Some of you youngsters may not immediately recognize the name Kristin Hersh. I hate to sound all grandfatherly and stubborn, but you should. She and Throwing Muses were the ’80s indie rock antitode to the Pixies: less visionary loose screw with arena-sized riffs than enigmatic everywoman of chilling insight who could rock with the best of ’em and lay down heartbreaking four-track ballads. Well, she’s still rockin’ with her new band 50 Foot Wave, and she’s doin’ it for free. “Money has so polluted the music world that my overwhelming urge right now is to divorce money from recorded music…So we’re sending free recordings off into the world to do their work. If people enjoy these songs and are excited by them, we ask that they share them with others. The music business is about fame and huge profits — egos and greed — music itself, is not.”
Sharing the sharing.
right… i remember her strategically delaying this album due to the onset of the south asian tsunami disaster http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6835113/from/RL.5/
glad to see it's finally out and kicking
This is a great choice! I downloaded this off of http://throwingmusic.com and I totally love it. I am glad you did this post because that is exactly what they wanted. I really hope they come out with an LP. I will buy it if so.
Another album I should say. Do not want to mislead anybody. Buy the album. Totally worth it.
Easily the best stuff Kristin Hersh has done in years! I'm blown away…
I haven't even LISTENTED to this yet, and I'm so excited!! Praise the maker for 3hive!