Sharon Van-Etten: Last News

Courtney Barnett and Vagabon have teamed up for a new take on Sharon Van Etten's 2010 single "Don't Do It." The singers offer a rockier take on the original, their voices harmonizing over the track's electric backbone. The track is set to appear on Van Etten's upcoming project epic Ten, which will pair a reissue of her 2010 album Epic alongside covers of the album's tracks by various artists including Fiona Apple, Lucinda Williams, Big Red Machine, and more.

Courtney Barnett has once again partnered with Vagabon to cover Sharon Van Etten’s track ‘Don’t Do It’.The track is lifted from the forthcoming anniversary edition of Van Etten’s 2010 album, ‘Epic’.

Xiu Xiu have shared a new video for ‘Sad Mezcalita’, featuring Sharon Van Etten – check it out below.The track appears on ‘OH NO’, a new album of duets that Xiu Xiu released on Friday (March 26).In a statement about the new visual, Xiu Xiu’s Angela Seo, who directed the video, said it represents a “tribute to the loss, crime, bleakness, dreams, and tensions”.The band’s Jamie Stewart added: “Angela said to me, ‘you never write love songs’. This song tried to do that and failed.

Shamir has covered Sharon Van Etten‘s ‘Dsharpg’ – listen to the new version below.The tack will appear on ‘Epic Ten’, a special 10th anniversary edition of Van Etten’s second album ‘Epic’. The record has previously been previewed by cover of ‘A Crime’ by Big Red Machine (Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon and The National‘s Aaron Dessner), Lucinda Williams’ take on ‘Save Yourself’ and IDLES’ version of ‘Peace Signs’.Other artists set to reimagine tracks from ‘Epic’ for the new anniversary edition, out digitally on April 16.

Lucinda Williams has shared a cover of Sharon Van Etten‘s ‘Save Yourself’ – you can listen to it below.The country-rock artist’s rendition of the song will appear on ‘Epic Ten’, a special 10th anniversary edition of Van Etten’s second album ‘Epic’ (released in 2010). A cover of ‘A Crime’ by Big Red Machine arrived earlier this month.Ahead of the new record’s digital release on April 16, the video for Williams’ take on ‘Save Yourself’ landed on Van Etten’s YouTube channel today (March 18).

IDLES have unveiled their powerful take on Sharon Van Etten‘s ‘Peace Signs’, taken from the upcoming anniversary edition of her 2010 album ‘Epic’.The new track sees the Bristol punks putting their typically thunderous spin on Van Etten’s original, dialling up the guitars and replacing her melodies with the imposing vocals of IDLES frontman Joe Talbot.You can hear IDLES’ cover of Sharon Van Etten’s ‘Peace Signs’ below.The new anniversary double LP is also set to include covers by the likes of Courtney Barnett, Fiona Apple and Big Red Machine – the side project of The National‘s Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon.“Sharon is one of my favourite songwriters and I’ve been very lucky to get to collaborate with her many times over the

Sharon Van Etten has announced a new anniversary edition of her 2010 album ‘Epic’, with the double LP set to include covers by the likes of IDLES, Courtney Barnett and Fiona Apple.‘Epic Ten’ will be released digitally on April 16 before a physical release follows on June 11 via Ba Da Bing.Celebrating the recent 10th anniversary of the original release of ‘Epic’ (which came out in September 2010), ‘Epic Ten’ will include the original album and a separate seven-track record of covers of tracks from ‘Epic’ by a selection of guest artists.As well as IDLES, Apple and Barnett (who collaborated with Vagabon for her cover), Van Etten has also invited Lucinda Williams, Shamir and St.

Sharon Van Etten has released the full version of ‘On Your Way Now’, almost two years after the song was initially recorded.The track was created for the 2019 documentary, Made In Boise, about four women carrying surrogate babies in Idaho. ‘On Your Way Now’ was written by Mark McAdam and performed by Van Etten, with only a snippet being made available at the time of the film’s release.Now, the full version of the tender, emotional tune has landed on streaming services for listeners to enjoy.

Local Natives and Sharon Van Etten performed their collaborative track ‘Lemon’ on US TV last night (January 18).The Los Angeles band recruited the New Jersey singer-songwriter last year to contribute vocals to the song, which features on their ‘Sour Lemon’ EP (released in October via Loma Vista).Appearing on yesterday evening’s edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Local Natives and Van Etten played ‘Lemon’ outdoors in front of a scenic California backdrop.You can watch the video below now.Explaining ‘Sour Lemon’ in an official statement upon its release, Local Natives revealed that the project came together somewhat unexpectedly.“We’re always working on new music, but songs tend to come at their own pace,” the band wrote.

