OCTA Music Weekly – Episode #102

Another week, another new music weekly.

This was quite a release week and it wasn’t possible to listen to everything before making this. But here’s some kind of attempt to round up most of the new releases of the week.

A lot of country music to love this week. Zephaniah OHora, Justin Wells and Colter Wall albums were all highly anticipated and they all are damn good. Some other kind of favourites too like Jeremy Squires, Caitlin Pasko and Rae Fitzgerald EP. Oh yeah and some gorgeous surprise b-sides from TK & The Holy Know-Nothings. And many other things. Here’s a full list of international albums that were on my radar:

Colter Wall – Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs (La Honda Records, 2020)
Justin Wells – The United State (Singular Recordings)
Zephaniah OHora – Listening to the Music (Last Roundup Records)
The Reeves Brothers – The Last Honky-Tonk
Jeremy Squires – Many Moons (Blackbird Record Label)
TK & The Holy Know-Nothings – Pickled Heat EP (Mama Bird Recording Co)
Rae Fitzgerald – Lonely Listener EP (Keeled Scales)
Caitlin Pasko – Greenhouse (Whatever’s Clever)
Karen Jonas – The Southwest Sky and Other Dreams
The Northern Belle – We Wither, We Bloom, (Die With Your Boots On Records)
Wood & Wire – No Matter Where It Goes from Here (Blue Corn Music)
Widowspeak – Plum (Captured Tracks)
Molly Tuttle – ..but I’d rather be with you (Compass Records)
Lauren O’Connell – Covers Two (Sugar Glider)
Aidan Knight – Aidan Knight (Full Time Hobby)
Angel Olsen – Whole New Mess (Jagjaguwar)
Bobby Rush – Rawer than Raw (Deep Rush Records)
Bettye LaVette – Blackbirds (UMG Recordings)
Isaac Hoskins – Sell the Farm
The Avett Brothers – The Third Gleam EP (Loma Vista)

This was also a brilliant Finnish release week. The biggest treasure is the debut album from Amuri. A really big deal for me and I love it so much. However, that’s not the only beautiful album release. Those Metsäheikki and Arppa albums are awesome as well. The playlist also has excellent new singles from Laura Moisio, Linkopii and Vuoret plus revisits The Sugarrush album that came out a week ago.

When it come to international singles there’s a powerful double from Adia Victoria and Austin Lucas early on. Some other personal favorites are new songs by Tiffany Williams, Laura Fell, Skyway Man and Girlatones. Just to name a few.

That’s it for this week. I’m on vacation for the next week, so I try to catch up on blog emails and maybe do a blog post or two. No definite promises though. Love from a distance.

