First of all, sorry for the delay. We have fallen in love with the new Jards Macalé record and we hope that you do too. We also have new songs from Many Rooms, Fontaines D.C., Cass McCombs, Robert Ellis, Caroline Spence, Quaker City Night Hawks, Deer Tick, The Avett Brothers, The Felice Brothers, Matthew Logan Vasquez, Spielbergs, Rustin Man, Nico LaOnda, Patti Smith, Michael Chapman, Jessica Pratt, Lily & Madeleine, Ryan Bingham, Adam Ostrar and Mandolin Orange.
Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers have just dropped a surprise in the form of a collaborative LP, Better Oblivion Community Center. It ended up being, of course, our album of the week. Plus: brand new songs by Heather Woods Broderick, Sharon Van Etten, Lambchop, Lady Lamb, Vampire Weekend, Jenny Lewis, Ryan Adams, Robert Ellis, Michaela Anne, I’m With Her, Sallim, Hand Habits, White Fence, Julia Jacklin, the Mountain Goats, Michael Chapman, and Twain.
Welcome to the fifth season of Bolachas Now Playing. We’re back with a packed double playlist. We tried hard to limit it to 30 songs. Our pick from the first Friday of releases of 2019 is Angelo De Augustine’s new record Tomb, the closest thing to a Sufjan Stevens new album you’ll get this year (nah, we hope not). Plus: new songs by Nicholas Krgovich (actually by Ariana Grande, but his version is too good to not be featured), Sharon Van Etten, Hand Habits, Stella Donnelly, Adia Victoria, The Avett Brothers, Steve Earle, The Delines, Lana Del Rey, Michael Chapman, William Tyler, J. Mamana, Beirut, Juan Wauters, Sarah Louise, Jards Macalé, Nick Waterhouse, Kid Dakota, The Growlers, Half Japanese, Girlpool, Kim Lenz, Bill MacKay, Steve Gunn, Scott Hirsch, Leah Senior, Kaia Kater, and Tiny Ruins.
Everyone seems to be publishing their 2018 lists one month before the end of the year, and here we are pretending we’re surprised by that. We still have one more before we hibernate for a few weeks. Simultaneously with the release of his book, Wilco’s frontman Jeff Tweedy has just put out WARM, his first solo album of original material, and probably one of the best Wilco-related releases since 2007’s Sky Blue Sky.
Plus: new tracks from Michael Chapman, the Mountain Goats, Ryan Bingham, Daniel Romano, Foxwarren, The Green Apple Sea, Hollow Hand, DBUK, Pavo Pavo, Blake Mills, Sharon Van Etten, Jessica Moss, These New Puritans, ГШ / Glintshake, Harlem, and Conor Oberst.
“Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins”, Chuck Prophet’s 14th solo record, is our album of the week.
Bolachas Now Playing, 05/2017 (#89):
Jens Lekman – Evening Prayer
Allison Crutchfield – Dean’s Room
Amber Arcades – It Changes
Chuck Prophet – Rider or the Train
Chuck Prophet – Jesus Was a Social Drinker
Half Japanese – Hear the Lions Roar
The Sadies – Another Season Again
All Them Witches – Alabaster
Mind Over Mirrors – To the Edges
The Rural Alberta Advantage – Beacon Hill
Tall Tall Trees – Freedays
Mikal Cronin – Blue Eyed Girl
Tim Cohen – Sunshine
Michael Chapman – A Spanish Incident (Ramón and Durango)
Nadine Khouri – Surface of the Sea
Phoebe Bridgers – Smoke Signals
Aldous Harding – Horizon
Ainsley Farrell – Lady Long Hair
Johnny Flynn – Raising the Dead