{"id":150,"date":"2006-11-16T14:04:13","date_gmt":"2006-11-16T19:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2006\/11\/16\/joanna-newsom\/"},"modified":"2007-11-13T15:51:25","modified_gmt":"2007-11-13T20:51:25","slug":"joanna-newsom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/music\/2006\/11\/16\/joanna-newsom\/","title":{"rendered":"~Joanna Newsom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Joanna_Newsom___1.jpg\" width=\"345\" height=\"346\" alt=\"Joanna Newsom # 1\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Joanna_Newsom___2.jpg\" width=\"376\" height=\"390\" alt=\"Joanna Newsom # 2\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let me begin by saying that JOANNA NEWSOM&#8217;S 2003 debut CD, <em>Milk-eyed Mender<\/em>,<br \/>\nwas probably one of the best CDs of that year, so the expectations for her second release,<br \/>\nwere very high.  I&#8217;ve been anxiously waiting for this CD for a year and a half.<br \/>\nIn fact, 2 years ago, I heard an early bottlegged version of &#8220;Cosima&#8221; &#8211; what became,<br \/>\nin a more refined version, the 5th and last song on her new CD, titled <em>Ys<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>And just like the GRIZZLY BEAR CD, <em>YELLOW HOUSE <\/em>, this is a serious<br \/>\nmusical document that reveals its gems, only through serious listening.  The songs<br \/>\nrun long, averaging between 10 and 15 minutes each, therefore I would recommend<br \/>\nthat the listener play one song at a time, and really get a feel for it, before moving<br \/>\nforward.<\/p>\n<p>The involvement of Van Dyke Parks, Steve Albini, and Jim O&#8217;Rourke, makes<br \/>\nfor a state-of-the-art Indie production.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great CD, even though, or maybe because, it makes demands on the listener.<\/p>\n<p>Painting by: Benjamin A. Vierling<br \/>\nDesign by: Richard Good<\/p>\n<p>JOANNA NEWSOM, <em>Ys<\/em>, 2006 Drag City, Chicago<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let me begin by saying that JOANNA NEWSOM&#8217;S 2003 debut CD, Milk-eyed Mender, was probably one of the best CDs of that year, so the expectations for her second release, were very high. I&#8217;ve been anxiously waiting for this CD for a year and a half. In fact, 2 years ago, I heard an early [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}