Marissa Nadler

Companion albums are tricky things, since they—by definition—don't really allow themselves to stand on their own. Read More

In life, there are cathartic moments through which we embrace our greater selves, exorcising the torrential past while divesting pain, stress and other emotional barriers. Read More

I didn't really have a theme for this post but I know it has been a few days since my last post and I thought I better get a few items up for you folks. Read More

Easily one of the better performances during Sasquatch! this past weekend came from New York band The Walkmen. Read More

It's been a busy few years for dream-folk singer Marissa Nadler. 2009 saw the release of the brilliant Little Hells , a record of love and loss that seemed to allow Nadler to open up and express herself in a more confident manner than before, and step out from the reverb-laden shadows of the music. Read More

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For two albums, Boston's Hallelujah the Hills has been cranking out fuzzy but powerful rock tunes, ones full of tape hiss and static that aren't exactly lo-fi. Read More

It's Friday, and we're back with another installment of our regular roundup of downloadable MP3 goodness from around the web. Read More

Hallelujah the Hills are returning in May with their third record, No One Knows What Will Happen Next , and after releasing two great albums -- 2007's Collective Psychosis Begone and 2009's Colonial Drones -- on Misra Records, the band has struck out on its own to put out the new collection on their own Discrete Pageantry label. Read More