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submitted by Nick May 1st 2009 07:00 pm (stereogum.com)
Natasha Khan has what might be the song of the year, a spellbinding new album, a performance on Letterman tonight, and the Thom Yorke stamp of approval. It's an impressive fact sheet, and it got tossed with the first notes of the haunting Two Suns standout "Glass" last night. What happened in Bowery Ballroom was a slate-wiping de novo revue, bringing the sort of magic that creates hopeless devotion. But with girls coming in glitter and headdress, and guys coming with marriage proposals, it's probably there already. Continue reading Bat For Lashes @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC 4/30/09...
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Over the weekend, Bat For Lashes returned to Later … With Jools Holland to perform a dramatic version of The Haunted Man single “Laura.” Watch it below. The Haunted Man is out now on Capitol.
Here’s a weird and indefensible but completely genuine reaction that much-anticipated new albums sometimes provoke: I wish it was better. It’s one thing if a band you like suddenly shits the bed on a new album; God knows, that happens enough. But when someone follows up a record that hit a chord deep within you [...]
At this point, we’ve already heard a lot of the new Bat For Lashes album The Haunted Man; “A Wall,” “Oh Yeah” and “Winter Fields” hit the web last week after “All Your Gold,” “Marilyn” and “Laura” struck previously. Now, via NPR’s First Listen series, you...
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“We Found Love” is an unusually dark song for Rihanna, but in the hands of Bat For Lashes’ Natasha Khan, it’s several shades darker still. Performing the song on Zane Lowe’s BBC show, Khan leaves the original melody intact but reworks the arrangement, stripping it bare and slowing it down, rebuil...


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