Blog: Drawer B

Saw Marnie Stern live Friday night in Charlotte, NC at this dive bar called Snug Harbour. Stern was far less imposing than I had assumed. For some reason the artwork for her sophomore LP on Kill Rock Stars, This Is It... , makes her seem lanky and tall. In person, she's a tiny little thing, but, man, can she tear it up on guitar. Her tapping is not exactly a new technique, as one Edward Van Halen will attest, but the context in which she uses it is bizarrely refreshing. She would loop an intro, play rhythm [...]