OCTA New Music Weekly – Episode #243

Another very quick summer edition of the new music weekly. After this it’s (unfortunately for me) back to normal routine, because the vacation is over and day job waits. I’m sure there’s a lot missing, because live music took my time again.

Beth Bombara and William Matheny can share the album of the week title. We also got new albums from Mikaela Davis, Fanny Lumsden, Joshua Ray Walker (covers), Chris Farren, Florry, Thorsten Nesch (EP), Crossed Wires (EP), Josienne Clarke (acoustic EP).

From Finland there’s albums from Kuningas Yrjö and Lettoman plus singles from Modem, Amuri, Kari Tapiiri and Tanssiva Karhu.

Some early favorite international singles came from Amber Rae Slade, Will Johnson, Charles Wesley Godwin, Vanity Mirror, Hurry, Maybel, Carla Geneve and Diners. Just to name a few. I’ve barely listened what I included this time around, so I’ll need to listen this thoroughly myself too.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. Hopefully better job (well hobby) next week, because I will have more time to listen to new music. Unless I find myself on some festival again. Who knows. But yeah, business as usual at least until 250 episodes. Love love love.

1. William Matheny – Every Way to Lose (That Grand, Old Feeling, Hickman Holler Records / Thirty Tigers, 2023)
2. Beth Bombara – Carry the Weight (It All Goes Up, Black Mesa Records, 2023)
3. Mikaela Davis – The Pearl (And Southern Star, Kill Rock Stars, 2023)
4. Fanny Lumsden – Great Divide (Hey Dawn, Cooking Vinyl Australia, 2023)
5. Joshua Ray Walker – Nothing Compares 2 U (What Is It Even? Soundly, 2023)
6. Florry – ILYILY (The Holey Bible, Dear Life Records, 2023)
7. Will Johnson – Sinker, Sinking (single, Keeled Scales, 2023)
8. Charles Wesley Godwin – Family Ties (Family Ties Sampler, Big Loud Records, 2023)
9. Amber Rae Slade – Everything More Beautiful Because We’re Doomed (single, Heartland Music Australia / Checked Label Services, 2023)
10. Jaime Wyatt – World Worth Keeping (single, New West Records, 2023)
11. Chris Farren – First Place (Doom Singer, Polyvinyl, 2023)
12. Diners – Someday I’ll Go Surfing (single, Bar None Records, 2023)
13. Vanity Mirror – Through the Wood, Across the Snow (single, Puff Musique, 2023)
14. Hurry – Something More (single, Lame-O Records, 2023)
15. Uni Boys – I Want it Too (single, Curation Records, 2023)
16. Drew Beskin – Revenge Body (single, Super Canoe / We Bought a Zoo, 2023)
17. Carla Geneve – Bills (single, Dot Dash Recordings, 2023)
18. Maybel – Long Road Ahead (single, Idee Fixe Records, 2023)
19. Leah Senior – The Music That I Make (single, Poison City Records, 2023)
20. Thorsten Nesch – Snowflakes (Snowflakes EP, Polterzeitgeist Records, 2023)
21. Jerry David DeCicca – Manzanita Bay (single, 2023)
22. Kuningas Yrjö – Stålarminkadulla (K+(y)=ZzZz, Äänetön, 2023)
23. Markus Krunegård – Maybe / Mayday (single, All That Plazz, 2023)
24. Modem – Un Chant d’amour (single, 2023)
25. Amuri – Patakakkonen (single, Helmi Levyt, 2023)
26. Tanssiva Karhu – 5.45 (single, Alakulttuuritalo, 2023)
27. Kari Tapiiri – Elämä (single, Helmi Levyt, 2023)
28. Lettoman – Asemalta asemalle (Amerikka, Lettoman Records, 2023)
29. Jacksonport – Ash to Ash (single, Ay Caramba Records, 2023)
30. Jacob Furr – Not that Bad (single, 2023)
31. Corinne Sharlet – Birds Flying Free (single, 2023)
32. Jobi Riccio – Lonely Tonight (single, Yep Roc, 2023)
33. Josienne Clarke – Bells Ring Acoustic (Only Me Onliness EP, 2023)
34. Dolly Valentine – Romantic Fool (single, Holy Golden Music, 2023)
35. Nat Vazer – Rumours (single, Perpetual Doom, 2023)
36. Ratboys – Crossed that Line (single, Topshelf Records, 2023)
37. Crossed Wires – Rain (Ellipsis EP, Noyes Records, 2023)
38. Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – Rockin’ It Our Way (single, Omnivore Recordings, 2023)
39. Bewilder – Breaking (single, Tiny Engines, 2023)
40. Superviolet – Waver (single, Lame-O Records, 2023)
41. Colin Miller – Don’t Love You No More (single, Ruination Record Co, 2023)
42. Wilco – Evicted (single, dBpm Records, 2023)
43. Dream Sitch – Guessing While it Goes Around (single, Airloom 2023)
44. Nina de Vitry – Wrong Thing (single, 2023)
45. Hiss Golden Messenger – 20 Years and a Nickel (single, Merge Records, 2023)
46. Jacob Aranda – Strangers in a Field (single, Speakeasy Studios SF, 2023)
47. Malena Cadiz – Easy (single, 2023)
48. Mark Fredson – Change for Me (single, 2023)
49. Logan Ledger – All the Wine in California (single, Rounder Records, 2023)
50. Turnpike Troubarous – Brought Me (single, Bossier City Records / Thirty Tigers, 2023)

