Music Edgication: Warpaint

WHO: Los Angeles band Warpaint – Emily, Theresa, Jenny, Stella. COMPARISONS: An all-girl The xx, The Breeders in 2011 with a hint of Holly Miranda. WORTHY: It’s chick experimental rock with balls, and their videos are almost like art. MORE: Warpaint is one of those “bigger in the UK” bands at the moment, touring Austrailia and [...]

CMJ MARATHON: Holly Miranda @ the Bowery Electric

Holly Miranda, one of my “Babewatch” picks of ’09, took part in the CMJ line-up on Saturday, 10/23, as part of Baeble’s live music sessions at Bowery Electric in the East Village, NYC.  Miranda still falls under one of the best vocalists to come out of the Brooklyn scene (in my humble opinion), and Kanye [...]

SET LOOSE: Holly Miranda’s The Magician’s Private Library

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 [...]

Time Out New York Sits with Holly Miranda

This morning, I came across this awesome little interview that Time Out New York JUST had with newcomer Holly Miranda, as she slowly becomes a buzzword around the New York City music circuit.  Things I learned: 1) She was born in Detroit and dropped out of school at 16 to move to NYC, where she started playing shows [...]

BABEWATCH: Holly Miranda

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 [...]