January 26th, 2010 / 4:26 pm
Snippets

I’m not sure how to say this, but the new Joanna Newsom album is going to be three CDs/LPs. You can find the first single on the Drag City homepage. It is, um, gorgeous. I feel like most people here probably hate Joanna Newsom. What do you think of Joanna Newsom?

62 Comments

  1. zzzzzziiippppppp

      they’re just trying to look cool

      what’s wrong with Joanna Newsom

      she’s nice

  2. zzzzzziiippppppp

      they’re just trying to look cool

      what’s wrong with Joanna Newsom

      she’s nice

  3. Blake Butler

      her voice makes me want to squeeze honey bears, in a bad way

      couldn’t find the new track on the site?

  4. Blake Butler

      her voice makes me want to squeeze honey bears, in a bad way

      couldn’t find the new track on the site?

  5. ce.

      I like Newsome. I’m actually impressed that she could make me not only tolerate, but enjoy, her voice.

  6. ce.

      I like Newsome. I’m actually impressed that she could make me not only tolerate, but enjoy, her voice.

  7. Alec Niedenthal
  8. paulb

      i’ve been trying all day to find the song on the drag city site.

      please enlighten.

  9. Alec Niedenthal
  10. paulb

      i’ve been trying all day to find the song on the drag city site.

      please enlighten.

  11. Adam R

      I’m listening to it via a plugin on the upper right corner. maybe it rotates, like the cover of my book right
      over here
      |
      |
      |
      —->

  12. Adam R

      I’m listening to it via a plugin on the upper right corner. maybe it rotates, like the cover of my book right
      over here
      |
      |
      |
      —->

  13. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      yay yay yay yay yay yay

  14. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      yay yay yay yay yay yay

  15. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      It was like grapefruit, for me.

      Or coffee (although it’s now very difficult to imagine a time when I disliked the flavor of coffee).

  16. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      It was like grapefruit, for me.

      Or coffee (although it’s now very difficult to imagine a time when I disliked the flavor of coffee).

  17. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      Alec, did you like Y’s? I thought it was a masterwork, but I know a lot of people thought Van Dyke Parks’ production overwhelmed shit.

  18. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      Alec, did you like Y’s? I thought it was a masterwork, but I know a lot of people thought Van Dyke Parks’ production overwhelmed shit.

  19. Molum Haggis

      “the sight of bridges and balloons
      makes calm canaries irritable
      and they caw and claw all afternoon
      catenaries and dirigibles
      brace and buoy the livingroom
      a loom of metal, warp – woof – wimble
      and a thimble’s worth of milky moon”

      who wouldn’t love something so beautiful.

  20. Molum Haggis

      “the sight of bridges and balloons
      makes calm canaries irritable
      and they caw and claw all afternoon
      catenaries and dirigibles
      brace and buoy the livingroom
      a loom of metal, warp – woof – wimble
      and a thimble’s worth of milky moon”

      who wouldn’t love something so beautiful.

  21. Alec Niedenthal

      Y’s is one of my favorite albums ever. Yes.

  22. Alec Niedenthal

      Y’s is one of my favorite albums ever. Yes.

  23. l@rstonovich

      Hey Alec, yeah I love her too. In doses. My wife can play her on repeat all day. Hope this LP is out by valentines day.

  24. l@rstonovich

      Hey Alec, yeah I love her too. In doses. My wife can play her on repeat all day. Hope this LP is out by valentines day.

  25. davidpeak

      i’d rather listen to ‘songs about fucking’

  26. davidpeak

      i’d rather listen to ‘songs about fucking’

  27. ce.

      agreed. her lyrics are pretty songs just reading them, let alone with her melodies and harp.

  28. ce.

      agreed. her lyrics are pretty songs just reading them, let alone with her melodies and harp.

  29. Blake Butler

      httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyWws4brbnc

  30. Blake Butler

      httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyWws4brbnc

  31. Nate

      Listen to Scout Niblett instead.

  32. davidpeak

      that’s what i’m talkin about

  33. Nate

      Listen to Scout Niblett instead.

