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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)

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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 #330

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A quick Saturday night new music weekly. I’m sure this won’t cover everything. I’ve had other things. Today was the Barbara Manning / Hulda Huima concert and oh how I loved that. I have to work on Sunday too, because it’s busy time on the day job. So I tried to put something together tonight so that I can rest Sunday evening after work.

Album of the week is the new Dan Darrah & The Rain. I’ve loved that on quick listen. Can’t wait to give it more time, because it seems to be totally my kind of stuff. Bonus points to Hallelujah the Hills and their somewhat crazy Deck project. Four albums and 52 songs, one for each card in a deck. Oh dear, I think we should be given a universal day off from work to listen to that monster. But I’ll get there eventually. If they have time to write and record that, I shouldn’t struggle with just the listening part. Other album gems came from Patton Magee, Joshua Ray Walker, Triptides, Small Paul, Jack Barksdale, Dominique and the Diamonds, Common Holly, Kate Vargas, The Jimmy C, Spencer Kilpatrick & The Sandgators (EP), Graham Hunt, Zach Thompson (EP) and Joseph Allred.

A whole lot of great singles on the Finnish part of this. Hattara is one of my favorite bands these days and I absolutely love their new single. Long time fave Antti Reikko has a new band called A.Reikko & Kaupungin Ääni and their debut single is wonderful. There’s also a gorgeous debut single from Paha Lucia. A new band led by Lotta-Lucia Laine and Sami Lehtonen. Other single gold came from Juppe, Juhlat, KIUSA, Tomi Nordlund & Syvä Joki, messier and Matti Sakari.

On the international singles side of things we have new greatness from Julianna Riolino, Otis Gibbs, Kashus Culpepper feat Sierra Ferrell, Caged Animals, Office Culture & Tony Vaz, Katie Spencer, Winter McQuinn, The Reds, Pinks and Purples (ok an old one that I’ve shared several times before, but I love it and there’s new rarities album on the way, Sharon Silva, Bobby Tenderloin Universe (country meets Slayer)… again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Next week is midsummer, which might mean there will be no new music weekly. I haven’t made a final decision, but it might be a good time to take a week off and not force myself. I’ll be on vacation from the dayjob too, so I guess there would be a possibility to make it after midsummer on a Monday or something. But I shall see how much new music there is and do I have the energy / time to make it. If not, I’ll cover two weeks with the next one. Love.

