Abra Moore (born June 8, 1969 in San Diego, California) is a folk-styled alternative rock singer-songwriter. She is an icon of the Austin, Texas music scene. Her 1997 album Strangest Places included the hit single "Four Leaf Clover", which earned her a GRAMMY™ nomination, and received airplay in Midwest U.S. radio markets and VH1 and MTV2 rotation. Check out her latest single: Sugarite here on Xyzmp3.com!
While often compared to Kate Bush, Siouxsie Sioux, and Tori Amos, Natasha Khan has developed an identity and sonic vocabulary of her own. Her music, while immediately familiar, is also elusive, multifaceted, impossible to pin down. Nevertheless, one word that continues to appear in reviews of Bat For Lashes is "spooky", and it's a good descriptor: Khan herself has likened the feel of her music to "Halloween as a child", and she's appeared onstage dressed as a skeleton. Part of the ghostliness of Fur & Gold radiates from Khan's ethereal - but edgy - vocals. Her voice is a supple instrument; she can howl and purr, address the listener conversationally, sound like a frightened child or a terrifying adult, and switch between modes with startling precision. "What's A Girl To Do?", the first American single from Bat For Lashes, starts with a near-spoken verse over a Phil Spector beat, and then slips into an anguished, howling chorus. It's a chilling ride, hypnotic and engrossing, and it announces Natasha Khan's arrival as a nascent master of cinematic song. Director Dougal Wilson is no stranger to strange, spectral music - he's shot videos for LCD Soundsystem, Hard-Fi, and The Streets, and he was behind the camera for the creepy late-night taxi drive that accompanied Jarvis Cocker's "Don't Let Him Waste Your Time". But with the unsettling clip for "What's A Girl To Do?", he's outdone himself: it's one of the best clips we've seen all year, and it's sure to be the talk of YouTube and other video-sharing sites. Looking lovely - and perhaps a little dreamy - in a blue pajama-top and silver tights, Natasha Khan guides a child's bicycle down a deserted highway at night. She rides, unswerving, in the middle of the road, and sings as she does; behind her, trees angle toward the center of the street, forming a dark canopy over her head. Light flashes off the bicycle handlebars and reflectors, the clip in Khan's hair, and the sparkles on her shirt. But when "What's A Girl To Do?" reaches its chorus, the action really begins: a chorus-line of BMX bike riders suddenly appear behind her. Wearing giant, grim animal masks, they clap along with the song and perform stunts in tight formation. The incongruity of the masked riders only add to the chill - as do the images of trick-or-treaters lost in the woods, abandoned and upturned automobiles, and Khan's own breath, condensing in clouds beside her.
Black Light Burns is an industrial rock band featuring Wes Borland (formerly of Limp Bizkit, Big Dumb Face, Eat the Day). The band's original studio lineup consisted of Borland himself, along with Danny Lohner (Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle), Josh Eustis (Telefon Tel Aviv) and Josh Freese (The Vandals, A Perfect Circle, Nine Inch Nails). Their debut album, Cruel Melody, was released on June 5, 2007.
Burden Brothers is a Hard rock Supergroup formed in Dallas,Texas by former Toadies lead singer/songwriter Vaden Todd Lewis and former Reverend Horton Heat drummer Patrick "Taz" Bentley. The band currently consists of Vaden Todd Lewis (Vocals/Guitar), Taz Bentley (Drums/Vocals), and Casey Hess (Guitar/Vocals). The band is currently on an indefinite hiatus, due to the Toadies reunion and other interests.
As you'd expect from a band that makes music as propulsive as There Is A Moth In Your Chest, Mason Proper tours constantly. This summer, the quintet will be swinging through the Midwest and Northeast, sharing bills with Ra Ra Riot and Jason Isbell. The clip for "My My (Bad Fruit)" catches Mason Proper in performance, too - but this is no ordinary gig. For starters, the band performs in an open field and under a blue sky. This is an outdoor wedding of sorts, but at first, it's unclear who's getting married, or why the musicians in the band seem more battered and bloodied with each subsequent shot! The bride, by contrast, looks healthy and poised in her gown and bone-white makeup, and her ladies-in-waiting gather about her, conspiratorially. In the hills behind them, a gigantic faceless conductor waves around his baton, generating atmospheric turbulence as he does. He seems to be somehow associated with the bride - because she, too, commands the air, shooting lightning-like squiggles from out of her eyes! The members of Mason Proper struggle with that same energy, attempting to tame it, but largely getting buffeted by it. Finally, Visger's bandmates prop his battered body up and lead him to the middle of the field, where his dangerous betrothed awaits him.