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In Memory of John Peel Show 221014 Podcast & Playlist

In Memory of John Peel Show 221014 Podcast & Playlist

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Bill Callahan (Smog) - Bathysphere @ Academy Dublin 2011

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Time for the yearly meeting of the Cate Le Bon Appreciation Society, on the occasion of the release date of the Welsh songwriter’s fifth album, “Reward”. The goddaughter of the 90s Welsh indie pop of Gruff Rhys et al has long outgrown her own scene, and her exquisite avant-pop reached a level of uniqueness that makes it impossible to lump her together with anyone at all. It’s yet another magnificent record from Le Bon and we’re thrilled to live in the same era as she’s making music.

In this week’s playlist: new tracks by Alex Lahey, Lydia Ainsworth, Carly Rae Jepsen, SAMIA, Stef Chura, Los Retros, Faye Webster, Okey Dokey, Night Beats, Amyl and The Sniffers, Institute, Black Mountain, Earth, Bill Callahan (smog), Mavis Staples, Dylan LeBlanc, Frankie Lee, Justin Townes Earle, TK & The Holy Know-Nothings, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Doug Tuttle, and Los Coast.

Bolachas Now Playing, 20/2019 (#190):

Cate le Bon - Meet the Man Cate le Bon - Magnificent Gestures Alex Lahey - Black RMs Lydia Ainsworth - Can You Find Her Place Carly Rae Jepsen - The Sound Samia - Ode to Artifice Stef Chura - Sweet Sweet Midnight Los Retros - Friends Faye Webster - Hurts Me Too Okey Dokey - Thick and Thin (feat. Dent May) Night Beats - Shot Down Amyl and The Sniffers - Starfire 500 Institute - Indoctrination Set Black Mountain - FD'72 Earth - A Wretched Country of Dusk Bill Callahan - Black Dog on the Beach Mavis Staples - Heavy On My Mind Dylan LeBlanc - Honor Among Thieves Frankie Lee - Downtown Lights Justin Townes Earle - Talking To Myself TK & The Holy Know-Nothings - Good Stuff Jake Xerxes Fussell - Oh Captain Doug Tuttle - Fade Los Coast - Simplify

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1420. Smog - Wild Love (Domino - 2001/1995)

Une poignée de chansons, une boite à rythmes, une guitare, l’on commence à sentir tout le potentiel d’écriture de Bill Callahan, narrateur d’un quotidien pas si quotidien.

Bathysphere

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“...when I was seven my father said to me "But you can't swim" and I've never dreamed of the sea again.”

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Wild Love, Smog (1995)

Wild Love was Bill Callahan’s first release that impressed beyond exploration of lo-fi textures and raw experimentation. It was here that he released some of the poetic knack for storytelling that persisted in future releases; stories full of tenderness and imagery, of anger and violence, personal torment and inner conflict. Not that Callahan hadn’t shown such traits before, only here they dominated - expressive and immersive and, often, exhaustingly so.

On Wild Love, the moments of awe are more frequent and protracted, moments of silliness (such as Julius Caesar’s ‘Your Wedding’ and ’37 Push Ups’) rare but, due to ‘Be Hit’ and ‘The Candle’, still persistent. Callahan’s lyrical leap was also matched by instrumental development - Jim O’Rourke on cello, Cynthia Dall on guitar and Drag City’s Rian Murphy on production all made for an expansion further from -but not totally beyond- lo-fi.

Despite a sizeable number again of vignette-style palette experiments, Wild Love’s compositions also moved far beyond any Smog record prior to it. ‘Bathysphere’ seems informed by Glass operas with its measured, minimal horns. ‘Wild Love’ has an avant-folk eeriness to its chamber music, contrasting with the more standard indie folk of ‘It’s Rough’. ‘Prince Alone in the Studio’ even ventured into the territory of lengthier tracks, complete with dramatic strings and psychedelic repetition. Quite a few of those remain some of Callahan’s finest tracks.

On Wild Love it was clear that appreciation for Smog had to be re-tuned from that of abstract lo-fi consistencies to proper songwriting. Though it wasn’t a total success, the brilliance of no small number of individual tracks makes this a worthwhile starting point for those looking to get into the more accessible works in Callahan’s career.

Pick: ‘Bathysphere’

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In Memory of John Peel Show 220826 Podcast & Playlist

In Memory of John Peel Show 220826 Podcast & Playlist

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Time for our return after the usual early June festival break. Bill Callahan is back with his first long play in six years, an unusually twenty songs long record called Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest. It sounds like, well, exactly what you would expect from Callahan.

Go have a listen after you're done with our ridiculously long playlist - 31 songs by 30 different artists over almost two hours: House and Land, Jambinai, Shellac, Kate Tempest, RF Shannon, Whitney, Bruce Springsteen, Richard Hawley, Lower Dens, Julia Shapiro, Stef Chura, The Divine Comedy, Adam Green, Tim Heidecker, David Berman's Purple Mountains, Will Johnson, Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real, Hiss Golden Messenger, Chris Stapleton, Willie Nelson, Sturgill Simpson, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Michael Fracasso, Fruit Bats, Eilen Jewell, Bedouine, Joan Shelley, Julien Baker, and Shannon Lay.

Bolachas Now Playing, 21/2019 (#191): 

House and Land - Cursed Soldier JAMBINAI - Sun. Tears. Red Shellac - Billiard Player Song Kate Tempest - Hold Your Own Bill Callahan - Circles Bill Callahan - Son of the Sea RF Shannon - Wild Rose Pass Whitney - Giving Up Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars Richard Hawley - My Little Treasures Lower Dens - Young Republicans Julia Shapiro - Around the Block Stef Chura - Trumbull The Divine Comedy - Norman And Norma Adam Green - Freeze My Love Tim Heidecker - Insomnia Purple Mountains - Darkness and Cold Will Johnson - Cornelius Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real - Turn Off the News (Build A Garden) Hiss Golden Messenger - I Need a Teacher Chris Stapleton - The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy Willie Nelson - It's Hard to Be Humble (with Lukas Nelson & Micah Nelson) Sturgill Simpson - The Dead Don't Die Jake Xerxes Fussell - Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues Michael Fracasso - Thurston's Lament Fruit Bats - Ocean Eilen Jewell - Crawl Bedouine - One More Time Joan Shelley - Coming Down for You Julien Baker - Conversation Piece Shannon Lay - Nowhere