1. Dan Darrah & The Rain – You-Shaped Forever (There’s a Place Records, Sunday Drive Records)
2. Joshua Ray Walker – Heavy Stones (Tropicana, East Dallas Records / Thirty Tigers)
3. Patton Magee – Last Cowboy on the Prairie (Last Cowboy on the Prairie, Patton Magee / Many Hats Distribution)
4. Dominique and the Diamonds – The Canyon (Dominique and the Diamonds EP, Desert Rose Records)
5. Jack Barksdale – The Man, The Myth, The Legend (Voices)
6. Zach Thompson – Be As It May (Algebra Parable EP, Breakfast Records)
7. Small Paul – Heaven on Earth (I Was Love, I Was Light)
8. Triptides – Shapeshifter (Shapeshifter, Triptides / Label 51 Recordings)
9. Common Holly – It’s true we’ve been happier (Anything Glass, Keeled Scales)
10. Hallelujah the Hills feat Craig Finn – Burn This Atlas Down (2 of Clubs) (Deck: CLUBS, Discrete Pageantry Records)
11. Graham Hunt – Frog in the Shower (Timeless World Forever, Run for Cover Records)
12. The Jimmy C – The Boy in the Suitcase (Refreshing, Cheersquad Records & Tapes)
13. Kate Vargas – Little Miss Holy (Golden Hour in the House of Lugosi, Mother West)
14. Spencer Kilpatrick & The Sand Gators – Mike Bibby (Adelman EP)
15. Joseph Allred – Rope Swing on River Styx (Old Time Fantasies, Scissor Tail Records)
16. Kashus Culpepper feat Sierra Ferrell – Broken Wing Bird (single, Big Loud Records)
17. Tyler Childers – Nose on the Grindstone (single, RCA Records / Hickman Holler Records)
18. Otis Gibbs – Eastside (single, Wanamaker)
19. Matt Mitchell Music Co. – Bobbie TIme (single)
20. Julianna Riolino – On a Bluebird’s Wing (single, MoonWhistle Records)
21. Hattara – Beetasalpaaja (single, Cotton Candy Company)
22. Juhlat – Seireeni (single)
23. A. Reikko & Kaupungin Ääni – Pennit (single, Karhuvaltio Records)
24. Paha Lucia – Kaunis elämä (single, Minna Records)
25. KIUSA – Roskikseen (single)
26. Tomi Nordlund & Syvä Joki – Kasvot ventovieraiden (single, Soit Se Silti)
27. Matti Sakari – Sillat (single)
28. messier – See You When You’re Sorry Again (single)
29. Juppe – Woozy (single, Soliti)
30. Office Culture and Tony Vaz – Crazy Walls (single, Jubilee Gang)
31. R&D – Shadow’s Shadow (single, Ruination Record Co)
32. Lena Bartels – Amber (single, Glamour Gowns)
33. Katie Spencer – Come Back and Find Me (single, Lightship Records)
34. Caroline Spence – Where the Time Goes (single, Tone Tree Music)
35. Sharon Silva – People to Please (single)
36. Dana Gavanski – Heart Inside (single, Full Time Hobby)
37. Caged Animals – Radio Down (single, You’ve Changed Records)
38. Winter McQuinn feat Feign Jima and Dylan Young – Walkin’ Through That Door (single, Third Eye Stimuli Records)
39. Alfie Firmin – Anna (single, An Onionheads Production)
40. Leo Walrus – Old Words, New Mess (single, Wahoo Blast)
41. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – Slow Torture of an Hourly Wage (single, Fire Records)
42. Salt Lake Alley – What They “Forgot” To Tell You (single, Shelflife Records)
43. Chris Stamey feat The Lemon Twigs – Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulders) (single, Chris Stamey / Label 51 Recordings)
44. Nelson Bragg – Forever Days (single, Big Stir Records)
45. Jamie Turner – Pure Imagination (single)
46. Icarus Phoenix – Jump Like This and Hop Over (single)
47. Spencer Hoffman feat Jay Som – Harm (single, Anxiety Blanket Records)
48. Alex Amen – Hello Old Man – demo (single, Country Worm Studios)
49. Jack Symes – Everyone in My Dreams is Me (single, Ay Caramba Records)
50. Dillon Warnek – Pretend You Miss Me (single, Soggy Anvil Records)
51. Hamilton Boyce – L.A. Nights (single)
52. Paul McDonald – Rosemarie (single, OBL Records)
53. Margo Price – Don’t Let the Bastards Get You Down (single, Loma Vista Recordings)
54. Rebecca Porter – No Evil (single, Holding All the Roses)
55. Coltt Winter Lepley – Sunflower Creek (single, Keystone Artist Connect)
56. The Bobby Tenderloin Universe – South of Heaven (single, Country Moon Records)
57. Patrick Sweany – Ain’t It Hell (single, Nine Mile Records)
58. Julian Taylor – Dedication (single, Howling Turtle)
59. Sally Anne Morgan – Flowers of Shandihar (single, Thrill Jockey Records)
60. Dwayne Jarrell and the Truer Sound – No Reservations (single)
61. Van Darien – surf the stars (single, Janktown Operation)
62. Mose Wilson – Cause I Got You (single)
63. Field Medic – Melancholy (single, Field Medic / Many Hats Distribution)
64. Jukka Nousiainen Trio – Kaikki kaiken aikaa päällekkäin (Jukka Nousiainen Trio, Jukan Musiikki)
65. Matthew Dunn – Algonquin (Love Raiders, Cosmic Range 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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OCTA – Mid-Year Favorites 2025