1. Colter Wall – Big Iron (Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs, La Honda Records, 2020)
2. Justin Wells – Temporary Blue (The United State, Singular Recordings, 2020)
3. Zephaniah OHora – When I’ve No More Tears to Cry (Listening to the Music, Last Roundup Records, 2020)
4. Amuri – Ilta aamuksi vaihtui (Amuri, Helmi Levyt, 2020)
5. Metsäheikki – Puut tanssivat hiljaa (Sammakko saunassa, Helmi Levyt, 2020)
6. The Reeves Brothers – I’ve Lost All My Strength to Sing the Blues (The Last Honky-Tonk, 2020)
7. Adia Victoria – South Gotta Change (single, Atlantic, 2020)
8. Austin Lucas – Already Dead (single, Cornelius Chapel Records, 2020)
9. Jeremy Squires – Hummingbird (Many Moons, Blackbird Record Label, 2020)
10. TK & The Holy Know-Nothings – Ghosts (Pickled Heat EP, Mama Bird Recording Co, 2020)
11. Tiffany Williams feat Jonathan Dean – If I Wasn’t (single, 2020)
12. Rae Fitzgerald – Everlast (Lonely Listener EP, Keeled Scales, 2020)
13. Caitlin Pasko – Quiet Weather (Greenhouse, Whatever’s Clever, 2020)
14. Laura Fell – Bone of Contention (single, Balloon Machine, 2020)
15. Laura Moisio – Huumaavaa (single, Texicalli Records, 2020)
16. Arppa – Laavalamppuja (Laavalamppuja, Arppa Music, 2020)
17. Karen Jonas – Out in Palm Tree Paradise (The Southwest Sky and Other Dreams, 2020)
18. The Northern Belle – Evelyn (We Wither, We Bloom, Die With Your Boots On Records, 2020)
19. Wood & Wire – Spirit of ’94 (No Matter Where It Goes from Here, Blue Corn Music, 2020)
20. Widowspeak – Plum (Plum, Captured Tracks, 2020)
21. Heather Valley feat Katey Morley – How I Got to Memphis (single, 2020)
22. Molly Tuttle – A Little Lost (..but I’d rather be with you, Compass Records, 2020)
23. Lauren O’Connell – Thirteen (Covers Two, Sugar Glider, 2020)
24. Michael C. Duguay – Twenty-Five to Life (single, So Sorry Records, 2020)
25. Girlatones – Remember the Future (single, 2020)
26. Nap Eyes – Snake Oil (single, Jagjaguwar, 2020)
27. Skyway Man – Old Swingin’ Bell (single, Mama Bird Recording Co, 2020)
28. Have Gun Will Travel – Melancholy Moon (Everything Dies) (single, 2020)
29. Terry’s Paradise – Paradise Girl (single, 2020)
30. Molly Parden – Kitchen Table (single, 2020)
31. Laura Veirs – Turquoise Walls (single, Bella Union, 2020)
32. Andrew Gabbard – Cloud of Smoke (single, Colemine Records, 2020)
33. Aidan Knight – Julia in the Garden (Aidan Knight, Full Time Hobby, 2020)
34. Native Harrow – Smoke Burns (single, Loose Music, 2020)
35. Rhiannon Giddens – Don’t Call Me Names (single, Nonesuch Records, 2020)
36. Anne Malin – Child (single, 2020)
37. Julia Holter – Gold Dust Woman (single, Domino Recording Co, 2020)
38. Angel Olsen – Tonight (Without You) (Whole New Mess, Jagjaguwar, 2020)
39. Shabason, Krgovich & Harris – Osouji (single, Idee Fixe Records, 2020)
40. Grace Gillespie – Your God’s Within (single, Kaleidoscope, 2020)
41. Bill Callahan – Ry Cooder (single, Drag City, 2020)
42. Bobby Rush – Down in Mississippi (Rawer than Raw, Deep Rush Records, 2020)
43. Bettye LaVette – I Hold No Grudge (Blackbirds, UMG Recordings, 2020)
44. Vuoret – Sotaunia (single, M.dulor, 2020)
45. Linkopii – Takiainen (single, Luova Records, 2020)
46. Jacob Faurholt – Don’t You Worry About Me (single, Raw Onion Records, 2020)
47. Nick Garza’s Get Along – Take Me Down to San Antonio (single, 2020)
48. Sam Morrow – Money Ain’t a Thing (single, Forty Below Records, 2020)
49. John Pedigo’s Magic Pilsner – I Don’t Wanna Be Alone Tonight (single, State Fair Records, 2020)
50. Benchmarks – Our Finest Hour (Summer, Slowly, 2020)
51. The Sugarrush – FLB (High Status, Nature Sucks Anyway Records, 2020)
52. Brent Cobb – Shut Up and Sing (single, Ol’ Buddy Records, 2020)
53. Isaac Hoskins – I Make My Living in a Tavern (Sell the Farm, 2020)
54. The Avett Brothers – Back into the Light (The Third Gleam EP, Loma Vista 2020)
55. Trummors – What You Had (Dropout City, Ernest Jenning, 2020)
56. Juliet McConkey – Disappearing Girl (Disappearing Girl, 2020)
57. Evangeline Gentle – Ordinary People (Evangeline Gentle, Sonic Unyon Records, 2020)
58. Maya Hawke – So Long (Blush, Mom+Pop, 2020)
59. Dolly Valentine – Everywhere, Love (How To Be Good, Holy Golden Music, 2020)
60. Bright Arcana – There’s a Place (Bright Arcana in the Lowland Plains, 2020)

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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.

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OCTA Music Weekly – Episode #101

Another week, another new music weekly.

