Tag: parquet courts
This week we’re tagging along with Vanishing Twin on a space trip. The British band’s new album, “Ookii Gekkou”, draws as much from Sun Ra-ish jazz experimentalism as from euro-stamped kosmische, and is our album of the week.
Ada Lea’s debut LP, ‘what we say in private’, was the soundtrack of a big chunk of my summer of 2019. Speak/sung vocals and big melodies reminiscent of recent albums by the likes of Big Thief or Katie von Schleicher. The Canadian singer-songwriter’s new album was just released and it follows up the debut perfectly.
Nathan Salsburg’s work is more associated with American folk guitar playing than anything else. But through his new project, “Psalms”, Salsburg goes different places, creating brand new arrangements for Biblical psalms and singing in the original Hebrew.
Bolachas Now Playing, a new music Spotify playlist updated every Tuesday.
Parquet Courts’ new record may be their best yet and it was hard to pick only two songs for this playlist! Plus: new songs by Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Courtney Barnett, Cut Worms, Shilpa Ray, Mitski, Bernice, Amanda Shires, Neko Case, Phantastic Ferniture, Snail Mail, Jeffrey Foucault, Nick Lowe, Ryley Walker, Luke Winslow-King, Ry Cooder, Lori McKenna, Cicada Rhythm, Olivia Chaney, and Buck Meek.
Bolachas Now Playing, 20/2018 (#147):
Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids – Land of Ra
Parquet Courts – Before the Water Gets Too High
Parquet Courts – Tenderness
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – An Air Conditioned Man
Courtney Barnett – Crippling Self Doubt and a General Lack of Self Confidence
Cut Worms – Cash for Gold
Shilpa Ray – It Is My Body
Mitski – Geyser
Bernice – He’s the Moon
Amanda Shires – Leave It Alone
Neko Case – Curse of the I-5 Corridor
Phantastic Ferniture – Fuckin ‘n’ Rollin
Snail Mail – Heat Wave
Jeffrey Foucault – War on the Radio
Nick Lowe – Heartbreaker
Ryley Walker – 22 Days
Luke Winslow-King – You Got Mine
Ry Cooder – Straight Street
Lori McKenna – People Get Old
Cicada Rhythm – Kaleidoscope Rose
Olivia Chaney – Roman Holiday
Buck Meek – Fool Me