Chelsea Wolfe: "The Way We Used To"

Ever wonder what kind of direction Norah Jones might have gone in if she hadn't been warmly embraced by the establishment? Nothing about Chelsea Wolfe's previous album Apokalypsis would have prompted that comparison, but something about the muted sighs and the bluesy percussion on new single "The Way We Used To" makes a cogent argument for more chanteuses to go the demonic torch song route.

Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs is out October 16 on Sargent House, and should represent a long form change of pace for the so called "death folk" singer (didn't Current 93 already lay dibs on that nomenclature anyway?).

Mirel Wagner: "No Death"

The whole process involved with choosing songs to post on this site is not a perfect one. There is an endless torrent of new material being released every week that is near impossible to keep up with, let alone listen to multiple times apiece, so it's become increasingly impossible to listen to very many songs twice, let alone give them their full due with multiple spins.

Chelsea Wolfe: "Mer"

Chelsea Wolfe is on her third album (Apokalypsis) of droning dirge-folk, but with accolades from Pitchfork and NPR among others her moon is just now on the ascent.  I sometimes wish all these goth metal bands would take a listen to shit like this and Diamanda Galas realize that there are ways for expressive female voices to do "dark" evocatively without constantly pandering to the Evanescence and Nightwish crowds.

1990: "People", Boyd Rice

A little misanthropy to waltz into the weekend on