Another Canadian singer-songwriter on the spotlight this week! This time we focus on Le Ren’s debut LP, “Leftovers”. Sure, the name might sound like we’re dealing a b-sides collection here, but this is prime folk material.
Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay’s second album as LUMP is our recommendation of the week. It can be easy to dismiss these songs as scraps from whatever doesn’t find their way into Marling’s “main” albums. But those ideas, coupled with Lindsay’s marvellous synth work, come to have a life of their own here, and “Animal” has some of the best tracks we’ve heard from both musicians in a while.
Bolachas Now Playing, a new music Spotify playlist updated every Tuesday.
British folk duo Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker are back with a new album, “Seedlings All”, which is our record of the week! This week’s playlist brings you more than an hour and a half of new music, from the epic new The Milk Carton Kids number to another trademark Grouper track at the end. Plus: Jonathan Wilson, The Tallest Man On Earth, emma tricca, RF SHANNON, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Prince Billy, Katie Von Schleicher, Ólafur Arnalds, Speedy Ortiz, Jim James, Buck Meek, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Super Doppler, Kacy & Clayton, Dr. Dog, The Green Apple Sea, Cullen Omori, and Frog Eyes.
Bolachas Now Playing, 17/2018 (#144):
The Milk Carton Kids – One More for the Road
Jonathan Wilson – There’s a Light (Acoustic Version)
The Tallest Man on Earth – Somewhere in the Mountains, Somewhere in New York
Emma Tricca – Winter, My Dear
RF Shannon – Tooth Ache
Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker – Chicago
Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker – Bathed in Light
Willie Nelson – Heaven is Closed
Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Wild is the Will
Katie Von Schleicher – Party Dawn
Ólafur Arnalds – re:member
Speedy Ortiz – Can I Kiss You?
Jim James – Just a Fool
Buck Meek – Maybe
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks – Refute
Super Doppler – Gas Station
Kacy & Clayton – Calgary
Dr. Dog – Critical Equation
The Green Apple Sea – Floaters
Cullen Omori – Four Years
Frog Eyes – Your Boss’s Shirt
Grouper – Thanksgiving Song
Bolachas Now Playing, a new music Spotify playlist updated every Tuesday.
If you really have to have an idol, and if that idol, for some unknown reason, is not called “Dolly Parton”, John Prine would be your best bet. His first album of new music since 2005’s “Fair & Square” is out now, and it could only be our album of the week. Plus: 1,5 hours of new songs by Willie Nelson (oh wait, he’s our idol too), Old Crow Medicine Show, Olivia Chaney, Grouper, Mind Over Mirrors, Janelle Monáe, Chromeo ft DRAM, Mike Skinner and The Streets, FACS, Ryley Walker, a Hawk and a Hacksaw, Buck Curran, Simone Felice, Damien Jurado, Josh Rouse, Josh T. Pearson, L.A. Salami, Laura Veirs, Erin Rae, Stephen Steinbrink, and Amber Arcades.
Bolachas Now Playing, 15/2018 (#142):
John Prine – Caravan of Fools
John Prine – Lonesome Friends of Science
Willie Nelson – Something You Get Through
Old Crow Medicine Show – Whirlwind
Olivia Chaney – IOU
Grouper – Driving
Mind Over Mirrors – Oculate Beings
Janelle Monáe – I Like That
Chromeo, DRAM – Must’ve Been
The Streets – You Are Not the Voice in Your Head
FACS – Primary
Ryley Walker – Opposite Middle
A Hawk and a Hacksaw – Alexandria
Buck Curran – Song for Liam
Simone Felice – Hustler
Damien Jurado – Allocate
Josh Rouse – There Was a Time
Josh T. Pearson – Whiskey Straight Love
L.A. Salami – Who’s Cursing Us Now?
Laura Veirs – Heavy Petals
Erin Rae – Putting on Airs
Stephen Steinbrink – Broken Down to Defeat Again
Amber Arcades – Goodnight Europe
Bolachas Now Playing, 11/2018 (#138):
Oneida – Economy Travel
A Winged Victory For the Sullen – Long May It Sustain
Grouper – Parking Lot
Kacey Musgraves – Space Cowboy
Courtney Marie Andrews – I’ve Hurt Worse
Ashley Monroe – Paying Attention
Vivian Leva – Bottom of the Glass
Vivian Leva – Time is Everything
Lindi Ortega – You Ain’t Foolin’ Me
Brent Cobb – King of Alabama
Joshua Hedley – I Never (Shed a Tear)
Don Gallardo – Same Ol’ Alley Talkin’ Blues #12
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – Babe I Know
Leon Bridges – Bet Ain’t Worth the Hand
Martha Ffion – Baltimore
Courtney Barnett – Need a Little Time
Cut Worms – Don’t Want to Say Good-Bye
Ben Frost – Self Portrait in Ultramarine
The Decemberists – Cutting Stone
Mimicking Birds – Belongings
The Hold Steady – Esther
Eels – Premonition