Aquarium Drunkard — In her new book, Riding With the Ghost, writer Erin Osmon accomplishes a tricky feat regarding the late Jason Molina, the songwriter and leader of Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. She presents Molina, whose work can so often mythic, as if car... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The New Yorker profiled author Margaret Atwood. Jason Molina: Riding with the Ghost, an authorized biography of the Songs:Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. frontman, will be published on May 15th. eBooks on sale for $1.50 today: After Disasters by Viet.... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Jason Molina (Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co) died March 16th, 2013. It’s impossible to overstate the depth and virtue of his songs or the way he poetically expressed the human condition. We originally ran this set in 2013, following his pass... more info

Stereogum — We're five days into Our First 100 Days, the anti-Trump charity campaign that promises a new song for every one of Trump's first 100 days in office, and we've already gotten two songs from artists who are no longer with us. Yesterday, the campaign sh... more info

Stereogum — Jason Molina joins Angel Olsen, PWR BTTM, Avey Tare, Mitski, How To Dress Well, Strand Of Oaks, and a ton of other artists on Secretly Group's anti-Trump charity compilation Our First 100 Days . The compilation benefits The People’s Climate Moveme... more info

Consequence of Sound — Anti-Trump compilation unearths a track from Molina's Pyramid Electric Co. sessions. more info

Stereogum — Lots of musicians have taken a crack at Jason Molina’s music, particularly since we lost the legendary Songs: Ohia/Magnolia Electric Co. frontman to alcohol-inflicted organ failure two years ago. But I haven’t heard a Molina cover I like as much ... more info

Stereogum — Marissa Nadler released Sacred Bones debut, July, back in 2014, but she’s kept busy since then by contributing to compilation records and covering well-known classics by likeminded artists. Last July it was Leonard Cohen’s “Seems So Long Ago, N... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Two covers albums are the highlights of this week's new music releases, Glen Hansard's It Was Triumph We Once Proposed…Songs of Jason Molina and Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliott Smith. Ólafur Arnalds and Alice Sara Ott's... more info

Stereogum — It’s been almost two years since Jason Molina of Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. passed away due to organ failure, but since then we’ve heard a number of tribute covers by his peers and admirers. Marissa Nadler recorded a cover of Molina’... more info