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OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #273

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Here’s the Easter edition of the new music weekly. Quite a heavy release week, so good to have a couple of extra days at home to digest everything.

Hello Emerson is my album of the week, but there’s a lot of good alternatives too. We have new albums from Turner Cody, Jeremy Ferrara, Scott Ballew, Kimmi Bitter, The Secret Sisters, Scott H. Biram, Casual Technicians, The High Llamas, Mike Michaels’ Gentle Earth (a week or two old, but New Commute directed me to it yesterday), Ariel Sharratt, Shotgun Jimmie & Mathias Kom (EP), Bobbie, Magana, Sarah King, Dawn Landes, Jon Snodgrass and Spencer Kilpatrick (a week or so old).

Finnish section has an EP from Plastic Tones plus a run of singles from Mere Stellar, Oho!, Hiekka, Mara Balls, Kari Burana, Inariveljet, FER, Tuomo & Markus feat Verneri Pohjola, Rohkeat kuvat and Kärmes.

Anna Tivel and Adeem the Artist can share the song of the week honors. Other early faves came from Adam Remnant, Pat Hull, ROY, Merce Lemon, Marina Allen, Erin Mat & Paul, Daniel Markham, Jessica Pratt, Lost Dog Street Band.. again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Back again next week. Hopefully I feel normal then. Still somewhat fatigued, but I guess it just takes some time to bounce back even from mild case of pneumonia. Love love love.

1. Hello Emerson – Tough Luck (To Keep Him Here, K&F Records, 2024)
2. Turner Cody – The Days of Duke and Nancy (The Days of Duke and Nancy, Capitane Records, 2024)
3. Jeremy Ferrara – Like the Fog, Like the Shore (Darkness is a Bright Sound, A for Effort Records / American Standard Time Records, 2024)
4. Scott Ballew – Trouble Darling (Rio Bravo, La Honda Records, 2024)
5. Kimmi Bitter – I Can’t Unlove You (Old School, 2024)
6. The Secret Sisters – Never Walk Away (Mind, Man, Medicine, New West Records, 2024)
7. Sarah Shook & The Disarmers – Criminal (Revelations, Abeyance Records / Thirty Tigers, 2024)
8. Scott H. Biram – I’ll Still Miss Ruby (The One & Only Scott H. Biram, Bloodshot Records, 2024)
9. Casual Technicians – Soft Days (Casual Technicians, Repeating Cloud, 2024)
10. Ariel Sharratt, Shotgun Jimmie and Mathias Kom – Casual Friday (Hardly Working EP, BB*Island, 2024)
11. Mike Michaels’ Gentle Earth – Feels Like Sunshine (Rococo Ramblin’, Wondercore Island, 2024)
12. The High Llamas feat Bonnie Prince Billy – Hungriest Man (Hey Panda, Drag City, 2024)
13. Bobbie – Nothing Ever Lasts (The Sacred In the Ordinary, Tg8 Records, 2024)
14. Magana – To My Love (Teeth, Colored Pencils, 2024)
15. Dawn Landes – The Factory Girl (The Liberated Woman’s Songbook, FunMachine Music, 2024)
16. Sarah King – You Were Wrong About Me (When It All Goes Down, Ringleader Records, 2024)
17. Jon Snodgrass – Saturday Nite Movie Nite (Barge at Will, 2024)
18. Adam Remnant – Three Days (single, Coiled Myth Records, 2024)
19. Anna Tivel – Bluebird (single, Fluff & Gravy Records, 2024)
20. Pat Hull – Norah Mae (single, Only One on the Mountain, 2024)
21. Adeem the Artist – Rotations (single, Four Quarters Records, 2024)
22. Erin, Mat & Paul – Headed Nowhere (single, Tableaux Records, 2024)
23. ROY – I Ride the Highway (single, Idee Fixe Records, 2024)
24. Marina Allen – Red Cloud (single, Fire Records, 2024)
25. Merce Lemon – Will You Do Me a Kindness (single, Darling Records, 2024)
26. Mere Stellar – Naiivi (single, Karhuvaltio Records, 2024)
27. Oho! – Uusissa vesissä (single, Oho! Music, 2024)
28. Hiekka – Lätäkkö (single, Hiekka Records, 2024)
29. Mara Balls – Hokkus Pokkus (single, Stupido Records, 2024)
30. Rohkeat Kuvat – Jätä mut tähän (single, Soit Se Silti, 2024)
31. Kärmes – Tärähtänyt koiranainen (single, KHY Suomen Musiikki, 2024)
32. Kari Burana – Kuuma ja veressä (single, 2024)
33. Plastic Tones – Making Reality (We’re All In this Together EP, 2024)
34. Inariveljet – Tee hautani pian (single, 2024)
35. Tuomo & Markus feat Verneri Pohjola – Waiting Room (single, Grandpop Records, 2024)
36. FER – Shores of Neverland (single, JM Records, 2024)
37. Rose Hotel – Drown (single, Strolling Bones Records, 2024)
38. Jessica Pratt – World on a String (single, City Slang, 2024)
39. Annie Dressner feat Steven Adams – Should’ve Seen It Coming (single, Dharma Records, 2024)
40. Daniel Markham – Second Favorite Song (single, 2024)
41. Vanity Mirror – Solid State (single, We Are Busy Bodies, 2024)
42. Owen Marchildon – Heavy Dreams (single, 2024)
43. Dolour feat Cyber Bully – Sun On My Brain (single, 2024)
44. Hallelujah the Hills – Vitamin C (single, Discrete Pageantry, 2024)
45. Strand of Oaks – More You (single, Western Vinyl, 2024)
46. Kathryn Williams and Withered Hand – Grace (single, One Little Independent, 2024)
47. Rachel Love – Without You (single, Mr Mule, 2024)
48. Andrew Gabbard – Real Time (single, Karma Chief Records, 2024)
49. Trummors – I Can Still Make Cheynne (single, Ernest Jenning Record Co, 2024)
50. GospelbeacH – Nothin’ But a Fool (single, Curation Records, 2024)
51. Caleb Stine – Living Among the Dead (single, 2024)
52. Lost Dog Street Band – Survived (single, Lost Dog Street Band / Thirty Tigers, 2024)
53. Jenny Don’t and the Spurs – Pain In My Heart (single, Fluff and Gravy Records, 2024)
54. Jeffrey Lewis – The Great Gatsby (single, 2024)
55. Brian Sumner – Sometimes You Blow It (single, 2024)
56. Spencer Kilpatrick – The Wake (Sitting (Kitchen Tape), 2024)
57. Stephanie Lambring – Hospital Parking (single, Almost Autonomous Records / Thirty Tigers, 2024)
58. Jana Pochop – Chasm (single, Patient Grasshopper Music, 2024)
59. TJ Douglas – The Light on the Sidewalk (single, Team Love, 2024)
60. Rosali – Hills on Fire (Bite Down, Merge Records, 2024)
61. Charlie Parr – Stray (Little Sun, Smithsonian Folkways, 2024)
62. V. Härkönen – Eilistä paremmin (Lähinnä selkeää, Soit Se Silti, 2024)