Spotify Playlist

Tidal Playlist

Playlist Archive on Spotify

Playlist Archive on Tidal

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 Tidal. This means a few tracks might be missing from the Tidal version, if they are not available on that platform. Usually it’s 1-3 tracks that are not on Tidal. 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 #242

Another quick delayed vacation edition of the new music weekly. I was away from home all week and only got back on Saturday evening. I haven’t really had the time to listen all that much of new music and I’m sure there’s stuff missing. But here’s what I managed to find in one day.

The album of the week is The Clientele. I loved them many moons ago and well still do. I look forward to giving their new one a proper spin as soon as I have the time. We also got new albums from Pia Fraus, Jordan Moser, Steve Marino, The Big Net, Tuba Skinny, Jim Rioux, Susto, Anders Jörnesten, Mary Kate Teske, Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman (EP), Hutchie (EP), Alice Faye (EP), Red Sleeping Beauty (EP) and Small Paul.

From Finland the big one is a new double single from all time faves Penniless. We also got a couple of new albums from Rakkaudella Janne and Uudet Härmälän Pelimannit plus singles from Vulvarutto and The Lovematches. Emilia Sisco’s single is something I managed to miss a week ago. I’m ashemed about that, because it’s absolute wonderful. Oh and I included another song from last week’s Jenna-Marie Laine album at the end of the playlist. I didn’t praise that enough a week ago. I listened it a couple of times this week and loved it. A really beautiful album.

The song of the week is of course the new Tyler Childers single about the relationship of gay coal miners. Exactly what country music needs from an artist with a large following. Well done Tyler and everyone involved it the single and music video. Other early faves came from Colored Lights, Smith and Tegio, Evangeline Gentle, Holy Matter and so forth. Lots of soul gems this week too.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. One more vacation week ago. Country Club Festival next weekend in Turku, so it probably will be a Sunday update again. Love love love.

