Something always stopped me from being an actual Throwing Muses fan. It wasn't the peer pressure of seeing their CD spines running through friends' record collections when they were '90s alt rock staples. It wasn't necessarily that I couldn't really relate to what Kristin Hersh was trying to get across about her troubled head. I dunno. Maybe it'll click one day, although that time has probably passed. This song, however, was always a fave. Can't beat those sparkly arpeggios and the even more sparkly crescendo at 2:08. Throwing Muses - [...]
Friday Five : \'frī-(,)dā,-dē 'fīv\ : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we'll have a guest, but most of the time it's just me. The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. The Five: "Santa Claus" by Throwing Muses (from, [...]
Throwing Muses are back on the road in support of their new Anthology Record which was released last month. Bowlegs Music met up with the three-piece at the De La Warr Pavillion for a rather special rendition of one of their old classics Bright Yellow Gun .
Celebrating 25 years together, pioneering alt-rock band Throwing Muses will play The Academy in Dublin as part of their 25th Anniversary Tour . Tickets for the show on Thursday November 10th are priced at €24.90, inclusive of booking fee, available from Ticketmaster . We have three pairs up for grabs. To win, name Throwing Muses debut LP. Send your answer along with your contact details to giveaway@state.ie and we will let the winners know tomorrow afternoon.
Club Academy, Manchester Rhode Island's Throwing Muses were one of the great US alt-rock bands of the 80s and 90s. Formed around the duelling vocals and angular guitars of Kristin Hersh and step-sister Tanya Donelly, much of their creativity was associated with Hersh's bipolar disorder, which gave her hallucinations and personal demons. Reformed after various splits and celebrating their 25th anniversary without Donelly – who left in 1991 – neither maturity, marriage nor motherhood has dulled Hersh's intensity. She performs in a weird trance, staring at something unseen while spewing out the bile of such songs�as Hate My [...]
Throwing Muses 10.12.2011 40 Watt Club, Athens PopFest, Athens, GA Source: MBHO KA-200N's > Active Cables > MBHO MBP 603A > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave Taped by: Lance Stack Setlist: 1. intro 2. Garoux des Larmes 3. Shimmer 4. Start 5. Soul Soldier 6. Finished [...]
Throwing Muses Anthology 4AD Records [2011] (2 CD Set) Fire Note Says : Anthology provides a nice introduction to a band that more people should be familiar with! Album Review: Anthology is the first career spanning offering from the Throwing Muses and it comes at the 25 year mark from their debut self-titled record. Founded by step sisters Kristin Hersh and Tanya Donelly, the Throwing [...]
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Kristin Hersh is presenting a live performance of Paradoxical Undresing at Bumbershoot in Seattle this September. According to Bumbershoot's site : This solo spoken word and musical performance draws from Hersh's acclaimed memoir of life as a teenager wrestling with issues of mental illness, creativity, teenage pregnancy, and the pressures of sudden fame. Combining film, music, and scripted excerpts from the book, the show is an intense, moving, and original experience. You can purchase the book on Amazon . [...]
If there's one word that sums up Kristin Hersh , it's generous. As a solo musician, member of Throwing Muses and 50 Ft Wave, collaborator, creator, mother, wife, interviewee, writer, she is generous with her time, her talent and her thoughts. As one of the founders of CASH music , alongside Donita Sparks of L7, she's generous with her work, offering her fans constant streams of new music, much for free. Live, she gives her all. Last year, she released her first memoir, Paradoxical Undressing (called Rat Girl in the United States), where she [...]
Throwing Muses To coincide with a new best of, Throwing Muses are back to tour and have just announced the following European dates. Most shows are on sale now. October: 24th - Amsterdam, Paradiso, NETHERLANDS 25th - Berlin, Postbahnhof, GERMANY 26th - Copenhagen, Vega, DENMARK 27th - Ghent, Handelsbeurs, BELGIUM 29th - Madrid, Shoko, SPAIN November: 1st - Bexhill, De La Warr Pavilion, [...]
In support of the forthcoming release of their first ever compilation, Anthology , Throwing Muses will be heading around Europe for a few dates. Grab the album on September 5th (out via 4AD), then go see them at one of the following dates: October 24th - Amsterdam, Paradiso, NETHERLANDS 25th - Berlin, Postbahnhof, GERMANY 26th - Copenhagen, Vega, DENMARK 27th - Ghent, Handelsbeurs, BELGIUM 29th - Madrid, Shoko, SPAIN [...]
Kristin Hersh may not have been too much of a stranger to these shores but it's a long time since she's been here with Throwing Muses. That is set to be rectified in November, when the band bring their 25th Anniversary tour to the Academy in Dublin. Tickets for the show on 10th priced €24.90 inclusive of booking fee go on sale Wednesday August 17th from Ticketmaster outlets nationwide and Ticketmaster.ie. To mark the 25th anniversary of Throwing Muses debut album release on September 5th 2011, 4AD are issuing the first ever compilation of the bands work, simply [...]
Filed under: News , New Releases Paul Smith, Empics/PA Throwing Muses are to release a 'Best Of' set that features the Rhode Island group's favourite tracks -- and true to the group's dislike of the obvious, it won't simply collate popular tunes. The release of the Rhode Island band's first ever compilation coincides with the 25th anniversary of the indie group's debut album 'Untitled.' 'Anthology' features 21 "personal favourites," a [...]
It's been a quarter of a century since Throwing Muses released their debut album. The Rhode Island natives were the first American act to sign to 4AD, and are best known for their album 'University'. Along with bands like The Smashing Pumpkins and Jane's Addiction, Throwing Muses are arguably one of the most established American Alternative bands of the decade. On September 5th, the band will release their best of album, entitled 'Anthology', with a whopping 43 songs spread across two discs . Throwing Muses will be playing some live dates soon - keep [...]
Throwing Muses On the 25th anniversary of Throwing Muses debut album release, 4AD are issuing the first ever compilation of the band's work, simply entitled Anthology, on September 5th 2011. The initial limited release comes in a hardback book with a bonus twenty-two track CD of B-sides and rarities. 'Hillbilly' is a previously unreleased track and 'If' and 'Heel Toe' were only released in the USA. Additionally 'Back Road [...]
Words by Rick Moslen I briefly considered having a Part 1 and Part 2 for this segment. Why? Well your favorite bands showcased their best work on this English label, and a list of thirty-five albums still runs far too short. A speedy mention of 4AD 's 30-year old history recalls the sweat-enduring mystic of the Cocteau Twins or the glacial European folk of Dead Can Dance . You piss your pants from The Birthday Party 's nihilistic insanity, while tears trickle from your eyes when reading Mojave [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , Book Club Graeme Flegenheimer, Getty Images Throughout her career, singer-songwriter Kristin Hersh has embraced the role of storyteller in her music and lyrics, as well as the written and spoken word. She's been forthright about her battle with bipolar disorder and its affect upon her cathartic and fascinating creative process. In 2010, she upped the ante with her memoir ' Rat Girl ,' which was recently released in the [...]
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Here's a giveaway that's been very long in the posting... since Autumn, in fact, when Kristin Hersh 's debut novel, "Rat Girl" was published in the U.S. and I started putting together this little contest to mark the occasion. Life got in the way, Kristin kept planning more cool stuff I thought I'd wait for, and I kept saying "next week". Well, next week is now - time to get this very special package in the mail to one of you. Read on (and on) for details on what you could win and how to enter, as [...]
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