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#190: Cate Le Bon, “Reward”

Post author By bolachas
Post date May 28, 2019

Time for the yearly meeting of the Cate Le Bon Appreciation Society, on the occasion of the release date of the Welsh songwriter’s fifth album, “Reward”. The goddaughter of the 90s Welsh indie pop of Gruff Rhys et al has long outgrown her own scene, and her exquisite avant-pop reached a level of uniqueness that makes it impossible to lump her together with anyone at all. It’s yet another magnificent record from Le Bon and we’re thrilled to live in the same era as she’s making music.

In this week’s playlist: new tracks by Alex Lahey, Lydia Ainsworth, Carly Rae Jepsen, SAMIA, Stef Chura, Los Retros, Faye Webster, Okey Dokey, Night Beats, Amyl and The Sniffers, Institute, Black Mountain, Earth, Bill Callahan (smog), Mavis Staples, Dylan LeBlanc, Frankie Lee, Justin Townes Earle, TK & The Holy Know-Nothings, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Doug Tuttle, and Los Coast.

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#186: Craig Finn, “I Need a New War”

Post author By bolachas
Post date April 30, 2019

I need a new playlist. The fourth solo LP by the Hold Steady’s Craig Finn, “I Need a New War”, has won the race to spearhead our playlist, following one of the year’s strongest Release Friday. Ten more sublime songs by one of the greatest songwriters of the century century. Plus: new tracks by Bedouine, Aldous Harding, Honey Harper, Olden Yolk, Lucy Dacus, Kevin Morby, Dylan LeBlanc, Starflyer 59, Josh Ritter, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Wand, Psychedelic Speed Freaks, Kyle Craft, Marika Hackman, Jackie Cohen, Better Oblivion Community Center, Esther Rose, I am Oak, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Willie Nelson, and the Mountain Goats.

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#183: Weyes Blood, “Titanic Rising”

Post author By bolachas
Post date April 9, 2019

It doesn’t take long for the listener to realize Natalie Mering is an artist in her prime while listening to her fourth record as Weyes Blood. While the already remarkable “Front Row Seat to Earth” had its number of high peaks coupled with a couple of less remarkable moments, “Titanic Rising” is a serious contender for album of the year, and definitely a career best for someone we once thought was just Enya for people who order matcha lattes at modern coffee establishments. (Sorry about that.)

Plus new tracks by the likes of Vera Sola, Heather Woods Broderick, Siskiyou, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Phil Cook, Laura Stevenson, Alex Rex, M. Lockwood Porter, Los Coast, Super Doppler, Jonah Tolchin, Carl Anderson, Drunken Prayer, PUP et al.

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#96: Jake Xerxes Fussell, “What in the Natural World”

Post author By bolachas
Post date April 11, 2017

Bolachas Now Playing, 12/2017 (#96):

Rodney Crowell – Forty Miles From Nowhere
Whitney – Gonna Hurry (As Slow as I Can)
Emperor X – Schopenhauer in Berlin
Real Estate – Serve the Song
Matthew Logan Vasquez – Old Ways
Broken Social Scene – Halfway Home
Louise Burns – Downtown Lights
Mary Ocher – To the Light
Johnny Flynn – The Night My Piano Upped and Died
Jake Xerxes Fussell – St. Brendan’s Isle
Jake Xerxes Fussell – Bells of Rhymney
Sam Amidon – Juma Mountain
RF Shannon – In the Wilds of My Mind
Laura Marling – Wild Once
Joan Shelley – Where I’ll Find You
Fenne Lily – Top to Toe
Aldous Harding – Imagining My Man