Kristin Hersh - Killing Two Birds

Throwing Muses - Firepile

Kristin Hersh - Bright (Demo)

50 Foot Wave - Nobody's Tar, Nobody's Feathers

This is a new track from 50 Foot Wave's new EP. It's free here: http://50footwave.cashmusic.org/
It's out for a couple of weeks and I just listened to it once, but this weekend it's on repeat. It's the strongest track yet, the tempo changes are super cool.

50FOOTWAVE Nobody's Tar, Nobody's Feathers by cathedral_heat

50 Foot Wave - Free Fall

Another track from 50 Foot Wave's new EP With Love From The Men's Room. For the download go here: http://50footwave.cashmusic.org/ .

50 Foot Wave - Grey

Wow this new 50 Foot Wave track doesn't sound grey at all. It's from the new record With Love From The Men's Room, the band release a new free track off it every month. Get the track and support the band here: http://50footwave.cashmusic.org/.

Throwing Muses - Carnival Wig

'Carnival Wig' is one of the best TM songs ever, it's from Red Heaven. It's one of those Kristin Hersh songs that kick in hard every time I hear it. The guitar sounds lonely and then all of a sudden there's this scream that goes right to my nerves.Throwing Muses are mixing their new record at the moment. It has 35 songs so it's making up for all the years without Throwing Muses record.

The band has just released the third chapter of their Season Sessions. The sessions accompany Kristin Hersh's novel Paradoxical Undressing and are released on the first day of every new season. The spring session has 'Carnival Wig'. Download Fall, Winter and Spring here.

I couldn't upload the track on soundcloud because of some copyright thing, so here's a video of the band playing 'Carnival Wig' in 2000:

50 Foot Wave - Radiant Addict

'Radiant Addict' is a new track from 50 Foot Wave's forthcoming EP or LP With Love From The Men's Room (it's not clear to me what it's going to be). It's released through Kristin Hersh's fair trade, listener supported organisation CASH Music. Download and support the band on their CASH Music page.

A Very Short Film About Kristin Hersh

This is a beautiful short film / trailer for Kristin Hersh' just released memoir Paradoxical Undressing (released in the U.S. last year as Rat Girl) , about her early days in Throwing Muses.

She plays 'Slippershell', an outtake from her recent solo record Crooked plus it's highlight, 'Flooding', a song that always slaps me in the face whenever I hear it. The version on the record is nice, but when played live 'Flooding' becomes so raw and sad. I personally think it's one of her best songs ever.

Throwing Muses are in the studio now recording an album, Kristin updates via twitter. I can't wait to hear it. There's some studio footage now on vimeo, and especially 'Sunray Venus' sounds good.

Have a look at the film below, it was directed by Jory Hull and produced by Mike Sullo.

Paradoxical Undressing and Crooked on Amazon

Throwing Muses - Film

Throwing Muses are currently in the studio recording a new record. It's completely funded by fans, there's no record company involved. Kristin Hersh released a new demo every month of 2010. With subscriptions through her CASH Music website, the band came alive after a 7 year hiatus

I've been a subcriber now for 2 years. It's the best bill I have to pay, I actually know the money is going somewhere good, somewhere where my heart is. It's very cool to be involved and see such a talented singer-songwriter go her own path.

Below the stream of the last demo in this series, 'Film'. For the mp3, an essay about the song and more information on how you can support Throwing Muses go to throwingmuses.cashmusic.org/.

Throwing Muses are also releasing free sessions every season with songs from older records getting a 2010 approach. The 'Winter' 6 track session is here. It includes 'Colder' from House Tornado, the great 'Hook In Her Head' and a sharp version of 'Soap & Water' (also streaming below).

Throwing Muses - Film (Demo) by youandmeintheecho
Throwing Muses - Soap & Water (Season Session) by youandmeintheecho

Throwing Muses - Bluff / Blurry

I like this new Throwing Muses demo a lot. The end is great. For more info about their new record and how you can help them, go here: http://throwingmuses.cashmusic.org/ .

mp3

Throwing Muses - Bluff / Blurry by youandmeintheecho

Throwing Muses - Clark's Nutcracker

The mp3 and info are at CASH music: http://throwingmuses.cashmusic.org/

Throwing Muses - Clark's Nutcracker by youandmeintheecho

Throwing Muses - Palm (Demo)

A new demo from the upcoming Throwing Muses record.
Get the mp3 and read more about the project here:
http://throwingmuses.cashmusic.org/

Throwing Muses - Palm (Demo) by youandmeintheecho

Throwing Muses - Season Sessions; Fall

Throwing Muses are working on a new record and so far the demo's sound excellent. They also record sessions every season that are initially available as a free download but will later form a boxset released alongside the new album. The first Season Session just came out with tracks from Limbo, Hunkpapa The Fat Skier and Throwing Muses. It also has one of my favourite Muses songs, 'Red Eyes' from the Bright Yellow Gun single. The stream is below, you can download the tracks here:
http://www.kristinhersh.com/seasonsessions/
For Kristin Hersh's recent solo record Crooked go here: http://kristinhersh.cashmusic.org/


Throwing Muses - Season Session; Fall by youandmeintheecho

Throwing Muses - Cherry Candy / Dripping Trees

This new Throwing Muses demo was released today. Below also a compilation of the demo's so far. Most of these songs were written after the Limbo album from 1996. There are about 40 songs now for the new record. Along with the release there will also be a Throwing Muses anthology with songs from 1986 to 1996. I tried to make my own compilation but it didn't fit on a cd, so I'm happy someone else is busy with that.
Kristin Hersh's memoir Rat Girl / Paradoxical Undressing about the band's early days is also out now. On the Barnes & Noble website you can find a video of a great interview about the book with some live songs, go here. If you buy the book or if you get a Strange Angels subscription, you get excess to the Throwing Muses Season's Sessions. The band records 8 songs every season that you can download for free. The 32 songs will also be released on CD after the project.

Cherry Candy / Dripping Trees MP3


Throwing Muses - Cherry Candy / Dripping Trees by youandmeintheecho

Throwing Muses 2010 demo's by youandmeintheecho

50 Foot Wave - Power + Light

Power + Light was released last year as a free mp3 and 12" vinyl. 50 Foot Wave recorded a new EP a couple of months ago called With Love From The Men's Room, there's no release date yet. Kristin Hersh called it 'a broken record' in a recent interview, with drummer Rob Ahlers playing a toy drumkit and almost killing it. 'My guitar was actually melted, literally burned. 5 strings were left on it.'

Power + Light MP3

50FootWave - Power+Light by youandmeintheecho

Throwing Muses - Curtains / Triangle Quantico

Curtains / Triangle Quantico MP3

Throwing Muses - Curtains / Triangle Quantico by youandmeintheecho

Throwing Muses - Lazy Eye (Demo)

More info on the new Throwing Muses record is here.

Kristin Hersh - Glass (From 'Crooked')

Kristin Hersh's new record Crooked is out 'soon' since January, but I think it's here, ehm, soon.

It's quite good and 'Glass' is a track off it.

Throwing Muses - Swollen (Demo)

The monthly Throwing Muses demo. This has some drums in the distance and then some percussion, I hope the other two Muses are in this soon. mp3