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 #272

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Rough week. I thought about skipping this one, but new music release schedule doesn’t rest and there’s again a lot of it. So here’s a quick mild pneumonia recovery edition of the weekly. I’m sure there’s quite a lot stuff missing, because I just went with what I knew beforehand and didn’t make any sort of a deep dive.

New Rosali is the album of the week. There’s also new greatness from Charlie Parr, Sam Evian, Waxahatchee, Adrianne Lenker, Sierra Ferrell, Pat Reedy, William Alexander, Hunter Hicks, Crow vs Lion, Rosie Tucker, Alena Spanger, Shaela Miller, Son of the Velvet Rat, Thee Sinseers and Aoife O’Donovan.

From the Finnish side of things we awesome new album from V.Härkönen, Saimaa, Ylva Haru and Jere Ijäs ja Monacon Työväen Palloilijat plus singles gold from Nightbird, Salaliitto, Keidas and Franka Oroza and Cold Diamond & Mink.

New Turner Cody song is the international single of the week. Other early faves came from The Pearlfishers, Wojtek the Bear, Chris Kasper, Winter McQuinn, Erin Mat & Paul and so forth. Again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Next week is Easter, so I’m not sure about the timeframe of the next one. It could be anywhere from Friday to Monday. But there will be one unless this sickness throws more curve balls. Love love love.

