Artist: Fiona Apple

"Fiona Apple is skeletal and a total psycho. I wanna make out with her and then be her therapist." That's a direct quote from a friend who recently had the good fortune of seeing Fiona in concert, and it's one that somewhat accurately describes why, when Ms. Apple announced a new record due out June 26th, it immediately shattered any preconceived excitement for most other albums due out this year. The simple fact is that she is on another level. She's an insane genius who everyone should appreciate, and this artwork is actually a [...]

The hype for Fiona Apple, she of the oft-delayed record and recent slew of killer performances

Fiona's long-awaited album The Idler Wheel (we can't be bothered to include the 20 other words in the full title ) will be released on June 26, and with the collection of new tunes from the singer-songwriter comes some, shall we say, interesting album art. Hoping for something a little bit more pleasing to the eye, a la Fiona's cover art for debut album Tidal ? Eh, sorry. We recommend you check out our exclusive live pics from the artist's SXSW set instead.

The Idler Wheel... will see daylight on 6/26 via Epic. It features: 1 Every Single Night 2 Daredevil 3 Valentine 4 Jonathan 5 Left Alone 6 Werewolf 7 Periphery 8 Regret 9 Anything We Want 10 Hot Knife Fiona Apple recently performed in DC. Purchase Fiona Apple items via Insound. MP3: Fiona Apple - Criminal (Omnireq Mix)

Check out the artwork and tracklist.

If you're dying to see what the cover of Fiona Apple's new album The Idler Wheel is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords will Serve You More than Ropes Will Ever Do will look like, you're in luck. Check it out to the right: Stay tuned to www.fiona-apple.com for more news on the upcoming album....

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Right above is the artwork for Fiona Apple' s fourth album, and first in seven years,  The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do . According to Pitchfork , the album will be released on June 26th via Epic Records. Until then, watch live clips of new cuts   “Anything We Want” ,  “Every Single Night” , and "Valentine" .

This is very cute, but did we tell you that Fiona Apple's new album, titled The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw, And Whipping Cords WIll Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do , is scheduled for release this summer? Filed under: Beats , Politik , Queen Of The Night

Above is the letter that Fiona Apple wrote to a gay fan in 2000. The fan, 16-year-old Bill Magee, contacted Fiona in hopes that he'd receive her support on behalf of his high school's Gay-Straight Alliance. Below is what the letter says so that you don't have to hurt your eyes looking at the picture. Read more »

Como parte de la promoción de su nuevo disco, Fiona Apple  sigue de gira probando las canciones que lo integran. Además, se da el gusto de hacer un cover de The Beatles . El nuevo álbum tras siete años de silencio titulado   The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do   saldrá en junio aunque no tenemos aún una fecha exacta. Muchas de las canciones que [...]

The FIONA APPLE is back against the 2012 walk with new mp3s. Butt is making digital waves this Thursday eve for a letter she penned in 2000 to a then 16-year-old high school student, who had asked her to write a note for his school's gay-straight-alliance. Read the text in the jpeg above. And now. Amazing. Beautiful. Tears. And that's why the F APPLE is better than some of your faves. PS we need more of this SHE-ness in our [...]

HBO's medieval drama Game Of Thrones premieres April 1, and this season's plot involves five different claims to the throne and these respective factions' ongoing clobbering of one another (#TeamRobb). But, yet another mantle is up for grabs, one that involves absolutely nobody getting their head cut off; the claim to "your album of the summer," a competition that includes many of the 25 albums in our list. While bands like Beach House and Bear In Heaven have already earned their inclusion, many details are just beginning to emerge about many of the [...]

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Nickel Creek 's Sara Watkins is coming back with her second solo album. Sun Midnight Sun will be available on May 8th. The new record is mostly Watkins originals, but she does tap a few other songwriters, including Willie Nelson ("I'm a Memory"). At first blush the most intriguing effort is her duet with Fiona Apple of all people on the Everly Brothers' " You're the One I Love ". Watkins does have a tour planned, but one that comes nowhere near here. [...]

The NYC songstress covers the Twitty classic.

photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin , words by Rachel Kowal A long line of hopefuls extended down the block outside the Bowery Ballroom Monday night for Fiona Apple 's second sold-out show in New York. (The first was Friday night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg .) Given Apple's reluctance to perform and the long gap of silence since her last album (7 years), seeing her perform was surreal - especially since she opted to skip [...]

photos by Ryan Muir Fiona Apple @ Bowery Ballroom - 3/26/2012 "During [the Music Hall of Williamsburg] show Ms. Apple moved between the microphone at center stage and a piano off to the side with an array of votive candles on top. Slender and toned, she wore a green tank top; her muscles spoke loudly as her body moved in precise ways on each song. On "Paper Bag" she held her hand tight against her stomach, muscles flexing, [...]

I've been so focused on Fiona Apple and her return to New York City that I won't be there for, I almost forgot what has got to be the milestone of the week: Aretha Franklin turned 70 on Sunday, March 25. It makes me feel incredibly old that so many icons whom I can remember being younger than I am now, are now turning 70. Coming soon (April 24, to be exact): Barbra Streisand. I met Franklin exactly once, in the early '90s at one of Clive Davis' pre-Grammy parties in New York City. She didn't say [...]

photos by Amanda Hatfield Fiona Apple @ Music Hall of Williamsburg " Fiona Apple got a warm welcome back to her native city [Friday] night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. Born in New York City in the fall of 1977, her last live show here dated back to December 2005 [ actually she played NYC in August 2007 ], so fans --most of whom, we're assuming, probably didn't see her performances at SXSW [...]