This turned out to be a monster week, because we got a surprise release from The Sugarrush. I love this Finnish power pop band and together with The Posies and Teenage Fanclub they formed the backbone of my music taste and are one of the main reasons this website exists. Therefore I’m thrilled that the hardest rockin’ pop band released a wonderful new album. It was recorded a decade ago, but hey this music can’t get out of style because it was never in style. So if you are looking some fabulous loud guitar pop, listen to High Status by The Sugarrush. There’s also a few other Finnish beauties on the playlist. I’m especially fond of the new Lätsä single, but there’s also lovely new singles from Juha Mäki-Patola, Rohkeat kuvat, Joensuu 1685, Bad Sauna and an outtake from the brand new RULES album.

Moving on to the international album releases. There’s plenty to love this week. If you have followed the playlist over the past year, you’ve heard half of the songs from the Dolly Valentine album but now the album is out too. And because I’ve loved all singles, it’s no wonder that I love the album too. Then there’s new albums from new favorites like Juliet McConkey, Benchmarks, Evangeline Gentle, Maya Hawke, Bright Arcana, Trummors along with long time favourites like Guided By Voices, Old 97s, Hayward Williams and Steven Adams. Oh yeah and I somehow missed that El Goodo album a few weeks ago. Don’t know how I managed that because I follow them on social media and have all the older records. The only EP is from Rachel Angel, but it’s a really good one. Here’s the full list of international albums/EPs that were on my radar this week.

Benchmarks – Summer, Slowly
Dolly Valentine – How To Be Good (Holy Golden Music)
Juliet McConkey – Disappearing Girl
H.C. McEntire – Eno Axis (Merge Records)
Trummors – Dropout City (Ernest Jenning Record Co)
El Goodo – Zombie (Strangetown Records) <- released 7th of August
Bright Arcana – Bright Arcana in the Lowland Plains (Piasa Recordings)
Hayward Williams – Every Color Blue (Green Canoe Music)
Rachel Angel – Highway Songs EP (Public Works)
Maya Hawke – Blush (Mom+Pop)
Evangeline Gentle – Evangeline Gentle, Sonic Unyon Records)
Steven Adams and the French Drops – Keep It Light (Fika Recordings)
Guided By Voices – Mirrored Aztec
Old 97s – Twelfth (ATO Records)
Chuck Prophet – The Land That Time Forgot (Yep Roc)
Bright Eyes – Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was (Dead Oceans)
Jerry Joseph – The Beautiful Madness (Decor Records)
Pat Keen – Cells Remain (Birdwatcher Records)
Pop Filter – Banksia (Bobo Integral)
Siv Jacobsen – A Temporary Soothing
Eli Winter – Unbecoming (American Dreams)

And last but not least, the international should-be hits aka singles. A big favorite for me is the new Terry’s Paradise song. There’s also a song streaming from Ian Daniel Kehoe. He released three gorgeous albums on bandcamp a few weeks ago. I highly recommend buying them, but here’s an excellent taster. There’s also wonderful songs from Lydia Loveless, Bonnie Whitmore, I’m Kingfisher, VanWyck, War & Pierce, Matthew Ryan, Jeremy Ivey, Tomberlin, Lomelda, Victoria Bailey, Colter Wall. Just to name a few. These are all on this playlist, because they are all really good songs.

That’s it for this week. Love from a distance.