1. Rosali – Hopeless (Bite Down, Merge Records, 2024)
2. Adrianne Lenker – Free Treasure (Bright Future, 4AD, 2024)
3. Waxahatchee – Crimes of the Heart (Tigers Blood, Anti, 2024)
4. Sam Evian – Jacket (Plunge, Flying Cloud Recordings / Thirty Tigers, 2024)
5. Charlie Parr – Little Sun (Little Sun, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2024)
6. William Alexander – I Don’t Wish to Be Lonesome (The Singing Stockman, 2024)
7. Sierra Ferrell – Why Haven’t You Loved Me Yet (Trail of Flowers, Rounder Records, 2024)
8. Pat Reedy – Runnin’ Out of Reasons (Make It Back Home, 2024)
9. Hunter Hicks – Juggling Act (Maple Syrup Jar, 2024)
10. Crow vs Lion – Et Mortuus Est (Memento Mori, 2024)
11. Rosie Tucker – Gil Scott Albatross (UTOPIA NOW! Sentimental Records, 2024)
12. Alena Spanger – Ines (Fire Escape, Ruination Record Co, 2024)
13. Shaela Miller – In My Dreams (After the Masquerade, Neon Moon Records, 2024)
14. Lotta St. Joan – Big Sad Man (Song for the Undecided, 2024)
15. Aoife O’Donovan – Daughters (All My Friends, Yep Roc, 2024)
16. Son of the Velvet Rat – Are the Angels Pretty (Ghost Ranch, Fluff & Gravy Records, 2024)
17. Thee Sinseers – Sinseerly Yours (Sinseerly Yours, Colemine Records, 2024)
18. The Pearlfishers – Making Tapes for Girls (single, Marina Records, 2024)
19. Wojtek the Bear – Fireworks Out of Focus (single, Last Night in Glasgow, 2024)
20. Turner Cody – First One at the Drive In (single, Capitane Records, 2024)
21. Nightbird – You Make Me Feel (single, Nighttime Recordings, 2024)
22. V. Härkönen – Naurun paikka (Lähinnä selkeää, Soit Se Silti, 2024)
23. Ylva Haru – Piilostaan (Perhosten valtakunta II, Lotta Roots, 2024)
24. Jere Ijäs ja Monacon Työväen Palloilijat – Muoviämpäri (Digitaalinen kultaryntäys, Texicalli Records, 2024)
25. Saimaa – Muistan sen niin (Vol.6, Love Records, 2024)
26. Keidas – Toisinaan tahtoisin olla vain pilvi (single, 2024)
27. Salaliitto – Huminaa (single, Salalevyt, 2024)
28. Franka Oroza & Cold Diamond & Mink – Indecision (single, Timmion Records, 2024)
29. Pokey LaFarge – One You, One Me (single, New West Records, 2024)
30. Erin, Mat & Paul – Get Together (single, Tableaux Records, 2024)
31. Winter McQuinn – Time Passes By (single, Third Eye Stimuli Records, 2024)
32. Chris Kasper – Shuffle on Through (single, Royal Potato Family, 2024)
33. Pernice Brothers – The Purple Rain (single, New West Records, 2024)
34. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – What’s Goin On With Ordinary People (single, Tough Love, 2024)
35. Jamie Turner – Ordinary Song (single, 2024)
36. Tommy Prine – You Don’t Care For Me Enough to Cry (single, Nameless Knight / Thirty Tigers, 2024)
37. Mike Frazier – Secrets of Atlantis (single, Geneva Records, 2024)
38. Nathan Kalish – Ma Dude (single, Yellow Canary, 2024)
39. Lance Howell – Wishing Well (single, 2024)
40. Van Plating feat Ritch Henderson – They’re Gonna Kill You Anyway (single, Singular/Gokuhi Ent, 2024)
41. Silverada – Anywhere But Here (single, Prairie Rose Records, 2024)
42. Jack Fister – Stonejack Law (single, 2024)
43. Jessye DeSilva – Gallows Tree (single, 2024)
44. Andrea and Mud – Welcome to Blue Skies (single, Guest Wifi Records, 2024)
45. Elijah Ocean – Room In Your Life for Love (single, 2024)
46. Valerie June – Big Dream (single, Oh Boy Records, 2024)
47. Emily Barker – The Quiet Ways (single, Everyone Sang, 2024)
48. St. Yuma – Country Sleight of Hand (single, 2024)
49. Billy Tibbals – Dream Away (single, Silver Arrow Records, 2024)
50. Viitasen Piia – Shakkia (Ihmisen aika, Utopiia, 2024)

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 #271

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Another quick flu edition. It has been difficult to get rid off whatever this virus is.

Wonder Women of Country EP is my favorite release of the week. We also have great albums from Paper Wings, Dancer, Country Risque and Andrea von Kampen plus EPs from Charlie Whitten and Dominic Angelella.

A big Finnish release week led by the wonderful new Viitasen Piia album. There’s also gorgeous new albums from Iisa, Klara LaFleur, Brian and AURAL and singles from Luhtaniitty, Poni, Kaita Isäri Seppälä, HXA, D.O.P.A., Rosita Luu, Modem and Ptak.

There’s big release news too, because there’s a new Myriam Gendron album on the way with a first single. That’s the song of the week. There’s also the debut single from Erin, Mat & Paul. I think it will be a covers only album, but I know it will be special because I love Erin Rae, Mat Davidson (aka Twain) and Paul DeFiglia. Other early faves this week came from Hello Emerson, Shabason, Krgvich & Sage, Mammoth Penguins, Daniel Markham, Scott Ballew, The Lemon Twigs and Cara Beth Satalino. Again just to name a few.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Love love love.

