Bat For Lashes

Bat For Lashes Debuts New Song

Natasha Khan aka Bat For Lashes arrived in Sydney, Australia this week to play the Vivid Live Festival, where she premiered a brand new song from her forthcoming, still untitled, third record.

MP3: Bat For Lashes – “Strangelove”

Natasha Khan aka Bat For Lashes has released her first track since last year’s duet with Beck for the Twilight: Eclipse Soundtrack, in the form of “Strangelove,” a cover of…

REC’D MP3: Laurel Halo – “Embassy” & “Supersymmetry”

The show of Laurel Halo’s I caught at CMJ might have been more impressive were I not too tired to stand up, and were the crowd more enthusiastic: the Brooklyn-via-Ann…

REC’D: Glasser – “Apply”

Glasser is the solo project of Californian chanteuse Cameron Mesirow, who recorded much of her debut EP and the following 7” on Garageband. She refined and rearranged most of these…

The New Twilight Soundtrack Rules, as per usual

Let me get this straight — the soundtrack for the third Twilight movie Eclipse features new music from Muse, Vampire Weekend, Sia, The Dead Weather, Metric, and even features a…

The Best Songs of 2009

Artwork by the talented and generous Adam Sarpalius. The final list is here. We have been working on this Absolute (sarcasm) Best Songs of 2009 list all year, updating it…

Charlotte Hatherley – Full Circle

You probably know Charlotte as the guitarist that has played with Bat for Lashes. At least, that’s how I know her. And I didn’t even know THAT until I saw…

Bat For Lashes – Pearl’s Dream (Skream’s Pour Another Glass of Champers Remix)

Quicky: [download id="324"] Dubstep is all the rage, so naturally it’s hard to find a dubstepper who constantly delivers the goods. Super-producer Skream is one of the chosen few who…

Learnalilgivinanlovin’

Gotye. I’ve been urged to blog about Wally De Backer’s music for a while now. Don’t you dare ask me why I haven’t. Maybe I thought you weren’t ready for…

pmaCAST #13: Twist on Natural Law

pmaCAST #13 The “Twist on Natural Law” Episode Episode Tracklist 1. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Dull Life 2. Spoon – Well-Alright 3. A.C. Newman – The Collected Works 4. Los…

Bat For Lashes – Use Somebody (Kings of Leon Cover)

[rating:72/100] PMA fave Bat For Lashes stopped by BBC Radio 1′s Live Lounge not too long ago and delivered a beautiful cover of Only By The Night-highlight, “Use Somebody.” Bat…

The Absolute Best Songs of 2009 (.25 of the way through)

Today is the 91st day of 2009, or (almost) exactly one quarter of the way through 2009. Is it too soon to start thinking of “Best Songs” honors? I don’t…

Remix-A-Day: Bat For Lashes – Daniel (Death Metal Disco Scene Remix)

Because we are focusing more on upcoming musical releases around here, new remixes get the short end of the PMA stick, sadly. I am determined to devote one post a…

Bat For Lashes – Two Suns Album Review

[rating:81/100] Bat For Lashes, aka Natasha Khan, returns on April 6th with her sophomore album, Two Suns, a record of such incredible depth and beauty that it has taken me…

Lady GaGa does Heidi Montag’s “Fashion” – Really?

Lady GaGa – Fashion Lady GaGa covered Heidi Montag’s “Fashion” (what the f**k?) for the Confessions of a Shopoholic Soundtrack (another movie I shamelessly want to watch this Valentine’s Day…