Bobby Dove, Lowstar Rodeo, Melissa Carper and Quinn Pilgrim
March 7, 2021 § Leave a comment
Another quick round up of early 2021 favorites. Kicking this off in Montreal, Canada with classic country gold from singer-songwriter Bobby Dove. Hopeless Romantic has been my favorite album during the past week and I also purchased a digital copy on Bandcamp day. Such a special record and I love it to bits. Here’s a couple of great examples from the album.
Hopeless Romantic by Bobby Dove
Bobby Dove Website
Bobby Dove at Facebook
Next some California country from Lowstar Rodeo. This is a solo project by Kevin Carducci from The Easy Leaves. I’m not actually familiar with the band and I think just stumbled upon this when I did my weekly bandcamp new releases search routine. I instantly liked it and the feeling has only grown stronger during the last few weeks and therefore I also picked this one on Bandcamp day. My own favorite song is Toward the Light, which is one of the best pandemic songs I’ve heard.
Home Sweet Nowhere by Lowstar Rodeo
Lowstar Rodeo at Facebook
Lowstar Rodeo Website
This one by singer-songwriter and upright bassist Melissa Carper isn’t out before next week, but after hearing the three advance singles, I’m fully convinced that Daddy’s Country Gold will be one of my favorite albums of the year. Just perfect timeless country gold. Here’s a couple of these gorgeous singles (Bandcamp didn’t have playable songs, but you can pre-order it there)
Melissa Carper Website
Melissa Carper at Facebook
Last station on this roundabout is Louisiana. Singer-songwriter Quinn Pilgrim’s great new album Jericho Dream came out on the 22nd of January on Partially Sealed Records. It’s neither on the Partially Sealed Records Bandcamp or Quinn’s personal Bandcamp, but you’ll find it from the streaming services. My own favorite is Helpless One that gives some Townes vibes. Excellent record as a whole too and definitely a name to keep an eye on.
OCTA Music Weekly – Episode #125
March 6, 2021 § Leave a comment
Another week, another new music weekly.
Kind of tough week at the day job, so the week kind of flew by. However, I even surprised myself by doing a one short small blog entry that was not a playlist. Nothing to celebrate, but hey at least it’s more than what I’ve done lately and hopefully it won’t be a one-off thing. At least I have another one coming next week with some recent country favorites. This weekly playlist also reached 400 followers last week (at least temporarily), which was nice. This won’t ever be viral and it doesn’t need to be but I still admit that it’s nice when that number slowly rises. Gives some extra motivation to keep on spending hours on this every weekend. So please do hit that follow button, if you like what I do here. Anyway, enough of the mumbo jumbo and on to the new music weekly.
Fruit Bats, Jay Gonzalez and Daniel Markham led the way this week. Other big album releases came from Adult Mom, Ian Daniel Kehoe (second of his 2020 bandcamp album releases now streaming too), Sara Renberg, Painted Shrines, Jimbo Mathus and Andrew Bird, Bernice, Elizabeth & The Catapult, Megan Lacy (EP), Garrison Starr, Jackie Darlene, Carl Anderson (EP), Jason Ringenberg and Leon III. Oh yeah and that excellent Wake Up album is a few weeks old. I just found it a week ago thanks to Greg from the legendary Captains Dead blog. And as usual the playlist revisits a few albums from the past week.
The big Finnish thing is the double album release from Janne Laurila. There’s both a solo album and a colloboration album with the almighty Hot Heros. Both are extremely highly recommended. Other Finnish cuts this week are the singles from Anne-Mari Kivimäki ja Palomylly and The Flaming Sideburns.
There was so much to love on the international singles front. The wonderful new Jeffrey Martin single was probably my favorite of the week, but I also really love the new singles by Damien Jurado, Tristen, Fiver, Maxwell Stern, Michael Feuerstack, Annie Oakley, John Andrews and the Yawns, Jesse Aycock, Max and the Martians, Jerry Leger, Tasha just to name a few. You’ll find them all below.
That’s all for this week. Love from a distance.
1. Fruit Bats – Discovering (The Pet Parade, Merge Records, 2021)
2. Jay Gonzalez – Back to the Hive (Back to the Hive, Middlebrow Records, 2021)
3. Daniel Markham – Flies Away (Night Light, 2021)
4. Jeffrey Martin – I Know What I Know (single, Fluff and Gravy Records, 2021)
5. Damien Jurado – Helena (single, Field Painting Music, 2021)
6. Fiver – Leaning Hard (On My Peripheral Vision) (single, You’ve Changed Records, 2021)
7. Tristen – Complex (single, Mama Bird Recording Co, 2021)
8. Adult Mom – Wisconsin (Driver, Epitaph, 2021)
9. Ian Daniel Kehoe – Can’t Dance if the Whole World Ends (Disco Body Buzz, Tin Angel Records, 2021)
10. Maxwell Stern – I Reached Out to the City (single, Lauren Records, 2021)
11. Michael Feuerstack – Call of the Tired (single, Forward Music Group, 2021)
12. Elephant Micah – Eastern Callers (single, Western Vinyl, 2021)
13. Sara Renberg – I Want to Be Butch (Butch Spring, Antiquated Future, 2021)
14. Wake Up – Places (Tigers Can’t Be Choosers, 2021)
15. Painted Shrines – Saturates the Eye (Heaven and Holy, Woodsist, 2021)
16. John Andrews and the Yawns – New California Blue (single, Woodsist, 2021)
17. Max and the Martians – Milky Way (single, 2021)
18. Annie Oakley – Arm’s Length (single, 2021)
19. Jerry Leger – Sweep it Under the Rug (single, 2021)
20. Jesse Aycock – Under the Gun (single, Horton Records, 2021)
21. Jimbo Mathus and Andrew Bird – Bell Witch (These 13, Wegawam Music, 2021)
22. B.B. Palmer – Many Worlds Theory (single, 2021)
23. Bobby Dove – My World’s Getting Smaller (Hopeless Romantic, 2021)
24. Los Yesterdays – Nobody’s Clown (single, Penrose Records, 2021)
25. Janne Laurila & Hot Heros – Kaksi tietä (Nuotiosavua, Playground Music, 2021)
26. Janne Laurila – Chaplin (Janne, Tuu jo tänne, Soit Se Silti, 2021)
27. The Blips – Throw Me Around (single, Cornelius Chapel Records, 2021)
28. Tuns – We Stand United (single, Murderecords, 2021)
29. Dorothea Paas – Anything Can Happen (single, Telephone Explosion Records, 2021)
30. Bernice – It’s Me, Robin (Eau De Bonjourno, Telephone Explosion Records, 2021)
