Weekly RecommNeds | Marnie Stern, Eleanor Friedberger And Deap Vally
By Aaron Stein Jul 31, 2013 • 6:30 am PDT

Gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove…
Marnie Stern –Chronicles of Marnia

Hey shredder, where ya been all my life? That may be an awful pick-up line, but it’s the way I feel after listening to Marnie Stern’s newest album, the awesomely-titled Chronicles of Marnia. Stern combines awe-inspiring finger-tapping guitar playing with a set of bitchin’ experimental rock and roll creating a wholly unique sound that’s somewhere between punk and prog.
Spotify: Marnie Stern -Chronicles of Marnia
Rhapsody: Marnie Stern -Chronicles of Marnia
MOG: Marnie Stern -Chronicles of Marnia
Amazon: Marnie Stern -Chronicles of Marnia
Eleanor Friedberger –Personal Record

Yay for album titles with double meanings! I seriously hope you’re already listening to this album on repeat, because it grows better with each go-around, but on the off-chance you don’t even know about it, let me give you a nudge in the right direction. Perhaps her Fiery Furnaces background has scared you off a little bit (it shouldn’t!), but Friedberger’s newest is an accessible, beautiful, one-great-song-after-another affair. Each word and note has the a warm meticulously-chosen feel to it and Friedberger is at the top of her game. This is the album for the down slope of summer.
Spotify: Eleanor Friedberger – Personal Record
MOG: Eleanor Friedberger – Personal Record
Rhapsody: Eleanor Friedberger – Personal Record
Amazon: Eleanor Friedberger – Personal Record
Deap Vally –Get Deap!

In case those first two picks weren’t, um, rockin’ enough for you, I give you this four-song EP from SoCal duo Deap Valley. Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards are a guitar-and-drums outfit in the mold of those others guitar-and-drums duos you already know and love. They more than hold their own with some serious Jack White-esque riffs. This is heavy duty blues rock with maybe a little more sex appeal than you’re used to. Not a bad thing. Turn it up.
Spotify: Deap Vally -Get Deap!
MOG: Deap Vally -Get Deap!
Rhapsody: Deap Vally -Get Deap!
Amazon: Deap Vally -Get Deap!
Written By: Aaron Stein