About a year ago, I had to give Holly Miranda a Babewatch shout-out, because she not only carried the range and songwriting talent that’s hard to find within mainstream “pop”, but also because she has that non-egotistical and hot edge that translates to marketability. Kanye West took to his blog a year ago to sing [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Cat Power’
SET LOOSE: Holly Miranda’s The Magician’s Private Library
Posted: February 22, 2010 in Covered, Hot Trax, Music Edgication, New Album Release, Raw & Stripped Down, Sirens, What's Ed-G:Tags: Cat Power, Dave Sitek, Holly Miranda, Kanye West, Mazzy Star, Tool, TV on the Radio, XL Recordings
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Mandy Moore Takes Baby Steps Towards Indie
Posted: June 3, 2009 in Concert Report, SirensTags: Aimee Mann, Best Buy, Cat Power, Highline Ballroom, Mandy Moore, Ryan Adams
If you’ve been keeping up with the whereabouts of certain (once) teen sensations that are adapting to what’s current to keep themselves afloat the hip music scene, then you might’ve heard that Mandy Moore’s done some reinventing. Maybe it was a bit of a nudge from new husband and indie rockstar, Ryan Adams, or perhaps [...]
BABEWATCH: Holly Miranda
Posted: April 15, 2009 in Sirens, What's Ed-G:Tags: Cat Power, Holly Miranda, Portishead, TV on the Radio
Holly Miranda has teamed up with TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek to help produce her first album (release date TBD) – some tracks available on her myspace page. Her vocals will conjur up comparisons to Cat Power, her music feels like the Portishead we loved from the days of “Dummy”, and although her experimental [...]
