Stereogum — On September 11, 2001, three celebrated singer-songwriters were in a farmhouse in Kentucky, trying to process their feelings about what had just happened the only way they knew how: through music. Will Oldham, Alasdair Roberts, and the late Jason Mol... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Songs:Ohio / Magnolia Electric Co. main man Jason Molina sadly passed away in 2013 and this week another tribute album was released called Through the Static and Distance: The Songs of Jason Molina. In honor of that, a release... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — You know, the dark didn’t hide it. But it came damn close. Didn’t It Rain, Jason Molina’s final release under the Songs: Ohia moniker, is seven tracks and forty-five minutes of long, dark blues that nevertheless carry within them a gentle light... more info

Stereogum — Here’s another beauty from the upcoming reissue of Songs: Ohia’s Didn’t It Rain. “Blue Chicago Moon” was already a classically haunting Jason Molina composition, teeming with human desperation. The demo version from the reissue strips that ... more info

Stereogum — The late Jason Molina’s music continues to reach new weary hearts by way of Secretly Canadian’s reissue campaign. Following last year’s deluxe Magnolia Electric Company will be Didn’t It Rain, one of Songs: Ohia’s most treasured confessiona... more info

Stereogum — Looff Carousel, which sits in East Providence’s Crescent Park, was built in 1895, and it’s a beautiful piece of machinery. And to raise money for its upkeep, Shorebird is putting together a crowdfunded multimedia initiative called Project Carouse... more info

Stereogum — The smoldering core of Strand Of Oaks’ HEAL is “JM,” Timothy Showalter’s note-perfect tribute to the late Jason Molina, who passed away last year from organ failure due to alcohol consumption. Whereas “Goshen ’97” was a charging alt-roc... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Los Angeles Times recommended earthquake-related books. Stream a new tUnE-yArDs song, "Water Fountain." The Brooklyn Rail interviewed Christopher Merkner. Author Marcel Theroux lists his favorite stories of life beyond death at the Telegraph. LA ... more info

Stereogum — Last year, after a long battle with alcoholism, Jason Molina, who led Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co., died. On the new double-disc collection Farewell Transmission: The Music Of Jason Molina, a number of Molina’s peers and acolytes have gath... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — “I had a little bit of a crisis,” songwriter M.C. Taylor jokes. Arriving in Asheville, North Carolina, where Taylor performed earlier this month with members of Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. as a tribute to his departed friend Jason Molin... more info