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Flora Hibberd, St. Lenox, Jake McKelvie, Fonteyn

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Just a quick post of songs and music videos that I love.

First long-time fave Flora Hibberd with a song called Canopy from the forthcoming album Swirl. So eager to hear this album, because I love Flora Hibberd’s songs and this was also produced by Shane Leonard and features J.E.Sunde at least on this song. I love all these people I’ve never met and they all belong in the imaginary hall of fame of this little music blog.

Flora Hibberd Website

Next something pretty new for me. I didn’t know singer-songwiter Jake McKelvie before I heard this new album A New Kind of Hat a couple of weeks ago. I’ve had it on heavy rotation lately and like the album a lot. Sometimes it kind of reminds me of Darren Hanlon.

Jake McKelvie Website

The great St.Lenox is also getting ready to release a new album. Ten Modern American Work Songs will come out on 25th of October on Don Giovanni Records. I always love his songs and music videos too. The first single Rudy is not an exception. Plus there’s a beautiful dog and two beautiful cats there too on the video. What’s not to love.

St. Lenox Website

This song has been out since February, but this not really an active music blog outside of that one weekly new music playlist. But I loved this Fonteyn single back then and still do. So here’s some seventies kinda gold from 2024 to wrap up this tiny blog post.

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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #293

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The Softies has a new album. How lovely is that. Loved them so much during my indie kid days. And still do as a middle-aged americana guy. A great release week altogether as well. We have new albums from Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Chime School, The Secret Beach, Michael Cloud Duguay, Paige Plaisance, India Ramey, Rosy Boa (EP, a new one for me, but really liked this on quick listen), Wren Kitz, Andrew Combs, Bill (EP), Giant Day, The Medium, Benny Trokan, Emma Russack, Wild Ponies, Embla and the Karidotters, Ruthie Foster, Lydia Loveless (new versions of Somewhere Else songs) and Glenn Musto. Btw, Glenn has a couple of shows in Finland next week. Thursday in Helsinki and Friday in Turku.

The Finnish part is again my favorite, because there’s a new ITE EEROLA song in this world and in my heart. A shoulder to lean on right there. There’s also beautiful new singles from Lempi Elo, Henna Emilia Hietamäki, Saimaa, Joose Keskitalo & The Mystic Revelation of Teppo Repo and 1980 AD. Oh and at the end there’s another song from last week’s Hattara album.

International single of the week is the first one from the forthcoming new St.Lenox album. Check out the new music video too, because those are always great and this one has two cats and a dog too. What’s not to love. Other early faves came from Chris Acker, Fiver, Joanna Sternberg, Christian Lee Hutson, Jenina MacGillivray and Adam Selzer. Again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters when I ponder the essence of this music blog and playlist. This thing hits 23 years in less than a month. That’s a long time to invest on a small music blog. But most times it feels like it was worth it. This one was again a good live music week too, because I got to see The Darts (US), Nightbird and Faarao Pirttikangas. Can’t really beat live music. Anyway, back next week and all that. It will be late on Sunday then I think. Love love.

