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#195: Purple Mountains, “Purple Mountains”

Eleven years after the Silver Jews’ swan song “Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea”, David Berman finally resurfaces as Purple Mountains. And the new record is everything we ever wanted and more, with members of Woods as their backing band and producers adding extra catchiness to Berman’s superior songwriting. It jumps straight to the top of our list of favorite albums of the year.

Plus: new tracks by Divino Niño, B Boys, Tijuana Panthers, Drab Majesty, Kyle Craft, Lower Dens, Gruff Rhys, Jenny Hval, Carnivorous Plant Society, Sandro Perri, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Bad Heaven Limited, Olympia, Jade Jackson, Michaela Anne, Eilen Jewell, Kelsey Waldon, Emma Russack, Erin Durant, Asia, and Joanna Sternberg.

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#186: Craig Finn, “I Need a New War”

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 MorbyDylan 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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#137: Nap Eyes, “I’m Bad Now”

Bolachas Now Playing, 10/2018 (#137):

Damien Jurado – Over Rainbows and Rainier
S. Carey – Yellowstone
Jordan Lehning – Remember
Jess Williamson – I See the White
Jennifer Castle – Crying Shame
Katie Von Schleicher – Glad To Be Here
Kyle Craft – Heartbreak Junky
Luke Winslow-King – Leghorn Women
Mary Lattimore – Hello from the Edge of the Earth
Jolie Holland, Thor & Friends – Louisiana 1927
Nap Eyes – White Disciple
Nap Eyes – Roses
Parquet Courts – Wide Awake
The Men – Killed Someone
Dinosaur Jr. – Hold Unknown
Iceage, Sky Ferreira – Pain Killer
Titus Andronicus – Real Talk
Beach House – Dive
Buck Meek – Cannonball!
Kid Dakota – Pills
The Tallest Man on Earth – An Ocean

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#132: Red River Dialect, “Broken Stay Open Sky”

Bolachas Now Playing, 05/2018 (#132):

******** [The Drink] – Kinderpunsch

Gwenno – Tir Ha Mor

Laura Veirs – Everybody Needs You

Wye Oak – The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs

Fenne Lily – On Hold

Courtney Marie Andrews – Kindness of Strangers

Rhye – Waste

Johnny Greenwood – Sandalwood I

Red River Dialect – Open Sky (bell)

Red River Dialect – Campana

Yo La Tengo – You Are Here

Bonny Doon – I Am Here (I Am Alive)

Joshua Hedley – Mr. Jukebox

Anderson East – Always Be My Baby

Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – Hey Mama

Kyle Craft – Exile Rag

The Wood Brothers – Laughin’ Or Crying

Calexico – Voices in the Field

Jonathan Wilson – Loving You

They Might Be Giants – The Greatest

Many Rooms – Which is to Say, Everything