Kristin Hersh News and Photos

Shock To Your System: Tegan Of Tegan & Sara Interviewed

Mon, February 18 2013 1:27pm - Source: The Quietus

When an indie rock act has been steadily gaining traction over their past few records and decides to change direction and create a slick pop album steered by three different producers, anything can happen.

Come On My Shirt, Come In My Ear: Neil Kulkarni's A New 90s On Come

Thu, January 17 2013 2:41pm - Source: The Quietus

I'm sat down, inside, smoking cos you could back then, and trembling from head to toe.

Sharing her medicine: Kristin Hersh makes music for and with her fans

Thu, August 23 2012 8:32pm - Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

I am sitting across a table from Kristin Hersh across a table at Empire Dine and Dance.

DOWNLOAD: New Amanda Palmer Track

Mon, June 18 2012 1:09pm - Source: The Quietus

Amanda Palmer, who recently made headlines thanks to her raising a vast sum of money on Kickstarter to help fund the release of her new album, is set to release the album in question in September.

One Little Plane – Into The Trees

Fri, May 04 2012 7:29am - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

Seriously, what happened to American indie-folk music?

Ivor Novello: let's hear it for the girls

Wed, April 18 2012 12:19pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

PJ Harvey is 42, and first emerged in the public eye in 1991 as a fierce yet vulnerable, raw and intense evocation of female power, a prototype riot girl raging against the pop stereotypes of the era.

Favorite Largehearted Boy Book Notes Author Playlist Essays

Sun, March 11 2012 4:12pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.

Daily Downloads (50 Foot Wave and John Prine Covers)

Sun, February 19 2012 2:00pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet.

Shorties (Zora Neale Hurston Sings, How Indie Rock Killed Protest Songs, and more)

Fri, January 13 2012 2:13pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

Sad Men shares a collection of recordings by author Zora Neale Hurston where she discusses and even sings folk songs.

Death Soup & The Double F Federation: An Interview With Forest Fire

Fri, November 25 2011 10:45am - Source: The Quietus

If timing is everything, then Brooklyn's Forest Fire suffered at the hands of fate back in 2008.

Book Notes - Stephen Beachy "boneyard"

Wed, November 23 2011 4:33pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.

Counting Backwards: Throwing Muses Interviewed

Mon, October 24 2011 10:40am - Source: The Quietus

In late April of 1988, in the now-defunct Manchester International One venue, I stood wide-eyed and shocked as a band from Boston tore through a set of songs which scorched their way into my heart.

Greg Garry: Throwing Muses Did It the Hard Way

Wed, October 19 2011 8:46pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

The 20th anniversary hoopla of Nirvana's Nevermind has only pointed out how weak and boring rock music is nowadays.

Interview: Lisa Hannigan

Mon, September 19 2011 11:24am - Source: There Goes the Fear

In anticipation of her new album 'Passenger', the lovely Lisa Hannigan chatted with me over the phone to discuss maps, having the sniffles and Baltimore – both in Ireland and Maryland.

Throwing Muses - Anthology

Tue, September 06 2011 5:39am - Source: Pitchfork Media

In 1983, at age 16, Kristin Hersh was hit by a car.

Throwing Muses - Anthology

Mon, September 05 2011 1:20pm - Source: The Music Mix

You put the needle on the record, retreat past piles of God-knows-what to the other side of your grubby room and you wait.

Shorties (Morrissey Candles, Alice Waters, and more)

Tue, August 23 2011 2:35pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

Rolling Stone interviews the artist behind the "Half a Person" Morrissey candle.

Kristin Hersh, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh

Mon, August 22 2011 11:18pm - Source: The Independent - Music

"So many memories," reflects Kristin Hersh, leafing through a copy of Paradoxical Undressing, her 2010 memoir, which has formed the basis of this show of the same name both before and after its publication.

Throwing Muses - Anthology

Mon, August 22 2011 2:20pm - Source: BBC Music

In her memoir, Paradoxical Undressing, Throwing Muses lead singer and songwriter Kristin Hersh describes bands that are like candy, "fun and bad for you in a way that makes you feel good".

Aldrei fór ég suður festival 2011 – Best of the Bands

Tue, May 10 2011 9:43am - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

You've read about Iceland's remotest festival itself – and if you haven't, head to our Aldrei fór ég suður festival 2011 feature to have a look-see – but what about the music?