31. Tasha – Would You Mind Please Pulling Me Close? (single, Father/Daughter Records, 2021)
32. Elizabeth & The Catapult – Thirsty (Sincerely, E, Compass Records, 2021)
33. Libby DeCamp – Off the Wagon (single, 2021)
34. Jake Xerxes Fussell – Hills of Mexico (single, Paradise of Bachelors, 2021)
35. The Bones of J.R. Jones – Howl (single, Tone Tree Music, 2021)
36. Vivian Leva and Riley Cargano – Hollowed Hearts (single, Free Dirt Records, 2021)
37. Katie Jo – How Soon (single, Fossil Water Records, 2021)
38. Jackie Darlene – Deadly Situation (Different Plans, 2021)
39. Garrison Starr – Dam That’s Breaking (Girl I Used to Be, Soundly Music, 2021)
40. Megan Lacy – Don’t Rest (Salvation, 2021)
41. Lula Wiles – Television (single, Smithsonian Folkways Recordigns, 2021)
42. Roseanne Reid – Fly High (single, Last Man Music, 2021)
43. Tomas Csorba – Dallas Girl (single, Tone Tree Music, 2021)
44. Carl Anderson – Pay Grade (Taking Off & Landing EP, Tone Tree Music, 2021)
45. Todd Snider – Sail On, My Friend (single, Aimless Records, 2021)
46. Blue Cactus – Come Clean (single, Sleepy Cat Records, 2021)
47. Dolour – The Day Tom Petty Died (single, 2021)
48. Gospelbeach – Albatross Baby (single, Curation Records, 2021)
49. Jason Ringenberg – Before Love and War (Rhinestoned, 2021)
50. The Flaming Sideburns – Silver Flame (single, Svart Records, 2021)
51. Ratboys – Go Outside (single, Topshelf Records, 2021)
52. Mukiss – Fernweh (single, Coyote Hand Puppet Records, 2021)
53. Bess Atwell – Co-op (single, Real Kind Records, 2021)
54. Clara Mann – Waiting for the Flight (Consolations EP, Sad Club Records, 2021)
55. Jess Locke – Halo (single, Dot Dash Recordings, 2021)
56. Toni Foote – Drug of Choice (single, 2021)
57. Will Graefe – Almost Morning (single, 11A Records, 2021)
58. Leon III – Skeletal Pines (Antlers in Velvet, Soundly Music, 2021)
59. Anne-Mari Kivimäki ja Palomylly – Ikirunoja (single, Kihtinäjärvi Records, 2021)
60. David Ramirez – One Man Guy (single, The Next Waltz, 2021)
61. Chris Pierce – Young, Black and Beatiful (American Silence, Pierce Records, 2021)
62. JosephM – Who Do You Serve (single, 2021)
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.
Isaac Vallentin, Clara Mann, Dan Edmonds and Steady Holiday
March 3, 2021 § 1 Comment
A blog post that is not a playlist. Who would have thought. Well it might be just a one-off and there are hardly any words, but anyway, I wanted to highlight a few releases that might not be that high profile in the grand scheme of things, but mean the world to me. Kicking things off in Montreal, Quebec with Isaac Vallentin’s gorgeous third album “…” that came out on the 3rd of February. Here’s the music video for Winter Song along with my own favourite, almost ten minutes long The Ballad of Nunangat that honour the lives and voices of Indigenous Canadians.
Moving on to Bristol, UK for the brand new Clara Mann EP Consolations that came out last week on Sad Club Records. I pretty much came a fan of singer-songwriter Clara Mann during my first spin of her debut single I Didn’t Know You Were Leaving Today last November. I instantly loved it and I’ve felt the same way about every Clara Mann I’ve heard to date.
Back in Canada for another treasure from the February 26 release vault. Former Harlan Pepper Dan Edmonds released a new charming solo album Good Fortune Assembly. The song The Morning is just pure gold. Dan Edmonds, Luka Kuplowsky and Caitlin Woelfle-O’Brien create some magic together there and the music video is also excellent.
Good Fortune Assembly by dan edmonds
Let’s wrap this small blog entry in Los Angeles, California with the sweetest music video I know. It’s the ending song Love Me When I Go To Sleep from the new Steady Holiday album Take The Corners Gently. Such a lovely and heartfelt video. I love it wholeheartedly. Goes without saying that the album is also excellent.
OCTA Music Weekly – Episode #124
February 28, 2021 § Leave a comment
Another week, another new music weekly.
Things are heating up. Not a chance to have enough time to listen everything before making this. So there might be some good stuff missing. Actually I even intentionally left out some very good singles, because this is already longer than anyone will listen.
My favorite release of the week is the new EP by Clara Mann. One of my favorite things is finding new favorite artists and some months ago Clara Mann won my heart over during my first listen of her debut single. Now the full EP is here and it’s such a beauty. Some other big ones that I had highlighted were new albums by Chris Pierce, Karima Walker, Randolph’s Leap and Dan Edmonds. But there’s also so much more and most of these sounded great on quick listen and might become even more important when I have some time to properly listen to them. There’s new albums from Sara Petite, Olivia Ellen Lloyd, Charley Crockett, David Huckfelt, Mando Saenz, Bobby Dove (this ones a couple weeks old, but I just got the memo and I’m falling in love fast), Simon Flory, Ben Trickey, Julien Baker, Craig Finn (RSD release now streaming too), Graham Hunt, Quivers (R.E.M. Cover album), Mikey Erg (maybe not the kind of stuff I share a lot these days, but hell yeah this is awesome), Mo Kenney (Covers record) and Nick Cave & Warren Ellis.
On the Finnish side of things, we got albums from Antero Kaksikäsi, Black Twig, Iisa and Markus Perttula. There’s also singles from Vino Puu and Kynnet. Oh yeah and a few weeks old one from AK-77. It’s actually a cover of Cajun Moon and it caught my eye/ear when a FB friend (thanks Satu) posted it. I was curious even before hitting play, because they had turned Cajun into Keuruu and well I’m originally from Keuruu. Which was nice, but of course the fact that it mentions Keuruu is just a little bonus and the main thing is that it’s a great version.
And then the international singles. The big one here is the first single from the next Vanessa Peters album Modern Age that will drop into to the record stores and our hearts on the 23rd of April. Other personal favorites are the new singles from Vandoliers, Charlie Marie, Melissa Carper (again so great, it’s going to be one hell of a record), Leanne Betamosake Simpson, Dan Wriggins just to name a few. You’ll find them all below.