OCTA MUSIC WEEKLY – EPISODE #101

1. The Sugarrush – Yeah (High Status, Nature Sucks Anyway Records, 2020)
2. Benchmarks – The Good Fight (Summer, Slowly, 2020)
3. Dolly Valentine – Hard to Miss (How To Be Good, Holy Golden Music, 2020)
4. Juliet McConkey – River Run (Disappearing Girl, 2020)
5. H.C. McEntire – River’s Jaw (Eno Axis, Merge Records, 2020)
6. Trummors – Peacock Angel (Dropout City, Ernest Jenning Record Co, 2020)
7. El Goodo – I Can’t Leave (Zombie, Strangetown Records, 2020)
8. Bright Arcana feat Anna Tivel – Hard Times (Bright Arcana in the Lowland Plains, Piasa Recordings, 2020)
9. Hayward Williams – Put Down the Fight (Every Color Blue, Green Canoe Music, 2020)
10. Rachel Angel – Mexico (Highway Songs EP, Public Works, 2020)
11. Maya Hawke – Generous Heart (Blush, Mom+Pop, 2020)
12. Evangeline Gentle – Neither of Us (Evangeline Gentle, Sonic Unyon Records, 2020)
13. Terry’s Paradise – Dotted Line (single, 2020)
14. Ian Daniel Kehoe – There With You (single, Tin Angel Records, 2020)
15. Steven Adams and the French Drops – Going to Everglades (Keep It Light, Fika Recordings, 2020)
16. Guided By Voices – Thank You Jane (Mirrored Aztec, 2020)
17. Lydia Loveless – Wringer (single, Honey, You’re Gonna Be Late, 2020)
18. Bonnie Whitmore – Last Will & Testament (single, 2020)
19. Old 97s – I Like You Better (Twelfth, ATO Records, 2020)
20. Chuck Prophet – Willie and Nilly (The Land That Time Forgot, Yep Roc, 2020)
21. I’m Kingfisher – Children’s Atom Bomb (single, Fading Trail Records, 2020)
22. VanWyck – Your Favorite Tune (single, Maiden Name Records, 2020)
23. War & Pierce – The Map (single, War & Pierce Records, 2020)
24. Matthew Ryan – Rivers (single, Hearts & Smarts, 2020)
25. Victoria Bailey – Spent My Dime on the White Wine (single, Rock Ridge Music, 2020)
26. Colter Wall – High & Mighty (single, La Honda Records, 2020)
27. Jerry Joseph – Full Body Echo (The Beautiful Madness, Decor Records, 2020)
28. Jon Snodgrass – Don’t Break Her Heart (single, A-F Records, 2020)
29. Jeremy Ivey – Someone Else’s Problem (single, ANTI, 2020)
30. Bright Eyes – Stairwell song (Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was, Dead Oceans, 2020)
31. Briston Maroney – Deep Sea Diver (single, Atlantic, 2020)
32. Lätsä – Aja vaan (single, Helmi Levyt, 2020)
33. Bad Sauna – Niin kuin se ennen oli (single, All That Plazz, 2020)
34. Rohkeat kuvat – Lilja (single, Soit Se Silti, 2020)
35. RULES – Susie (Rules, Soliti, 2020)
36. Joensuu 1685 – The Most Luckiest Man (single, Svart Records, 2020)
37. Juha Mäki-Patola – Aurora (single, Hush Hush Records, 2020)
38. Pat Keen – Lost and Found (Cells Remain, Birdwatcher Records, 2020)
39. Tomberlin – Wasted (single, Saddle Creek, 2020)
40. Lomelda – Hannah Sun (single, Double Double Whammy, 2020)
41. Adam Wright – Darlene (single, De Casa, 2020)
42. Oliver Wood – Soul of This Town (single, Honey Jar Reords, 2020)
43. Stephanie Lambring – Fine (single, 2020)
44. Giulia Millanta – Tomorrow is a Bird (single, 2020)
45. Juanita Stein
– The Mavericks (single, Nude Music, 2020)
46. Tough Boy – Sweetness (single, 2020)
47. Babe Club – Need a Girl (single, 2020)
48. Pop Filter – Romance at the Petrol Station (Banksia, 2020)
49. The Woolen Men – Outta Reach (single, Dog’s Table, 2020)
50. Michael Robert Murphy – Hollow World (single, 2020)
51. Songs 4 Nature – Foolish Man’s Mistake (single, nature Forever Records, 2020)
52. Angel Olsen – Waving, Smiling (single, Jagjaguwar, 2020)
53. Siv Jacobsen – Anywhere Else (A Temporary Soothing, U OK, 2020)
54. The Great Park – A Carrion Call (single, Woodland Recordings, 2020)
55. Selah Broderick – Every Bush and Tree (single, Western Vinyl, 2020)
56. Sylvie Simmons – Nothing (Blue on Blue, Compass Records, 2020)
57. Kath Bloom – Let’s Get Going (Bye Bye These Are the Days, Dear Life Records, 2020)
58. Will Johnson – Trouble (El Capitan, Keeled Scales, 2020)
59. Arlo McKinley – We Were Alright (Die Midwestern, Oh Boy Records, 2020)
60. Eli Winter – Maroon (Unbecoming, American Dreams, 2020)

Playlist link

Playlist Archive

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.

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OCTA Music Weekly – Episode #100

Another week, another new music weekly.