New Kristin Hersh/50 Foot Wave

Fri, May 06 2011 7:57pm - Source: Despite the Times

In the last ten years Kristin Hersh, the 44-year-old mother of four boys, has released four solo albums, one album with her beloved Throwing Muses, a memoir entitled Rat Girl (Penguin Books) and a whole bunch of material (one LP, four EPs, and a bunch of singles) with her post-punk outfit 50 Foot Wave, which also includes Throwing Muses' bassist, Bernard Georges.

Andrew Bird playing w/ John Wesley Harding, Wesley Stace released a book, David Wax Museum heading to SXSW

Fri, March 04 2011 3:06pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

"I wanted to bring together my novel writing friends (who mostly envy my musician friends) and my musician friends (who mostly envy my novel writing friends) under one flag," says John Wesley Harding.

wye oak (a few hastily scribbled words…)

Tue, January 18 2011 8:03pm - Source: Cows Are Just Food

new record civilian 's out in march. i'd sooner recommend it than this years equivalent of chillwave.

Favorite Nonfiction of 2010

Tue, December 07 2010 7:09pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

These are the nonfiction books I have most revommended to family and friends this year.

Kristin Hersh Reads From 'Rat Girl,' Plays Crowd Favorites in New York

Sun, November 14 2010 8:36pm - Source: Spinner

On Friday night, Kristin Hersh quietly took the stage at 92Y Tribeca in New York City. Gripping an acoustic guitar with her recently released memoir ' Rat Girl ' beside her, the singer-songwriter launched into her performance, moving seamlessly between song and prose, telling stories accompanied by guitar and reading from the book, each vignette building on the last.

Stories From The City Of Sadness: Millimetre Interviewed

Tue, November 02 2010 2:54pm - Source: The Quietus

Millimetre is Terence McGaughey, a London-based singer-songwriter, whose courageous fourth album 13 Homes explores the subjects of exile and alienation.

Keep It Moving: A Quietus Interview With Howe Gelb

Mon, November 01 2010 4:40pm - Source: The Quietus

"Giant Sand is a mood," Howe Gelb has said.

Shorties (Paul McCartney, Michel Houellebecq, and more)

Sat, October 30 2010 2:19pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

Paul McCartney talks to the Irish Independent about recording Wings' Band on the Run album (a remastered edition is out November 2nd).

Shorties (Keith Richards, Alice Munro, and more)

Tue, October 26 2010 5:35pm - Source: MBV

BSC reviews Two Gentleman of Lebowski , which retells the Lebowski tale in the form of a Shakespearean play.

2010 Brooklyn Book Festival Is This Sunday

Sat, September 11 2010 6:15am - Source: Bumpershine.com

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It).

The Like - Manchester

Tue, September 07 2010 8:22am - Source: ClashMusic.com

The Like are easy targets for hipster snootiness.

LHB’s Shorties (Extra Lens, Royal Trux, and More)

Thu, September 02 2010 5:27pm - Source: MBV

Merge Records is streaming the new Extra Lens album, Undercard (by John Darnielle and Franklin Bruno, out October 19th)).

Kristin Hersh Talks About Her 'Musical Shin'

Thu, August 26 2010 11:14am - Source: Spinner

It's easy to imagine songwriters using different parts of their body to create their compositions.

Book Notes - Kristin Hersh ("Rat Girl")

Tue, August 24 2010 2:56pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.

Indietracks 2010 (Pt.1)

Fri, July 30 2010 4:15am - Source: Sleepwalking

Indietracks it's a lot more than a festival.

Kristin Hersh Reveals Acupuncture Helped Her Overcome Bipolar Disorder

Mon, July 26 2010 11:18am - Source: Spinner

It may not be for some, but Kristin Hersh has revealed that acupuncture enabled her to overcome her longstanding bipolar disorder.

Shorties (Best Coast, Kristin Hersh, and more)

Sun, July 25 2010 12:45pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

All Things Considered talks to the members of Best Coast , whose album Crazy for You is released Tuesday.

This Always Happens

Sat, July 24 2010 3:44am - Source: lost in your inbox

It always seems to happen that I write a post about how I have nothing to say and then, Voilà!

Latitude 2010: Sunday

Thu, July 22 2010 3:25am - Source: Sweeping the Nation

Want to know what this year's festival 'thing' might be?

Never Mind The Mercury Prize, It's The Quietus Jovian Bow Shock Award 2010

Tue, July 20 2010 5:28pm - Source: The Quietus

As is customary, the announcement of the 2010 Mercury Music Prize has been greeted with much wailing and gnashing of keyboards from the people who spend all day chuntering about music on the internet rather than doing any work.

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