That’s it for this week. Love from a distance.
1. Clara Mann – Station Song (Consolations EP, Sad Club Records, 2021)
2. Karima Walker – Waking the Dreaming Body (Waking the Dreaming Body, Keeled Scales, 2021)
3. Randolph’s Leap – Let This Lie (Spirit Level, Fika Recordings, 2021)
4. Dan Edmonds – How Many (Good Fortune Assembly, 2021)
5. Chris Pierce – How Can Anybody Be Okay With This (American Silence, Pierce Records, 2021)
6. Vanessa Peters – Crazymaker (single, Idol Records, 2021)
7. Craig Finn – It’s Never Been a Fair Fight (All These Perfect Crosses, Partisan Records, 20219
8. Vandoliers – Every Saturday Night (single, Amerikinda Records, 2021)
9. Austin Lucas – Cry Over – Acoustic (single, Sabotage Records, 2021)
10. Sara Petite – Feeling Like An Angel (Rare Bird, JTMMusic, 2021)
11. Olivia Ellen Lloyd – Emily (Loose Cannon, 2021)
12. Charlie Marie – Heard it Through the Red Wine (single, Soundly, 2021)
13. Charley Crockett – In the Corner (10 for Slim, Charley Crockett Sings James Hand, Son of Davy, 2021)
14. Simon Flory – Big Bad Lover (Haul These Blues Away, 2021)
15. Bobby Dove – Chance In Hell (Hopeless Romantic, 2021)
16. Melissa Carper – Back When (single, Mae Music, 2021)
17. David Huckfelt – Cole Younger (Room Enough, Time Enough, Fluff and Gravy Records, 2021)
18. Antero Kaksikäsi – Hei vaan (Pihapihlaja, Hyvät levyt, 2021)
19. Mando Saenz – The Leaving Side (All My Shame, Carnival Recording Company, 2021)
20. Travis Linville – I’m Still Here (single, Black Mesa Records, 2021)
21. Ben Trickey – Glendalough or Chantilly (We Are Not Lucky We Are Blessed, Anthem Breath Records, 2021)
22. Julien Baker – Ringside (Little Oblivions, Matador Records, 2021)
23. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson – Viscosity (single, You’ve Changed Records, 2021)
24. Dan Wriggins – Lucinda on June Bug (single, Orindal Records, 2021)
25. AK-77 – Keuruun kuu (single, 2021)
26. An American Forrest – Hold the Center (single, 2021)
27. Will Stratton – Tokens (single, Bella Union, 2021)
28. Le Ren feat Buck Meek – Early Morning Rain (single, Secretly Canadian, 2021)
29. M G Boulter – Clifftown (single, Hudson Records, 2021)
30. Andrew Gabbard – Instant Trancer (single, Colemine Records, 2021)
31. Wojtek the Bear – Ferme La Bouche (single, Last Night From Glasgow Hive, 2021)
32. Painted Shrines – Not So Bad (single, Woodsist, 2021)
33. The Rose Petals – Chesapeake Leopard (single, Envoy Records, 2021)
34. Graham Hunt – Lighter Touch (Painting Over Mold, Forged Artifacts, 2021)
35. Quivers – Near Wild Heaven (Out of Time, Turntable Kitchen & Pink Lake Records, 2021)
36. Dinosaur Jr – I Ran Away (single, Jagjaguwar, 2021)
37. Guided By Voices – Free Agents (single, 2021)
38. Mikey Erg – Hey Marissa (Mikey Erg, Rad Girlfriend Records, 2021)
39. Kynnet – Rock’n’Roll-haamu (single, Soit Se Silti, 2021)
40. Black Twig – I Was Not Looking For Magic (Was Not Looking For Magic, Soliti, 2021)
41. Vino Puu – Hämärä vuodenaika (single, 2021)
42. Markus Perttula – Näiltä lakeuksilta (Aarnivalkea, Soit Se Silti, 2021)
43. Iisa – Kaksi vuotta (Amelia, Fullsteam Records, 2021)
44. Becca Mancari – Annie (single, Captured Tracks, 2021)
45. Adult Mom – Checking Up (single, Epitaph, 2021)
46. My Girl the River – Sad Dog (single, 2021)
47. Kristofer Åström – Michelle (single, Startracks, 2021)
48. The Harlem Gospel Travelers – God’s Gonna Move His Hand (single, Colemine Records, 2021)
49. Reed Turchi – Don’t Let Love Slip Away (I’ve Chosen Love, Devil Down Records, 2021)
50. Mara Connor – Ain’t That a Shame (single, Side Hustle Records, 2021)
51. John Myrtle – Get Her Off My Mind (single, Sad Club Records, 2021)
52. JB Paterson – Going Back (Keep on Chooglin) (single, Easy Machine Recordings, 2021)
53. Mo Kenney – Swimming Song (Covers, Turtlemusik, 2021)
54. Nick Cave and Warren Ellis – Carnage (Carnage, AWAL, 2021)
55. Shabason, Krgovich & Harris – Walking by a Woman (single, Idee Fixe Records, 2021)
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.
OCTA Music Weekly – Episode #123
February 20, 2021 § Leave a comment
Another week, another new music weekly.
Still somewhat quiet on the release front. Or maybe not, because I could easily come up with close to 50 songs. There’s always plenty to love.
This week we got new albums from Reed Turchi (two albums), Katy Kirby, Valley Maker, The Hold Steady, John Paul Keith, Ian Fisher, Cassandra Jenkins, Spencer Burton, Lael Neale, Ryan Dugre, Adeline Hotel, Senora May, John Blek, Corvair, Wild Pink and Tindersticks. Plus an EP from Hand Habits. The album by Steven van Betten and Andrew Rowan came out a week or two ago, but I only found it this week.
The Finnish part this week has a new the new album from Jani Matti Juhani (more excellent Elvis covers in Finnish) and single from Pekka Laine.
And finally the international singles. Amythyst Kiah released a new version of Black Myself. Still extremely powerful. Other big things were new singles from Johanna Samuels, Janet Simpson, Esther Rose, Karima Walker, Nick Shoulders (this was last week, but somehow missed it), Kaitlin Butts, Kassi Valazza, Corinne Sharlet and Joe Kaplow. Just to name a few.
