Marnie Stern

A true 21st-century singer-songwriter, and an artist for whom that term seems woefully inadequate, Stern has crafted a groundbreaking fusion of anthemic, confessional indie rock and postprog virtuosity—audible on her latest disc for Kill Rock Stars, The Chronicles of Marnia (heh). The sometimes fill in for Fred Armisen on Late Night with Seth Meyers hits town for Halloween, a gig dubbed Phantom Phest, with the holiday appropriate Space Blood opening.