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#205: Big Thief, “Two Hands”

 

Yes, they did it again. Five months after releasing their third album in four years, Big Thief are back with yet another record that might even surpass its predecessor. Can’t wait to see what the future brings for them. Plus: new tracks by Twain, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Vetiver, Michael Nau, Pat Hull, Illiterate Light, BODEGA, Caribou, Girl Ray, Nilüfer Yanya, Kim Gordon, Girl Band, Lightning Bolt, Angélica Salvi, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Eric Bachmann, The Delines, Jason James, Elijah Ocean, Theo Lawrence, and Sharaya Summers.

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#196: Ada Lea, “what we say in private”

‘what we say in private’ is the debut album by Canadian singer-songwriter/painter/visual artist Alexandra Levy, or Ada Lea. It’s been out for less than a handful of days but it’s already one of our indie rock albums of the year. Is it because its opening song sounds like a lost track off Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’s recording sessions that eventually morphs into a more layered Big Thief song, while never sounding like a tribute to either bands? Or maybe it’s because of the stellar songwriting in it. We don’t know. Let’s just listen.

Plus: new tracks by Wilco (the new kind of Wilco, not the old YHF one), Andrew Combs, Strange Ranger, Long Beard, Aviva le Fey, Shannon Lay, Joan Shelley, Holy Golden (now known as Dolly Valentine), Summer Salt, Grace Lightman, Bleached, Roselit Bone, Trash Kit, Fly Pan Am, Adam Green, Tony Molina, Leon Bridges, Whitney, RF Shannon, Hiss Golden Messenger, Joe Pug, Jim Lauderdale, and Twain + The Deslondes.

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#173: Better Oblivion Community Center, “Better Oblivion Community Center”

Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers have just dropped a surprise in the form of a collaborative LP, Better Oblivion Community Center. It ended up being, of course, our album of the week. Plus: brand new songs by Heather Woods BroderickSharon Van Etten, Lambchop, Lady Lamb, Vampire Weekend, Jenny Lewis, Ryan Adams, Robert Ellis, Michaela Anne, I’m With HerSallim, Hand Habits, White Fence, Julia Jacklinthe Mountain Goats, Michael Chapman, and Twain.

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#172: Pedro the Lion, “Phoenix”

Pedro The Lion’s first record since David Bazan went solo after 2004’s Achilles Heel is our album of the week. Here’s to hoping an European tour is in the works: it’s been almost six years since we hosted one of the most beautiful concerts we ever promoted. Plus: new tracks by Night Beats, Ryan Bingham, Matthew Logan Vasquez, Blank Range,Strand of Oaks, Ex Hex, Cass McCombs, The Comet is Coming, Lala Lala & Why?, Alice Phoebe Lou, Tiny Ruins, Weyes Blood, Mandolin OrangeH.C. McEntire, Townes Van Zandt, Twain, Bob Sumner Music, Steve Gunn, Bonnie Prince Billy, The Wild Reeds, and Teddy and the Rough Riders.

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163: Current 93, “The Light is Leaving Us All”

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Current 93’s new album “The Light Is Leaving Us All” is probably David Tibet’s best work since 2006’s “Black Ships Ate the Sky”. Yes, there’s no modern cowboy or cowgirl in the cover this week. Deal with it. But there’s one hour and a half of new music by Ty Segall, Pip Blom, The Black LilliesNight Shop, The Skiffle Players, Beirut, Daniel Romano, The Watson Twins, The Weather StationJennifer Castle, Tiny Ruins, Julia Holter, John Carpenter, Tim HeckerMatthew E. White, Calvin Johnson, Colter WallTwain, Angelo De Augustine, Yowler, and Will Oldham.

Bolachas Now Playing, 36/2018 (#163):

Ty Segall – Class War

Pip Blom – Pussycat

The Black Lillies – Weighting

Night Shop – The One I Love

The Skiffle Players – Cara

Beirut – Gallipoli

Daniel Romano – All The Reaching Trims

The Watson Twins – Call to You (ft. The Cactus Blossoms)

The Weather Station – I Tried to Wear the World (ft. Jennifer Castle)

Jennifer Castle – Midas Touch (ft. The Weather Station)

Tiny Ruins – Olympic Girls

Julia Holter – Words I Heard

John Carpenter – The Shape Burns

Current 93 – The Policeman Is Dead

Current 93 – 30 Red Houses

Tim Hecker – Is a rose petal of the dying crimson light

Matthew E. White – No Future In Our Frontman

Calvin Johnson – Another Teardrop Falls

Colter Wall – Wild Dogs

Twain – Young God (gotta lotta feeling)

Angelo De Augustine – Time

Yowler – Angel

Will Oldham – Party With Marty