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Kristin Hersh is a musician who also fronts the bands Throwing Muses and 50FootWave. She is the author of the books Rat Girl and Don&#8217;t Suck, Don&#8217;t Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt.

Kristin Hersh

Music

Best of 2020: Kristin Hersh Talks Fred Abong’s First Record in 30 Years

Sun Racket is the newest release by Throwing Muses, the ground-breaking band who broke every rule in the book and effortlessly changed the face of alternative music. The band, consisting of Kristin Hersh, David Narcizo and Bernard Georges, are now signed to the legendary Fire Records, a label that shares Hersh’s fiercely independent ethos. 
Sun Racket, the follow up to 2013’s Purgatory/Paradise, is an outpouring of modal guitars and reverbed shapes set behind Hersh’s well-thumbed notebook of storylines and haunting vocals that get into your psyche.
One of the greatest college bands of the 90’s, Kristin Hersh formed Throwing Muses with high school friends. The band pioneered a new alternative sound, releasing a string of critically celebrated albums and touring the world. Arresting masterpiece University saw the band hitting US and UK charts and marked the beginning of a dedicated fan base that would support them for decades to come.
(Photo Credit: Steve Gullick)

Throwing Muses

Hear First: Throwing Muses’s Sun Racket

Writer-director Katherine Dieckmann’s latest film, Strange Weather, starring Holly Hunter, is available on digital and through Netflix. Her previous features are A Good Baby (2000), Diggers (2006), and Motherhood (2009). Dieckmann was the original director on Nickelodeon’s groundbreaking series The Adventures of Pete &amp; Pete, and has directed music videos for Sharon Van Etten, R.E.M., Wilco, Aimee Mann, Throwing Muses and Vic Chesnutt, among other bands. She is a Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University’s School of the Arts Film Program, where she teaches screenwriting.

Katherine Dieckmann

Film

Blurring the Edges: Sharon Van Etten’s “Jupiter 4”

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