1. Wonder Women of Country – I Have Met My Love Today (Willis, Carper, Leigh EP, Bismeaux Records, 2024)
2. Paper Wings – Ashby (Listen to the World Spin, 2024)
3. Charlie Whitten – The Outside (Nagra EP, 2024)
4. Dancer – Turns Out (10 Songs I Hate About You, Meritorio Records, 2024)
5. Dominic Angelella – Spider Song (Move Out of America EP, 2024)
6. Country Risque – Autumn of Your Charm (Doe-Eyed Loverboys & Saints, Rocks In Your Head Records, 2024)
7. Andrea von Kampen – Cottonwoods (Sister Moon, Tone Tree Music, 2024)
8. Erin, Mat & Paul – Magic Please (single, Tableaux Records, 2024)
9. Myriam Gendron – Long Way Home (single, Chivi Chivi / Feeding Tube Records / Thrill Jockey, 2024)
10. Shabason, Krgvich & Sage – Bridget (single, Idee Fixe Records, 2024)
11. The Lemon Twigs – A Dream Is All I Know (single, Captured Tracks, 2024)
12. BMX Bandits – Hop Skip Jump (For Your Love) (single, Tapete Records, 2024)
13. Hello Emerson – To Keep Him Here (single, K&F Records, 2024)
14. Mammoth Penguins – Everything That I Write (single, Fika Records, 2024)
15. Daniel Markham – Singing in the Rain (single, 2024)
16. Joe Kaplow – Rock and Roll (single, Fluff & Gravy Records, 2024)
17. Kimmi Bitter – Vagabond Blues (single, 2024)
18. Emily Nenni – Changes (single, New West Records, 2024)
19. Scott Ballew – Old Fashioned (single, La Honda Records, 2024)
20. Arlo McKinley – Watching Vermont (single, Oh Boy Records, 2024)
21. Jackie West – Snow Amplified (single, Ruination Record Co, 2024)
22. Viitasen Piia – Rakkauteni suurin (Ihmisen aika, 2024)
23. Luhtaniitty – Kevyttä lunta (single, Sateen Ääni, 2024)
24. Rosita Luu – Koiratyttö (single, Playground, 2024)
25. AURAL – Valois (Valois, Valoisaudio, 2024)
26. Iisa – Tää voi tuntuu (Hardcore, Fullsteam / Sony, 2024)
27. Klara LaFleur – Take Me Away From Here (And She Caught a Glimpse of the Ocean, Luova Records, 2024)
28. Modem – Goodbye Horses 2004 (single, Modem Age Records, 2024)
29. HXA – Wild Child of Mine (single, Humu Records, 2024)
30. Kaita Isäri Seppälä – Jäät sulivat (single, Soit Se Silti, 2024)
31. Poni – Vauvoi (single, Minna Records, 2024)
32. Brian – Ei tunnu kipua enää (Ei tunnu kipua enää, KHY Suomen Musiikki, 2024)
33. Ptak – I m thinking, I m sinking (single, Bird’s Nest Records, 2024)
34. D.O.P.A. – Laertes in Love (single, Soit Se Silti, 2024)
35. Karate Boogaloo – One Hand One Bounce (single, Colemine Records, 2024)
36. Minor Moon – I Could See It Coming (single, Ruination Record Co, 2024)
37. Jeff Pianki – Jesse (single, 2024)
38. Christopher Paul Stelling – Curtain Call (Side II – Forgotten But Not Gone & Few and Far Between, 2024)
39. Tim Easton – Everything You’re Afraid Of (single, Black Mesa Records, 2024)
40. Waxahatchee – 365 (single, Anti, 2024)
41. Jesse Malin – Hey, Landlord (single, 2024)
42. Old 97’s – Magic (single, ATO Records, 2024)
43. Sumos – Winter Bird (single, 2024)
44. Mythical Motors – Take a Trip (single, Repeating Cloud, 2024)
45. Joana Serrat – The Cord (single, Great Canyon Records, 2024)
46. The Secret Sisters – Paperweight (single, New West Records, 2024)
47. Ordinary Elephant – Once Upon a Time (single, 2024)
48. Lana Nauphal – Sure as the Score (single, 2024)
49. Abigail Lapell – Rattlesnake (single, Outside Music, 2024)
50. Katie Pruitt – Worst Case Scenario (single, Rounder Records, 2024)
51. Cara Beth Satalino – Little Green (single, Worried Songs, 2024)
52. Sam and Louise Sullivan – Your Letter (single, Historic New Jersey Recordings, 2024)
53. Quinn Pilgrim – The Painter (A Few More EP, 2024)
54. Tams – Bussi (Tams, 2024)
55. Ylva Haru – Rauha (Perhosten valtakunta, Lotta Roots, 2024)

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