(photo: Marilis Cardinal) "Heavy, dark, but totally fun" is the way Montreal trio Nightwood describe themselves, and that's pretty apropos after listening to a few of the tracks on offer over at their Myspace page. The band originally caught my attention when they sent me an email letting me know about their most recent video "Bright Girls of Summer" off their October 2009 release, Carta Marina . The video is a time-lapsed document of the entire recording process for the record. When accompanied by the song's march-like beat, the [...]
The Happy Hollows Spells Autumn Tone Records [2010] Fire Note Says: The Happy Hollows storm your player with driving guitar and killer vocals from Sarah Negahdari. Album Review: The Happy Hollows are a breath of fresh air, as the female fronted band has a throwback sound to the alternative rock days of the 90's. Of course Spells is not a total retread, as the record [...]
Comienzan las semanas temáticas en Una Piel de Astracán. Desde hoy y hasta el viernes haremos un repaso a ese movimiento femenino en auge en la genial década de los 90, que consistía, entre otras muchas ideologías feministas, en situar a la mujer como artista dentro de la escena musical porque hasta ese momento, lo hacían más como groupies que como músicos. Empecemos este repaso con Slant 6. No hace falta indagar muy profundo para notar que varios de los sonidos presentados por Dischord se transformaron, con el tiempo, en influencias inevitable dentro [...]
Fin de semana ideal para el estreno de una nueva lista cargada de sonidos nuevos y familiares, la mezcla perfecta para acompañar un viernes por la noche ... Galaxy 94.3 fm ® Los Mochis radio pone a su dispocisión el nuevo playlist 117, con la mejor música de la galaxia ... sintonice su receptor esta noche — 20:20 horas y transfórmese en una mejor persona... Playlist 117 Galaxy 94.3 fm ® [...]
The more involved I get in the world of publishing the more I find that there is an order or progression to things. Your career and opportunities grow as you gain knowledge, experience, and respect. A writer and publisher that I really respect is Cynthia Reeser. She recently announced the arrival of her new press Aqueous Books. This comes in a addition to her literary site Prick of The Spindle , and her productive career as writer. She is a very busy women, but recently took time to answer a few of my questions. [...]
Editor's note: "Overlooked in Ohio" is a feature in which we ask an Ohio-based artist/music enthusiast to tell us about a few bands (past or present) from the state of Ohio that deserve some love. Our second installment comes courtesy of Bela Koe-Krompecher , a staple of the Columbus rock scene and head of the soon-to-be-revived Anyway Records - former home of Gaunt, The New Bomb Turks and countless other "important" Columbus bands, including this volume's subject, Greenhorn . ...This is a long one, but do yourself a big favor and read the whole [...]
Rhode Island's fine alt. rock export Throwing Muses is taking heed of the rather nifty idea of fan-financed albums for their next album. The band admitted that financial constraints have played a large part in restricting both their touring capabilities and also their capacity to record new music.
Aside from a 2008 European tour and an appearance at the R.E.M. tribute show last March, Throwing Muses have remained relatively quiet since the final tour dates in support of their 2003 self-titled eighth studio album. Seven years later, the Kristin Hersh-led Rhode Island alt-rock outfit is eying a new release. But, like the Swans , they need your help: "The band I started when I was fourteen, Throwing Muses, never broke up. We never suffered "creative differences," we didn't get complacent and sucky; we've always adored each other and were driven to [...]
Kristen Hersh is revitalising her band Throwing Muses. You can download a new demo at the website here .
Primal Scream has been around awhile. Formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1982, Primal Scream has explored a lot of genres. Alternative Rock, Acid House, Goth, Indie, Dance...even some reggae. They've got about 15 ex-members, which is always telling in my book. The lead vocalist, Bobby Gillespie, was once the drummer of The Jesus & Mary Chain, but vacated his post in the mid 80's to work on Primal Scream full time after being given an ultimatum by the Reid Brothers of TJ&MC. Following Gillespie's departure from that band, Primal Scream kicked around a few years and were met with lukewarm praise, at best, from the critics. [...]
Screaming Females are giving New Brunswick, NJ a good name. In 2009, the trio signed with the label Don Giovanni (also based out of New Brunswick), released their third LP, Power Move , and were courted by the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Dinosaur Jr., and Throwing Muses to go out on tour. Their diminuitive frontwoman Marissa Paternoster was even named "Best Shredder in New York City 20093 by the Village Voice . ( Children eat your heart out!) 2010 finds the Females prepping for tour and getting creative with some old 73s. They've compiled [...]
Listen to the official version of "Like a Dog," a b-side for the 1995 single, "Bright Yellow Gun."
"Bright Yellow Gun" by Throwing Muses of the Day
Alternate Version of the Day: "Like a Dog" by Throwing Muses
Many of you wrote in with the tragic news of the passing of singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt . Chesnutt, 45, died on December 25 following a brief coma brought on by an overdose of muscle relaxers. Whether or not the overdose was intentional remains unclear. Chesnutt was involved in an auto accident at the age of 18 that left him paraplegic and confined to a wheelchair. Chesnutt was a vital part of the music scene in Athens, GA, first earning the admiration of Michael Stipe of R.E.M. in the late 1980s and went on to collaborate [...]
Vic Chesnutt touched many folks, like Patti Smith, Michael Stipe—who produced his first two albums—and Throwing Muses' Kristin Hersh—who is trying to raise money for his family—but the man who could play rhythm and lead with only two fingers has passed on. Unable to pay for kidney surgery and seemingly at his tether's end, Chesnutt [...]
Brian Sullivan is the driving force behind Boston's DYLAN IN THE MOVIES, on track to deliver their long awaited debut full-length "Josephine If You Only Knew" in Spring 2010 on American Laundromat Records. This new release will feature guest appearances from the Watson Twins (Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins) and Tanya Donelly (Throwing Muses, Breeders, Belly), who also shares a co-write credit on the track 'Girl With the Black Tights.' Having recorded the album at a number of New England locales, most notably on an idyllic farm in New Hampshire, the sound is charged with [...]
Noël est parfois bien triste, c'est en tout cas le cas cette année. En effet Vic Chesnutt, le génial songwriter Américain s'en est allé, le jour de Noël. L'information selon laquelle Vic était dans le coma avait tout d'abord été révélée par son amie Kristin Hersh, chanteuse des Throwing Muses, hier soir. Puis dans la nuit de nombreux sites ont relayé l'info, en extrapolant légèrement. Les rumeurs de décès ont circulé toute la journée avant que l'information ne soit officialisée par le label Constellation à 15h, heure New-Yorkaise. Vic Chesnutt s'est donc donné la mort, lui qui lui déclarait : [...]
Filed under: News UPDATE: The New York Times confirmed on Friday that singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt has indeed passed away at the age of 45, following a brief coma that was the result of an overdose on muscle relaxers earlier this week. Family spokesperson, Jem Cohen, did not specify if the overdose was intentional but Chesnutt, a paraplegic who often sang about death, had admitted in interviews that he had attempted suicide several times before. A tweet written on Thursday morning by his [...]
Filed under: News Earlier today, Spinner sadly reported that well-loved and respected singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt was in a coma, following what was largely believed to be a suicide attempt. Sources now confirm that Chesnutt has passed away at the age of 45. San Francisco's Examiner , reports that Chesnutt was proclaimed dead just hours after slipping into a coma. Entrenched in the Athens, Ga. music scene, Chesnutt was a songwriter's songwriter; he first earned the admiration of R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe in the late '80s [...]
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