{"id":686,"date":"2015-01-12T21:34:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T21:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bolachas.org\/testes\/?p=686"},"modified":"2020-09-25T20:50:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T19:50:02","slug":"its-time-to-change-again-the-always","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bolachas.org\/?p=686","title":{"rendered":"An introduction to Bolachas Now Playing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-686 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/bolachas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/tumblr_ni32kvQxDY1rq9gito1_1280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bolachas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/tumblr_ni32kvQxDY1rq9gito1_1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bolachas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/tumblr_ni32kvQxDY1rq9gito1_1280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bolachas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/tumblr_ni32kvQxDY1rq9gito1_1280-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bolachas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/tumblr_ni32kvQxDY1rq9gito1_1280-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bolachas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/tumblr_ni32kvQxDY1rq9gito1_1280-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It\u2019s time to change. Again. The always shapeshifting entity known as Bolachas &#8211; this sort of webzine (whatever that word really means) that was once also a download blog, a mp3 blog, a carefully curated platform for unknown artists to promote their music for free, a netlabel, a promoter, some sort of booking agency &#8211; turns 9 this year.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>With the advent of streaming outlets like Spotify or Google Play Music being available almost worldwide, full albums being streamed before their release dates on selected websites, the possibility of downloading full albums as easily as checking your email, and a wide array of high quality, complete concert recordings uploaded on YouTube, reviewing music, live or on record, was never so redundant as it is in 2015. You don\u2019t need to read a full 5-paragraph review about an album to know what it sounds like; you can either live or relive a live experience through audio or video recordings of the event &#8211; so why would you be interested in reading a TL;DR article about how good a festival was?<\/p>\n<p>Sure, I do like to read an album or concert review from time to time. But it takes a lot of time and writing proficiency to write good essays that do the music justice &#8211; and no one here is a native English speaker and\/or is currently just studying or unemployed with plenty of free time to dedicate him\/herself to the cause.<\/p>\n<p>So what could be Bolachas\u2019 role in today\u2019s landscape? What can we do instead of taking the easy way out and putting the cookie monster to bed?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll start by embracing the fact that our old model of writing the occasional review or writing a couple of lines about a new song isn\u2019t interesting for us as writers nor as readers, which led to the website itself becoming stale. Publishing news? Other websites do it so much better than us and are able to post articles quicker than we do. Also, everyone follows their favorite labels, artists or promoters on their favorite social media platforms, so what\u2019s the point in writing a news piece about Sleater-Kinney releasing a new album? Everyone already knows that by the time they check a website like ours &#8211; they saw it on Stereogum or a Sub Pop post about it surfaced on their Facebook newsfeed.<\/p>\n<p>So\u2026 which things we\u2019ve done in the past do we think still make sense for us to keep doing? The answer is simple.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Handpicking our favorite small acts from that big pile of artists announced to play this festival you\u2019re probably attending because you absolutely love a handful of bands, but don\u2019t have the time or can\u2019t bother to check all those names in small print. Would you rather read about a band before you have the possibility to check it out or just read about how the concert was after you didn\u2019t see them?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Everyone\u2019s on Facebook these days. Most of our activity is carried on on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bolachasorg\">Facebook page<\/a>&nbsp;instead of posting on our website. That\u2019s the best place for discussion, not here in the comments section, where tumbleweeds roll.&nbsp;Sure, we do joke around in Portuguese a lot of times on our page, but feel free to follow us there. You don\u2019t need to know the language to be a part of the conversation, just write us in English or even Spanish, everyone will understand you. And the most important part of the action is always placed in front of you in the form of a Soundcloud or YouTube link.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Speaking of the language, please don\u2019t unfollow us in case you find one or another post written in Portuguese around here. If our intention when writing it is to raise the awareness about a band in Portugal or to post info about concerts we\u2019re promoting in the country, there\u2019s no use for writing them in a language different than the one that\u2019s native to our target readership. You probably wouldn\u2019t be interested in reading them anyway.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; We\u2019ll still be promoting concerts. If you\u2019re a musician, manager or booking agent and want to play some dates in Portugal\/Spain, feel free to drop us a line at admin@bolachas.org!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; We still love to point out stuff we loved the most from the giant pool of new music available every week. That\u2019s why we\u2019ll be publishing a new Spotify list every Monday &#8211; starting tonight &#8211; containing&nbsp;around a dozen fresh songs (released in the past 2\/3 months) that have been in heavy rotation in our team members\u2019 stereo\/car\/computer\/mobile phone.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to follow our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/user\/leavethecity\/playlist\/13nxmSTnImEB3Rlsh6e7He\">Bolachas Now Playing<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;playlist that will be renewed with new songs every week. We\u2019ll also be archiving each of our weekly playlists every time we renew the Now Playing playlist so you don\u2019t miss any of the playlists. Spotify will play a paramount role in the new Bolachas, so expect some carefully curated playlists coming up in the next few weeks. For now, enjoy Bolachas\u2019 first playlist of 2015.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Bolachas Now Playing 01\/2015<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Weather Station \u2013 What Am I Going to Do (with Everything I Know)<\/p>\n<p>Clark \u2013 Winter Linn<\/p>\n<p>Panda Bear \u2013 Boys Latin<\/p>\n<p>James Blake \u2013 200 Press<\/p>\n<p>Viet Cong \u2013 Continental Shelf<\/p>\n<p>Mitski \u2013 First Love \/ Late Spring<\/p>\n<p>Belle &amp; Sebastian \u2013 Nobody\u2019s Empire<\/p>\n<p>The Decemberists \u2013 Make You Better<\/p>\n<p>She &amp; Him \u2013 Stay Awhile<\/p>\n<p>Laura Marling \u2013 Short Movie<\/p>\n<p>Dean Blunt \u2013 100<\/p>\n<p>Father John Misty \u2013 Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)<\/p>\n<p>Phosphorescent \u2013 You Can Make Me Feel Bad<\/p>\n<p>Justin Townes Earle \u2013 Looking for a Place to Land<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-spotify wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Bolachas 01\/2015\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/7gygNtysiEU4Tlo02AmP31?si=bVfID_ItRNW2_50GPCeC6w&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time to change. Again. 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