Last Friday we were surprised by an unannounced new Wilco record, Star Wars. Of course that’s the highlight of this week’s playlist – check out 4 of its 11 tracks below, on Bolachas Now Playing #27, along with two new tracks off Jason Isbell’s new album, Something More than Free, and new songs by Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell, Heather Woods Broderick, Rachel Grimes, City and Colour, and Nap Eyes.
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1. Fiona Apple. The Idler Wheel…
2. David Byrne & St. Vincent. Love This Giant
3. Point Reyes. Golden
4. Sharon Van Etten. Tramp
5. Bill Fay. Life is People
6. Matt Elliott. The Broken Man
7. Swans. The Seer
8. Neil Young & Crazy Horse. Psychedelic Pill
9. Hundred Waters. Hundred Waters
10. Spiritualized. Sweet Heart Sweet Light
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Oh, festivals on weekdays. Such a pleasure for people who can’t take days off work. Thank god not everyone on the team has such problems. Still not over the fact I haven’t seen The War on Drugs, for example. Please read on…
Just discovered this gem on my inbox. Look, a Wilco cover song that doesn’t suck! Kudos to The Hudson Branch, responsible for this soul-infused version of “Sky Blue Sky” from the album with the same name. This is how you do covers, kids:
We love Wilco and this track is one of their best. Instead of doing a mediocre remake of it – we decided to have some fun and draw on our love of Motown while covering it.
Stream World Kid, the latest album from the Branch, right on the widget below.
<a href=“http://hudsonbranch.bandcamp.com/album/world-kid” data-mce-href=“http://hudsonbranch.bandcamp.com/album/world-kid”>World Kid by The Hudson Branch</a>
Today’s the day. Optimus Primavera Sound starts in a matter of hours and we’ll be covering it live via our facebook and twitter accounts. Be sure to follow them – if you don’t use such artifacts, you’ll be able to read our full review here on the website later on. To help you choose what to see in the fest, five of our team members who are going there made their picks and chose 3 bands you shouldn’t miss. Who’s that stranger that goes by the initials CB? Yeah, that’s our special guest Chris Brokaw, Codeine’s legendary drummer.
Also, don’t forget to print our timetable, in case you missed it.