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Here’s a quick mid-year list of some early favorites of 2025. Not in any ranked order. Well half a dozen at the top might be the biggest favorites at this point and Hectorine the current AOTY, but it’s completely random after that. It’s also very early and there’s a ton of stuff I haven’t listened enough, so something that’s not here might easily be at the top of my AOTY list in December. Applies especially to the stuff that came out in the last month or so, but there’s a lot even from earlier of the year too that I just haven’t gotten around to yet. For example last year I don’t think I had Modem on the mid-year list and it still ended up being one of my favorite Finnish albums of the year. So this is just a snapshot and things might look a lot different in a few months. And actually I could just as well switch half of these right now and be just as happy with the list. But anyway, here’s a few albums that I’ve loved during the first half of 2025. There’s a Tidal / Spotify links at the bottom, if you into such things. Those have giant bubbling under sections too. The international one isn’t very up-to-date though and I’m sure some are missing from the Finnish one too. Those won’t stay as mid-year playlists though and I will eventually add more stuff to them.

FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2025 SO FAR

Hectorine – Arrow of Love (Take a Turn Records)
Will Stratton – Points of Origin (Bella Union / Ruination Record Co)
Lou Hazel – Riot of the Red (Superboco)
Fust – Big Ugly (Dear Life Records)
Kassi Valazza – From Newman Street (Loose Music / Fluff & Gravy Records)
Flora Hibberd – Swirl (22TWENTY)
Cici Arthur – Way Through (Western Vinyl)
The Delines – Mr. Luck and Ms. Doom (Decor Records)
Pearl Charles – Desert Queen (Taurus Rising Records / Last Night in Glasgow)
Colin Miller – Losin’ (Mtn. Laurel Recording Co)
Esther Rose – Want (New West Records)
Jerry David DeCicca – Cardiac Country
The Bird Calls – Melody Trail (Ruination Record Co)
Renny Conti – Renny Conti
Clara Mann – Rift (51state Conspiracy)
Josiah Flores – Doin’ Fine (Speakeasy Studios SF)
Nicole Hale – Some Kind of Longing
Juliet McConkey – Southern Front (Soggy Anvil Records)
Bells Larsen – Blurring Time (Royal Mountain Records)
Attention Bird Utopia – Best of Kings (here, here recordings)
Sharp Pins – You Have a Way (K recs / perennial)
Ken Pomeroy – Cruel Joke (Rounder)
Friendship – Caveman Wakes Up (Merge Records)
Will Johnson – Diamond City (Keeled Scales)
The Weather Station – Humanhood (Fat Possum Records)
Slow Motion Cowboys – Wolf of St. Elmo (Arkam Records)
Sunny War – Armageddon in a Summer Dress (New West Records)
King Hüsky – King Hüsky (Hype City Music)
The Burning Hell – Ghost Palace (BB*Island / You’ve Changed Records)
Jacksonport – Ting Ting (Ay Caramba Records)

FAVORITE FINNISH ALBUMS OF 2025 SO FAR

Rosettes – Lifestyles (Timmion Records)
Jolly Jumpers – Rural Slang (If Society)
Slack Bird – Jos emme saa tanssia (Harava Records)
Ne Lintuizet – Uusi huone (Texicalli Records)
ITE EEROLA – Kolmen päivän levy IV (Panama-levyt)
Jukka Nousiainen Trio – Jukka Nousiainen Trio (Jukan Musiikki)
Sonja Selene – Pimeä pää (Helmi Levyt)
Kismet – fast and sweet (Kammio Records / Tobold Piipari Records)
Ullalintulampi – Kannattelen (Panama-levyt)
The Moontwins – Night Times (Playground)
Lala Salama – Miltähän me näytettäis yhdessä (All That Plazz)
Ville Vuorenmaa – Päivä jolloin minusta tuli tipu (Salaluukku Records)
Jean Ramsay – Between the Briar and the Rose
Topi Saha – Öitä (Soit Se Silti)
Leipä – Auttaa jaksamaan (Tulli-levyt)
The Snake – Always Bites Back (Svart Records)
Ghost World – Armadillo Cafe (Svart Records)
Juovat – joo joo joo (Alakulttuuritalo)
Jani Matti Juhani – Laulaa Elvistä Suomeksi Vol.3 (Punaiset Levyt)
Lauri Kallio – Turtles, Cats and Other Creatures (Mustik Motel)

Albums playlist on Spotify
Albums playlist on Tidal
Finnish albums playlist on Spotify
Finnish albums playlist on Tidal

FAVORITE SONG OF 2025 SO FAR:

Hectorine – Is Love an Illusion? (Take a Turn Records)

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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #329

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Back with another go at this weekly project.

