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#280: Johanna Samuels, “Excelsior!”

“Excelsior!” is the first LP by NYC-based singer-songwriter Johanna Samuels. Produced by Sam Evian, the album features contributions by the likes of Courtney Marie Andrews, Hannah Cohen, A.O. Gerber or Lomelda’s Hannah Read. If you’ve followed us long enough, you know this means we’ve already sticked our seal of approval five times. Come for the copious namedropping, stay for some of the best lyrics of the first half of 2021.

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#159: Richard Swift, “The Hex”

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 SteadyHiss Golden Messenger, The Black Lillies, Dawn Landes, Nathan Bowles, Scott H. Biram, J MascisOkkervil 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 PerriDestroyer’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

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#139: Courtney Marie Andrews, “May Your Kindness Remain”

Bolachas Now Playing, 12/2018 (#139):

Courtney Marie Andrews – Long Road Back to You

Courtney Marie Andrews – Two Cold Nights in Buffalo

Sarah Shook & the Disarmers – New Ways to Fail

Kacey Musgraves – High Horse

Speedy Ortiz – Lean In When I Suffer

Ulrika Spacek – Lord Luck

Okkervil River – Pulled Up the Ribbon

Ari Roar – Calm Down

Snail Mail – Pristine

Nilüfer Yanya – Baby Luv

Bonny Doon – Saw a Light

Hiss Golden Messenger – Passing Clouds

Craig Finn – Galveston

Yo La Tengo – Polynesia #1

Meshell Ndegeocello – Private Dancer

Caroline Says – Sweet Home Alabama

Alice Phoebe Lou – Devil’s Sweetheart

Jens Lekman – Correspondence: Forever Young, Forever Beautiful

Stella Donnelly – Boys Will Be Boys

Mount Eerie – Now Only

Buck Meek – Ruby

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#134: Superchunk, “What a Time to Be Alive”

Bolachas Now Playing, 07/2018 (#134):

Johanna Warren – Hopelessness Has Done Nothing for Me

Caroline Cotter – Peace of Mind

Alela Diane – Never Easy

Alice Boman – End of Time

Beach House – Lemon Glow

Okkervil River – Don’t Move Back to LA

Eleanor Friedberger – In Between Stars

Anna McClennan – Flailing Orbits

Grace Vonderkuhn – Worry

Courtney Barnett – Nameless, Faceless

David Byrne – This is That

Iceage – Catch It

Ought – Disaffection

Superchunk – Bad Choices

Superchunk – Black Thread

The Men – Rose on Top of the World

Nap Eyes – Dull Me Line

Julian Lage – General Thunder

Kira Skov, Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Lilac Sky

Valerie June – Love Told a Lie

Michaela Anne – Your Cheatin’ Heart

Susto, BJ Barham – I’ll Fly Away

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#74: Wilco, “Schmilco”

Yes, it’s another playlist dominated by singer-songwriters. We promise to mix things around next week – there’s still quite a backlog of songs we want to feature! – but with both Wilco and Okkervil River putting out new records you know we had to do this.