That’s all for this week. My apologies that I’ve only done this one weekly post during the pandemic era. The reason has been sort of a combination of the pandemic, personal health struggles, overall laziness and spending too much of my spare time watching hockey games and art house movies. I’ll try to get back to the other kind of posts too at some point, but tough to say when exactly. Anyway, it was nice to learn that someone actually misses that stuff. It does give some motivation to continue, because my self-doubt ridden mind often wonders if I’m just throwing songs and words into a void. I probably should also try to figure out if I want to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of this blog, because September comes surprisingly fast. Anyway, enough of this pointless chat. Here is the playlist for the week. Love from a distance.
1. Reed Turchi – Dams (Creosote Flats, Devil Down Records, 2021)
2. Katy Kirby – Fireman (Cool Dry Place, Keeled Scales, 2021)
3. Valley Maker – Branch I Bend (When the Day Leaves, Frenchkiss Records, 2021)
4. Johanna Samuels – Nature’s Way (single, Mama Bird Recording Co, 2021)
5. John Paul Keith – The Sun’s Gonna Shine Again (The Rhythm of the City, Wild Honey Records, 2021)
6. The Hold Steady – Family Farm (Open Door Policy, Positive Jams, 2021)
7. Ian Fisher – American Standards (American Standards, 2021)
8. Janet Simpson – I’m Wrong (single, Cornelius Chapel Records, 2021)
9. Amythyst Kiah – Black Myself (single, Rounder Records, 2021)
10. Kaitlin Butts – How Lucky I Am (single, 2021)
11. Kassi Valazza – Moon Blue (single, OurVinyl Sessions, 2021)
12. Corinne Sharlet – A Lovely Future (single, 2021)
13. Kelly Sloan – I Wanna Wake Up (single, 2021)
14. Cassandra Jenkins – Crosshairs (An Overview on Phenomenal Nature, Ba Da Bing, 2021)
15. Samantha Crain – Bloomsday (single, Real Kind Records, 2021)
16. Esther Rose – Good Time (single, Full Time Hobby, 2021)
17. Nick Shoulders – Turn on the Dark (single, 2021)
18. Charley Crockett – Lesson In Depression (single, Son of Davy, 2021)
19. Spencer Burton – Nothing’s Changed (Coyote, Still Records, 2021)
20. Joe Kaplow – February Prorated Rent (single, Fluff & Gravy Records, 2021)
21. Senora May feat Jessica Lea Mayfield – Naturally (All of My Love, 2021)
22. Hand Habits – 4th of July (Dirt EP, Saddle Creek, 2021)
23. Lael Neale – Acquainted with Night (acquainted with Night, Sub Pop Records, 2021)
24. Karima Walker – Waking the Dreaming Body (single, Keeled Scales, 2021)
25. Ryan Dugre – Powder Rains (Three Rivers, 11A Records, 2021)
26. Adeline Hotel – Untangling (Good Timing, Ruination Record Co, 2021)
27. Cameron Knowles and Eli Winter – Parapraxis of a Dragonfly (single, American Dreams Records, 2021)
28. Pekka Laine – The Silent Star (single, Svart Records, 2021)
29. John Blek – Joy In Sorrow (Digressions #2 Grounded, Warr, 2021)
30. Jose Gonzalez – El Invento (single, City Slang, 2021)
31. Jay Gonzalez – Crying Through the Wall (single, 2021)
32. Corvair – Paladin (Corvair, 2021)
33. Wild Pink – Pacific City (A Billion Little Lights, Royal Mountain Records, 2021)
34. Jani Matti Juhani – Elän hetken (Laulaa Elvistä Suomeksi vol 2, Ainoa Productions, 2021)
35. Tindersticks – Tue-Moi (Distractions, City Slang, 2021)
36. Durand Jones & The Indications feat Y La Bamba – Cruising to the Parque (single, Dead Oceans, 2021)
37. Steven van Betten and Andrew Rowan – Herman (No Branches Witout Trees, 2021)
38. Jeffrey Silverstein – River Running By (single, 2021)
39. Peter Oren – Snow Don’t Fall (single, Sentinel Species, 2021)
40. Jason McNiff – Wherever I Choose (single, 2021)
41. The Bones of J.R. Jones – Stay Wild (single, Tone Tree, 2021)
42. Simon Flory – The More You Talk (The Less I Hear) (single, 2021)
43. Dark Tea – Deanna (single, Fire Talk, 2021)
44. Mojohand – Hold On (single, 2021)
45. Drew Danburry – Song to Long (single, 2021)
46. Mac Leaphart – Window from the Sky (Music City Joke, 2021)
47. Tiffany Williams – California (I’ll Be Back Soon EP, 2021)
48. Steady Holiday – Exactly What It Means (Take The Corners Gently, 2021)
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.
OCTA Music Weekly – Episode #122
February 14, 2021 § Leave a comment
Another week, another new music weekly.
This seemed like a surprisingly slow release week or I managed to miss a lot of good stuff. Could go either way. The big ones for me this week were the new album from Steady Holiday and new EP from Tiffany Williams. We also got excellent new releases from Avi Vinocur, Wolf van Elfmand, Mac Leaphart, Beth Lee, The Craig Torso Show and Rue Snider (live EP). Because it was a bit slow week, I revisited bunch of great albums from last week’s monster list.
The Finnish section is also super short with just the singles from Tams and Jonas and I. There had to be more.
And last but not least the international singles. There’s a new one from Melissa Carper and just like the first, it’s absolutely wonderful. I can’t wait to hear the album, because I really love these advance singles. Elephant Micah announced a new album and released a single. That is always a big deal. The new Dan Edmonds single is also pure gold. Hand Habits and Little Mazarn dropped some cover magic. Then there’s some pop treats later on like singles from The Legal Matters, Why Dogs Why and Radio Days. And that’s just to name a few.
That’s it for this week. Love from a distance.