Attention Bird Utopia is the album of the week. Also really look forward to giving the new Matthew “Doc” Dunn album a proper listen. It’s 22 songs, so haven’t listened the whole thing yet. Oh and not really sure is it still “Doc” or just Matthew Dunn. It’s without Doc on Bandcamp and with Doc on streaming platforms. But great stuff with or without. Other album gems this week came from Comet Gain, Stanley Brinks, Ben de la Cour, Hayden Pedigo, Anja Churchill (EP, a month or so old), Jacob Faurholt (EP), Smug Brothers, Sam Blasucci, Steven Lambke & Jimmie Kilpatrick, Beau Jennings (EP), Ken Yates, Carmen Perry, Joe Kaplow (EP), Mimi Gilbert, Drunken Prayer, JB Paterson, Jesse Daniel, Andrew Hibbard, Joshua Quimby, Pulp, Gold Dust and Paper Jam.

Finnish part of this is led by the awesome new Poni single. Other Finnish gems are EPs from Krypta and FER and singles from The Huhuman, Tomi Puukko and Miija.

Edit: Oops, just noticed that the Jukka Nousiainen Trio album is streaming and therefore I made a quick add. It came out a few weeks ago and it’s wonderful of course. Somehow I thought it was only available on physical and Bandcamp for the time being. So my apologies, if it has been available all the time. But worth buying whether it’s streaming or not. I’ve been planning to buy a copy next time I visit a record store.

New Ron Sexsmith can be the international single of the week. There’s plenty of great ones though and some other early faves came from S.G. Goodman, Adeem the Artist, Ryli, Kathleen Edwards, Michael Nau, Little Mazarn, Nikki Lane, T. Hardy Morris… again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Remember Barbara Manning that I mentioned a week ago. Finnish tour starts in a few days. Most likely back next week with another one of these things. I might need to take a week or two off during the summer, because I have some summer plans and well just need a break here and there, because this is a grind that takes so much of my time. Next week should be fine unless I have to do a 6-day work week and go to work on a Sunday too. But yeah, I’ll let you know on social media when I skip a week. Love.

