Another week, another weekly playlist

Guess what? There’s a lot of great new albums this week. Top of my own lists were long time favourites Craig Finn and The Pearlfishers closely followed by new favourites Mammoth Penguins and Run Coyote. That’s again just a tip of the recordberg. There are new albums from Kevin Morby, Aldous Harding, Starflyer 59, The Mountain Goats, Josh Ritter, Kelly Finnigan, Steel Blossoms, Hannah Cohen and Wild Firth. Nataly Dawn and Lenny Bull made the only new EPs on the list. I’m sure there’s much more out there that I don’t know about.

On the singles front, the big news is the first single from a forthcoming Claire Cronin album. Pony Bradshaw, Bedouine, Jake Xerxes Fussell and TK & The Holy Know Nothings continue to impress and released new outtakes from their next full-lengths. Dana Gavanski and Fell Runner were the new finds of the week for me. Everything else would be worth of a namedrop too.

The Finnish section contains new singles from Liljankukka and Salainen Avaruusohjelma. Salainen Avaruusohjelma also has a full album on iTunes at least, so check that out. That can’t be all the Finnish stuff that came out this week.

And my apologies, if you’ve sent me email and I haven’t replied. I’ve lost the email game and have between 1000-2000 unread emails all the time. Eventually I’ll catch up, but I’m just worn out at the moment. But if you have something urgent, feel free to hit me up on social media. Or at least put something like Vesa or onechord on the subject of the email line. That way I might not miss it. That’s all for now. Remember love.

OCTA Weekly Playlist Episode #39

1. Craig Finn – Indications (I Need a New War, Partisan Records, 2019)
2. The Pearlfishers – You Can Take Me There (Love & Other Hopeless Things, Marina Records, 2019)
3. Mammoth Penguins – Let Yourself Be (There’s No Fight We Can’t Both Win, Fika Recordings, 2019)
4. Run Coyote – Shadowlands (In Shadowlands, So Sorry Records, 2019)
5. Claire Cronin – Tourniquet (single, Orindal Records, 2019)
6. Pony Bradshaw – Bad Teeth (single, Rounder Records, 2019)
7. Jake Xerxes Fussell – Michael Was Hearty (single, Paradise of Bachelors, 2019)
8. Bedouine – Echo Park (single, Spacebomb Records, 2019)
9. The Mountain Goats – Waylon Jennings Live! (In League With Dragons, Merge Records, 2019)
10. Kevin Morby – Piss River (Oh My God, Dead Oceans, 2019)
11. Josh Ritter – The Torch Committee (Fever Breaks, Pytheas Recordings, 2019)
12. TK & The Holy Know-Nothings – Desert Rose (single, Mama Bird Recording Co, 2019)
13. Aldous Harding – Treasure (Designer, 4AD, 2019)
14. Nataly Dawn – Huckleberry (For You EP, 2019)
15. Better Oblivion Community Center – Little Trouble (single, Dead Oceans, 2019)
16. Dana Gavanski – One By One (single, Full Time Hobby, 2019)
17. Lucy Dacus – My Mother & I (single, Matador Records, 2019)
18. Mo Kenney – Ahead of Myself (single, Turtlemusik, 2019)
19. Salainen Avaruusohjelma – Yhden hengen juhlat (single, Nefer Maglev, 2019)
20. Liljankukka – Kevätmaniaa (single, Karhuvaltio Records, 2019)
21. Bruce Springsteen – Hello Sunshine (single, 2019)
22. Joe Kaplow – Rhythm & Rhyme (Time Spent In Between, 2019)
23. I Am Oak – Between Worlds (single, Snowstar Records, 2019)
24. Johanna Samuels – Supposed to Say (Have a Good One EP, Basin Rock, 2019)
25. Fell Runner – Come Home (single, Yes Plz, 2019)
26. Anna Tivel – Two Strangers (The Question, Fluff and Gravy, 2019)
27. Birch Pereira & The Gin Joints – Anytime (single, 2019)
28. Megg Farrell – Feelin’ Single Seein’ Double (Megg Farrell, 2019)
29. Steel Blossoms – County Line (Steel Blossoms, Billy Jam Records, 2019)
30. Justin Townes Earle – Appalachian Nightmare (single, New West Records, 2019)
31. Christopher Gold & The New Old Things – Different Shores (single, 2019)
32. Natural Bridges – Shy Smiles (Good Medicine, Royal Oakie, 2019)
33. Kelly Finnigan – Smoking & Drinking (The Tales People Tell, Colemine Records, 2019)
34. Lenny Bull – Don’t Talk About It (Sharp Teeth EP, Cock & Bull Records, 2019)
35. Wild Firth – Uptown (Lawn Memory, Forged Artifacts, 2019)
36. Starflyer 59 – Young In My Head (Young In My Head, Tooth & Nail Records, 2019)
37. Andy Oliveri & The Mountaineers – Six Sisters (single, 2019)
38. Hannah Cohen – Wasting My Time (Welcome Home, Bella Union, 2019)
39. Will Fox – Waiting (single, Twosyllable Records, 2019)
40. Lucy Roleff – Sometimes Do (single, Lost And Lonesome 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 was away for the Easter. I’m sure I also missed lots of stuff this week, because I was away the whole weekend. I might add a song or two later, if I remember something important. Just wanted to get this done as soon as I got home.

