Diamonds and Rust #1: Nostalgia, Form and Noise
“We both know what memories can bring, they bring diamonds and rust.” –Joan Baez
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Posts Tagged: Katy Henriksen
Sharon Van Etten Curates a Night at Cameo Gallery
Something special happens when a phenomenal musician like Sharon Van Etten curates a show for an intimate space like Williamsburg’s Cameo Gallery, described by Sharon as “small and unassuming.”
Featuring Washington D.C.’s She Keeps Bees and Chicago’s Speck Mountain, this is truly a celebration of musical friends.
...moreA New Song from Ariel Pink
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti may not have a new album dropping until August 21st , but here’s a taste from Mature Themes.
It’s a blissful 3 minutes and 12 seconds of retro vocal harmonies and jangly hooks reinvented ala Ariel Pink, exposing a decidedly upbeat sound that we’ve never heard from the band before:
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The Rumpus Interview with Jeremy Thal of Briars of North America
Jeremy Thal, who serves as a band leader for Briars of North America, is one of my oldest friends. We took Suzuki violin lessons together in Madison, Wisconsin, and our first instruments were fruit roll-up boxes with rulers taped on them.
...moreThe Rumpus Interview with Geoffrey O’Connor
Aussie Geoffrey O’Connor, has been the lead of the band Crayon Fields, a Melbourne-based indie dream pop act since 2001. He recently released his solo debut Vanity is Forever, which is decadent in infectious dreamy synth lounge hooks.
Albums of Our Lives: Joni Mitchell’s Blue
Joni Mitchell’s Blue may have been released one summer seven years before I was born, but it’s a winter album that conjures memories of me, my mom and my little sister.
The Rumpus Interview with John Wesley Harding
John Wesley Harding has been making really sweet tunes since 1988. His 12th release The Sound of Your Own Voice, which came out in October, features a star-studded group of musicians including members of the Decemberists, Peter Buck, Laura Viers and Roseanne Cash.
Rumpus Folks Get Some Love
You should check out We Who Are About To Die’s interview with Rumpus Music Editor Katy Henriksen where she talks about trying to balance writing and parenthood.
And Ruth Franklin at The New Republic wrote a really nice piece on Sugar and the coming revelation of her identity.
...moreThe Rumpus Interview with Lia Ices
Musician Lia Ices’s sophomore album, Grown Unknown, will be released by Jagjaguwar January 25. Her debut, Necima, was released in 2008 by Brooklyn label and recording studio Rare Book Room.