Marnie Stern: Marnie Stern | CD review

(Souterrain Transmissions)New Yorker Marnie Stern came to prominence in 2008 as an unorthodox, self-taught female guitarist, still enough of a rarity even these days to warrant special mention. Her third, eponymously titled album purports to be more direct than its predecessors. Happily, though, Stern's dense, tumbling, ever-cresting sound has remained constant in the face of cleaner production. Succinct songwriting will probably never be her forte, but the chorusing, raga-like post-metal solos...

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