It was a big release week. Anna Tivel’s new album was on the top of my list. It’s actually one of my favourite albums of the whole year so far. The Delines, Anna Tivel and Damien Jurado are probably my current 2019 favorites. I have no idea in which order. There’s lots more than just Anna Tivel album though. The week brought new albums from Daniel Norgren, Brad Armstrong, Natural Bridges, Heather Woods Broderick, The Tallest Man On Earth, Jason Anderson (Lost Sessions vol 4), Elva, Field Medic, Wand, The Yawpers, Jade Bird, Will Kimbrough, Your Heart Breaks and Joe Kaplow (this last one was a week ago, but I missed it then). Johanna Samuels EP is also really noteworthy.

The Finland-related section revisits Eden Prairie and Astral Brain and brings new singles from Suad, MeriTuuli and Janne Tapion Sisäinen Avaruus.

Some international (should-be) hit singles too like the new songs from Shane Leonard, Kenny Husband, Esther Rose, Erin Durant, Chris Staples, Joseph Robert Krauss and Black Pumas. Everything else would be worthy of a namedrop too, but you’ll find them all from the list below.

That’s all for now. Next week back to normal business and the playlist should be up on Sunday. Hopefully I’ll do a better job then or maybe like write a post or two that’s not just a playlist. I’ve been such a sorry excuse of a music blogger lately. Still too stubborn to quit, so back at least with a new playlist on Sunday. Until then. Love.

1. Anna Tivel – Figure It Out (The Question, Fluff and Gravy Records, 2019)
2. Shane Leonard – Postcard Laundry (single, AntiFragile Music, 2019)
3. Johanna Samuels – Nothing To Know (Have A Good One EP, Basin Rock, 2019)
4. Daniel Norgren – When I Hold You In My Arms (Wooh Dang, Superpuma Records, 2019)
5. Brad Armstrong – Climb Any Mountain (I Got No Place Remembers Me, Cornelius Chapel Records, 2019)
6. Kenny Husband – Friends (single, Good Soil Records, 2019)
7. Esther Rose – Handyman (single, Father/Daughter Records, 2019)
8. Erin Durant – Highway Blue (single, Keeled Scales Records, 2019)
9. Chris Staples – Everybody Said (single, Barsuk Records, 2019)
10. Natural Bridges – Bad Times (Good Medicine, Royal Oakie, 2019)
11. Black Pumas – Colors (single, Anti-, 2019)
12. Suad – White Lies (single, 2019)
13. Heather Woods Broderick – I Try (Invitation, Western Vinyl, 2019)
14. The Tallest Man On Earth – There’s a Girl (I Love You. It’s a Fever Dream. Rivers / Birds Records, 2019)
15. Joseph Robert Krauss – Twice the Fool (single, 2019)
16. Jason Anderson – Twenty-Four Weeks Ago (Back To Boston, 2019)
17. Elva – Everyhing Is Strange (Winter Sun, Tapete Records, 2019)
18. Field Medic – I Was Wrong (Fade Into the Dawn, Run For Cover Records, 2019)
19. Wand – High Planes Drifter (Laughing Matter, Drag City Records, 2019)
20. The Yawpers – Can’t Wait (Human Question, Bloodshot Records, 2019)
21. GA-20 – One Night Man (single, Colemine Records, 2019)
22. Beauty Queen – This Time Around (Out Of Touch EP, Sleep Well Records, 2019)
23. Jjjacob Jjjames – Disappearing (single, 2019)
24. MeriTuuli – Ruusut (single, 2019)
25. Janne Tapion Sisäinen Avaruus – Hirviöminä (single, Lumpeela Julkaisut, 2019)
26. Damien Jurado – Newspaper Gown (In The Shape of a Storm, Loose Music / Mama Bird Recording Co, 2019)
27. Flora Hibberd – The Absentee (single, Clear Light Records, 2019)
28. Jade Bird – 17 (Jade Bird, Glassnote Music, 2019)
29. Your Heart Breaks – Late Nights in the Lab (Drone Butch Blues, SofaBurn, 2019)
30. Valley Maker – Supernatural (single, Frenchkiss Records, 2019)
31. Lily Hayes – Soft On Me (single, 2019)
32. Astral Brain – From Above (single, 2019)
33. Eden Prairie – Ana Lucia (Ana Lucia EP, 2019)
34. Tim Bluhm – I Must Have Done Something Bad (single, 2019)
35. Joe Kaplow – There Will Be a Time (Time Spent in Between, 2019)
36. Will Kimbrough – I Like It Down Here (I Like It Down Here, Daphne 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.