1. Comet Gain – If They Can’t Find a Way Then There’s No Way (Letters to Ordinary Outsiders, Tapete Records)
2. Stanley Brinks – Play With My Heart (Happy New Year, Fika Recordings)
3. Attention Bird Utopia – Brother, Oh Brother (Best of Kings, here, here recordings / Many Hats Distribution)
4. Matthew “Doc” Dunn – Tired Memory (Love Raiders, Cosmic Range Records)
5. Anja Churchill – Darling (Children of the North EP, Open Sound)
6. Ben de la Cour feat Misty Harlowe – New Roses (New Roses, Jullian Records)
7. Hayden Pedigo – Smoked (I’ll Be Waving as You Drive Away, Mexican Summer)
8. Steven Lambke & Jimmie Kilpatrick – Friendship Traces (Friendship Traces, You’ve Changed Records)
9. Jacob Faurholt – Jad Fair (Those Songs Will Haunt My Dreams EP, Raw Onion Records)
10. Smug Brothers – Sidetrack Ghosts (Stuck on Beta, Anyway Records)
11. Joe Kaplow – Hold On (RTZ EP, Sonder House)
12. Sam Blasucci – Shadows (All Blue, Amateur Circus)
13. Ken Yates – My Love For You is a Straight Line (Total Cinema, Tone Tree Music)
14. Mimi Gilbert – Police Checks (undrowning)
15. Carmen Perry – Glimmer (Eyes Like a Mirror, Mtn Laurel Recording Co)
16. Beau Jennings – Baby Blue (Doves EP)
17. JB Paterson – Annan Blues (Whole World’s Gone Mad, And So Have I, EMR Music Group)
18. Drunken Prayer – Thy Burden is Greater Than Mine (Thy Burdens, Dial Back Sound / Well Kept Secret)
19. Jesse Daniel – The Ballad of Love Creek (Son of The San Lorenzo, Lightning Rod Records / Thirty Tigers)
20. Andrew Hibbard – Old News (The Alamo, Hibbard Records)
21. Joshua Quimby – Early Morning Rain (Something Like Country)
22. Gold Dust – Early Bird (Andalusia, Shuga Records / Long Day Press)
23. Pulp – Grown Ups (More, Rough Trade Records)
24. Paper Jam – Polka Dot Girl (This and That)
25. Poni – Vuoristorata (single, Minna Records)
26. Jukka Nousiainen Trio – Jokainen samanarvoinen (Jukka Nousiainen Trio, Jukan Musiikki)
27. Tomi Puukko – Beibi mä oon all in (single, Puukko Records)
28. Krypta – Rauhattoman rukous (Lasipalatsi EP, Svart Records)
29. Miija – Pesäpuu (single, concrete garden records)
30. FER – Sincerely (What Can Be EP, JM Records)
31. The Huhuman – Snow Cowboy (single, Mielilevyt)
32. Swansea Sound – Oasis vs Blur (single, Skep Wax Records)
33. Ryli – Friend Collector (single, Dandy Boy Records)
34. Allo Darlin’ – Cologne (single, Fika Recordings)
35. Superchunk – Is It Making You Feel Something (single, Merge Records)
36. Ron Sexsmith – Don’t Lose Sight (single, Ronboy Rhymes / Cooking Vinyl)
37. Kathleen Edwards – Save Your Soul (single, Dualtone)
38. Dan Darrah & The Rain – Sister Song (single, Sunday Drive Records)
39. Michael Nau – Smokeflowers (single, Karma Chief Records)
40. Little Mazarn – Mustang Island (single, Dear Life Records)
41. S.G. Goodman – Michael Told Me (single, Slough Water Records / Thirty Tigers)
42. Nikki Lane – Woodruff City Limit (single)
43. Adeem the Artist – Cowards Together (single, Four Quarters Records / Thirty Tigers)
44. Drayton Farley – Trembling Teeth (single, Hargrove Records)
45. Scott Ballew – Harmony (single, Leisure Rodeo)
46. The Resonant Rogues – Closing In (single, Sassafras Sounds)
47. Chloe Kimes – Afraid to Die (single, Pond Happy)
48. Luke Pelletier – Stoned at the Pearly Gates (single, Soggy Anvil Records)
49. Luke Tyler Shelton – A Bus Ain’t Home (single, Concord Records)
50. Curtis Harding – True Love Can’t Be Blind (single, Anti Records)
51. Mae Powell – Tangerine (single, Karma Chief Records / Colemine Records)
52. Margaux – Glass, Concrete and Stone (single)
53. Big Thief – Incomprehensible (single, 4AD)
54. Rae Spoon – I’ve Got Friends in Low Places (single, Coax Records)
55. Georgia Harmer – Eye of the Storm (single, Arts & Crafts)
56. Julie Doiron – Everybody Misses You (single, The Numero Group)
57. Sam and Louise Sullivan – Nobody Knows the Life of a Wife of a Private Eye (single, Historic New Jersey Recordings)
58. Hello Emerson – Breathing Candlelight (single, Hello Emersongs)
59. T. Hardy Morris – Juvenile Years (single, Normaltown Records)
60. Janet Simpson – Used to Be (single, Cornelius Chapel Records)
61. Van Plating feat HalleyAnna Finlay – Huggin’ Thin Air (single, Singular/Gokuhi)
62. Cory Cross – Peace of Mind (single)
63. The Bones of J.R. Jones – Start Again (single, Tone Tree Music)
64. Buffalo Nichols – Belly of the Beast (single, AFB)
65. Gwenifer Raymond – Jack Parsons Blues (single, We are Busy Bodies)
66. Zach Thompson – TItled (single, Breakfast Records)
67. Andy Jenkins – I Walked into the Wrong Room (single, Psychic Hotline)
68. Murry Hammond – Drying Tear (single, Fluff & Gravy Records)
69. Jenna-Marie Laine – Kuinka loppui yö (Matintytär, Laine)
70. Josiah Flores – I’ll Be Here in the Morning (Doin’ Fine, Speakeasy Studios SF)

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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