the Sea – Cyclone (Chaos Magick, Blaggers Records)
13. Dorio – Plastic Heart (Super Love 3, Earth Libraries)
14. Nelson Bragg – Tell Me I’m Wrong (Melodie de Nelson: A Pop Anthology, Big Stir Records)
15. Coma Cinema – Each Other’s Time (Grand Delusion, Summertime in Hell)
16. Scott McMicken and THE EVER-EXPANDING – Back to the Sun (New Purple Dress, Press On Records)
17. The Witches’ Hymnal – I Will Run (stars that shine upon the blood EP, Lenya Music Collection)
18. Sally Anne Morgan – Oak Knower (Second Circle the Horizon, Thrill Jockey Records)
19. Dean Johnson – Before You Hit the Ground (single, Saddle Creek)
20. Anna Tivel – Animal Poem (single, Fluff & Gravy Records)
21. Jeffrey Martin – Edge of Lost (single, Fluff & Gravy Records)
22. Sabine McCalla – Could You Be Love (single, Gar Hole Records)
23. The Deep Dark Woods – Traded in Your Name (single, Victory Pool)
24. Whitney’s Playland – Long Rehearsal (Long Rehearsal EP, Dandy Boy Records / Meritorio Records)
25. Martha – 1978, Smiling Politely (single, Specialist Subject Records)
26. Sloan – Live Forever (single, Murderecords)
27. Mitä helvettiä nyt taas – Turku (single, Nature Sucks Anyway Records)
28. Nikita Titov – Täällä kotona (single)
29. Rock Siltanen Group – Mitä täällä tapahtuu (single, Rockia ja sporttia)
30. Modem – BS (single, Don Giovanni Records / Modem Age Records)
31. Waver – Howl (single, Soft Monsters)
32. Wednesday – Wound Up Here (By Holdin On) (single, Dead Oceans)
33. Liquid Mike – AT&T (single)
34. Girlatones – On the Wall (single)
35. SunYears – Spanner in the Works (single, Villa)
36. Jake Nicoll – Free Space (single)
37. Cass McCombs – Peace (single, Domino Recording Co)
38. Carson McHone – Winter Breaking (single, Merge Records)
39. Cooper Kenward – ’53 Bel Air (single, Soggy Anvil Records)
40. Nicholas Jamerson – Running Out of Daylight (single, Cloverdale Records)
41. Rayland Baxter – Albatross (single, Song Confessional)
42. Miles Miller – Weightless (single, Easy Lovin Records)
43. Will Hoge – Sweet Misery (single)
44. Jonathan & Abigail Peyton – I Want that For You (single, Cloverdale Records)
45. J.R. Dalforth – Easy Livin’ (single, Ella Ruth Institutet)
46. R.R. Williams – Who Knew a Heart Could Break Like Mine? (single)
47. Stephen Wilson Jr. – Dig a Hole (single, Big Loud Records)
48. The Bobby Tenderloin Universe – Fear of the Dark (single, Country Moon Records)
49. Andy Boay – One & One (single)
50. Cory Hanson – Lou Reed (single, Drag City)
51. Abigail Flowers – Over the Moon (single)
52. Bonnie Dobson & The Hanging Stars – Get Together (single, Loose Music)
53. Kyle Morgan & Tamar Korn – Everything is Free (single, Jalopy Records)
54. Mya Byrne – Transsexual Blues (single, Stranger’s Gate)
55. Nathan K. – Funny Feeling (single)
56. Fruit Bats – Stuck in My Head Again (single, Merge Records)
57. Chris Staples – Doesn’t Matter Now (single, Hot Tub Recordings)
58. Sister. – Honey (single, Mtn Laurel Recording Co)
59. Dan Darrah & The Rain – The Sister Song (There’s a Place, Sunday Drive Records)
60. Hallelujah the Hills – Night Machine (DECK, Discrete Pageantry Records)

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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