#dear nora

[kodachromism]

I was tagged by the incomparable @pseudotsugas to share 5 songs that have been on repeat for me recently—Thanks friend!

My Guy (Corporate Shuffle) — Underscores

Say Goodbye — Hiroshi Satoh (Thanks @joanofarc for putting this gem on my dash!)

We're Gonna make it in a Mans World — Camera Obscura (I still can't believe we have a new C.O. album in 2024!!)

The Lonesome Border, Pt.1 — Dear Nora (I just saw them live and they were top notch!)

You Came, You Saw, You Conquered — The Ronnettes

I'll tag @pearlsandpetticoats, @goodymcgoodface, @craigzlist, @petxina, @judelaws-hairline, @uncle-girl, @boppingalongside, @joanofarc, and anyone else who cares to join in!

[hark-sounds]

Dear Nora - Hung Up, 2004.

[bandcampsnoop]

7/28/24.

I came across iji the other day, liked the cover and gave it a listen. The slightly warbly voice made me immediately think of a cross between Daniel Johnston and Matthew Sawyer. So I clicked through to the release and was really blown away by who plays on this album.

Zach Burba (the songwriter here) is a longtime musician who has played with Katy Davidson in Dear Nora. Katy returns the favor by playing on "Automatically". But so does Adrienne Lenker (Big Thief), Luke Csehak (The Lentils), Erin Birgy (Mega Bog). And that's just a partial list of the collaborators on "Automatically".

Burba and iji are based in Los Angeles. This is being released by We Be Friends, a label located in Queens, New York.

[ravenbro0k]

Okay, list of albums I enjoy for anyone that even vaguely might want it.

Albums:

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel (I love this album so so so much)

All Hail West Texas by The Mountain Goats

Purple Mountains by Purple Mountains

Twin Fantasy by car seat headrest

Roman candle by Elliott smith

Ceilidhs an island by the Vancouver special (please give this guy some love on bandcamp and Spotify, I love his music)

Tops and roots (вершки и корешки) by Yegor Letov (Егор Летов)

The natural bridge by silver jews

Electric magnolia co. By songs: ohia

How to leave town by car seat headrest

Merriweather post pavillion by the animal collective

Sung tongs by the animal collective

Strawberry jam by the animal collective

On Avery island by neutral milk hotel

Hype city soundtrack by neutral milk hotel

Tallahassee by the mountain goats

Corky's debt to his father by mayo Thompson

Our endless numbered days by iron and wine

Live at jittery Joe's by Jeff mangum

Pinkerton by weezer

A crow looked at me by mount eerie

Mountain rock by dear nora

The orbiting human circus by the music tapes

Lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven by godspeed you! Black emporer

Nervous young man by car seat headrest

Surfer Rosa by the pixies

Giles Corey by Giles Corey

[joanofarc]

the thought, dear nora (2002).

oh, the thought is so what i can hardly get around it

[stop-entropy-lie-down]

i know it's gonna be a strange time well it can't possibly be any stranger than the present cause now it is said there's a change and i sense the change in me it loomed like a curse and i thought of it as a mountain there thought of it as a lonesome border and i know we're gonna last a long time but i can't help the need to live from minute to minute cause now it is said there's a change and i sense the change in me it loomed like a curse and i thought of it as a mountain there thought of it as a lonesome border as impossible as unmoveable !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[omegaremix]

Summer 2007 mixtape:

Clash, The “Guns of Brixton”

Fad Gadget “Lady Shave”

Dear Nora “Oxygen & The Mellow Stuff”

Hijokaidan “Angel Dust”

Most Precious Blood Merciless

Jesu “Blind And Faithless” 

Monte Cazazza “Climax”

Sun Ra “Enlightenment”

Chambers Brothers “New Generation”

K Records Invisible Shield

Planet Asia “Breaking Shit Down”

Edgar Allen Floe “The Great Adventure”

Ministry The Last Sucker

Chick Corea “Crystal Silence”

Persuaders, The “We’re Just Trying To Make It”

Spinners, The “I’m Tired Of Giving”

Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes “Voodoo Woman”

Hellyeah “You Wouldn’t Know”

Esther Phillips “That’s Alright With Me”

Chick Corea “Do You Ever”

Hijokaidan “Circles”

Ikara Colt “Sink Venice

Lamya “Empires” (That Kid Chris RMX)

Chick Corea “Friends”

Kunst “Miss K”

Manfredd Mann “Blinded By The Light”

WFMU 365 Days Of Music

[emmanuelscastle]

You wanna know what to do with your life 'Cause you are 26, I understand I'll be the same this time next year and September rains will fall Well, I had always been the following one Yeah I used to obsess about Catching up and showing you That I was in your place But I will always be one year behind And hey, it doesn't matter now that we are equals in the eyes of love You wanna know what to do with your life When I am 26, I'll understand September rains will fall again But still a mystery 'Cause I will always be one year behind And hey, it doesn't matter now that we are equals in the eyes of love

[spacefinch]

Now that I'm far away, things are easy to say to

A person who's heard it all before

But I won't close the door even if the wind blows

'Cause I want to feel the things that nobody knows

And I know when the wind blows it goes something like nobody knows

And I know when the wind blows it goes la-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la-la

La-la-la-la-la la la

(From “When the Wind Blows” by Dear Nora)

[winged777]

be careful not to lose control! it’s better not to cry or to look me in the eye when you leave and you let it go

[bandcampsnoop]

2/11/23.

The Lost Days are Tony Molina (Ovens and Tony Molina) and Sarah Rose Janko (Dawn Riding). "Lost Demos" is their first release - its being handled by The Long Road Society (everything - artist and label - is based in Oakland, California).

It sounds like what you might think a Tony Molina side project sounds like: Byrds/Simon & Garfunkel might be the most obvious. I'd also mention Tony Jay. And the description on this release also mentions "classic Guided By Voices", Dear Nora and Bill Fox (I guess I need to listen to this).

The Lost Days not only have this cassette but a brand new LP available on Speakeasy Studios SF.

[beginningspod]

It's time for Beginnings, the podcast where writer and performer Andy Beckerman talks to the comedians, writers, filmmakers and musicians he admires about their earliest creative experiences and the numerous ways in which a creative life can unfold.

On today's episode, I talk to musician Katy Davidson AKA Dear Nora. Originally from Arizona, Katy has been making music for decades now under the name Dear Nora, starting with the Make You Smile 7" in 2000 on Magic Marker Records. They took a long break from the moniker after 2008's Three States, but picked it up again with 2018's Skulls Example which is one of the best albums Katy's ever recorded. Their new album, Human Features, will be released on Orindal Records at the end of October, and it's fantastic!

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[ravenbro0k]

All of you go listen to hung up by dear Nora, for the love of god it's so fucking good

[ang3l1ck]

come on inside, i've got a lot to say

(finished my first cover of one of my all-time fav songs Come on Inside (1999) by Dear Nora)

[being-it]

a photosphere and a song ✿

(to be enjoyed together)