1. Steady Holiday – Repeat (Take the Corners Gently, 2021)
2. Tiffany Williams – You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive (I’ll Be Back Soon EP, 2021)
3. Melissa Carper – I Almost Forgot About You (single, Mae Music, 2021)
4. Avi Vinocur – Go North (Hindsight, 2 Cent Bank Check, 2021)
5. Wolf van Elfmand – Sweet Regret (All Blue, 2021)
6. Elephant Micah – Glacier Advisors (single, Western Vinyl, 2021)
7. Dan Edmonds feat Luka Kuplowsky and Caitlin Woelfle-O’Brien – The Morning (single, 2021)
8. Katy Kirby – Portals (single, Keeled Scales, 2021)
9. Hand Habits – I Believe In You (single, Saddle Creek, 2021)
10. Little Mazarn – Werewolf (single, Kill Rock Stars, 2021)
11. Rose City Band – Lonely Places (single, Thrill Jockey Records, 2021)
12. Parker Millsap – Vulnerable (single, Okrahoma Records, 2021)
13. Mac Leaphart – El Paso Kid (Music City Joke, 2021)
14. Beth Lee – Yale St and 45 (Waiting on You Tonight, 2021)
15. The Local Honeys – Dying To Make a Living (single, La Honda Records, 2021)
16. Sarah King – Not Worth the Whisky (single, 2021)
17. DL Rossi – Whiskey (single, 2021)
18. Olivia Ellen Lloyd – Sorrow (single, 2021)
19. David Huckfelt – Hidden Made Known (single, Gamblers Dharma Records, 2021)
20. Nick Waterhouse – Very Blue (single, Innovative Leisure, 2021)
21. Ottoman Turks – Wound Up (single, State Fair Records, 2021)
22. Why Dogs Why – T.O.C (single, 2021)
23. The Legal Matters – Light Up the Sky (single, Futureman Records, 2021)
24. Radio Days – Till the End of the Night (single, Ammonia Records, 2021)
25. The Craig Torso Show – Ellen Thompson’s Guide to Mortality (Estonian Breakfast Strategies, 2021)
26. Mikey Erg – Rumblestrip (single, Rad Girlfriend Records, 2021)
27. Stoner Control – Sparkle Endlessly (single, 2021)
28. Rue Snider – Stories (Live at Pete’s Candy Store Pt2 EP, 2021)
29. Peter Oren – The Search for a Marketable Product (single, Sentinel Species, 2021)
30. Advance Base – Easy’s Gettin’ Harder Every Day (single, Orindal Records, 2021)
31. John Blek – Like a Child (single, Warr, 2021)
32. Jonas and I – Shouts of the Coal Mine (single, Humu Records, 2021)
33. Tams – Surkeat bileet (single, 2021)
34. The Weather Station – Heart (Ignorance, Fat Possum, 2021)
35. Sun June – Everywhere (Somewhere, Run For Cover, 2021)
36. Tele Novella – One Little Pearl (Merlynn Belle, Kill Rock Stars, 2021)
37. Aaron Lee Tasjan – Another Lonely Day (Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! New West Records, 2021)
38. Bingo Rider – The Man In Me (Bingo Rider EP, 2021)
39. Quinn Pilgrim – Jeremiah (Jericho Dream, Partially Sealed Records, 2021)
40. Drayton Farley – Stoic Faces (A Hard Up Life, Hargrove Records, 2021)
41. Lowstar Rodeo – Toward the Light (Home Sweet Nowhere, 2021)
42. Curtis McMurtry – Around My Neck (Toothless Messiah, 2021)
43. Pony Bradshaw – Guru (Calico Jim, Black Mountain Music, 2021)
44. Austin James Craig – Sweet Virginia (Violet and Still, 2021)
45. Isaac Vallentin – The Ballad of Nunangat (“..” 2021)
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.
OCTA Music Weekly – Episode #121
February 7, 2021 § Leave a comment
Another week, another new music weekly.
My heart was not in this last week, so this weekly tries to tackle the new releases from the past two weeks. Therefore it’s a bit longer than normally. I’ll get back to the usual weekly routine after this one.
The Weather Station, Pony Bradshaw, Aaron Lee Tasjan and Lucero were my most anticipated album releases, but the ones I actually listened the most were the surprise albums from Isaac Vallentin and Austin James Craig. There’s still something about that catching one off guard thing. The Boys with the Perpetual Nervousness, Sun June, Quinn Pilgrim, Tele Novella, Drayton Farley, Curtis McMurtry, Taco Tapes, Lowstar Rodeo, Jocelyn Mackenzie, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Ben Varian, Jordan Krimston, The Laughing Chimes, Buzzy Lee, Sitka Sun and Crystal Canyon also released great new albums and Bingo Rider dropped a gorgeous EP. A few of those might be from earlier January.
There’s also some Bandcamp albums only that I highly recommend. There’s new albums from Steve Sloane, John Calvin Abney, Ryan Allen and an EP by Charlotte Moroz & Guy Capecelatro III. And probably lots more.
The Finnish section has a great run of singles from Litku Klemetti, Hulda Huima, Janne Laurila, Samae Koskinen, Arppa, Black Twig, Verandan, Bobby Oroza, Lettoman and Juha Mäki-Patola. Oh and then there’s an EP from Puiset Heilat.
The big international single is the fabulous new song from all-time greats Teenage Fanclub. I also really love the new single from Michael Feuerstack. Jay Gonzalez announced a new album and released a first single from it. Some other cool things were new songs from Carla Geneve, Roseanne Reid, Via Mardot, Dan Wriggins, Sunny War, Jason Sinkhorn and so forth. As usual, I could namedrop them all tell here, but you’ll find them from the list below.
That is all for this week. Thank you for reading and listening. Love from a distance.
