In a surprising contender for first new exceptional album of the year, James Yorkston teams up with Swedish folk-rock-ish outfit The Second Hand Orchestra to deliver “The Wide, Wide River”, a “krautfolk” machine that got us hooked at first listen.
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Bolachas Now Playing, a new music Spotify playlist, updated every Wednesday.
It’s been a while since Mary Chapin Carpenter was topping charts and earning Grammies while on a major label, but her songs – the rootsy, the country, and the folky ones – have never sounded wiser and personal than they do now. Plus: new tracks by the one and only Chico da Tina, Melt Yourself Down, Moor X Jewelry, Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids, The Budos Band, Jaga Jazzist, Kamaal Williams, Lianne La Havas, Kate Bollinger, Yellow Days, Tim Heidecker, Helvetia, Dehd, Daniel Blumberg, Jason Ogden (of Penny Blacks), Jason Molina Music, Sarah Davachi, Shirley Collins, Garcia Peoples, the Mountain Goats, Jenny O., WIDOWSPEAK, Dawes, and Shabason, Krgovich & Harris.
Bolachas Now Playing, a new music Spotify playlist, updated every Wednesday.
We have been waiting for this one for months. After some delays, Protomartyr’s fifth album is finally out now. Our favorite contemporary post-punk band is back and it brings a bunch of guitar-heavy tracks along. Because it’s the summer and that’s how we roll when it’s warm outside. Plus: new tracks by Crack Cloud, Silverbacks, Metz, Zombi, Bully, Tiña, Asher Gamedze, Ambrose Akinmusire, Yin Yin, Future Islands, Genevieve Artadi, Kacy Hill, Wye Oak, Samantha Crain, Widowspeak, She Keeps Bees, Sylvie Simmons, Mary Lattimore, Cat Clyde, Bill Callahan, Gillian Welch, Buck Meek, Astral Swans, David Ramirez, Dogwood Tales, The Texas Gentlemen, El Michels Affair, and Dojo Cuts.
Bolachas Now Playing, 22/2017 (#107):
Ride – Lannoy Point
Zebra Hunt – Bad Terms
H. Hawkline – Means That Much
Dave Depper – Your Voice on the Radio (ft. Laura Gibson)
Widowspeak – Dog
She Keeps Bees – Head of Steak
Coco Hames – Tiny Pieces
Heliocentrics – The Silverback
Jeff Tweedy – In A Future Age
Jeff Tweedy – Lost Love
Bedouine – Mind’s Eye
Bedouine – One Of These Days
James Elkington – Sister of Mine
Harrison Storm – Change It All
Palace – Holy Smoke (acoustic)
My Bubba – Veronica
Katie von Schleicher – Paranoia
Richard Dawson – Masseuse
Rayland Baxter’s sophomore album, Imaginary Man, is the highlight of the week on our Spotify playlist. There are also two songs off the new beautiful Joan Shelley record, along with new songs by our buddy Kevin Morby, Andrew Combs, Lou Barlow, Donnie Fritts, The Apartments, Widowspeak, Julia Holter, and Liz Harris’ Helen.