1. The Clientele – Chalk Flowers (I Am Not There Anymore, Merge Records, 2023)
2. Pia Fraus – Fog on the Hills (Evening Colours, Seksound Record Label, 2023)
3. Steve Marino – Tune You Out (Too Late to Start Again, Pop Wig Records, 2023)
4. Jordan Moser – Day Laborer (PERIL, Keeled Scales, 2023)
5. The Big Net – Hilltop Song (Like Dogs, Ruination Record Co, 2023)
6. Tyler Childers – In Your Love (single, Hickman Holler Records / RCA Records, ,2023)
7. Susto – Mt. Caroline (My Entire Life, New West Records, 2023)
8. Anders Jörnesten – The Train to Montreal (The Train to Montreal, 2023)
9. Mary Kate Teske – Going by Stagecoach (Mary Kate Teske, Butt Ruckus Records, 2023)
10. Tuba Skinny – Six Feet Down (Magnolia Stroll, 2023)
11. Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman – Lady of the Lake (Lady of the Lake EP, Jalopy Records, 2023)
12. Jim Rioux feat Ted Ehlers – Dance With Me (The Hook, Burst and Bloom Records, 2023)
13. Alice Faye – Slice of Me (Deadbeat EP, Holy Smokes Records, 2023)
14. Small Paul – Don’t Wanna Die (Come Alive & Live Again, 2023)
15. Hutchie – Queen of First Impressions (The Falcon Sessions EP, 2023)
16. Red Sleeping Beauty – I’m In Love With a Girl Who Doesn’t Know I Exist (From Sarah with Love EP, Matinee Recordings, 2023)
17. Evangeline Gentle – Bad Girls (single, 2023)
18. Good Good Blood – Bask in Glory (single, Fox Food Records, 2023)
19. Colored Lights – Ashes (single, Bobo Integral, 2023)
20. Penniless – The Ones Behind Your Door (double single, Soit Se Silti, 2023)
21. Rakkaudella Janne – Liian tuuleton yö (Kirjailtua Angoravillaa, Jämädiili Records, 2023)
22. Uudet Härmälän Pelimannit – Kyyrän Matin Polska (Uudet Härmälän Pelimannit, 2023)
23. Vulvarutto – Lintu (single, Panama-levyt, 2023)
24. The Lovematches – Lucky in Love (single, Emsalö Music, 2023)
25. Emilia Sisco and Cold Diamond Mink – Trouble (single, Timmion Records, 2023)
26. Carlton Jumel Smith and the Soul Seeders – Walking After Midnight (single, Lovemedo Records, 2023)
27. Pale Jay – Bewilderment (single, Colemine Records, 2023)
28. Say She She – Astral Plane (single, Karma Chief Records / Colemine Records, 2023)
29. Jalen Ngonda – That’s All I Wanted From You (single, Daptone Records, 2023)
30. Ralph Weeks and The Means of Production – Got to Keep On Trying (single, Names You Can Trust, 2023)
31. Courtney Patton and Jamie Lin Wilson – Cheer Up (single, 2023)
32. Smith and Tegio – Hell Raising Habit (single, 2023)
33. Willy Tea Taylor & The Fellership – The Cattleman (single, 2023)
34. William Alexander – I Don’t Wish to Be Lonesome (single, 2023)
35. Nick Shoulders – Won’t Fence In (single, Gar Hole Records, 2023)
36. Lydia Loveless – Runaway (single, Bloodshot Records, 2023)
37. Holy Matter – Eve’s Hollywood (single, Royal Oakie Records, 2023)
38. Mapache – Encinal Canyon (single, Innovative Leisure / Calico Discos, 2023)
39. Woods – Weep (single, Woodsist, 2023)
40. Spearmint – Melody’s Mother’s Jam (single, Wiaiwya, 2023)
41. Monnone Alone – Loose Terrain (single, Lost and Lonesome Records, 2023)
42. Bebopalula – Flips in the Pool (single, 2023)
43. Doggy Daycare – (Forgetting) Sarah Marshall (single, Fort Lowell Records, 2023)
44. The Evening Sons – Superspreader (single, Curation Records, 2023)
45. Lolas – Jacqui (single, 2023)
46. Cinema Hearts – Fender Factory (single, Burnished Records, 2023)
47. Sarah Jane Scouten – Dragonheart (single, Light Organ Records, 2023)
48. Ashley Ray – My Own Place (single, Warner Chappell Nashville, 2023)
49. Lillie Mae – Cold June (single, 2023)
50. Jason Eady – Burn it Down (single, Old Guitar Records, 2023)
51. Rod Smoth – Blurry (single, 2023)
52. Andrea von Kampen – August (single, Tone Tree Music, 2023)
53. Meernaa – So Far So Good (single, Keeled Scales, 2023)
54. Kitba – Spilling Out (Kitba, Ruination Record Co, 2023)
55. Jenna-Marie Laine – Huomenna (Vapaapudotus, 2023)

Spotify Playlist

Tidal Playlist

Playlist Archive on Spotify

Playlist Archive on Tidal

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 Tidal. This means a few tracks might be missing from the Tidal version, if they are not available on that platform. Usually it’s 1-3 tracks that are not on Tidal. 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 #241

Another very quick summer edition of the new music weekly. Live music took over my weekend. I finally got to see Kristiina live and loved the concert. Plenty of other great concerts too. But here’s a quick round up of new music I managed to hear. Well at least partly. I haven’t listened any full albums yet.

This week gave us new albums from Kitba, Allegra Krieger, Cut Worms, Sleepy Jean, Molly Tuttle & The Golden Highway, Blur, Guy Capecelatro III (well new for streaming, not new otherwise), Molly Brandt, Bailey Allen Baker, Lori McKenna and Tyler Lyle (been on Bandcamp for a few weeks already).

From Finland, there’s a new album Jenna-Marie Laine plus singles from Aava, Lettoman and Vasas Flora och Fauna. Oh and a bit older 2023 album from Monsuuni, but it hasn’t been here before.

International song of the week is the new MJ Lenderman single. Other early faves came from Hurry and Lady Apple Tree.

That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. Vacation and summer mode continues. I think I’ll make this next weekend, but might be again a bit delayed and quick edition. Bear with me for a weeks. I’m sure I’ll eventually get back to normal routine (unless I just give up before that happens). Love love love.

