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#43: Alex Bleeker & the Freaks, “Country Agenda”

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Post date November 13, 2015

This week on our playlist we bring you songs from two nice new records from Americans Alex Bleeker [Real Estate’s bassist] & the Freaks and Israel Nash, while also presenting new Daptone signees The Mystery Lights. There’s also new songs by Rodrigo Amarante (which happens to be Narcos’ theme song), Tindersticks, dvsn, Floating Points, Juçara Marçal, Chris Stapleton’s duet with his wife from his record Traveller, which came out a few months ago, and a cut from Kurt Vile’s latest live Spotify session. Here you go:

Tags alex bleeker & the freaks, chris stapleton, dvsn, floating points, israel nash, juçara marçal, kurt vile, rodrigo amarante, the mystery lights, tindersticks

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#41-42: Josh Ritter, “Sermon on the Rocks”

Post author By bolachas
Post date November 6, 2015

We felt like taking a week off from our playlist-making… so here’s a backlog of great songs we listened to in the last couple of weeks: Bolachas Now Playing 41-42/2015! More than a hour and a half of songs for your listening pleasure, featuring Josh Ritter, Jeffrey Lewis, Jacob Faurholt, Rodney Crowell, Nap Eyes, Promised Land Sound, Eleanor Friedberger, Martin Courtney, Red River Dialect, Dave Rawlings Machine, Actual Wolf, Natalie Prass, Rudimental ft. Bobby Womack, yes I’m typing everything and not just pasting names, Ephemerals, Jamie Woon, John Grant, Freddie Gibbs, Blood Orange, The Album Leaf, and Floating Points. Enjoy it.

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#40: Corb Lund, “Things that Can’t Be Undone”

Post author By bolachas
Post date October 23, 2015

After some low-key weeks there were plenty of great new albums being released in the last couple of weeks. Joanna Newsom could be the highlight here, but she openly dislikes Spotify, so the Canadian cowboy Corb Lund takes the crown this week. Other highlights include Blitzen Trapper, Amy Speace and Beach House’s new albums (2 songs each). Listen:

Tags amy speace, beach house, blitzen trapper, corb lund, des ark, esmerine, gun outfit, hot chip, taxiwars

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#39: John Grant, “Grey Tickles, Black Pressure”

Post author By bolachas
Post date October 16, 2015

This week, on our 15-song playlist, we’ll focus on the new John Grant record, which is probably his best album to date. There are two songs off the new Saintseneca album, a band that is an old favorite of Bolachas. We hope this is their real breakthrough. Ciara, Kelela and Tinashe’s new singles are three brand new pop nuggets we can’t get enough of and, of course, you’ll find them here; look out for new songs by Zombi, Protomartyr, James Vincent McMorrow, Weyes Blood, and Daniel Martin Moore. And although we know it’s Friday and there’s no time for #TBTs or whatever people celebrate on Thursdays in 2015, check out a new version of Minta’s “Future Me” by They’re Heading West featuring Peixe and absolute classic “Such a Night”, which was just reissued along with 61 other Dr. John songs. Such a week.

Tags ciara, daniel martin moore, dr. john, james vincent mcmorrow, john grant, kelela, peixe, protomartyr, saintseneca, they're heading west, tinashe, weyes blood, zombi

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#38: Donnie Fritts, “Oh My Goodness”

Post author By bolachas
Post date October 9, 2015

Our playlist #38 has a lot of songs in it. The new Donnie Fritts record, Oh My Goodness just came out, and there’s two songs off it on our playlist. But it was pretty difficult for us to find a consensus on which album to put on the spotlight: there’s also two songs off new records by U.S. Girls, Mercury Rev, and Robert Forster to listen to, along with new or recent songs by Tindersticks, Kurt Vile, They’re Heading West (a beautiful Samuel Úria cover, featuring the man himself), Daniel Knox, Geir Sundstøl, and Glen Hansard. Listen to the playlist below and don’t forget to follow the main playlist here and check all the songs we’ve been championing since the first week of the year here.

Tags daniel knox, donnie fritts, geir sundstøl, glen hansard, kurt vile, mercury rev, robert forster, samuel úria, they're heading west, tindersticks, u.s. girls