1. The Softies – Go Back in Time (The Bed I Made, Father/Daughter Records)
2. Chime School – Another Way Home (The Boy Who Ran the Painsley Hotel, Slumberland Records)
3. The Secret Beach – Natural Metaphor (We were born here, what’s your excuse, Victory Pool)
4. Rosy Boa – Transfiguration (Love Truth Time EP)
5. Michael Cloud Duguay – Crabtree (Succeeder, Watch That Ends the Night)
6. Wren Kitz – Vast Amiss (The Thinker)
7. Andrew Combs – Point Across (Dream Pictures, Loose Music)
8. Bill – Dealer’s Choice (Magic Trick EP)
9. Giant Day – Fair Dues (Glass Narcissus, Elephant 6 Recording Co)
10. The Medium – Frown Town (City Life, Earth Libraries)
11. Benny Trokan – Save a Place for Me (Do You Still Think Of Me? Daptone Records / Wick Records)
12. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Howdy Howdy (Woodland, Acony Records)
13. Paige Plaisance – Out of Sight, On My Mind (Louisiana Lonely, Timeless Echo)
14. India Ramey – Piece of My Mind (Baptized by the Blaze, Mule Kick Records)
15. Embla and the Karidotters – I Need Some Light (Off Leash, Die With Your Boots On Records)
16. Wild Ponies – Love You Right Now (Dreamers, No Evil Records)
17. Ruthie Foster – Good For My Soul (Mileage, Sun Label Group)
18. Lydia Loveless – Wine Lips (Something Else, Bloodshot Records)
19. Emma Russack – Things You Said (About the GIrl, Dinosaur City Records)
20. Glenn Musto – Empty Starters (Unravel, Fire Sky River Earth)
21. St. Lenox – Rudy (single, Don Giovanni Records)
22. Jenina MacGillivray – Fireweed Jam (single)
23. Fiver – Spinning Out & Going Nowhere (single, You’ve Changed Records)
24. Christian Lee Hutson – Beauty School (single, Anti Records)
25. Joanna Sternberg – A Country Dance (single, Fat Possum Records)
26. Ite Eerola – Näidenkin seinien takana (single, Panama-levyt)
27. Lempi Elo – Kesäsade (single, Eclipse)
28. Henna Emilia Hietamäki – Maan alle (single, Soliti)
29. Joose Keskitalo & The Mystic Revelation of Teppo Repo – Hän on kalastaja (single, Helmi Levyt)
30. 1980 AD – Mikä vie sen pois (single, Alakulttuuritalo)
31. Saimaa – Nouse kyytiin (single, Love Records)
32. Adam Selzer – Everything For You (single, Jealous Butcher Records)
33. Abigail Lapell – Serpent a sonnette (single, Outside Music)
34. Gold Star Gold Star – What a Shame (single)
35. Toby Goodshank – Fly as We Fry (single)
36. Kasey Anderson – Believers (single, Nervous Kid Records / In Music We Trust)
37. Peter Bruntnell – Out of the Pines (single, Domestico Records)
38. Chris Acker – Shit Surprise (single, Gar Hole Records)
39. JP Harris – Dark Thoughts (single, Bloodshot Records)
40. Benjamin Tod – Satisfied With You Love (single, Benjamin Tod / Thirty Tigers)
41. Bob Sumner – Is It Really Any Wonder (single, Fluff & Gravy Records)
42. liv. – give me one reason (single, Red Moon Recordings)
43. Laura Jane Grace – Baby, Baby (single, Red Scare)
44. Joe Kaplow – Wanderer (single, Sonder House)
45. Jacksonport – Mystery and Magic (single, Ay Caramba Records)
46. Erisy Watt – Tear Apart (single, First City Artists)
47. Cassie Ramone – He’s Still On My Mind (single, CD-R Records)
48. Fightmilk – No Souvenirs (single, Fika Recordings)
49. The High Water Marks – YFF (single, 6612 Tapes)
50. Charlie Kaplan – Cloudburst (single, Glamour Gowns)
51. William Harries Graham – Ohio State (single, Strolling Bones Records)
52. Well Well Well – Highway Mile (single, Royal Oakie Records)
53. The Junipers – My Imaginary Friend (single, Cuckoo Records)
54. Alfie Firmin – Dream Come True (This Time Around, An Onionheads Production)
55. Hattara – Juhlat jatkuvat (Ehkä me nähdään huomenna, Cotton Candy Company)

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.

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 if someone wants to follow it, they can just follow that one list and will get a new set of songs each weekend.

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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #292

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Here we go again.

International album of the week is most likely the new Pony Bradshaw. I’ve only listened a little bit of it so far and will fully get into that one when I have more time to really focus. But I assume I’m going to love it. There’s also great new albums from Icarus Phoenix, Starflyer 59, New Starts, Alfie Firmin, Slippers, Willi Carlisle (live EP), The Down Hill Strugglers, Bella White (covers EP), Abby Webster, Her Crooked Heart (EP) and Clark Paterson. On the only on Bandcamp side of things, there’s a new Guy Capecelatro III & Terry Palmer album. Check that out too there.

The Finnish part is my favorite this week. Especially because there’s the debut album from dream pop band Hattara. I love them and this new record too. Instantly one of my favorite Finnish albums of the year so far. Therefore went with a rare double and featured them twice on this one. Once in the beginning and once with the other great Finnish cuts. These other beauties are album from Hot Heros plus singles from Litku Klemetti, Rosita Luu, Ocelot, Keba, Ethel Suspense and Pekka Laine feat Jay Nemor. All really really good.

And finally the international singles. Some early favorites here are the new ones from Richard Laviolette, Alex Dupree, Jack Barksdale, Little Oso, Kelly McMichael… again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Also wanted to quickly shout the name Toinen Maisema from the rooftops. Saw them live on Friday and damn how great they were. Go and see them, if you have a chance. And listen to Hattara. Love love love.