Hey this is the episode #100. Time for a party. However, we might need to find another party playlist, because this one is again full of sad and beautiful ones. At least I didn’t start with Arlo McKinley’s wonderful song Suicidal Saturday Night, which is one of my favorites of the week. Anyway, thanks to everyone who has followed and listened to this new music weekly and playlist during the past two years. It is quite a task to compile this every weekend and takes hours to put together, so it’s nice that some folks seem to enjoy it. I wanted to reach 100 episodes before quitting, so now I’ll give myself a permission to quit whenever I feel like it. I don’t think that will happen anytime soon though, because I love music and enjoy going through all the new releases each week. So this will go on as long as I enjoy making it.

I did some statistic work too. There’s was way too many artists to count, but these labels have appeared most times on the playlist during the past two years. Presented in form of a pie chart, which makes as much sense as spending 100 weekends in a row compiling a playlist that a few people listens. No surprises here I suppose. The big personal faves Mama Bird Recording Co, Keeled Scales, Fluff and Gravy Records, You’ve Changed Records, Helmi Levyt, Soit Se Silti along with some of the great big indies. Of course the biggest one by far would have been “independent”. This might not be completely accurate, because my math skills are horrible. Plus some label info is also missing, because I just go with what is on Spotify. It would take far too long to search the name of the label if it’s not mentioned there.

And then on to the new music of the week. This was a wonderful release week. Kathleen Edwards released her return album, Arlo McKinley made his gorgeous Oh Boy Records debut, Sylvie Simmons and Kath Bloom released amazing albums, Will Johnson’s beautiful new record is now streaming too (last week on Bandcamp, which is obviously way better option than Spotify) and Zephaniah OHora’s future country classic is now available for us who pre-ordered on Bandcamp. A new single is streaming, so check that out and grap a copy from Bandcamp. Emma Swift made a fabulous album of Bod Dylan covers. You won’t ever find it from streaming services, but it’s available on her Bandcamp page. Then there are many other beautiful things like Lily McKown’s debut, new Ashley Ray album and so forth. Here’s a full list of album releases that were on my radar.

Kathleen Edwards – Total Freedom (Dualtone)
Arlo McKinley – Die Midwestern (Oh Boy Records)
Zephaniah OHora – Listening to the Music (Last Roundup Records) (on Bandcamp if you pre-ordered, elsewhere 28th of August)
Sylvie Simmons – Blue on Blue (Compass Records)
Kath Bloom – Bye Bye These Are the Days (Dear Life Records)
Will Johnson – El Capitan (Keeled Scales)
Ashley Ray – Pauline (Soundly Music)
Lily McKown – Backseat Driver
Merce Lemon – Moonth (Darling Recordings)
Eric Slick – Wiseacre (Slick Records)
Caitlin Kraus – What Rises
Kris Delmhorst – Long Day in the Milky Way
CJ Stranger – Hey Stranger
Terry Ohms – Smooth Sailing Forever (Cornelius Chapel Records)
Mad King Edmund – You Are Not Alone (Safe & Sound Recordings)
Skylar Gregg – Roses
Dana Gavanski – Wind Songs EP (Full Time Hobby)
Fastastic Negrito – Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? (Cooking Vinyl)
Tanya Donnelly and the Parkinson Sisters – Tanya Donnelly and the Parkinson Sisters (American Laundromat Records)
Orville Peck – Pony Show EP (Columbia Records)

+ only on Bandcamp / Record stores

Emma Swift – Blonde on the Tracks

Finnish section doesn’t have any new albums, but there’s a really hot run of fabulous singles from Suad, Litku Klemetti, Rosita Luu, Bizzarro & Jukka Nissinen, Sam Shingler and Eerie Deer. All pure gold.

There’s also plenty to love on the international song section. Daniel Romano has probably released about a dozen of great albums on Bandcamp this year, but there’s also one coming on You’ve Changed Records this fall. First single is out now. Long time favourites Hayden Desser and Justin Wells released new singles as did new favourites Kyle Cox and Emilee Emiko. The quality is again really high throughout the playlist. I usually try to make this a little top heavy, but this was again a week where I gave up and there’s plenty of gems all the way through. I for example love the songs my Emily Barker, Dawn Riding, Humbird, Brennen Leigh and Benchmarks.

That’s it for this week. Love from a distance.

