So many covers from great artists out there, cutting them down to a few handfuls is hardly fair... THEREFORE, OnE is the first in a series of covers from some of the most brilliant musicians. Enjoy - TrY OnE
Jan 29, 2011
Jan 28, 2011
Porch Songs: Dreaming of Summer
A little bit of snow has fallen EVER day over the past 30, covering the landscape with a wintery chill. These songs have reminded me of the heart ache of the more difficult months - like now; and the relief once winter finally breaks. Those first warm days when the sun once again wakes the skin. This mix will bridge today with then for now. Enjoy. TrY
Jan 6, 2011
Jan 4, 2011
Song Writers Supreme - Mix 2
Another small offering from a music library that never seems to end... I have selected a few really amazing songwriters for sampling. Their music and words are among my favourite - the two just seem to work well as compositions. Enjoy! TrY...
World of Fox ep [2011]
Genre: Indie Folk Pop
JEANE is a stripped down waltz take on the This Charming Man b-side
I KNOW VERY WELL HOW I GOT MY NAME originally the flip of Suedehead, and now with a lovely uke, and Clair Horton vocal
splendid, splendid... i hope the rest of your year is as good as these tracks... and tell your friends..
Jan 3, 2011
Girl Talk - Feed the Animals [2008]
Genre: Mixed Up ClassicsIf you have never heard of Girl Talk consider this your education. GT compose excellent dance mixes with so much great music from all different styles all held together with beats and samples all mixing together in some kinda mish-mash songs. If you love old music and the dance feel that often don't meet, welcome to Girl Talk.
Sleeping At Last - Yearbook: November [2010]
Genre: Indie Piano Pop SweetnessDeciding to start a year long journey of EPs for every month of the year seems to be right up the music industry’s alley of bite-sized releases at the moment. Sleeping at Last’s latest ops, November, reminds me of exactly why I fell in love with their previous album, Storyboards a year ago.
January on the way ;-)
The Narcoleptic Dancers - Not Evident [2010]
Genre: Indie PopHailing from France and the Netherlands, Anton Louis Jr and Melody Van Kappers play soft, cutesy acoustic folk ditties as The Narcoleptic Dancers. The French-Dutch duo’s relationship is shrouded in mystery, apparently naming the band after the nickname of their famous footballer father the two may or may not be brother and sister. Either way the hazy, electro tinged folk melodies offered up on their debut Not Evident EP are kooky and hauntingly infectious. TLOBF
Jan 2, 2011
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes [2009]
Genre: Hipster Pop RockThis albums gonna be high on my list for a while for sure. Best heard at high volume with a cold beer. Preferrably with flower children dancing around in a field of wheat right in front of you, that will add to the ambiance of the album. Seriously, check em out, you'll love it!
Bart and Friends - Make You Blush [2010]
Genre: Romantic Indie PopLOST AND LONESOME RECORDS Indiepop purists rejoice! Bart Cummings has reunited with his former Shapiros bandmate Pam Berry and Bart & Friends friend Mark Monnone to help out on his first recordings since I Was Lonely ‘Til I Found You (2001, Library Records). And having mastered the art of stripping back the nonessentials to reveal life’s true detail, these new songs are more than worthy entries in the Bart canon. New friends Louis Richter and Stanley Paulzen drop by to lend a hand, and the resulting eight songs on Make You Blush are perfect sleepy-eyed vignettes, not a million miles away from the quintessential indiepop Bart was making with bands like The Cat’s Miaow in the mid-90s. TPills
Mix of Music for 2011
Genre: Indie Pop, Folk, Rock
To start the year off on an excellent note, I have assembled a small offering to help you through the new days of 2011. The snow is almost all gone and the spaces outside that would normally be occupied with sliding and skating are now robbed from us once again by mother nature.
