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Nina Nastasia: Outlaster

Master of crazy-songs lets the crazy master her Legend has it that Nina Nastasia has never bought a record in her life. Whether or not this is true is irrelevant; like most myths, it highlights an important truth beyond itself—in this case, that the singer/songwriter is practically incomparable to anyone else making music today. She’s been compared to everyone from Leonard Cohen to PJ Harvey, but nothing quite fits....  read more

Listen to the New Frightened Rabbit Album, Watch the New Frightened Rabbit Video

Frightened Rabbit’s third full-length, The Winter of Mixed Drinks, isn’t due out until March 9 (via FatCat), but you don’t have to wait a couple weeks to hear the new album—it’s now streaming on MySpace and will be additionally streaming on NPR starting this Saturday, Feb. 27....  read more

Silje Nes: Ames Room

Gripping debut from Norwegian singer/songwriterSilje Nes’ low-key but ultimately gripping debut album is equal parts cute forest elf, kooky CocoRosie and prowling Cat Power. It’s a home-recorded disc, and one can imagine the young Norwegian—who grew up in Leikanger, where the climate is mild, fruit trees thrive and splashes from the Kvinna waterfall produce rainbows in the summer—strolling along her stream of consciousness, adding flickers of melodica, glockenspiel, cello or whatever instrument suited her at the moment. Nes’ music is less a genre than a mood: sometimes haunted, and other times slinky. “Bright Night Morning” and “Melt” are echo-y...  read more