We took a week off because we can. It gave us a few extra days to dive deeper into Snapped Ankles’ excellent “Forest of Your Problems”. The noisy London post-punk (if we can define it like that…) band refines their sound further, bringing us some hip-moving motorik we can use to pretend the world is back to normal and we can all dance again. Responsibly.
Five years in the making, sixteen after their original collaboration, “Superwolf”, Matt Sweeney teams up with Bonnie Prince Billy for its follow-up, “Superwolves”.
Another week, another half-surprise release. We didn’t have access to a single song off Fiona Apple’s stunning new record (her first in 8 years) and we missed how good it is to be able to be surprised in an age where we already listened to a third of a record by the time it’s out. Plus: almost two hours of brand new music by the Mountain Goats, Bright Eyes, Hamilton Leithauser, King Khan, Malena Zavala, Faye Webster, Lido Pimienta, Rina Sawayama, Bedouine, Sarah Siskind, Courtney Marie Andrews, Hazel English, Pacific Range, Fruit Bats, Trace Mountains, Nathan Kalish, Dougie Poole, Whiskey Wolves of the West, The Howling Hex, Flatworms, Car Seat Headrest, Stereoboy, Malojian, Sir Richard Bishop, and The Deep Dark Woods.
Bolachas Now Playing, a new music Spotify playlist updated every Tuesday.
Summertime may mean less frequent releases every week until mid September, but Lori McKenna never rests. Her new album “The Tree” is on the spotlight this week! Plus: new songs by Bonnie “Prince” Billy (although you should go watch the video instead), The Goon Sax, Spare Snare, Les Big Byrd, The Devil Makes Three, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Mattiel, Tracyanne And Danny, Amanda Shires, Cam, Waxahatchee, Steady Holiday, Trampled by Turtles, Nathan Salsburg, The Deep Dark Woods, Willie Nelson, and Cale Tyson.
Bolachas Now Playing, 27/2018 (#154):
Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Blueberry Jam
The Goon Sax – Make Time 4 Love
Spare Snare – And Now It Is Over
Les Big Byrd – A Little More Numb
The Devil Makes Three – Bad Idea
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Heart Slows Down
Mattiel – Cass Tech
Tracyanne & Danny – Alabama
Amanda Shires – Parking Lot Pirouette
Lori McKenna – A Mother Never Rests
Lori McKenna – Like Patsy Would
Cam – Road to Happiness
Waxahatchee – Chapel of Pines
Steady Holiday – Who’s Gonna Stop Us
Trampled by Turtles – Wildflowers
Nathan Salsburg – Impossible Air
The Deep Dark Woods – The Banks of the Leopold Canal
Willie Nelson – Summer Wind
Cale Tyson – What Doesn’t Kill You
Bolachas Now Playing, 37/2017 (#122):
The Deep Dark Woods – Drifting on a Summer’s Night
The Deep Dark Woods – The Birds Will Stop Their Singing
Wilco – Myrna Lee
Pinegrove – Intrepid
Ought – These 3 Things
A. Savage – Buffalo Calf Road
The Growlers – California
Half Japanese – The Future Is Ours
Mo Troper – Dictator Out of Work
Morrissey – I Wish You Lonely
Ron Gallo – Sorry Not Everybody Is You
Khruangbin – Maria También
Karl Blau – Beckon
Balmorhea – Sky Could Undress
Shannon Lay – ASA
Anna St. Louis – Fire
Great Lake Swimmers – It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Chris Stapleton – Scarecrow in the Garden
Blitzen Trapper – Joanna