1. Isaac Vallentin – Diane in the Morning Light (“…” 2021)
2. Pony Bradshaw – Bodark (Calico Jim, Black Mountain Music, 2021)
3. The Weather Station – Separated (Ignorance, Fat Possum Records, 2021)
4. Aaron Lee Tasjan – Sunday Women (Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan, New West Records, 2021)
5. The Boys with the Perpetual Nervousness – Waking up in the Sunshine (Songs From Another Life, Bobo Integral, 2021)
6. Teenage Fanclub – I’m More Inclined (single, PeMa, 2021)
7. Jay Gonzalez – (I Wanna) Hold You (single, Middlebrow Records, 2021)
8. Michael Feuerstack – Time to Burn (single, Forward Music Group, 2021)
9. Sun June – Bad With Time (Somewhere, Run For Cover Records, 2021)
10. Tele Novella – Desiree (Merlynn Belle, Kill Rock Stars, 2021)
11. Austin James Craig – A Mountain Called Home (Violet and Still, 2021)
12. Quinn Pilgrim – Helpless One (Jericho Dream, Partially Sealed Records, 2021)
13. Drayton Farley – Blue Collar (A Hard Up Life, Hargrove Records, 2021)
14. Curtis McMurtry – You Need Me to Betray You (Toothless Messiah, 2021)
15. Lucero – Back in Ohio (When You Found Me, Liberty & Lament, 2021)
16. Carla Geneve – Dog Eared (single, Dot Dash Recordings, 2021)
17. Tuns – My Memories (single, Murderecords, 2021)
18. Verandan – Hideaway (single, Soliti, 2021)
19. Megan Nash – Quiet (single, MDM Recordings, 2021)
20. Roseanne Reid – Tentsmuir Sky (single, Last Man Music, 2021)
21. Jason Sinkhorn – The Highest Highs (single, 2021)
22. Taco Tapes – Melinda (Trad is Rad, American Standard Time Records, 2021)
23. Sunny War – Lucid Lucy (single, Hen House Studios, 2021)
24. Lasers Lasers Birmingham – Makin’ a Scene (single, 2021)
25. Lowstar Rodeo – These Walls & Me (Home Sweet Nowhere, 2021)
26. Bingo Rider – Stealin’ (Bingo Rider EP, 2021)
27. Jake Xerxes Fussell – Copper Kettle (single, Paradise of Bachelors, 2021)
28. Via Mardot – Stocks (single, Eurotown Records, 2021)
29. Litku Klemetti – Tour De France (single, Luova Records, 2021)
30. Hulda Huima – Valo välttää tietä (single, Helmi Levyt, 2021)
31. Janne Laurila – Salaliittoteoria (single, Soit Se Silti, 2021)
32. Arppa – Laila (single, Arppa Music, 2021)
33. Samae Koskinen – Suudellaan (single, Kaiku Recordings, 2021)
34. Valley Maker – Instrument (single, Frenchkiss Records, 2021)
35. Timid, the Brave – St. Maria (single, 2021)
36. Small Houses – Good Apology (Scratch Tracks#3) (single, 2021)
37. Jocelyn Mackenzie – Primate (Push, Righteous Babe Records, 2021)
38. Dan Wriggins – Mr. Chill (single, Orindal Records, 2021)
39. Jason McCue – First Time (single, Fluff and Gravy Records, 2021)
40. Lincoln Barr – Already Caught (single, 2021)
41. Kyle Cox and Franc Castillejos – Noche y Tequila / Tequila Nights (single, 2021)
42. Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio – Hole In One (I Told You So, Colemine Records, 2021)
43. Bobby Oroza – I Got Love (single, Big Crown Records, 2021)
44. Justin Rutledge – Jellybean (single, Outside Music, 2021)
45. Graham Hunt – Scraping the Road (single, Forged Artifacts, 2021)
46. The Laughing Chimes – Try to Change My Mind (In This Town, Tiny Shed Recordigns, 2021)
47. Randolph’s Leap – BMH (single, Fika Recordigns, 2021)
48. Black Twig – Big Cat (single, Soliti, 2021)
49. Jordan Krimston – Betty (Bushwhacking, 2021)
50. Noah Chenfeld – Born to Run (single, 2021)
51. Moontype – About You (single, Born Yesterday Records, 2021)
52. Painted Shrines – Heaven and Holy (single, Woodsist, 2021)
53. Ben Varian – One Note Blue (One Hundred Breakfast with the Book, Lobby Art, 2021)
54. The Good Graces – Stopped Making Plans (single, 2021)
55. Craig Finn – Calvary Court (single, Partisan Records, 2021)
56. Birger Olsen – Color of Spring (single, 2021)
57. Hamilton Boyce – Easter Cactus (single, 2021)
58. Eric Bolander – Cold Men (single, 2021)
59. Roger Harvey – What a Weird Hill to Die On (single, Lion’s Tooth, 2021)
60. The Bones of J.R. Jones – Bad Moves (single, Tone Tree Music, 2021)
61. Mac Leaphart – Honey, Shake! (single, 2021)
62. Sara Petite – Misfits (single, JTMMusic, 2021)
63. Tejon Street Corner Thieves – Deal Rag (single, Liar’s Club, 2021)
64. Lettoman – Letto song (single, 2021)
65. Puiset heilat – Koto ja nili (Puiset Heilat EP, Viipurin piraatti, 2021)
66. Crystal Canyon – Boomerang (Yours With Affection and Sorrow, Repeating Cloud, 2021)
67. Adult Mom – Sober (single, Epitaph, 2021)
68. Buzzy Lee – Rules (Spoiled Love, Future Classic, 2021)
69. Skullcrusher – Song For Nick Drake (single, Secretly Canadian, 2021)
70. Will Graefe – Coral Court Model (single, 11A Records, 2021)
71. M G Boulter – Midnight Movies (single, Hudson Records, 2021)
72. Adeline Hotel – Reliable Feelings (single, Ruination Record Co, 2021)
73. Juha Mäki-Patola – Waves (single, Hush Hush Records, 2021)
74. Shabason, Krgovich & Harris – The Flowers in my Parent’s Yard (single, Idee Fixe Records, 2021)
75. Ryan Dugre – Glace Bay (single, 11A Records, 2021)
76. Sitka Sun – Seek to Spare (All the Way West, The Long Road Society, 2021)
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.
OCTA Music Weekly – Episode #120
January 24, 2021 § Leave a comment
Another week, another new music weekly.
I got distracted with hockey trade news and didn’t have time to listen to new music that much. A new week and a new bad excuse. But I’ll do a better job eventually. Thankfully the release schedule isn’t super crowded in January.
The new albums this week came from This Frontier Needs Heroes, Mason Lindahl and Typhoon. That powerpop album from The Airport 77s is an earlier January release. There’s also an EP from Madeline Kenney.
From Finland the big one for me is the new single from Kielo Kärkkäinen. There’s also new albums from Suad and Mama Longhorn and a single from Nina Kaitaranta. Also revisiting Haamusoittajat EP from the past week.
Then there’s the international singles and there’s plenty of good ones. The new Melissa Carper single was the one I loved the most, but I’m also very fond of the new ones from Clara Mann, Hand Habits, Janet Simpson and Jerry Leger. And as usual, all the other ones are worthy of a namedrop too, but you’ll find them from the list below.
That’s it for now. Love from a distance.
