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#287: Snapped Ankles, “Forest of Your Problems”

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.

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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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#160: Amber Arcades, “European Heartbreak”

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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 HeynderickxMax Garcia Conover, Erica Buettner, Vera SolaKristina Murray, Scott Orr, Carl Broemel, Daniel Romano, Night Shop, Matt Costa, Sammy BrueRyley 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

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#145: Eleanor Friedberger, “Rebound”

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

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#69: case/lang/veirs, “case/lang/veirs”

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.