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Marnie Stern might just be the coolest girl currently working in the music business.This New York based singer-songwriter-with-a-band knows how to handle a guitar, comes up with the strangest lyrics and doesn't follow any rules or logic when constructing a song. Pitchfork once wrote about her:

In a scene of bands that rely on technical prowess to sway fans (-) Marnie Stern appealed to the heart. Her music didn't just aim to impress, but to move. For a couple of weeks, I thought of her as an emotive technician, but it became clear she was something else: A dizzy heir to Sleater-Kinney, or Helium-- arty, feminine guitar-rock that infiltrated Guyville without a mission statement.

Now, Stern has a new album out, The Chronicles of Marnia. You can preview it here.

By the way, back in 2009 Subbacultcha had me interviewing Marnie and her drummer over shoarma. Fond memories. You can read the interview here: