1. Meatbodies – Tremmors
2. Foxygen – How Can You Really
3. J Mascis – Wide Awake
4. Marissa Nadler – Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings (Father John Misty cover)
5. Allo Darlin’ – I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones cover)
6. Purling Hiss – Learning Slowly
7. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Warning
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Follow @madmackerelMarissa Nadler has already provided some of our favourite cover versions ever and she has added to that list with her sparse and hauntingly beautiful version of Leonard Cohen’s Seems So Long Ago Nancy.
Download it here.
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We’ve not posted any videos for a few days, so here are some high calibre musical films (and songs) from Peggy Sue, Marissa Nadler, William Fitzsimmons and Nathaniel Rateliff. Friday is folky Americana day…
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The fabulous You Be My Heart compilation, which we featured last November and which was released in December, is an extended love affair with the nonprofit 826 National, which is dedicated to offering “a variety of inventive programs that provide under-resourced students, ages 6-18, with opportunities to explore their creativity and improve their writing skills.”
San Francisco songwriter Devon Reed, who volunteers with 826, wrote all the songs which were presented to the bands, who each selected one that called to them and in turn gave it their own unique twist. The result is a compilation featuring a who’s who in the indie rock scene with artists such as Bowerbirds, The Cloud Room, Maps & Atlases, and Mark Kozelek all participating to support the nonprofit’s aim.
The latest track to be shared is from Horse Feathers and is simply brilliant.
Listen below and connect with the You Be My Heart project on Facebook and Twitter.
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Now that the new year is slowly grinding into gear and starting to pick up some momentum, we are starting to see some really tasty new releases being promoted. Here is our pick of a few new tunes from new records that we are really looking forward to…
First up, we have another gorgeous track from Marissa Nadler’s new album July, and a live taster of the first new record in two years from We Were Promised Jetpacks. The near perfect indie rock of Portland, Oregon’s Rare Monk is well worth checking out, and we have the sonic intensity of Brooklyn two-piece NØMADS to contrast with the vintage, ‘swingadelic’ heady bliss of the brilliantly named Jitterbug Vipers.
Next up is the degenerate raucous rock of Fat White Family’s new single Touch The Leather, and finally (for now) the brilliant Kelley Stoltz has a new single of shimmering psych-pop titled Cross Your Mind backed with The Anarchist In Me – you can stream the latter below.
Dig in…
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Here are our favourite covers of the year.
Marissa Nadler & Angel Olson – Frisco Depot
(Original by Mickey Newbury)
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Shearwater – Fucked Up Life
(Original by the Baptist Generals)
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra – (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay
(Original by Otis Redding)
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Betse Ellis – Straight To Hell
(Original by The Clash)
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Jessica Lea Mayfield – I’m In A Hurry (And I Don’t Know Why)
(Original by Alabama)
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Shovels & Rope – Johnny 99
(Original by Bruce Springsteen)
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Benjamin Francis Leftwich – Swim Until You Can’t See Land
(Original by Frightened Rabbit)
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Milo Greene – Parents
(Original by The Descendents)
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Pickwick featuring Sharon Van Etten – Lady Luck
(Original by Richard Swift)
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Natural Child – White Light/White Heat
(Original by the Velvet Underground)
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Phosphorescent – Storms Never Last
(Original by Waylon Jennings)
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Phosphorescent – Ya Hey
(Original by Vampire Weekend)
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The Avett Brothers – Hammer Down
(Original by Jason Molina)
Long time MM fave, Marissa Nadler has announced details of her sixth album July, coming, appropriately enough, next February 4th on on Sacred Bones (US) and February 11th on Bella Union (everywhere else).
The first taste is Dead City Emily, an almost six minute epic of eerie, haunting beauty where heartbreak is given an almost euphoric feel.
Listen below. Mesmerise yourself.
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Marissa Nadler and Angel Olsen have combined again to absolutely stunning effect on this cover of the Mickey Newbury song Frisco Depot.
You won’t hear much that is more beautiful than this…
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Marissa Nadler inhabits a musical world of many landscapes, wandering between dream-folk, noir Country, southern gothic, plaintive ballads and all touch points in-between. Variously haunting, ethereal, heartbroken, bitter, sombre, painful, uplifting and poignant, she has a voice that transcends all genres and makes discovering her back catalogue a true delight.
And throughout she has stamped her own mark on a range of different covers, even releasing a couple of albums reinterpreting artists from John Lennon to Kris Kristofferson and Radiohead.
Here are some wonderful examples from the Lemonhead’s classic Drug Buddy to the aforementioned Radiohead and Kris Kristofferson and a version of Cat Stevens Trouble.
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A note on Marissa Nadler’s Soundcloud says “This is a Richard and Linda Thompson song. Angel Olsen and I have been working on some cover songs which I’m very excited about. This one is recorded Lo-fi but clean and clear. Stay tuned for more in the future.. and check out both her EP and her new record and go to her shows that are happening right now.”
All good advice and the cover is simply stunning. Have a listen.
If I was a butterfly, live for a day,
I could be free just blowing away
This cruel country has driven me down
Teased me and lied, teased me and lied
I’ve only sad stories to tell to this town
My dreams have withered and died
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