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Marissa Nadler Announces New Album The Sister

Below the youtube video Nadler asks, “Do you know my self titled record Marissa Nadler has a sister? She’ll be here in the Sping and she sent this video post card.”   read more

20 Musicians Discuss Nirvana's Nevermind

To celebrate Nevermind's 20th anniversary, we turned to 20 musicians to share stories about the impact that Nirvana had on them as well as the album's lasting legacy.  read more

Marissa Nadler: Marissa Nadler

Marissa Nadler singing the word “radio” may be one of the music events of the year. On “The Sun Always Reminds Me of You,” a standout from her self-titled fifth album, she splits those three syllables in a way that makes the word sound startlingly new: something like “ray-adee-ohhhh,” although that transcription doesn’t come close to doing justice to her phrasing. She sings each long vowel sound with the slightest hesitation, placing the sound just behind the beat to the give the word and the song a singsong lilt. It’s possibly the slyest, catchiest and loveliest hook on this immensely...  read more

Marissa Nadler Selling Covers LP on Etsy

In an age where the personality-less MP3 stream rules all, folk songstress Marissa Nadler is taking to the internet to sell a special 17-song collection of covers. The CD will feature some of her favorite covers, home recorded and burned onto a disc by Nadler herself, and it’s going for $13 plus shipping on Etsy....  read more

Ten Songs in Celebration of the Birth of Virginia Woolf

On this day in 1882, Virginia Woolf was born, and in the 128 years that have passed since then, her starkly beautiful prose and heartbreaking life story have inspired works from all types of artists. Although her legacy is shrouded in tragedy (she battled depression and what is thought to have been bipolar disorder throughout her life, finally committing suicide in 1941), she is considered a trailblazer for feminism and revered for her unique modernist writing style. Today, on what would have been her birthday, we celebrate Woolf’s life and legacy with 10 songs inspired by her and her work....  read more

Listen Up: Marissa Nadler, Where Have I Been All Your Life?

Two Saturday nights ago, the night before my birthday, I'd had two tacos and two margaritas and I was at The Earl in Atlanta with my boyfriend Joe when I decided that I was going to love Marissa Nadler forever...  read more

Devendra Banhart, Alela Diane, More Collaborate on Leaves of Life

It's nice to see artists collaborating for a good cause. Devendra Banhart has been contributing to many charity compilations lately, including Causes 2, which benefits Doctors Without Borders, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam America. Once again, the long-haired folkie, along with Arborea, Alela Diane, and others are lending their voices for an important cause on Leaves of Life....  read more

Mexican Summer record club features Dungen, more

Following in the footsteps of Sub Pop, Merge and many others...  read more