

YĪN YĪN’s debut album is another gem coming from the same vibrant Dutch scene that brought us the great Altin Gün. But instead of looking at Turkish folk and psychedelia for influence, the lads from Maastricht infuse South East Asian textures in their Moroder-inspired disco – with a nod to the Ghanaian institution that is Kiki Gyan’s “24 Hours in a Disco” in their single “Dis kô dis kô”. Plus: new tracks by 10 000 Russos, Heavy Lungs, Ancient Shapes, Battles, PAUS, Maria Reis, Chairlift’s Caroline Polachek, Hop Along’s Frances Quinlan, Sarah Pagé, Destroyer, Mikal Cronin, Why?, Common Holly, Simone White, Andy Shauf, Frazey Ford, Courtney Barnett, Youbet, Lankum, Leonard Cohen, and Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster.
Pedro The Lion’s first record since David Bazan went solo after 2004’s Achilles Heel is our album of the week. Here’s to hoping an European tour is in the works: it’s been almost six years since we hosted one of the most beautiful concerts we ever promoted. Plus: new tracks by Night Beats, Ryan Bingham, Matthew Logan Vasquez, Blank Range,Strand of Oaks, Ex Hex, Cass McCombs, The Comet is Coming, Lala Lala & Why?, Alice Phoebe Lou, Tiny Ruins, Weyes Blood, Mandolin Orange, H.C. McEntire, Townes Van Zandt, Twain, Bob Sumner Music, Steve Gunn, Bonnie Prince Billy, The Wild Reeds, and Teddy and the Rough Riders.
Welcome to our 100th weekly playlist! Of course we invited God Emperor Willie Nelson to the party. He brought his new record God’s Problem Child with him. It’s yours now.
Bolachas Now Playing, 16/2017 (#100):
Gorillaz – Charger (ft. Grace Jones)
Raekwon – This Is What It Comes Too
Why? – George Washington
Hoops – On Letting Go
The New Year – The Beast
Gold Connections – Popular Fiction
WATERS – Molly Is a Babe
Descendents – Who We Are
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit – Cumberland Gap
Chris Stapleton – Second One to Know
Steve Earle – Lookin’ for a Woman
Willie Nelson – Still Not Dead
Willie Nelson – He Won’t Ever Be Gone
The War on Drugs – Thinking of a Place
Alex Rex – Gift of Weeping
Fog Lake – Ventriloquist
Palace – Bitter (Acoustic)
Justin Townes Earle – Graceland
Ryan Adams – The Empty Bed