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.
“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.
Bolachas Now Playing, a new music Spotify playlist updated every Tuesday.
Back to our original Tuesday programming. One of our favorite Dutch acts, Annelotte de Graaf’s Amber Arcades has finally released her second album, European Heartbreak, late last week on Heavenly Recordings. There are just too many good songs being released this time of the year, so we hope you can devote 1h30 of your time to these 25 songs by St. Vincent, Sharon Van Etten, Swearin’, Lala Lala, The Goon Sax, Squirrel flower, Molly Burch, Mirah, Courtney Marie Andrews, Anna St. Louis, Haley Heynderickx + Max Garcia Conover, Erica Buettner, Vera Sola, Kristina Murray, Scott Orr, Carl Broemel, Daniel Romano, Night Shop, Matt Costa, Sammy Brue, Ryley Walker, PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING, and Jacco Gardner.
Bolachas Now Playing, 33/2018 (#160):
Sharon Van Etten – Comeback Kid
St. Vincent – Fast Slow Disco
Swearin’ – Future Hell
Lala Lala – Destroyer
The Goon Sax – A Few Times Too Many
Squirrel Flower – Not Your Prey
Amber Arcades – Oh My Love (What Have We Done)
Amber Arcades – Hardly Knew
Molly Burch – Candy
Mirah – Counting
Courtney Marie Andrews – Heart and Mind
Anna St. Louis – Desert
Haley Heynderickx, Max García Conover – Slow Talkin’
Erica Buettner – Train to Porto
Vera Sola – The Colony
Kristina Murray – Tell Me
Scott Orr – Fall Apart
Carl Broemel – No One Else
Daniel Romano – Empty Husk
Night Shop – My Love
Matt Costa – Lovely Saturday
Sammy Brue – Love Song Again
Ryley Walker – Busted Stuff
Public Service Broadcasting – White Star Liner
Jacco Gardner – Volva
Bolachas Now Playing, a new music Spotify playlist updated every Tuesday.
Damien Jurado’s latest record would be our album of the week – it’s one of the records of the year for us so far, go buy it – if it was on streaming platforms, but it’s not. Well, Eleanor Friedberger’s excellent “Rebound” would almost certainly have the spotlight next week, but we’ll give it the honor just a few days after release date like it should! Plus: new songs by Richard Hawley, Michael Nau, Dr. Dog, Natalie Prass, Jess Williamson, Mary Lattimore – Harpist, Jennifer Castle, Rosali, Speedy Ortiz, Parquet Courts, Protomartyr, Traveller, The Goon Sax, Leon Bridges, Dirty Projectors, Beach House, Thundercat, and Ricky Eat Acid.
Bolachas Now Playing, 18/2018 (#145): http://bit.ly/bolachasNP
Richard Hawley – Funny Cow
Damien Jurado – Percy Faith
Michael Nau – Less Than Positive
Dr. Dog – Coming Out of the Darkness
Eleanor Friedberger – Make Me A Song
Eleanor Friedberger – Nice to Be Nowhere
Natalie Prass – Lost
Jess Williamson – Wild Rain
Mary Lattimore – It Feels Like Floating
Jennifer Castle – Texas
Rosali – Lie to Me
Speedy Ortiz – Buck Me Off
Parquet Courts – Mardi Gras Beads
Protomartyr – Wheel of Fortune
Traveller – Get Me Out of the South
The Goon Sax – She Knows
Leon Bridges – If It Feels Good (Then It Must Be)
Dirty Projectors – Break-Thru
Beach House – Black Car
Thundercat – Final Fight
Ricky Eat Acid – Two Beautiful Ways of Moving Your Hands
This week on our playlist we showcase the new albums by case/lang/veirs — a collaboration between, yes, Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs — and Brandy Clark, one of our favorite country singers of the past years. But there’s more: plenty of American singer-songwriters have been releasing great songs lately, so you know what to expect from this week’s Bolachas Now Playing.