After a pair of metal collaborations with Xasthur and Sailors With Wax Wings, ethereal-voiced folksinger Marissa Nadler has picked up her acoustic guitar again and switched on the vox reverb for a slew of new solo songs. In addition to the digital release of her self-recorded demos for 2009’s Little Hells (“acoustic versions, complete with … Read more
Unexpected collaborations are always noteworthy around here, which is partly why we made sure to mention the recent team-up of singer/songwriter Marissa Nadler and Scott Conner, the leader of black metal outfit Xasthur, earlier this year. The unlikely pair worked together on Portal of Sorrow, Conner’s final album under the Xasthur moniker, which is available … Read more
Here are a few bookmarks from the queue before we begin regularly [un]scheduled programming… Producer Paul Epworth gave BBC 6 the scoop that Brit School-educated Adele will be getting the Rick Rubin production treatment for the follow-up to her debut album, 19. LA Weekly uncovered an unexpected collaboration between whom Pitchfork calls “misanthropic California black … Read more