Eerie indie folk songstress Marissa Nadler recently set out on a month-long U.S. tour with the similarly styled Alela Diane. Nadler's latest release, Little Hells, came out earlier this year on Kemado, and was — as usual — packed with haunting tunes that come off like the soundtrack to the most wistful Southern Gothic novel ever (screenplay by William Faulkner and Angela Carter, starring someo
I still stand by my earlier statement that Marissa Nadler’s music makes for a great come down. With her new album, Little Hells (out now on Kemado), Nadler has created another solid piece of work that completely envelops and transports the listener to a wholly magical place. The place where Nadler takes you is not [...]
Marissa Nadler DOWNLOAD: Marissa Nadler - "River of Dirt" (mp3) Marissa Nadler's terrific new album Little Hells comes out today (March 4) on Kemado records and coincidentally, she's playing a record release show tonight at Joe's Pub. Marissa recently sat down for an interview with PopTartsSuckToasted and here's a little excerpt from that exchange: PTST: We're a week [...]
“Take me back to the place of golden summer, … to the river of dirt.”“River Of Dirt” is a song about searching and longing, starting with utopic visions and showing off Marissa Nadler’s unique voice.It is unique in its own dreamy, husky manner, best accompanied with acoustic sounds.Gentle and littered with sorrow, her task as [...]
In my opinion Marissa Nadler reached a fine height with 2007’s Bird onthe Water. Songs like ‘Sylvia’ entrenched themselves in theimagination; the melodies were persuasive and the simple guitar pickingwas confident in its emotional capability. Songs like ‘Mexican Summer’expanded her atmospheric repertoire and re-contextualised her gothicballads in lands beyond the forest edge that they gr
Sorry Vanessa Carlton, but after a long stint in the premier league, you’re being relegated to the grapefruit league of dreamy female musicians. It was a solid run and as much as I liked the video where you drove your piano from the suburbs into Manhattan like the beginning of the Naked Gun (or Police Squad if you’re old school); the last straw was dating the singer from Third Eye Blind. Well,
Boston-based singer/songwriter Marissa Nadler has consistently impressed with her beautiful, yet haunting, brand of folk music over the past five years. Her ethereal voice and often dark lyrics make her unique among her peers and have brought well-deserved critical acclaim. Her fourth album, Little Hells, is set for release next week and includes guests Myles Baer, Simone Pace (Blonde Redhead...
I'm pretty behind on music like this. Luckily I found this 2 disc compilation. Absolutely one of the best new compilations I've gotten in a while. It was released in July of '06 so you can tell how behind I am. Most of the tracks are very good and it's overall a very satisfying listen. Folk Off! features artists like Tunng, Vashti Bunyan, Magnetaphone, Marissa Nadler, Vetiver, Dr. Dog, Suf...
Her new album Songs III: Bird on the Water is out next week, and has been christened by the Powers That Be as powerful good echo-folk. Need more convincing? Espers is her back-up band on the album.Here's Silvia, a song off the new album. You can find other tracks from it if you look hard enough.
delia derbyshireThanks to ISO50 for posting this amazing recording of Delia Derbyshire's utterly haunting 1964 sound collage, "Dreams," in which Derbyshire set "a collection of spliced/reassembled interviews" of people relating details about their recurring dreams (or nightmares) against her own "dissonant, often terrifying musique concrete soundbeds..." Listen alone/in the dark for the full ef...
I'm pretty behind on music like this. Luckily I found this 2 disc compilation. Absolutely one of the best new compilations I've gotten in a while. It was released in July of '06 so you can tell how behind I am. Most of the tracks are very good and it's overall a very satisfying listen. Folk Off! features artists like Tunng, Vashti Bunyan, Magnetaphone, Marissa Nadler, Vetiver, Dr. Dog, Suf...
Here's a track off the upcoming and fourth album from Marissa Nadler, who studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design. The album is Little Hells, and it wil be released in early March.
"Been Drinking Too Much"Marissa Nadler recently posted this haunting video of new song "Dead Wives Club" (which may be titled "Marie") on her blog. Those in attendance at her recent NYC/BK shows at the Lutheran Church of the Messiah and Joe's Pub may recognize the tune as the one in which Marissa plays banjo. According to lore, Ms. Nadler hadn't touched a banjo in public in over ten years, which
Boston-based singer/songwirter Marissa Nadler has recently released her fourth studio album, Little Hells (review here). I had the opporuntiy to speak with Marissa, here's how our conversation went:T.O. Snob: Thanks for doing this. You're coming to Toronto on April 21st, what can people expact from your show?Marissa Nadler: I thin a gentle, mellow, ethereal sound.T.O. Snob: I think Little Hel