Feel-good pop doesn’t seem to fulfil its promise these days. But Arlo Parks‘s debut album, “Collapsed in Sunbeams”, manages to bring a little bit of sunlight-infused pop into our hearts and ears. Extra points for the poetic-feel and the whimsical but very accurate Portra 400 reference.
Bolachas Now Playing, a new music Spotify playlist updated every Tuesday.
Dre Babinski’s second album as Steady Holiday has been out in the US for a while now, but it has only been released in Europe last Friday. We love it too much to not promote it as our album of the week, even though so many potentially great records were released last October 5. We didn’t even have enough time to listen repeatedly to most of them, so here’s another 1h30 playlist. Songs by Motel Mirrors, Colter Wall,Phosphorescent, Adia Victoria, Swearin’, Fred Thomas (with Anna Burch), Ancient Shapes, Broken Social Scene, Fucked Up (with J Mascis and Jennifer Castle), Super Doppler, Titus Andronicus, Action Bronson, supersilent, Jerusalem In My Heart, Nathan Bowles, Bedouine, Molly Burch, Gabby’s World, Julia Jacklin, Dee White, The Wild Reeds, and Night Shop.
Bolachas Now Playing, 34/2018 (#161):
Motel Mirrors – I Wouldn’t Dream of It
Colter Wall – Thinkin’ on a Woman
Phosphorescent – C’est La Vie No.2
Adia Victoria – Dope Queen Blues
Swearin’ – Dogpile
Fred Thomas – Altar (feat. Anna Burch)
Ancient Shapes – Mental Slavery (We Can’t Quit)
Broken Social Scene – Old Dead Young
Fucked Up – Came Down Wrong (feat. Jennifer Castle and J Mascis)
Super Doppler – I Can Breathe
Titus Andronicus – Home Alone (on Halloween)
Action Bronson – White Bronco
Supersilent – 14.10
Jerusalem in My Heart – Wa Ta’atalat Loughat Al Kalam, Pt. II
Nathan Bowles – Elk River Blues
Bedouine – Hey, Who Really Cares?
Steady Holiday – All Aboard
Steady Holiday – Desperate Times
Molly Burch – Dangerous Place
Gabby’s World – Winter, Withdraw
Julia Jacklin – Body
Dee White – Tell the World I Do
The Wild Reeds – Fall With Me
Night Shop – Road to Carolina
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