  34. davidpeak

      that’s what i’m talkin about

  35. davidpeak

      “I like noise. I like big-ass vicious noise that makes my head spin. I wanna feel it whipping through me like a fucking jolt. We’re so dilapidated and crushed by our pathetic existence we need it like a fix.” – albini

      agreed agreed–plucky harps don’t do that for me

  36. davidpeak

      “I like noise. I like big-ass vicious noise that makes my head spin. I wanna feel it whipping through me like a fucking jolt. We’re so dilapidated and crushed by our pathetic existence we need it like a fix.” – albini

      agreed agreed–plucky harps don’t do that for me

  37. Blake Butler

      wish he’d put out another good record someday

      those last few stink to high heaven

  38. Blake Butler

      wish he’d put out another good record someday

      those last few stink to high heaven

  39. CB

      Affected. Shticky. Pretentious. And limp. Kind of like you, Alec.

  40. CB

      Affected. Shticky. Pretentious. And limp. Kind of like you, Alec.

  41. mary

      I LOVE HER!

  42. mary

      I LOVE HER!

  43. Alec Niedenthal

      Hey, can’t I like both?

  44. Alec Niedenthal

      Hey, can’t I like both?

  45. Alec Niedenthal

      I love her so much.

  46. Alec Niedenthal

      I love her so much.

  47. CB

      Please. You’re a Coldplay fan. Gives us the good shit, man. The stuff that makes thee fine hairs on the back of your danglers get all staticky and gets you into one of your long-take reveries, a lateral tracking shot through the basement of a house that is still filled with water from the Great Flood of 1932. Blake! You used to rule the world! Now revolutionaries wait! Play it loud and proud, brother. And Steve Albini, by the way, likes to go poop in the mouth, which is fine, I guess, except when he forgets to take his anti-diarrheal medication.

  48. CB

      Please. You’re a Coldplay fan. Gives us the good shit, man. The stuff that makes thee fine hairs on the back of your danglers get all staticky and gets you into one of your long-take reveries, a lateral tracking shot through the basement of a house that is still filled with water from the Great Flood of 1932. Blake! You used to rule the world! Now revolutionaries wait! Play it loud and proud, brother. And Steve Albini, by the way, likes to go poop in the mouth, which is fine, I guess, except when he forgets to take his anti-diarrheal medication.

  49. CB

      The world is dying
      So let it die
      Mourn for the trees
      And grieve for the bees
      Please don’t kill that spider

      Raised near a pond
      My friends are all gone
      If it sounds like I’m blue
      It’s because I’m stuck here with you
      As we enter the age of isolation.

      Jan-Nathan Cadbury, 1971

  50. CB

      The world is dying
      So let it die
      Mourn for the trees
      And grieve for the bees
      Please don’t kill that spider

      Raised near a pond
      My friends are all gone
      If it sounds like I’m blue
      It’s because I’m stuck here with you
      As we enter the age of isolation.

      Jan-Nathan Cadbury, 1971

  51. Blake Butler

      read this a few times and still can’t figure out what you are talking about

  52. Blake Butler

      read this a few times and still can’t figure out what you are talking about

  53. Rebekah Silverman

      That’s pretty.

  54. Rebekah Silverman

      That’s pretty.

  55. james

      love joanna newsom, alec. seeing her in march. pumped. thanks for the link.

  56. james

      love joanna newsom, alec. seeing her in march. pumped. thanks for the link.

  57. Ross Brighton

      I’ll do both, though I’m Thrashing Leather Nun and Shining at the mo

  58. Ross Brighton

      I’ll do both, though I’m Thrashing Leather Nun and Shining at the mo

  59. Thelma

      CB – couldn’t finda “Jan-Nathan Cadbury” on google. Is this the correct spelling. Could you guide me to some links, etc? Thanks.

  60. Thelma

      CB – couldn’t finda “Jan-Nathan Cadbury” on google. Is this the correct spelling. Could you guide me to some links, etc? Thanks.

  61. shane koury

      i like joanna newsom. ‘stardust and diamonds’ is a great song. her voice sounds stronger. or maybe she’s just yelping less. i’m excited for three discs worth of new stuff.

  62. shane koury

      i like joanna newsom. ‘stardust and diamonds’ is a great song. her voice sounds stronger. or maybe she’s just yelping less. i’m excited for three discs worth of new stuff.