1. Melissa Carper – Makin’ Memories (single, Mae Music, 2021)
2. Janet Simpson – Nashville Girls (single, Cornelius Chapel Records, 2021)
3. This Frontier Needs Heroes – Don’t Hate Your Hometown (Go With the Flow, 2021)
4. Jerry Leger – Jumped in the Humber (single, 2021)
5. Clara Mann – Thoughtless (single, Sad Club Records, 2021)
6. Hand Habits – 4th of July (single, Saddle Creek, 2021)
7. Kielo Kärkkäinen – Laulajan työtä (single, Texicalli, 2021)
8. Leanne Betamosake Simpson – OK Indicts (single, You’ve Changed Records, 2021)
9. Katy Kirby – Juniper (single, Keeled Scales, 2021)
10. Nathan K and Sara Beth Go – Maybe Next Year (single, 2021)
11. The Boys with the Perpetual Nervousness – Rose Tinted Glass (single, Bobo Integral, 2021)
12. The Speedways – This Is About a Girl Who Loves the Sun (single, Snap Records, 2021)
13. The Airport 77s – Christine Coming Over (Rotation, 2021)
14. Suad – The Burn (Waves, Svart Records, 2021)
15. Jocelyn Mackenzie – Mango Leather (single, Righteous Babe Records, 2021)
16. John Paul Keith – I Don’t Wanna Know (single, Wild Honey Records, 2021)
17. Thee Sacred Souls – It’s Our Love (single, Daptone Records, 2021)
18. Valerie June feat Carla Thomas – Call Me A Fool (single, Fantasy Records, 2021)
19. Amanda Shires – Our Problem (single, Silver Knife Records, 2021)
20. Madeline Kenney – Summer Quarter (Summer Quarter EP, Carpark Records, 2021)
21. Dark Tea – Highway Mile (single, Fire Talk, 2021)
22. Field Medic – chamomile (single, Run For Cover Records, 2021)
23. The Pink Stones – Blueberry Dream (single, Normaltown Records, 2021)
24. Simon Flory – Peter Mack Built a Semi Truck (single, 2021)
25. Mac Leaphart – That Train (single, 2021)
26. Song Sparrow Research – Wherever Time Takes Us (single, 2021)
27. Bryan Joseph Appleby – Domino (single, 2021)
28. Mama Longhorn – The Smiles and the Lies (Let It Run, Soit Se Silti, 2021)
29. Nina Kaitaranta – Uunilintu (single, Kaita Records, 2021)
30. Maria BC – Devil’s Rain (single, Fear of Missing Out Records, 2021)
31. Cameron Knowler and Eli Winter – Strawberry Milk (single, American Dreams Records, 2021)
32. Mason Lindahl – Kissing Rosy in the Rain (Kissing Rosy in the Rain, Tompkins Square Records, 2021)
33. Typhoon – Empire Builder (Sympathetic Magic, Roll Call Records, 2021)
34. Pearl Charles – Slipping Away (Magic Mirror, Kanine Records, 2021)
35. Buck Meek – Halo Light (Two Saviors, Keeled Scales, 2021)
36. Haamusoittajat – Tähtien liimailija (Aikojen pyörteissä EP, 2020/2021)
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.
OCTA Music Weekly – Episode #119
January 17, 2021 § Leave a comment
Another week, another new music weekly.
Back with the weekly release round up. Still slightly rushed effort and therefore this might have even more holes than normally.
January release schedule is always a bit slow, but we have a couple of big album releases. Namely from Pearl Charles, Buck Meek and Matthew Sweet. Other new international full-lenghts on the playlist are from Midnight Sister, Kate Davis. Oh yeah and great live record from Daniel Norgren. A few EPs too from Christian Lee Hutson and Death Cab for Cutie.
A couple Finnish treasures too. There’s a new EP from Treemer, new album from Radio Supernova and single from Black Twig. Oh yeah and I also included the EP from Haamusoittajat. That was a Bandcamp release in late 2020 that now become available on these streaming services too. I think it’s absolutely wonderful, so check it out if you missed it at the time.
Some sweet international singles too. I loved that Steady Holiday song and the music video is super lovely as well. Other favorites came from Hiss Golden Messenger, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Jess Locke, Renee Reed, Lael Neale, Wild Earp, Parker Millsap, Aviva Le Fey and Painted Shrines. Just to name a few. You’ll find all the rest equally good tunes from the list below.
That’s it for this week. Thank you for reading and listening. Love from a distance.
1. Pearl Charles – All the Way (Magic Mirror, Kanine Records, 2021)
2. Buck Meek – Two Saviors (Two Saviors, Keeled Scales, 2021)
3. Haamusoittajat – Ahvenheinä (Aikojen pyörteissä EP, 2020/2021)
4. Steady Holiday – Love Me When I Go to Sleep (single, 2021)
5. Hiss Golden Messenger – Sanctuary (single, Merge Records, 2021)
6. Aaron Lee Tasjan – Don’t Overthink It (single, New West Records, 2021)
7. Matthew Sweet – Best Of Me (Catspaw, Omnivore Recordigns, 2021)
8. Treemer – Storm (Storm EP, Soft Monsters, 2021)
9. Jess Locke – Dead and Gone (single, Dot Dash Recordings, 2021)
10. Renee Reed – Fast One (single, Keeled Scales, 2021)
11. Lael Neale – Blue Vein (single, Sub Pop Records, 2021)
12. Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno – Love and Chains (single, Free Dirt Records, 2021)
13. Wild Earp – Same Old Sorry Lesson (single, Western Myth Records, 2021)
14. Parker Millsap – The Real Thing (single, Okrahoma Records, 2021)
15. Ana Egge – This Time (single, StorySound Records, 2021)
16. Aviva Le Fey – I Am California (single, 2021)
17. Christian Lee Hutson – Dancing Queen (The Version Suicides Vol1 EP Anti-, 2021)
18. Painted Shrines – Gone (single, Woodsist, 2021)
19. Fruit Bats – Holy Rose (single, Merge Records, 2021)
20. Clever Girls – Baby Blue (single, EggHunt, 2021)
21. Minor Moon – No Lightning Fix (single, 2021)
22. Jim Rioux feat Jolie Holland – Some Kind of Ghost (single, Burst & Bloom Records, 2021)
23. Karima Walker – Horizon, Harbor Resonance (single, Keeled Scales, 2021)
24. Julien Baker – Hardline (single, Matador, 2021)
25. Tele Novella – Paper Crown (single, Kill Rock Stars, 2021)
26. Leland Sundries – Another Friday Night News Dump (single, L’Echiquier Records, 2020)
27. Dave Dondero & the Ione Nothings – Trump Virus (single, 2021)
28. JP Harris – Take Off Your Tin Foil Hat (single, 2021)
29. Lucero – Back In Ohio (single, Liberty & Lament, 2021)
30. Nick Waterhouse – Place Names (single, Innovative Leisure, 2021)
31. Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio – Careless Whisper (single, Colemine Records, 2021)
32. Stevie Fontaine – Right Girl, Wrong Time (single, Mango Hill Records, 2021)
33. Aaron Frazer – Love Is (Introducing.. Dead Oceans / Easy Eye Sound, 2021)
34. Mo Kenney – Hard On You (single, turtlemusic, 2021)
35. Amy Speace and The Orphan Brigade– There Used to Be Horses Here (single, Windbone, 2021)
36. Matt Hectorne – The Undertow (single, 2021)
37. Carl Anderson – Damn Thing (single, Tone Tree Music, 2021)
38. Tim Cohen – Give Me Yours (single, 2021)
39. Black Twig – Devils Please Be Gone (single, Soliti, 2021)
40. Radio Supernova – Vapaa (Takaisin, Soit Se Silti, 2021)
41. Kitty Kat Fan Club – Choked by the Weeds (single, Asian Man Records, 2021)
42. Death Cab For Cutie – Flirted With You All My Life (Georgia EP, Atlantic, 2021)
43. Kate Davis – I’ll Do Anything by Break Dance for Ya Darling (Strange Boy, Solitaire Recordings, 2021)
44. Gia Margaret – Solid Heart (single, Sleep Rock, 2021)
45. Jacques Labouchere – ? in D (single, Never Grow Old Records, 2021)
46. Garrison Starr – The Devil in Me (single, 2021)
47. Ian Fisher – It Ain’t Me (single, 2021)
48. Zoe & Cloyd – Paper Crowns (single, Organic Records, 2021)
49. Midnight Sister – Satellite (Painting the Roses, Jagjaguwar, 2021)
50. Darci Phenix – No Matter What (Wishbone, Team Love Records, 2021)
51. Ryan Dugre – Old Hotel (single, 11A Records, 2021)
52. Taco Tapes – Blue Tooth Skip (single, American Standard Time Records, 2021)
53. Daniel Norgren – Like There Was a Door – live (Live, Superpuma Records, 2021)
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.
