Tim Virgin of Chicago’s Q101 interviewed Natasha Khan of Bat for Lashes at Lollapalooza 2009 last weekend. They talked about the humid weather at the venue, how the U.S. audience is accepting her music that’s hard to label, her alter ego creating ‘Two Suns’ in New York, and her preference for living in England. Watch the backstage chat via the station’s YouTube channel below.
Natasha Khan of Bat For Lashes talked with Billboard at Lollapalooza in Chicago over the weekend about recording ‘Two Suns’, working with Yeasayer, and the effects of performing on a hot afternoon. “The album for me encompasses the desert and the city, and the sea in England,” Khan said. “It’s very much kind of linking those landscapes together.” Watch the interview via YouTube below the cut. Continue reading
Pop acts on television include:
Kris Allen visits ‘It’s On with Alexa Chung’ (MTV) on Monday.
Bat For Lashes performs on ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’ (NBC) on Tuesday.
Bat For Lashes is out with the music video to her new single ‘Sleep Alone’, from the British alternative pop singer’s Mercury Music Prize nominated album ‘Two Suns’. ‘Sleep Alone’ will be released in the UK on the September 7th via Parlophone. Watch it via the label’s YouTube channel below.
Bat For Lashes is out with the music video to her new single ‘Pearl’s Dream’, the second release from the Brighton, England singer songwriter’s new album ‘Two Suns’, out now on Astralwerks. Watch the Johan Renck directed video below.
Pop acts on television this week include:
Prince, who appears on ‘Tavis Smiley’ (PBS) on Monday and Tuesday.
This week’s ‘American Idol’ theme is big band week on FOX. Last week’s castoffs Anoop Desai and Lil Rounds appear on ‘Live with Regis and Kelly’ (ABC) and ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ (Syndicated) on Monday. Judge Kara DioGuardi visits ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ (ABC) on Friday.
Bat For Lashes, who performs on ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’ (CBS) on Friday.
Bat For Lashes posted some rehearsal footage, with Natasha Khan narrating the clip and talking about her band, how she aims to create real atmosphere for the shows, and the difficult effort of finding people she trusts to play the instrumentation she performs on the record in a live setting. Khan releases her second album ‘Two Suns’ next week. Watch the video via her MySpace Video channel below.
Bat For Lashes are out with the music video to their new single ‘Daniel’, the first release off Natasha Khan’s second album ‘Two Suns’, out April 7th via Astralwerks. Watch the video, filmed in Sweden and directed by the awesome Johan Renck, below the cut. Continue reading
Bat For Lashes is out with a short film entitled ‘Joshua & The Bat’, featuring footage from the Joshua Tree National Park in California and containing excerpts from all the songs from the new album ‘Two Suns’, including the first single ‘Daniel’. The CD hits stores April 6th via Astralwerks. Watch the video below.
Natasha Khan, the mastermind behind Bat for Lashes, brought her band for a session on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic with Nic Harcourt in Santa Monica on Wednesday (August 1). The British artist was on the show in support of her debut album ‘Fur and Gold’. Watch the performance and interview via kcrw.com below.