By Christina Lee, eMusic ContributorInspired by Lightning Bolt and Yoko Ono, Marnie Stern is known for unleashing dazzling, finger-tapped guitar melodies — staccato notes rendered to melodic squiggles — like a superpower. But about halfway through "Proof of Life,"… more »

By J. Edward Keyes, Editor-in-ChiefThe first song on the fourth record from Marnie Stern is called "Year of the Glad" — a nod to Infinite Jest as well as a declaration of its theme — and crests with Stern… more »

TORRES, from a distance

By J. Edward Keyes, Editor-in-ChiefTuesday night in Austin occupies a weird middle ground between Interactive, which is winding up, and Music, which is just beginning. As such, the number of opportunities to hear live music are few — so… more »

By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorDo we even need the preamble? You know what next week is and, like any right-thinking person, you've probably put off working out a schedule until the very last second. So as you start to… more »

Marnie Stern

Photo: Ron Harrell

By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorKill Rock Stars and Marnie Stern's publicist have decided to do the unthinkable: narrow down a list of prospective single men for an all-expenses-paid date with the singer/shredder. Here are the details, via the former's… more »

Marnie Stern

By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorMaybe it shouldn't be a surprise considering she has press photos like the one above — and her sophomore album did the whole seemingly nonsensical run-on sentence thing way before Fiona did — but Marnie… more »

Hey, remember mailorder records?

By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorIn an interview conducted in 2009, Kill Rock Stars founder Slim Moon described the label’s roster as being comprised of “outsiders,” saying, “[They were] doing things differently. I worked with a lot of bands who… more »

By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorIn an interview conducted in 2009, Kill Rock Stars founder Slim Moon described the label's roster as being comprised of "outsiders," saying, "[They were] doing things differently. I worked with a lot of bands who… more »