Magnolia Electric Co.

...hand, has grown only more direct in his songs, abandoning the avant-Americana outfit Songs: Ohia for the more straightforward classic rock of Magnolia Electric Co., which tends to work best in big, broad landscapes (the box set ­Sojourner)...

In this article: Jason Molina, Sojourner, Songs: Ohia, South San Gabriel, Centro-Matic, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, and Denton, Texas

The LP debut from Jason Molina (Magnolia Electric Co.) and Will Johnson (Centro-Matic, South San Gabriel) plays out almost exactly as expected considering the ingredients: two men with the dark, dark blues, the tools of Americana at their...

In this article: Jason Molina, Magnolia Electric Co, Mingles, South San Gabriel, Centro-Matic, and Texas

...have led to discussions whether it is not, in fact, the first album by Molina's new band, also named Magnolia Electric Co. In fact the artwork for the album does not contain the name Songs: Ohia anywhere. On the other hand, the album was...

In this article: Songs: Ohia, Jason Molina, Bringing It All Back Home, Metacritic, Bob Dylan, Secretly Canadian, Steve Albini, Didn't It Rain, and Chicago

...an album and/or EP every year since 1996, collaborating with some of the finest musicians in indiedom, under the Songs:Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. imprimaturs. Two of his solo records are destined to be regarded as dark masterpieces of...

In this article: Jason Molina, Imprimatur, Earth Angel, Retribution Gospel Choir, and Sojourner

...vision and hopes for the album. The resulting record is certainly heartbroken, but also the most focused and potent set we've seen from Magnolia Electric Co. The spacious and forlorn breadbasket rock we've heard from the band, and...

In this article: Jason Molina and Songs: Ohia

Even if Jason Molina of Magnolia Electric Co. didn't write songs about loss and loneliness, his pained, hollowed-out voice would still convey those subjects with unsettling intensity. The sympathetic accompaniment of his expansive band-which...

In this article: Jason Molina

...before but it's worth repeating: Jason Molina is one of the great unsung heroes of authentic American music. Three years since his band Magnolia Electric Co's last record, this is a concept album billed as "an honest-to-God effort to pay...

In this article: Magnolia Electric Co, Jason Molina, Secretly Canadian, Neil Young, and Tonight's the Night

...feeling small and looking helplessly skyward. NPR.org, June 4, 2009 - Jason Molina, the singer and songwriter behind Songs:Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co., has written hundreds if not thousands of emotionally bruised songs about the blues.

In this article: Jason Molina

Get RCRD LBL's MP3 of the Day Newsletter. I sat down with a stack of Magnolia Electric Co. albums a few weeks ago and felt like a monkey for having never spent the time before. At the same time, it felt good to be a noob and get my hands...

In this article: E mail and Jason Molina

...Wands @ House Of Blues, Hollywood 5/22/09 Grizzly Bear @ WNYC Studio 5/21/09 Record Store Day brought a welcome treat in the form of a new Magnolia Electric Co. 7", but that was just a tiny tributary to the relative flood of awesomeness...

In this article: Jason Molina, Songs: Ohia, Los Angeles, Pitchfork, Jens Lekman, and Bruce Springsteen