1. Kitba – This Body (Kitba, Ruination Record Co, 2023)
2. Allegra Krieger – Making Sense Of (I Keep My Feet on the Fragile Plane, Double Double Whammy, 2023)
3. Cut Worms – Living Inside (Cut Worms, Jagjaguwar, 2023)
4. Molly Tuttle & The Golden Highway – When My Race is Run (City of Gold, Nonesuch Records, 2023)
5. Sleepy Jean – Six Feet Deep (With Love) (Shoot Me in a Dream, 2023)
6. Tyler Lyle – Violet Priest (The Transcendentalists Pt.1, All Who Wonder, 2023)
7. Bailey Allen Baker – All The Things We’ll Never Be (Grab a Bucket, 2023)
8. Molly Brandt – Union Man (Surrender to the Night, 2023)
9. Guy Capecelatro III – Lucky (The Silence of Our Predicament, Burst and Bloom, 2023 for streaming)
10. Blur – Barbaric (The Ballad of Darren, Parlophone, 2023)
11. MJ Lenderman – Rudolph (single, Anti, 2023)
12. Hurry – Parallel Haunting (single, Lame-O Records, 2023)
13. Jamie Turner – How Lost I Would Be Without You (single, 2023)
14. GospelbeacH – I’ll Close My Eyes (single, Curation Records, 2023)
15. Lady Apple Tree – Lady Apple Tree (single, 2023)
16. Jeff Moller feat July – Sand, Salt Crystals (single, Royal Oakie Records, 2023)
17. David Dondero – Sand Sculpture Tombstone (single, Fluff & Gravy Records, 2023)
18. John R. Miller – Ditcher (single, Rounder Records, 2023)
19. Courtney Patton & Jamie Lin Wilson – Hard Time Lately (single, 2023)
20. Viv & Riley – Is It All Over (single, Free Dirt Records, 2023)
21. Maija Sofia – Telling the Bees (single, Tulle, 2023)
22. Jenna-Marie Laine – Kaikki kaunis (Vapaapudotus, 2023)
23. Aava – Varjo vain (single, Mäntymetsä Records, 2023)
24. Vasas Flora och Fauna – Jag och Daniela (single, Startracks, 2023)
25. Monsuuni – Sua kuuntelen (Kuun tielle ilmestyneet, Villa Molo Underground Society, 2023)
26. Lettoman – Tanssia, laulua ja kuumia katseita (single, Lettoman Records, 2023)
27. Buffalo Nichols – Love Is All (single, Fat Possum Records, 2023)
28. Chris Pierce – Home (single, Friends at Work, 2023)
29. The Gaslight Anthem feat Bruce Springsteen – History Books (single, Rich Mahogany Recordings, 2023)
30. John P. Strohm – American Lie (single, Proppler Sound, 2023)
31. The Bones of J.R. Jones – The Flood (single, Tone Tree Music, 2023)
32. Woody Woodworth & The Piners – In The Pines (single, PineHoller Records, 2023)
33. Nathan Mongol Wells – Taken for a Ride (single, State Fair Records, 2023)
34. JD Clayton – This Old Guitar (single, Mulberry Records, 2023)
35. Lori McKenna – Letting People Down (1988, CN Records, 2023)
36. Van Plating feat Elizabeth Cook – The Heron (single, Singular Recordings, 2023)
37. Jon Check – Tongue-tied (single, 2023)
38. Israel Nash – Roman Candle (single, Loose Music, 2023)
39. Florry – Cowgirl Giving (single, Dear Life Records, 2023)
40. Canadian Sweetmen – No Moon (single, Matte Black Sound Company, 2023)
41. Dakota Theim – Wild Magnolias (single, 2023)
42. P.J.M Bond – Big Two-Hearted River (single, 2023)
43. Jon Danforth – Novelty (single, 2023)
44. The Mountain Goats – Clean Slate (single, Merge Records, 2023)
45. Squirrel Flower – When a Plant is Dying (single, Full Time Hobby, 2023)
46. Big Thief – Vampire Empire (single, 4AD, 2023)
47. Stephen Steinbrink – Poured Back in the Stream (single, 2023)
48. Pearla – Get in Touch With You (single, 2023)
49. Lee Baggett – All Star Day (single, 2023)
50. Alice Faye – Better Not (single, Holy Smokes Records, 2023)
51. Dolly Valentine – Blueberry Room (single, Holy Golden Music, 2023)
52. Sam Burton – Looking Back Again (Dear Departed, Partisan Records, 2023)

Spotify Playlist

Tidal Playlist

Playlist Archive on Spotify

Playlist Archive on Tidal

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 Tidal. This means a few tracks might be missing from the Tidal version, if they are not available on that platform. Usually it’s 1-3 tracks that are not on Tidal. 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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