OCTA Music Weekly – Episode #118
January 10, 2021 § Leave a comment
Another week, another new music weekly.
Another year too. It does seem that breaks are bad, because I really struggled to find the motivation and energy to start again. Maybe I’ll get the hang of this soon, because I do want to continue through this 20th anniversary year. I did this first one rather quickly, so I’m sure I missed a ton of releases. I also trusted my memory far too much, because I didn’t take any notes through the break and sort of thought that I will remember what came out. There’s at least some late December album releases that I couldn’t for the life of me remember anymore. I’ll include them later, if my memory gets better but I doubt it. I think one that I meant to listen had something to do with Dylan Rodrigue. It wasn’t his, but maybe he played on it or just shared it on social media. Not the Izaak Opatz one. I did cover that. Anyway, here’s the new playlist. It features the new January 8 releases plus some stuff from the earlier weeks.
The big new album releases came from Aaron Frazer, Steve Earle and Darci Phenix. In fact, those are only new albums on the list. Besides them, we got some fantastic new singles this week from Clara Baker, The Weather Station, Dillon Warnek and Sun June. Some earlier personal favorites on the list are the singles from Dylan Rodrigue, Heather Valley (Molina cover), Libby DeCamp and Sie Sie Benhoff. But as usual, I might as well namedrop them all.
The Finnish highlight of the past weeks is Kyyhky by Marian Valinta. It’s a song that I loved madly in the early 00s and apparently I still do. One that always hits the core of my heart. Other Finnish treasures this week are the singles from Hot Heros and Janne Laurila, Icons of Elegance and Mama Longhorn.
Anyway, that is all for this first week. Hopefully I’ll do a better job next week. Now some grocery shopping, dinner and back to NFL playoffs. Love from a distance.
1. Aaron Frazer – You Don’t Wanna Be My Baby (Introducing.. Dead Oceans / Easy Eye Sound, 2021)
2. The Weather Station – Atlantic (single, Fat Possum Records, 2021)
3. Clara Baker – Body (single, 2021)
4. Darci Phenix – Bruised Knees (Wishbone, Team Love, 2021)
5. Steve Earle – Lone Pine Hill (J.T. New West Records, 2021)
6. Dillon Warnek – Good Man (single, Unsigned Records, 2021)
7. Tommy Alexander – River Run Down (single, 2021)
8. Charley Crockett – I Can Help (single, The Next Waltz, 2021)
9. Dylan Rodrigue – Forgetting (single, 2021)
10. Marian Valinta – Kyyhky (single, 2021)
11. Adeline Hotel – Photographic Memory (single, Ruination Record Co, 2021)
12. Cassandra Jenkins – Michaelangelo (single, Ba Da Bing Records, 2021)
13. Sun June – Everything I Had (single, Run For Cover Records, 2021)
14. Buck Meek – Candle (single, Keeled Scales, 2021)
15. Heather Valley – Whip Poor Will (single, 2020)
16. Sunny War – Nothing to Lose (single, Piece of Pie Records, 2021)
17. Aaron Lee Tasjan – Feminine Walk (single, New West Records, 2020)
18. Mo Troper – The Perfect Song (single, Tender Loving Empire, 2020)
19. Randolph’s Leap – Moment Passed (single, Fika Recordings, 2021)
20. Valley Maker – No One Is Missing (single, Frenchkiss Records, 2021)
21. Ian Daniel Kehoe – Don’t Stop Fallin In Love (single, Tin Angel Records, 2021)
22. Icons of Elegance – Two Coffee Morning (single, Dinner With Daisy Records, 2021)
23. Bergen – Det Jag Vill Minnas (single, Skulden, 2021)
24. The Boys With the Perpetual Nervousness – Can’t You See? (single, Bobo Integral, 2020)
25. Diners – In the New Year (single, 2020)
26. Hot Heros and Janne Laurila – Aurinko uppoaa (single, Playground, 2021)
27. Vagabon feat Courtney Barnett – Reason to Believe (single, Nonesuch Records, 2021)
28. Lyre – Season to Change (single, 2020)
29. Colby Falkner James – You Will Always Change Your Mind (single, 2021)
30. Kassi Valazza – Cayuse (OurVinyl Sessions) (single, 2021)
31. Libby DeCamp – Orchard (single, 2020)
32. Maya De Vitry – Working Man (single, Mad Maker Studio, 2021)
33. Sie Sie Benhoff – Night Train (single, Texas Forever, 2021)
34. Timbo – How Much Did it Cost (single, Cardinal Club, 2021)
35. Mama Longhorn – Black Bridge (single, Soit Se Silti, 2021)
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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