Sharon Van Etten has released her covers of the Christmas classics ‘Silent Night’ and ‘Blue Christmas’ — you can listen to her renditions below.Both tracks have been made available on streaming services for the first time this week, with Van Etten originally recording her version of ‘Silent Night’ back in 2018 for Eric Paschal Johnson’s short film The Letter.Van Etten’s take on ‘Blue Christmas’, meanwhile, originally featured on the benefit album ‘Do You EAR What I Ear’ in 2009, with proceeds from that record going to the Association to Benefit Children.You can hear Van Etten’s versions of ‘Silent Night’ and ‘Blue Christmas’ below.Van Etten, who released her last solo studio album ‘Remind Me Tomorrow’ in 2019, has this year covered Nine

pandemic and US election updates over the last months, Marika Hackman has taken advantage of the time afforded to her during lockdown to record a new album. The London singer-songwriter has chosen some of her favourite songs – from Grimes to Sharon Van Etten, and The Shins to Beyoncé – and has indelibly stamped her style on them.

Marika Hackman has released two new songs from her forthcoming covers album, which is due to arrive next month.The singer-songwriter has shared her rendition of Elliott Smith‘s ‘Between the Bars’ along with Beyoncé‘s ‘All Night’. Stream both below:Both songs come from Hackman’s new album ‘Covers’, which is scheduled for release November 23 through Sub Pop and Transgressive.Hackman announced the album last month alongside her take on ‘Realiti’ by Grimes.

Local Natives have teamed up with singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten for a new single titled ‘Lemon’.The outfit shared the track today (October 16) alongside the announcement of a new EP called ‘Sour Lemon’, slated for release on October 23 via Loma Vista.The new single was also accompanied by a simple yet stirring music video, directed by Kenny Laubbacher. In it, Local Natives vocalist Taylor Rice and Van Etten are filmed separately walking towards the camera, eventually coming together only to pass by each other in the end.Watch it below:The track follows on from ‘Statues In The Garden (Arras)’, which arrived last month.

Feels Good Man.Listen to ‘Let Go’ below:Feels Good Man focuses on Matt Furie, the creator of the Pepe The Frog meme, which has since been used a symbol among alt-right groups. The documentary first premiered at Sundance earlier this year.‘Let Go’ was created by Van Etten in collaboration with Giorgio Angelini, the film’s producer, and composer Mike Semple.“After watching the documentary, I just followed the feeling of coming to terms with something and tried to evoke peace through my melody and words,” Van Etten said in a statement.“The song and film’s producer, Giorgio, was a great collaborator and communicator and I was given a lot of freedom.

Sharon Van Etten and Big Thief are among the 31 acts contributing to a new benefit album, ‘To the People of the Land: Carrizo​/​Comecrudo Solidarity Compilation’.The album was curated by singer-songwriter Jordan Moser and Austin, Texas label Keeled Scales and also features contributions from Black Belt Eagle Scout, Aisha Burns and Little Wings, among others.Tracks featured on the album include previously unreleased demos, such as Big Thief’s ‘Jane’ and Van Etten’s untitled song.The compilation, released on October 9 through Bandcamp, will raise funds for the Estok’Gna, otherwise known as the Carrizo/Comecrudo tribe of Texas.Currently, multiple liquid natural gas terminals and pipelines are planned on the land of the Estok’Gna.

Sharon Van Etten has shared a cover of the Nine Inch Nails track ‘Hurt’, recorded for the music mental health organisation Sounds of Saving.The performance is part of Sounds of Saving’s ‘Song that Found Me at the Right Time’ concert series, produced in partnership with Lifeline. Before she begins playing, Van Etten explains her connection to ‘Hurt’ and how she’s still learning to not shy away from her emotions.

Sharon Van Etten shares her own “Hurt” in support of others experiencing similar pain.

Sharon Van Etten has shared a “deeply personal” B-Side from 2015 digitally, for the first time – you can listen to it below.‘All Over Again’ was the B-Side to ‘I Don’t Want to Let You Down’ from the EP of the same name.Announcing the digital release of the B-Side on Instagram, Van Etten wrote: “My 7″ ‘I Don’t Want To Let You Down’ had a b-side that was never digitally released – until today.“‘All Over Again’ is a deeply personal song written during the ‘Are We There’ sessions.

Sharon Van Etten has taken to social media to share that she’s been writing new music with Linda Perry.Van Etten posted a photo on Instagram earlier today (September 17) that depicted her sitting at the piano, with Perry playing guitar in the background.“It felt natural,” wrote Van Etten in the post’s caption.“I felt heard. I felt safe.”Perry shared the same photo to her followers, adding: “Being creative should feel effortless.” It felt natural.

Marika Hackman has shared her take on Grimes‘ 2015 single ‘Realiti’, the first track from the singer’s forthcoming new album ‘Covers’.Hackman’s version of the ‘Art Angels’ favourite is a sparse yet atmospheric rendition centring around piano and guitar that strips down the original’s electronic pop. Listen below.‘Realiti’ is one of 10 songs that appear on Hackman’s forthcoming album, which is due for a November 13 release via Sub Pop.

Deep Sea Diver project, for which she’s enlisted Sharon Van Etten.Van Etten provides a guest verse and backing vocals for ‘Impossible Weight’, and also appears in the official video which you can see below.“In the past I’d often tell myself, ‘This other person is going through something worse than I am, so their pain weighs more,’” said Dobson of the track.