The Time Naomi Yang Directed a Marissa Nadler Video

Any list of artists whose we admire greatly would have to include the names of Marissa Nadler, who has made numerous albums of haunting, textured music over the past decade, including this year’s staggeringly good July; and Naomi Yang: musician, photographer, and publisher of avant-garde literature. And thus, we’re excited to hear that Yang directed a video for Nadler’s song “Drive,” which turns the song into a kind of kaleidoscope of collages and vivid locations. Plus, there’s a View-Master, which is a […]

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Naomi Yang and Gary Graham Visualize a Molly Drake Song

Late last year, Ba Da Bing! released an album collecting songs recorded by one Molly Drake. You might know her as mother to Nick; however, the music that she made is powerful in its own right, and suggests that the younger Drake did not have a monopoly on the emotionally harrowing music heard on the likes of Five Leaves Left. (The BBC has more on this album’s genesis.) And now, designer Gary Graham and photographer/musician/Exact Change co-publisher Naomi Yang have made […]

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