1. Hattara – Halla (Ehkä me nähdään huomenna, Cotton Candy Company)
2. Starflyer 59 – Lust for Gold (Lust for Gold, Velvet Blue Music)
3. Icarus Phoenix – Live. Give. Lose. Grow. (I Should Have Known the Things You Never Said)
4. New Starts – Don’t Need Persuading (More Break-Up Songs, Fika Recordings)
5. Alfie Firmin – If You’re Doing Fine (This Time Around, An Onionheads Production)
6. Slippers – Nice Weather (So You Like Slippers? Lame-O Records)
7. Lindsay Reamer – Red Flowers (Natural Science, Dear Life Records)
8. Pony Bradshaw – By Jeremiah’s Vision (Thus Spoke the Fool, Black Mountain Music / Soundly)
9. Willi Carlisle – The Arrangements – Live (Tales From Critterland EP, Signature Sounds Records)
10. The Down Hill Strugglers – Gettin’ Ready to Go (Old Juniper, Jalopy Records)
11. Bella White – Luxury Liner (Five for Silver EP, Rounder Records)
12. Abby Webster – Long Weekend (Livin’ By the Water)
13. Clark Paterson – What Keeps a Fool (American Suburban, CBCS Records)
14. Her Crooked Heart – Right on Time (Wedding EP, SoDak Records)
15. Richard Laviolette – Constant Love (single, You’ve Changed Records)
16. Alex Dupree – Texas Doesn’t Care (single, Trapdoor)
17. Kelly McMichael – Open (Hurts To Have a Heart) (single, LHM Records)
18. Jim Nothing – The Present (single, Meritorio Records)
19. Little Oso – Other People’s Lives (single, Repeating Cloud Records & Safe Suburban Home Records)
20. Hattara – Voiko uniin luottaa? (Ehkä me nähdään huomenna, Cotton Candy Company)
21. Litku Klemetti – Rakastan sun exää (single, Is This Art!)
22. Rosita Luu – Eläintarha (single, Playground Music)
23. Ocelot – Kolme kesää (single, Soliti)
24. Keba – Kotikaupunki (single, Vallila Music House)
25. Pekka Laine feat Jay Nemor – Sorrow and Pain (single, Svart Records)
26. Hot Heros – Yhä lähempänä leimuava liekit (Kammin Jaaretti, Puro Recordings)
27. Ethel Suspense – Go Easy Now (single)
28. Ceylon Sailor – lines seem severed (single, Stunning Models on Display)
29. Onsloow – Taxi (single, Tiny Engines)
30. Heavenly Sweetheart feat Liquid Mike – $300 (single, Pretty Matty Music)
31. Ariella – Now (single, Lauren Records)
32. Merce Lemon – Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild (single, Darling Recordings)
33. Garrett T. Capps & NASA Country – Ouray (single, Spaceflight Records)
34. Wild Flowers – Baby You Come Rollin’ Cross My Mind (single)
35. The Late Great – KO Love (single, Safe & Sound Recordings)
36. Jack Barksdale – Freak Show (single)
37. Angela Autumn – Waltz About Death (single, Tone Tree Music)
38. Hannah Juanita – Fortune (single)
39. Two Runner – Little Ones (single, Gar Hole Records)
40. Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms – He’s Gone (single, Free Dirt Records)
41. Reece Sullivan – Before We Were Born (single)
42. Anders Jörnesten – A Heart Split in Two (single)
43. Dan Reeder – 52 Years Ago (single, Oh Boy Records)
44. Mr. Husband – Red Light Green Light (single, Airloom / Good Soil)
45. Steve Slagg – Indigo Bunting (single)
46. Stephen Becker – I Held an Echo (single)
47. Lea Thomas – We Must Be in Love (single, Triple Dolphin Records)
48. Rose Cousins – Borrowed Light (single, Nettwerk)
49. Spectator Bird – Saint Anthony (single)
50. Well Well Well – Defibrillator (single, Royal Oakie Records)
51. Kelly Finnigan – Love (Your Pain Goes Deep) (single, Colemine Records)
52. Say She She – I Believe in Miracles (single, Karma Chief Records)
53. Jake McKelvie – If You Have to Break My Heart (A New Kind of Hat)
54. Maxwell Stern – Ad for God (In the Good Light, Lauren Records)
55. Quivers – Screensaver (Oyster Cuts, Merge 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.

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 if someone wants to follow it, they can just follow that one list and will get a new set of songs each weekend.

Continue Reading