Thought her Letterman performance was pretty interesting, curious to hear more.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPp7w3fHr1U
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:49 (ten years ago) link
Trying to figure out what classic country singer she reminds me of -- she's a little more nasaly than June Carter or Loretta Lynn.
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:53 (ten years ago) link
I keep seeing her around; I'm also curious
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:53 (ten years ago) link
she seems to be a pretty serious student of the Anthology of American Folk Music and its ilk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opzRVqpU4Ms
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Thursday, 22 August 2013 16:01 (ten years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/2013/08/04/207916507/first-listen-valerie-june-pushin-against-a-stone
NPR and the Lumineers like her and she's moved to Brooklyn(Williamsburg) but I will still give her a chance!
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 August 2013 21:07 (ten years ago) link
there is definitely something a little Paste/dadrock/oldmanhat about the way she is being packaged and marketed, but I think she is good. Better than Lumineers in any case.
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Thursday, 22 August 2013 21:09 (ten years ago) link
Will get to her eventually, but I still need to hear O.B. Buchana's latest first. He's associated with Memphis too, but he's an Ecko label southern soul artist that never gets NPR attention and only XChuckX and I seem to like here.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 23 August 2013 13:53 (ten years ago) link
A whole different musical style though it would be great to hear Booker T. Jones on one of his albums someday as well
― curmudgeon, Friday, 23 August 2013 13:54 (ten years ago) link
I found this album sorta cloying and overwrought and I hated the one song that was obviously meant for people who were interested in the Dan Auerbach connection. She has a big NYT Mag feature this weekend.
― maura, Friday, 23 August 2013 16:04 (ten years ago) link
saw her this weekend in Toronto. Really enjoyed the show. The tone in her voice is unusual, somewhere between Iris Dement and (maybe?) Malian singers like Khaira Arby? Bits of Jessie Mae Hemphill, too. I wish she'd played with a band, but solo was good, too. Sure silenced the room. Banjo. guitar and ukelele were all played. She ended off by wandering through the crowd singing "Goodnight Irene" with a tambourine.
― pauls00, Sunday, 20 October 2013 22:17 (ten years ago) link
heard "long lonely road" on the radio last night, i was impressed, this feels true which is unfortunate-->
there is definitely something a little Paste/dadrock/oldmanhat about the way she is being packaged and marketed,
― marcos, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 14:09 (six years ago) link
Gilles peterson played some of her new album. Made me think I should've investigated her music year ago.
― candyman, Friday, 26 March 2021 16:37 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VKpYmJawyk
― candyman, Friday, 26 March 2021 16:40 (three years ago) link
hey this is pretty good!
I definitely hear the Smithsonian Anthology influence
striking cover of "Pink Moon" here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDj0k4ALhvU
― bad milk blood robot (sleeve), Thursday, 27 January 2022 02:17 (two years ago) link
another killer show tonight in Eugene, the 2nd time this year I've seen her rock the fuck out to a sold out venue.
I think the reason she gets radio silence on ILM is because it's too "authentic" and/or "rootsy" or what the fuck ever, there's maybe some chatter on the rolling country thread but imho that pigeonhole does a disservice to an artist who covers Mazzy Star and frequently plays loud electric guitar in a 5-piece band
― thinkmanship (sleeve), Friday, 5 August 2022 05:28 (one year ago) link
Yeah, her cosmic Americana is deftly directed on 2021 alb:https://valeriejune.bandcamp.com/album/the-moon-and-stars-prescriptions-for-dreamersUnder Cover out Aug. 26, covers range from Joe South to Frank Ocean to Gillian Welch to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (for instance), couple of advance tracks here:https://valeriejune.bandcamp.com/album/under-cover-ep
― dow, Friday, 5 August 2022 18:27 (one year ago) link