Throwing Muses
Grant-Lee Phillips preps new LP (stream 3 songs), touring with Kristin Hersh
Grant-Lee Phillips (Grant-Lee Buffalo, The Gilmore Girls) will release new album Widdershins on February 23 via YepRoc. “I’m drawing from the urgency of the moment,” says Phillips who was inspired this time around by “the things that eat away in the late hours.”
Belly crowdfunding new LP; Tanya Donelly & Kristin Hersh playing shows
Nineties indie rockers Belly, who got back together for shows in 2016, are working on their first album in 20+ years with old friend Paul Q. Kolderie. They’re still finishing it up but have just launched a PledgeMusic campaign where you can preorder the album
this week's edition of BrooklynVegan Blog Radio on SiriusXMU is dedicated to women (Pt. 2)
BrooklynVegan Blog Radio airs Wednesdays at noon and midnight on SiriusXMU (Ch. 35).
Kristin Hersh releases "Soma Gone Slapstick" from forthcoming LP/book (watch the video)
It’s the first single from Kristin’s new album/book, Wyatt at Coyote Palace.
Kristin Hersh releasing 'Wyatt at the Coyote Palace' double LP / book, touring UK/Ireland
Kristin Hersh will release a new book and companion double album, both titled Wyatt at the Coyote Palace, on November 11. The title is a reference to…
50 Foot Wave releasing 'Bath White' EP (listen to the title track)
While Throwing Muses are still a going concern, so is Kirstin Hersh’s noiser/mathy-er power trio 50 Foot Wave, who will release a new EP, titled Bath White, via HHBTM on May 27. You can check out the EP’s title track: Hersh tells us that, lyrically, the song was inspired by an encounter with a shark while […]
Belly reforming for UK/North American tours, new music too
More ’90s reunion news: Belly, Tanya Donelly’s post-Throwing-Muses band, are reforming. It’s the original lineup of the band, including brothers Tom and Chris Gorman plus bassist Gail Greenwood (who joined around the time of the first album’s release)…
Six songs called "Juno" (to get you through winter storm Juno)
Millions of people in the Northeast are bracing for Winter Storm Juno, which threatens to become a major snowstorm today through Wednesday with the potential for blizzard conditions and more than 2 feet of snow…
Throwing Muses played two shows with Tanya Donelly at Bowery Ballroom (pics & setlist from night 1)
Throwing Muses released their first album in 10 years, Purgatory/Paradise, and this weekend played two sold-out shows at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom (3/8& 3/9) in support of it…
Throwing Muses adding second NYC show (updated dates)
As mentioned, Throwing Muses are playing a few shows in support of their new album, Purgatory/Paradise. The NYC date — Bowery Ballroom on March 8 with Tanya Donelly opening — sold out so they’ve added a second show the next night (3/9)…
