Dreamy folkie or doom-metal goth? Party girl or paralyzed wallflower? Yes, yes, formerly and forever, says Massachusetts singer/songwriter Marissa Nadler. Debuting in 2003 with the self-released Ballads Of Living And Dying (a macabre, wintry decree by a 23-year-old ice queen, rife with literary allusions and unambiguous in title only), Nadler found herself eight years later back on her own, her crystalline hymns slightly thawed on 2011’s Marissa Nadler (the first release on her Box Of Cedar imprint) and her skin greatly thickened from a brief courtship (and briefer contractual release) by Kemado Records and offshoot Mexican Summer. Nadler’s sixth album, The Sister, is due May 29 on Box Of Cedar, and she will also be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all this week. Read our brand new Q&A with her.
Nadler: A national treasure. I think that when you’re looking for a good movie, look no further than one of Woody Allen‘s many masterpieces. I have long held Annie Hall and Manhattan as two of my all-time favorite movies. I got a giant boxed set of many of Woody’s best films. There are so many gems in his body of work you could watch one every weekend for years and not run out of greatness. I most recently watched Radio Days and love the nostalgic look at childhood and a bygone era.
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