OCTA Weekly Playlist – Episode #100

1. Kathleen Edwards – Glenfern (Total Freedom, Dualtone, 2020)
2. Arlo McKinley – She’s Always Around (Die Midwestern, Oh Boy Records, 2020)
3. Zephaniah OHora – We Planned to Have it All (single, Last Roundup Records, 2020)
4. Sylvie Simmons – Not in Love (Blue on Blue, Compass Records, 2020)
5. Kath Bloom – How Do You Survive (Bye Bye These Are the Days, Dear Life Records, 2020)
6. Will Johnson – Goodbye, Absecon (El Capitan, Keeled Scales, 2020)
7. Daniel Romano’s Outfit – A Rat Without a Tale (single, You’ve Changed Records, 2020)
8. Justin Wells – Walls Fall Down (single, Singular Recordings, 2020)
9. Ashley Ray – Warm Body (Pauline, Soundly Music, 2020)
10. Kyle Cox – The Clown (single, 2020)
11. Hayden Desser – Make Believe (single, Hardwood Records, 2020)
12. Emilee Emiko – Wishing Away (single, 2020)
13. Lily McKown – B-Team (Backseat Driver, 2020)
14. Merce Lemon – Dragon Friends (Moonth, Darling Recordings, 2020)
15. Emma Kupa – Nawlins (single, Fika Recordings, 2020)
16. Eric Slick – Kind of Person (Wiseacre, Slick Records, 2020)
17. Bahamas – Own Alone (single, Brushfire Records, 2020)
18. Suad – Faces (single, Svart Records, 2020)
19. Litku Klemetti – Mona (single, Luova Records, 2020)
20. Rosita Luu – Kuollut monta kertaa (single, Helmi Levyt, 2020)
21. Bizzarro & Jukka Nissinen – Avaruus on kotini (single, Humu Records, 2020)
22. Sam Shingler – Fight or Flight (single, Soit Se Silti, 2020)
23. Eerie Deer – Night of the Living (single, 2020)
24. Jeremy Squires – Hazy (single, Blackbird, 2020)
25. Eels – Baby Let’s Make it Real (single, PIAS, 2020)
26. Bill Callahan – Breakfast (single, Drag City, 2020)
27. Caitlin Kraus – Locket (What Rises, 2020)
28. Emily Barker – Where Have the Sparrows Gone? (single, Everyone Sang, 2020)
29. Kris Delmhorst – Flower of Forgiveness (Long Day in the Milky Way, 2020)
30. Dawn Riding – The Difference (single, The Long Road Society, 2020)
31. CJ Stranger – Somewhere We Belong (Hey Stranger, 2020)
32. Matthew Francis – Quiet Child (single, Pretty Paper, 2020)
33. Pacific Range – Studio Walk (single, Curation Records, 2020)
34. Terry Ohms – Artificial Waterfall (Smooth Sailing Forever, Cornelius Chapel Records, 2020)
35. Mad King Edmund – Burnin’ (You Are Not Alone, Safe & Sound Recordings, 2020)
36. Jerry Joseph – Dead Confederate (single, Decor Records, 2020)
37. The War and Treaty – Take Me In (single, Rounder Records, 2020
38. Brother Galen feat Leslie Stevens – Thinkin’ Of You (single, Pre Raphaelite, 2020)
39. Brennen Leigh – Don’t You Know I’m From Here (single, 2020)
40. Kayla Ray feat Chris D. Schlotzhauer – Good Enough For Me (single, 2020)
41. Skylar Gregg – Have You Ever Tried to Lose Your Mind (Roses, 2020)
42. Great Peacock – High Wind (single, Soundly Music, 2020)
43. Lo Tom – Start Pain’ (single, 2020)
44. Benchmarks – Wolves Outside the Door (single, 2020)
45. Molly Martin – What You Need (single, 2020)
46. Pony – WebMD (single, Take This to Heart Records, 2020)
47. Partner – Hello and Welcome (single, You’ve Changed Records, 2020)
48. Evangeline Gentle – So It Goes (single, Sonic Unyon Records, 2020)
49. Humbird – January (single, Green Thumb, 2020)
50. Jacksonport – A Better Man (single, 2020)
51. Dana Gavanski – Never Too Far (Wind Songs EP, Full Time Hobby, 2020)
52. Yee and O’Brien – The Dirt (single, 2020)
53. Caitlin Pasko – Even God (single, 2020)
54. Jr Thomas & The Volcanos – Sunk in the Mist (single, Colemine Records, 2020)
55. Fastastic Negrito – Chocolate Samurai (Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? Cooking Vinyl, 2020)
56. Orville Peck – Summertime (Show Pony EP, Columbia Records, 2020)
57. Matt Hectorne – Stronger (single, 2020)
58. Sam Rae – Head Rush (Ten Thousand Years, 2020)
59. Jenny O. – Hard to Say (New Truth, Mama Bird Recording Co, 2020)
60. Tanya Donnelly and the Parkinson Sisters – Dance to the End of My Love (Tanya Donnelly and the Parkinson Sisters, American Laundromat Records, 2020)

