Tagged: Chelsea Wolfe
Stream: Chelsea Wolfe, “Fight Like Gods”
In the first few bars of “Fight LIke Gods,” there’s a certain melodic turn in Chelsea Wolfe‘s voice that reminds me a lot of This Mortal Coil’s “The Siren Song,” an ethereal Jim Buckley cover … read more »
Live at Grand Street Bakery: Chelsea Wolfe
On a cold day last month, Chelsea Wolfe came to Grand Street Bakery to warm up and serenade us with her beautiful, raw voice. She gently plucked her guitar and sang “Boyfriend,” taken from album … read more »
Stream: Chelsea Wolfe, “Flatlands (Lust For Youth Remix)”
When it came out last year, “Flatlands” saw the notoriously macabre Chelsea Wolfe literally bowing down before the altar of less is more, lyrically expressing her desire for the simpler things in life (a stretch … read more »
Stream: Chelsea Wolfe, “Flatlands”
The thing with Chelsea Wolfe is that she just goes for it. Listening to her music, there’s no sense of distance between the songs she’s writing and herself. She’s willing to use maudlin strings, to … read more »
In Portland With: Music Fest NW
Music Fest NW is the perfect way to learn Portland. For five nights, bands from the fest’s insane lineup perform in venues spread across town, the city quickly becoming a seamless blend of cabs, lines … read more »
Stream: Chelsea Wolfe, “Appalachia”
The haunting sway and vocal trill of Chelsea Wolfe’s “Appalachia” has a folksy swagger that feels as much indebted balladeering and old mountain bards as it is to music right now. Her new album, Unknown … read more »
Live: Portland’s Music Fest Northwest
In a couple key ways, if you’ve been to one music festival, you’ve basically been to most of them. I don’t say that in a disparaging way, more just to point out that at these … read more »
What We’re Reading: Chelsea Wolfe
Tired of reading the same recommended books from the usual sources? Just think of our weekly What We’re Reading column as your non-committal book club with The FADER and some of your favorite bands. For … read more »
Stream: Chelsea Wolfe, “The Way We Used To”
Chelsea Wolfe’s new album sounds like a well-loved book: bound and worn and grainy, each word collected in its own elegantly strung phrase. Even the title, Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs, sounds more … read more »
Chelsea Wolfe, “Mer (Water Borders Remix)” MP3
Chelsea Wolfe’s “Mer” is scary, dark and packed with dust-in-your-lungs guitars. Water Borders came in and added fucked up piano, static, chirping birds and some light. Weirdly, a minute in, their rework becomes danceable. Hi-hats … read more »