Top 20 Albums of 2010
So another year comes to an end, and here at bolachas we like to reflect on the pass twelve months and look at some of the diamonds in the mine... If you have enjoyed the posts this year I believe you might get into the songs that were seen as the best of 2010 according to me! Enjoy the songs, make a new playlist, listen back over the year in tunes while cooking your roast beast. I have included a few tracks that are just too good not to listen to at least once in this reflective period of the year. TrY
- I'm In Your Church at Night - Active Child
- Come On, Let's Talk About Our Feelings - Fight Like Apes
- Rabbit Hole - James
- I Wrote a Song - Pascal Pinon
- Calling Out Your Name Again - Darren Hayman & The Secondary Moderns
- Never Listen To Me - The Thermals
- Veronica Sawyer - Summer Camp
- Landslide - Sin Fang
- Strong Swimmers - Said the Whale
- You Don't Know Anything - Stornoway
- The Attic - Smile Smile
- You Are One - Fanfarlo
- The Ghost Of Rockschool - Belle And Sebastian
- Not in Love (feat. Robert Smith) - Crystal Castles
- Bagatelle - Young Rebel Set
- Natural Light - Sun Kil Moon
- I Know What You Mean Billy Pilgrim - The Sleepy Trees
- And This Is What We Call Progress - The Besnard Lakes
- Julien - Bear Hands
- Slow River - a Singer of Songs
- Hermit - The Wilderness of Manitoba
- Early Christmas Present - Kate Nash
- In a Dream - Skybox
- Half Ton Load - Icarus Himself
- Dropout Jr. - French Films
- Work - The Bewitched Hands
- Real Life - Tanlines
- Heartbreaker - Girls
- Good Company - Comaneci
- Honey Moon - Monster Rally
- We're All Gonna Die (Have Fun) - The Candle Thieves
- Block After Block - Matt & Kim
- Barnacle - Lovers
- Zero With A Bullet - David Dondero
- Animal Arithmetic - Jónsi
- Drive On - Avalanche City
- Set Your Arms Down - Warpaint
- The Wurlitzer Prize - Venice Is Sinking
- Slowest Romance - Herzog
- Biting Your Tail - Iron & Wine
- My Girl the Horse - Fences
- Dance Yrself Clean - LCD Soundsystem
- Running On - Villa Nah
- Coming Back Home - Zachary Lucky
- Mirror, Mirror - Dr. Dog
- Orange - Yoyoyo Acapulco
- Dear Headlights - Radar Brothers
- Indie Rock Freestyle - Jason Lytle
- Everybody Loves A Showtune - Math and Physics Club
- Darlin' I can see you fallin' - Florian Horwath
Top 20 Albums of 2010
On the eve of 2011 I sit in a reflective mode looking at the year in music that was... I liked it! I found many great albums that occupied the space in between something and nothing. Again, you will find no "big" albums here, rather indie style albums that caught my attention and represent excellent albums as a whole, from start to finish. To make the list I was looking at a few choice conditions; firstly highly melodic in essence, secondly outstanding compositions, and finally lyrical albums that said something real or just funny. I would like to wish all bolachas followers a superb 2011, and thank you for your time spent at bolachas, I hope that we have a great 2011 together yet again. All the Best :-)
1. Pascal Pinon - s/t
2. The Bewitched Hands - Birds and Drums
3. The Thermals - Personal Life
4. Belle and Sebastian - Write about Love
5. Dr. Dog - Shame, Shame
6. Icaus Himself - Mexico
7. The Candle Thieves - Sunshine and other Misfortunes
8. Darren Hayman and the Secondary Modern - Essex Arms
9. Fanfarlo - You are One (ep).... too awesome to not include
10. Fight like Apes - The Body Of Christ And The Legs Of Tina Turner
11. Jonsi - Go Live
12. Math and Physics Club - I Shouldn't Look As Good As I Do
13. Monster Rally - Ep
14. Matt and Kim - Sidewalks
15. a singer of songs - Old Happiness
16. Stornoway - Beachcomer's Windsill
17. Skybox - Morning after Cuts
18. Smile Smile - Truth on Tapes
19. Tanlines - Volume On
20. Sleepy Trees - Young Joseph
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