The hell you say Golden Ocean doesn't measure up! Anyway, uh last year I guess they put out Power + Light, which is pretty interesting, but I won't guarantee you'd like it just because you like the older stuff. It's sort of um, Jane's Addiction-influenced or something?
― kkvgz, Saturday, 10 July 2010 18:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Anyone read "Paradoxical Undressing"?
Is there much about mental health/schizophrenia in there?
― djh, Sunday, 16 January 2011 17:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Ordered it from Amazon UK, but it hasn't arrived yet. Intentionally avoided reading anything about it. Want to find out myself. Her writing online and in the "Crooked" book was really good though... I have high hopes.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Sunday, 16 January 2011 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Love this interview -- particularly the part about when 50FW opened for the Muses and how it's totally cool with her that the respective fans could be different sets of persons. Reminded me of a thing I then had to google up from her website:
Wicked, I thought. I never know what people want to hear. Some seem to only like old Throwing Muses songs, some only like the most recent release, some people only like Sunny Border Blue, some people want unreleased material, some like me to scream real loud, some like me to whisper, some just like Your Ghost over and over and over again.
And she's OK with people only wanting "Your Ghost" over and over and over again. I love that.
Now, if someone only wants to hear "Dizzy"... ;)
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 9 April 2011 02:04 (thirteen years ago) link
and btw very annoying that there is not a youtube of "Fish", which afaik was on a commercially released videotape ffs, on youtube without it being muffled, distorted, or unsynched+supertitled... :/
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 9 April 2011 02:50 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xovWgb4MZWI
― john. a resident of chicago., Saturday, 9 April 2011 05:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Anybody sen her on tour for Rat Girl? I'm going tomorrow (well, later tonight). Read that she does music as well as reads. And I have a few extra tickets, if anyone's in the LA area.
― nickn, Saturday, 9 April 2011 08:15 (thirteen years ago) link
saw her do readings with giant sand making soundtracky noise behind her in london last year, it was remarkable. interviewed her in january for a magazine that might not be coming out now, as ever she was wonderful, funny, moving, etc... she just rules, doesn't she?
― Republicans voiced concern about young pages hearing the word uterus (stevie), Saturday, 9 April 2011 09:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Always a good idea to check out the website every once-in-a-while to see what's new for public consumption.
http://50footwave.cashmusic.org/
― rustic italian flatbread, Thursday, 29 September 2011 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
So obviously there are like 50 years worth of other bands and songs that could have done this for me, but listening to Power + Light pretty much nonstop over the last few weeks just inspired me to my first fuzzbox purchase.
― beachville, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
nice. wat fuzz u get for ur fuzzin' needs?
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
Just a Little Big Muff. I'm on a pretty tight budget these days. But the fields of fuzz from this album are just impossible to resist and I want to play in them too.
― beachville, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
lbm is a great muff imo. some will say otherwise but it's kept a few pricier boutique muffs off my board. between the tone and sustain knobs there are a lot of great and classic sounds in there. smooth sustainy gilmour lead fuzz, massive wall of pumpkins fuzz, trashy dime store black keys fuzz etc.
there are a few distinct flavors of fuzz and iirc kh used a roland bee-ba a lot on that record. discontinued now and hard to find but if you want to explore more fuzz flavors there are now several good versions available from independent builders.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 2 February 2012 01:04 (twelve years ago) link
According to the guy who recorded them, she primarily used a Quadrafuzz, which is a build-your-own kinda thing.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/mudrock5000/CIMG0575.jpg
http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/just-a-gear-question-for-k
― beachville, Thursday, 2 February 2012 01:11 (twelve years ago) link
whoa. nice. that microsynth has some crazy stuff in it too.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 2 February 2012 04:58 (twelve years ago) link
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5x0-sWeStg
― Marco YOLO (Phil D.), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
haha, cute. is there a duet album in the works? Throwing Francis
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
lord almighty this woman can howl. "a rushing" has been killin" it for me.
― how's life, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 10:02 (eleven years ago) link
So, this happensNo it doesn'tYeah, this happensWell it shouldn't
― how's life, Friday, 21 December 2012 11:53 (eleven years ago) link
Here comes the thunderThere goes the rain
― how's life, Friday, 22 March 2013 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
where is this new muses album that's been done for ages?
― akm, Friday, 22 March 2013 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
if by "ages" you mean "a couple of months"? but anyway it's being released with an accompanying book (like Crooked) so there's that to get done. official word is late summer:
http://www.kristinhersh.com/forums/topic/new-muses-album-release-date/
― katherine, Saturday, 23 March 2013 00:18 (eleven years ago) link
specifically: "Two conversations yesterday with Harper Collins in London and NYC and we’re looking at Aug 22, right now. This date could change a bit, but not too much."
― katherine, Saturday, 23 March 2013 00:19 (eleven years ago) link
does it really have 32 songs on it?
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 23 March 2013 01:24 (eleven years ago) link
http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4148322-dis-meets-kristin-hersh--listening-is-hard-work-i-respect-people-who-can-do-it-well
50 Foot Wave album coming soon.
― how's life, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 15:18 (nine years ago) link
yessssssssss!
― You've been yelped (stevie), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 15:19 (nine years ago) link
Oh, and some of the works in progress available here:
https://www.kristinhersh.com/Releases/50-foot-wave_night-blooming/
― how's life, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 15:19 (nine years ago) link
More at same link now?
― Jeff W, Monday, 1 December 2014 20:22 (nine years ago) link
grungy goodness.
― put your money where the maracas are (how's life), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 12:44 (nine years ago) link
new fippy foop: https://soundcloud.com/hhbtm-records/50-foot-wave-gods-not-a-dick
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Tuesday, 10 May 2016 20:42 (eight years ago) link
uhh how did i not realize this band until now
feel like an idiot. wow incredible songs. she's like 60?? just wow
― Swen, Monday, 29 January 2024 16:15 (three months ago) link
she's only 57! and is probably one of the most prolific artists working today... Throwing Muses album in 2020, 50 Foot Wave album in 2022, solo album in 2023, plus she writes amazing books!
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Monday, 29 January 2024 16:30 (three months ago) link
been a throwing muses / solo fan for years - the prolific-ness is quite insane. def enjoyed the 2020 muses record, will check out the solo from last year.
― Swen, Monday, 29 January 2024 16:32 (three months ago) link
i keep finding that my gratitude for Kristin will not relent
― Swen, Saturday, 3 February 2024 23:38 (three months ago) link