I recently wrote at length about the new White Lung record, which I love, for Talkhouse, so...here’s my favorite track off of the album -- Marissa Nadler
I remember in High School, like many stoned suburban teenagers across America, trying out the mythical magical synthesis of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon and the Wizard Of Oz. It was alright. ...If you sync up experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage’s gorgeous Mothlight with pretty much any moody instrumental music -- I’m thinking the Dirty Three, Locrian, or classical music like Chopin -- then
His cover of I’m Set Free is awesome. It’s one of my favorite Velvet Underground songs. A song so good it’s a funeral contender, and this cover does it justice. -- Marissa Nadler
I’ve been obsessed with the Czech master animator Jan Svankmajer’s work for a long time. He works in surreal 3-D stop motion animation, puppets, and live motion, and has influenced countless artists and animators, including the Brothers Quay and Terry Gilliam...
I met the guitarist Glenn Jones years ago while on tour with the late great Jack Rose, another legend in the world of American Primitive Guitar. I’ve been lucky enough to have Glenn glue my beloved 12-string Martin back after countless airline debacles...
Mammifer is Faith Coloccia and Aaron Turner. Their new record, released recently on Sige Records, is The World Unseen. “Mara” is my favorite song from this album. It’s mournful, spectral, cosmic, tragic, and dare I use the word haunting...
It's been over a decade since we first fell in love with the music of Marissa Nadler -- sometime around the moment I first heard her flawless "Diamond Heart", which remains one of my favorite songs of all time -- and I distinctly remember the thrill of discovery every time she'd upload one of her exquisite and still underrated cover songs on myspace. So it goes without saying that we're
Marissa Nadler unveils another beautiful track from her new record Strangers, out May 20th on Sacred Bones. Marissa will tour the States this summer, including a stop in Denton on July 30.
Marissa Nadler shares a haunting self-directed + animated video for "All the Colors of the Dark", taken from her forthcoming LP Strangers. Marissa says of the vid:
Haunting new track taken from Marissa Nadler's forthcoming LP Strangers, out in May on Sacred Bones / Bella Union. Pre-order over at Marissa's bandcamp to download "Janie in Love" now: