Bat for Lashes Goes Where Wild Things Are in Fantastical 'Lilies' Video
February 20, 2013 The lilies of the field, they have a rep for not toiling. Natasha Khan is rather the opposite. …
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February 20, 2013 The lilies of the field, they have a rep for not toiling. Natasha Khan is rather the opposite. …
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February 12, 2013 With Valentine's Day coming in hot, the usually fashion-minded folks over at Vogue have got love on the mind, and what better way to woo than with the right music? The publication kicked off a session series dubbed "Love Songs" on Sunday and have been sharing a video a day since. …
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January 21, 2013 Coachella's official 2013 lineup announcement is expected sometime in the (very) near future, which means the hearsay-devouring speculation cycle has kicked into overdrive. …
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December 21, 2012 The haunting goes in all directions on Bat for Lashes' magnificent 2012 album, The Haunted Man, one of SPIN's 50 Best Albums of 2012. The specter of war haunts the male characters, but "your ghosts have got me, too," Natasha Khan sings at one point, and on the cover she literally carries a man's weight on her shoulders. It should go without saying the record is haunting for the listener, too. …
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November 7, 2012 Soundgarden's first new album in 16 years, King Animal (which you can stream in full here), arrives on November 13, and last night the reunited band performed on the BBC's late-night music show Later... with Jools Holland. …
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October 23, 2012 Bat for Lashes is cool with chilling in the cut. For all her elaborate songs, her dense orchestrations, her brooding veneer, the songwriter born Natasha Khan has a serious, plaintive side that belies the quiet thoughtfulness beneath her baroque curlicues. Her catalogue is stacked with sleepers, tracks that require investment and are crusted with trebly breathlessness and cliffhanger instrumentation. …
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October 15, 2012 Another Monday, another bounty of streaming albums for your immediate listening pleasure.1) ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Lost Songs. "Get lost in the spiraling riffage, soak in the classically melodic vocal lines, temptation to smash things." (via SPIN)2) Bat For Lashes, The Haunted Man. …
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October 11, 2012 For Bat for Lashes' Wednesday drop-in on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show, Natasha Khan performed "Laura" and "All Your Gold" from her October 23 album The Haunted Man, and then surprised the host with a cover of Rihanna and Calvin Harris' melancholy megahit "We Found Love." Naturally, Khan takes the song to an even darker, more dramatic depth, accompanied by a barebones drum march and a surging bass line. …
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October 9, 2012 "It was more about getting out and starting to define my sonic landscape," Bat For Lashes' Natasha Khan told SPIN contributor Alyssa Noel of The Haunted Man, her forthcoming third full-length. …
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October 3, 2012 There was a time, not that long ago, when Natasha Khan would have rather been dealing with crust and filling than laboring over the third Bat for Lashes album. …
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