Drugdealer (Michael Collins) and Weyes Blood (Natalie Mering) continued their longstanding collaborative history with gorgeous new song “Real Thing.” Their last single together was “Honey” off Drugdealer’s 2019 album Raw Honey. The sweet track celebrates the joy of falling in love. “Think I found someone who loves me/Somebody that’s so …
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One month after the deadly wildfires broke out in Southern California, Weyes Blood‘s Natalie Mering took to social media to share her experience. “Hi earthlings,” Mering wrote on Instagram. “Emerging from my hibernation to pay tribute to my beautiful house in Altadena, California. I was displaced by the Eaton Fire …
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It took over two decades, but the Softies are back. And their timing couldn’t be more perfect. The beloved indie-rock duo of Rose Melberg and Jen Sbragia have returned with their excellent new The Bed I Made, their first album in 24 years, on Father/Daughter Records. They’re also hitting the …
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In honor of Weyes Blood‘s Titanic Rising turning five years old, Natalie Mering has released a video for “Andromeda.” The second track and lead single off Titanic Rising, “Andromeda,” is a fan favorite. Mering partially shot the video in 2018 and shelved it, instead releasing a simple galactic clip (the …
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The ever-expanding universe of Caroline Polachek‘s Desire, I Want To Turn Into You still hasn’t exhausted its resources. The singer continues mining its contents for fresh material, this time elevating “Butterfly Net” with an exalting appearance from Weyes Blood. The “Butterfly Net” remix will appear on the forthcoming release Desire, …
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With October just around the corner, Weyes Blood is getting into the Halloween spirit with the eerie and ghastly new video for “Twin Flame.” Directed by Ambar Navarro, the clip hearkens back to old school fantasy and gothic horror flicks. It opens with an animated sequence in which a man …
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In “Hearts Aglow,” the quasi–title track off Weyes Blood‘s 2022 album, And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow, Natalie Mering sings, “I’ve been waiting for my life to begin/For someone to light up my heart again.” In the video for the song, shot partially in granulated VHS quality, she finds that …
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Weyes Blood stopped by The Late Show to perform her song “God Turn Me Into a Flower.” Appearing with an expansive live band and several back-up singers, the musician, neé Natalie Mering, gave the emotive track an ethereal vibe complete with beams of sunlight. “God Turn Me Into a Flower,” …
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A t the height of the pandemic, Jess Williamson found herself taking long walks with her neighbor Natalie Mering, who performs as Weyes Blood. “I had met her in passing over the years, but we didn’t know each other,” says Williamson. “We were podded up, and we got to be …
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This year, John Cale will turn 81. In the decades since he co-founded the Velvet Underground with Lou Reed in the mid-1960s, the adventurous Welsh singer-songwriter, producer, and composer has had a historic, if at times intentionally errant, run. Along with his own albums (which include high points like 1973’s …
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