-- Pitchfork will probably not give the next British Sea Power album our coveted U.2 rating, if only because U2 has never, as far as we know, composed a score for the 1934 film Man of Aran. On May 5, Rough Trade will release the band's Man of Aran soundtrack as a double-disc package. One disc will feature the re-scored movie on DVD, and the ot...

Bat for Lashes mastermind Natasha Khan brought her Two Suns into the orbit of BBC2's "The Culture Show" the other day with this stark and promising number. As performed here, "Moon and Moon" is down to earth compared with the previously posted "Glass", another track from the forthcoming, celestial-themed follow-up to 2006's Fur & Gold. T...

As Natasha For Lashes told us back in January, her new album's called Two Suns because it's all about duality: "two lovers, two planets, two sides of a personality." Well "Moon And Moon," not to be confused with the Microphones "Moon Moon," satisfies Ms. Khan's advance thematic billing prima facie. The simple, spare piano-and-vocal arrangement s...

Natasha Khan, aka Bat For Lashes, opens up her second album Two Sons in a superbly dark and dramatic fashion. (Which is the way you should do it when said album features guest vocals from Scott Walker -- he's on the closer "The Big Sleep.") For now, we're looking at the opener, "Glass." It begins with Khan's voice naked except for some tastefull...

Scripture quotes! Split personalities! Gothy art-rock climaxes! From Fur & Gold to "Glass", Bat for Lashes haven't gotten much more transparent. But the Brighton, England-based band's Scott Walker-ft.ing Two Suns has an ambitiously ornate opener-- you could almost say it's crystalline, if you're not sick of crystal bands yet. Main woman ...