Playlist link

Playlist Archive

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.

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OCTA Music Weekly – Episode #99

Another week, another new music weekly.

I changed the title a little bit to in order to make it seem like this is more than just another silly Spotify playlist with zero relevance. Yeah, I do know that it really isn’t. Anyway, I just thought I try to be better at mentioning the releases that are not available on streaming platforms (for obvious reasons). So just trying to make a bit more thorough weekly new release round up, but I will definitely still miss a ton of great releases and the playlist is still the main thing. Next week this hits episode 100, which is sort of crazy. That was the goal I had in mind, but I don’t have immediately plans to stop and will continue as long as I enjoy making it and someone is actually listening.

This one was maybe a bit slower release week, but the quality more than made up for it. There’s a wonderful new album from Jenny O., posthumous album from one of the all-time greats Jason Molina and three new gorgeous Ian Daniel Kehoe albums over at Bandcamp. Oh and there’s also new The Microphones and new Will Johnson albums at Bandcamp too, which is a big deal. And many other beautiful things. Here’s a list of new albums and EPs that were on my radar.

Jenny O. – New Truth (Mama Bird Recording Co)
Gold Star Gold Star – Introducing..(Earth Libraries)
Smug Brothers – Flame Verbatim EP (Mel-Tones)
Jason Molina – Eight Gates (Secretly Canadian)
Sam Rae – Ten Thousand Years
Golden Shoals – Golden Shoals
Young Gun Silver Fox – Canyons (Karma Chief Records / Candelion) – US release this week
Casper Allen – Vol. 1 (Trillbilly Deluxe)
Daniel Donato – A Young Man’s Country (Cosmic Country Music)
Scott Hildebrand – Under Wraps EP
Billy Nomates – Billy Nomates (Invada Records)
Double Grave – Goodbye, Nowhere! (Forged Artifacts)
Isobel Campbell – Voices in the Sky EP (Cooking Vinyl)
Mary Chapin Carpenter – The Dirt and the Stars (Lambent Light Records)

-Plus a few new albums that are not on streaming platforms, but can be found from Bandcamp.

Ian Daniel Kehoe – Rock & Roll Illusion / Charging the Stone / Disco Body Buzz (Tin Angel Records)
Will Johnson – El Capitan (Keeled Scales)
The Microphones – Microphones in 2020 (P.W. Elverum & Sun)
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Found Songs Vol. 2 EP
Andrew Bryant – Ain’t It Like The Cosmos (Demos)

The Finnish section only has two songs this week. New singles from Janne Tapion Sisäinen Avaruus and Väisänen.

As for international singles there’s plenty to love. You can take a journey with Skyway Man or enjoy the first single from Bright Arcana (who gets some help from Anna Tivel). Jeremy Squires, BAJA and Kathleen Edwards continue to impress. Night Shop single has been a big favorite for me. It’s been out a while, but I only found it this week. As usual, everything else would be worth a namedrop on this text too, but you’ll find them below.

That’s it for this week. Sorry that everything else on this blog is pretty much on hold and sorry for being so horrible at answering emails. I’ve been struggling for about five months and just haven’t had the energy to do much more than this weekly round up. Maybe things get better one day, but I’m not 100% sure anymore. Love from a distance.

