Watch Father John Misty get inspired by a David Lynch photo (who doesn’t?) and shimmy his way through “Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings” on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic.
Rusty Chains is a heartbreaking song that Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) has oft played at live shows. I’ve yet to catch a show of his live, and greatly hope to do so. He has since released an official high quality version of the beautiful track. The song is a tribute to a former lover that died, and the pain is palpable within the song. As always, Hadreas’ music is gutwrenching and incredible.

RIP Donna Summer. The R&B diva was 63. Between the Queen of Disco and the Godfather of Go-Go, the heavens are having one crazy dance party right now.
Here’s a really great 30-minute Fresh Air interview from 2003 where Donna Summer talks about producer Giorgio Moroder, her discomfort with becoming a ’70s sex symbol, and what she listened to as the “Q of D” (some of her answers are delightfully surprising).

Mount Eerie’s Clear Moon, out May 22, finds common ground in experimental folk and ambient black metal.
Avalanche -S. Carey