On her 2007 debut, In Advance of the Broken Arm, Marnie Stern introduced the world to her fierce guitar style, which is best described with overused, hyperbolic words like “shredding” and “wailing.” In other words, Stern’s bonafides are no joke. That much of her press revolves around the shouldn’t-be-remarkable-but-still-is fact that a (gasp!) woman can [...]
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Jimmy Page has a stronghold on the '70s, The Edge has the '80s cornered, and Jack White holds the title of the 21st century's definitive guitar god? Oscar-winning director Davis Guggenheim's (An Inconvenient Truth) latest doc, It Might Get Loud, chronicles each musician's work [...]
Marnie Stern's last release, This Is It..., has garnered her much critical acclaim, as well as a spot on Pitchfork's "50 Best Albums of 2008." This month she kicks off her tour in her native NYC. Wednesday, March 11, she's set to shred at DC9. Black Plastic Bag had the opportunity to chat with Stern [...]
For God's sake, can anyone write an article about Marnie Stern without mentioning that, ooooh, she's a woman who shreds on guitar? It might be uncommon, but come on, it's not like she's a freakin' alien or something.
Of course, while Stern herself has expressed some exasperation that her mere gender grabs all the headlines, [...]
