This week on our playlist we showcase the new albums by case/lang/veirs — a collaboration between, yes, Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs — and Brandy Clark, one of our favorite country singers of the past years. But there’s more: plenty of American singer-songwriters have been releasing great songs lately, so you know what to expect from this week’s Bolachas Now Playing.
Happy release day to Andy Shauf, whose record The Party is our album of the week! Old favorites Super Furry Animals and Wolf Parade are also back with their first new songs in a while. Plus: new songs by Okkervil River, Karl Blau, Marissa Nadler, Brandy Clark, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Fruit Bats, White Denim, Speedy Ortiz, Mitski, Cullen Omori, Plaid, and Kaytranada.
The latest Grant-Lee Phillips album and the Jason Molina RSD 7″ (with two previously unreleased Townes Van Zandt covers) are our records of the week.
Bolachas Now Playing is back with plenty of new music after the holiday season. David Bowie would still be featured even if he was alive – his latest record, Blackstar, is undoubtedly the first highlight of 2016. Some old favorites will be releasing new records this winter/spring (Explosions in the Sky, Tortoise, Woods, Yeasayer, Basia Bulat, Eleanor Friedberger), some are just starting (Cam, Anderson Paak, Margo Price) but there’s so much more: new tracks by Villagers, Jacob Faurholt, Matthew E. White & Natalie Prass, Santigold, and Brandy Clark. Here’s the first Bolachas Now Playing of the year, the 49th since we first started.