EPISODE #99

1. Jenny O. – Color Love (New Truth, Mama Bird Recording Co, 2020)
2. Gold Star Gold Star – If You Only Knew (Introducing.., Earth Libraries, 2020)
3. Smug Brothers – If You’re Free (Flame Verbatim, Mel-Tones, 2020)
4. Jason Molina – Old Worry (Eight Gates, Secretly Canadian, 2020)
5. Bright Arcana feat Anna Tivel– Old Bones (single, Piasa Recordings, 2020)
6. Skyway Man – Sometimes Darkness / Railroad / Sometimes Darkness Reprise (single, Mama Bird Recording Co, 2020)
7. Jeremy Squires – Labyrinth (single, Blackbird Record Label, 2020)
8. BAJA – Tiny House (single, 2020)
9. Sam Rae – Ten Thousand Years (Ten Thousand Years, 2020)
10. Golden Shoals – Honey You Don’t Know My Mind (Golden Shoals, 2020)
11. Young Gun Silver Fox – Who Needs Words (Canyons, Karma Chief Records / Candelion, 2020)
12. Patrick Sweany – Wastin’ Time (single, Nine Mile Records, 2020)
13. Daniel Garnham and the Reasons to Live – Red Wine, Cigarettes, Dark Chocolate, You (single, 2020)
14. Casper Allen – Mosquito Ditch (Vol. 1, Trillbilly Deluxe, 2020)
15. Jeff Shepherd – Black Widow (single, 2020)
16. Daniel Donato – Luck of the Draw (A Young Man’s Country, Cosmic Country Music, 2020)
17. Cordovas – High Feeling (single, ATO Records, 2020)
18. Kris Delmhorst – Horses in the Sky (single, 2020)
19. Kathleen Edwards – Simple Math (single, Dualtone, 2020)
20. Lily McKown – Virginia Lovers (single, 2020)
21. Janne Tapion Sisäinen Avaruus – Kapteeni (single, 2020)
22. Väisänen – Tulis ilta ja särkyis kone (single, UHO, 2020)
23. Grant Lee Phillips – Mourning Dove (single, Yep Roc, 2020)
24. Bill Callahan – Let’s Move to the Country (single, Drag City, 2020)
25. Scott Hildebrand – When I Was Young (Under Wraps EP, 2020)
26. Night Shop – The Cafe of Eternal Youth (single, Dangerbird, 2020)
27. Great Aunt – Rock Paper Neighbour (single, 2020)
28. Billy Nomates – Hippy Elite (Billy Nomates, Invada Records, 2020)
29. Double Grave – The Farm (Goodbye, Nowhere! Forged Artifacts, 2020)
30. Widowspeak – Even True Love (single, Captured Track, 2020)
31. Shabason, Krgovich & Harris – Friday Afternoon (single, Idee Fixe Records, 2020)
32. Isobel Campbell – Together (Voices in the Sky EP, Cooking Vinyl, 2020)
33. Rae Fitzgerald – I’ve Got a Vision (single, Keeled Scales, 2020)
34. Jerry Leger feat Don Stevenson – Halfway ‘Til Gone (single, 2020)
35. Michelle Moonshine – Wait a Minute (single, Hell Bent Records, 2020)
36. Mary Chapin Carpenter – Secret Keepers (The Dirt and the Stars, Lambent Light Records, 2020)
37. Creature Comfort – Big, Buff and Handsome (single, 2020)
38. Wayne Graham – Infinitude (single, Celebration Records / K&F Records, 2020)
39. Jordan Tice – Walkin’ (single, 2020)
40. Birch Pereira & The Gin Joints – Anytime (single, 2020)
41. Cut Worms – Sold My Soul (single, Jagjaguwar, 2020)
42. Ian Wayne – Gimme Something (single, 2020)
43. The Weird Years – Lifevest (single, 2020)
44. Dolly Valentine – How to Be Good (single, Holy Golden Music, 2020)
45. Steve Sloane – I Don’t Know Why (Visions of Pain, 2020)
46. Arna Georgia – Passing Through (Yes Girl, 2020)
47. Charley Crockett – Heads You Win (Welcome to the Hard Times, Son of Davy, 2020)
48. Stephen Simmons – Traveling Strange (Family Album, 2020)
49. Le Ren – How to Begin to Say Goodbye (Morning & Melancholy EP, Secretly Canadian, 2020)
50. Charlie Whitten – Had Me at Go (I’m Waiting, 2020)

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Playlist Archive

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.

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