Bolachas Now Playing, a new music Spotify playlist updated every Tuesday.
He has left us alone but shafts of light sometimes grace the corner of our rooms. Richard Swift’s posthumously released final album, The Hex, was released last week and is our record of the week. Plus: new songs by Alejandro Escovedo, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, Goshen Electric Co. (Strand of Oaks + Magnolia Electric Co. – JMo), The Hold Steady, Hiss Golden Messenger, The Black Lillies, Dawn Landes, Nathan Bowles, Scott H. Biram, J Mascis, Okkervil River, Buxton (the New West Records signed artist, not the British brewery), St. Paul and The Broken Bones, Arve Henriksen + Eivind Aarset + Jan Bang, Niagara (Príncipe Discos), HEALTH +Soccer Mommy, Sylvan Esso + Collections of Colonies of Bees, Mutual Benefit, Sandro Perri + Destroyer’s Dan Bejar, Lonnie Holley, and Marissa Nadler.
Bolachas Now Playing, 32/2018 (#159):
Richard Swift – The Hex
Richard Swift – Broken Finger Blues
Alejandro Escovedo – Teenage Luggage
Jeff Tweedy – Some Birds
Goshen Electric Co. – The Gray Tower
The Hold Steady – Confusion In The Marketplace
Hiss Golden Messenger – Rock Holy
The Black Lillies – Snakes and Telephones
Dawn Landes – Traveling
Nathan Bowles – Now If You Remember
Scott H. Biram – Chickens
J Mascis – Everything She Said
Okkervil River – New Blood
Buxton – Jan
St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Concave
Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset, Jan Bang – Nymphs and Eurasian Horses
Niagara – França
HEALTH, Soccer Mommy – MASS GRAVE
Sylvan Esso, Collections Of Colonies Of Bees – Funeral Singers
Mutual Benefit – Waves, Breaking
Sandro Perri, Dan Bejar – Everybody’s Paris, Pt. III
Lonnie Holley – How Far Is Spaced-Out?
Marissa Nadler – I Can’t Listen to Gene Clark Anymore