Kristeen Young “Nice” Live at the Witch’s Tit Oh my Goddess. Kristeen Young is amazing. Imagine Diamando Galas, Kate Bush, and Amanda Palmer merged into one frenzied, insane ride. With a passion that is truly amazing, a technique that kills, … Continue Reading
Dutch Uncles “Big Balloon” Big Balloon For those of you who love Kate Bush and Bowie’s Low period, you will love the Dutch Uncles. Coming from Manchester, my favorite England city, Dutch Uncles are made up of Duncan, Robin, Andy and Peter. … Continue Reading
Magic Island “Alchemy” Like Water There is something amazingly fluid about Magic Island. Though the title of the album is Like Water, it could have as easily be named Like Mercury, for it is mercurial in its very nature. Magic Island … Continue Reading
BONZIE “As The Surface Rose/Half Full” As The Surface Rose BONZIE has this incredible, Kate Bush-like voice rising above beautiful, atmospheric wonder of music, like clouds on a calm summer day. Nina Ferraro, a 21-year-old singer/multi-instrumentalist who’s created under … Continue Reading
Hannah Sumner “How To Stop” To The Almost What a voice. Hannah Sumner, who has been a creative genius in New York (producer, songwriter, singer), has released a beautiful, strange, Kate Bushish, tour de force in “How To Stop”. … Continue Reading
Frida Hyvonen “Imponera Pa Mig” Kvinnor Och Barn Frida Hyvonen has finally released her new album, all in Swedish. This is beautiful, classic Hyvonen, which means very beautiful vocals, simple sounding, yet perfect piano playing, and emotion plus. The video … Continue Reading
Mimoza H “The Wild Woman” UPROOT Mimoza H is truly a wonder. Her voice, God, her voice is a total marvel. She sounds like Bjork or Kate Bush, with that marvelous influence of PJ and Nick Cave thrown in for … Continue Reading
The Blow “Think About Me” The Blow is made up of the duo, Melissa Dyne and Khaela Maricich, who have spent time developing their tremendous acoustic meets electronic pop. “Think About Me” was created on five tracks, using modular and analog synthesizers … Continue Reading
Carrie Beehan-Trystette “Ass In The Middle” Alazon In The Quiet Room This is an amazing song from an amazing artist. The grief, the coming-to-terms with lost, the multi-textured music, the vocals that sometimes seem like Bjork, sometime like Kate Bush, … Continue Reading
Benjamin’s Brother “Room 505” Benjamin’s Brother Coming from Tel Aviv, Benjamin’s Brother has completed his work on his debut album which he is now releasing to the world. Stories about death, belief, desire and a lot of pain – are the … Continue Reading
Bat For Lashes “In God’s House” The Bride Bat for Lashes has released her new album, The Bride. As usual, Natasha Khan’s voice takes the forefront on the first single, “In God’s House”. Khan always sings like she is in an … Continue Reading
Henika “You Bring Me Down” Henika This singer brings chills up and down my spine. Her voice, her music, her videos; they are all chillingly beautiful. I have listed her bio as she wrote because she does so much better … Continue Reading
Janita “Traces Upon Your Face” Didn’t You, My Dear My favorite Finnish US transplant does it again. Janita comes out with a song that is so … Continue Reading
Monica Lionheart “Run” Missed Connections Monica Lionheart has been playing in various bands in the New York scene after graduating from Berklee College of Music and New York University, where she went on scholarships. (That’s not an easy thing to do). … Continue Reading
IOLA “Chichen” Arnfinn From the first chords, you know you are in another world, a world of sunlight and shadows, supernatural and very natural, today, tomorrow, and yesterday. IOLA is the musical identity of Carey Sveen, a native of Norway, … Continue Reading
Phildel “Moonsea” The Disappearance Of The Girl UK-based songstress, Phildel, has recently had her song “Moonsea” chosen as one of fifteen finalists in the International Songwriting Competition. “Moonsea” is a beautiful, slow-tempo song that especially highlights the beauty and … Continue Reading
After a 35-year hiatus from the stage, Kate Bush announced this past Friday that she will be performing 15 shows this Summer at London’s Hammersmith Apollo. Tickets for the show, titled Before the Dawn, go on sale this coming Friday. … Continue Reading