{"id":3895,"date":"2024-01-03T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T23:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bolachas.org\/?p=3895"},"modified":"2026-01-03T00:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T23:05:17","slug":"bolachas-2023-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bolachas.org\/?p=3895","title":{"rendered":"Bolachas 2023 Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Top Concerts of 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Unwound (Primavera Sound, Porto)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The Hold Steady (Electric Ballroom; Colours Hoxton, London)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Chat Pile (013, Roadburn Festival, Tilburg)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. PUP (Primavera Sound, Porto; Metropolis, Rotterdam)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Les Savy Fav (Festival Paredes de Coura)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Wilco (Festival Paredes de Coura; TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Richard Dawson (Jacobikerk, Le Guess Who, Utrecht)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. The Beths (EKKO, Utrecht; Primavera Sound, Porto; Valkhof Festival, Nijmegen)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Caitlin Rose (Paradiso, Amsterdam)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Margaret Glaspy (Omeara, London)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

    Top Albums of 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The Hold Steady <\/strong>The Price of Progress<\/a> | By the time they get to their ninth album – if they stay together that long – most rock bands are scraping the bottom of the barrel. The Hold Steady’s latest offering is not only their most interesting since their heyday. It’s the poster child for the rewards you can reap from having your main songwriter taking some time off the band in order to pursue a solo career. The Price of Progress<\/em> can be best described as stories from Craig Finn’s solo work’s characters narrated through proper Hold Steady energy. It’s probably also the only album of 2023 with a song about a botched attempt at getting the bag by playing a show for some obscure regime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Wednesday<\/strong> Rat Saw God<\/a> | Wednesday keeps making country rock palatable to “indie sensibilities” (whatever that means this decade) with their best album yet. Also, “Chosen to Deserve” was my favorite (and most played) track of 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Margaret Glaspy<\/strong> Echo the Diamond<\/a> | Glaspy’s third album delves into rockier territory than R&B-tinged Devotion. <\/em>It succeeds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Ratboys<\/strong> The Window<\/a> | Ratboys’ new album is the answer to somebody who listened to Rat Saw God<\/em> and prayed very hard for another great album in that vein to be released right now<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Jeff Rosenstock<\/strong> HELLMODE<\/a> | Honestly, I’m negatively impressed by the almost inexistent attention devoted to this album by indie-positive publications. HELLMODE <\/em>is undoubtedly the catchiest guitar album of the year and we need more<\/em>, not fewer anthemic punk rock bangers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Caroline Polachek<\/strong>\u00a0Desire, I Want To Turn Into You<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Fever Ray<\/strong>\u00a0Radical Romantics<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Rita Vian<\/strong>\u00a0SENSOREAL<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    100 gecs<\/strong>\u00a010,000 gecs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru<\/strong> Jerusalem<\/a> | <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    jaimie branch<\/strong> Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))<\/a> | <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Mary Lattimore<\/strong> Goodbye, Hotel Arkada<\/a> | <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Titanic<\/strong> Vidrio<\/a> | <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Esther Rose<\/strong> Safe to Run<\/a> | <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Margo Cilker<\/strong> Valley Of Heart’s Delight<\/a> | <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Anna St. Louis<\/strong> In the Air<\/a> | <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Allegra Krieger<\/strong> I Keep My Feet on the Fragile Plane<\/a> | <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Dougie Poole<\/strong> The Rainbow Wheel of Death<\/a> | <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Sufjan Stevens<\/strong> Javelin<\/a> | <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Wilco<\/strong> Cousin<\/a> | <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Fran<\/strong> Leaving<\/a> | <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Cian Nugent<\/strong> She Brings Me Back To The Land Of The Living<\/a> | <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Buck Meek<\/strong> Haunted Mountain<\/a> | <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Tubs<\/strong> Dead Meat<\/a> | <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Max Bien Kahn<\/strong> When I Cross It Off<\/a> | <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1 The Hold Steady, The Price of Progress
    2 Caroline Polachek, Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
    3 Wednesday, Rat Saw God
    4 Jeff Rosenstock, HELLMODE
    5 Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, Jerusalem
    6 Esther Rose, Safe to Run
    7 Margaret Glaspy, Echo The Diamond
    8 Buck Meek, Haunted Mountain
    9 Dougie Poole, The Rainbow Wheel of Death
    10 Ratboys, The Window
    11 Margo Cilker, Valley Of Heart’s Delight
    12 Mary Lattimore, Goodbye, Hotel Arkada
    13 jaimie branch, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
    14 Allegra Krieger, I Keep My Feet on the Fragile Plane
    15 Max Bien Kahn, When I Cross It Off
    16 Cian Nugent, She Brings Me Back To The Land Of The Living
    17 Fran, Leaving
    18 The Tubs, Dead Meat
    19 100 gecs, 10,000 gecs
    20 Sufjan Stevens, Javelin
    21 Wilco, Cousin
    22 Anna St. Louis, In The Air
    23 Fever Ray, Radical Romantics
    24 Rita Vian, SENSOREAL
    25 Titanic, Vidrio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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