Transmissions From The Molinaverse - 14th July

A regular update on all things JM

Photo - Secretly Canadian Archive

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Hey everyone,

Hope you’re all doing okay!

A short roundup for you today of some things we think you might be into…

Today we have an unearthed Ghost Tropic demo from one of the Lamb & Flag tapes Jason left at Secretly, a 45 minute 1998 house concert video from the fantastic Songs: Ohia Video Archive, more recognition for Magnolia in its 20th year and another brilliant new artist name-checking Jason in their influences.

Lots to dig into then!

All the best,

S&D x

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Asheville, NC band Wednesday have been chosen as WXPN’s Artist To Watch for July - a band we’re all fans of we were really happy to find Jason’s music on their influences playlist, with Songs: Ohia’s Blue Chicago Moon making an appearance alongside some other great songs.

Check out the full playlist here

Full feature here

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“From the first swooping notes of “Farewell Transmission,” Jason Molina’s masterpiece of an album was confirmed.”

Paste recently released a lengthy collection of writing on the best alt-country albums of all time, with Magnolia Electric Co. unsurprisingly featured high on the list!

A list worth a dig through with some real gems in there…

Read the full article here

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“Caution light moon, hangs on the tracks, where the city ended”

We recently began sharing demos from Jam003 of The Lamb & Flag tapes.

Starting with ‘An Absent Star’ - a beautiful and sparse recording, the track would later become the lengthy ambient Ghost Tropic closer ‘Incantation’

Listen now

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The brilliant Songs: Ohia Video Archive continues to add to the most thorough public collection of Molina shows out there with a 45 minute House Show from 20th June 1998 at Connserville, Indiana.