Kate Nash began her L.A. show last night at the El Rey Theater by warning the audience if they weren’t there to have a good time they would be escorted out of the venue. She then kicked off the night with the first track off of My Best Friend Is You “Paris”. Kate’s infectiously fun attitude, combined with her dare to Angelenos to out-scream the crowds at the other stops on her North American tour, led to the highlight of the evening: a stage full of Kate Nash fans dancing and thrashing to her new song “Take Me To A Higher Plane”. Flip through to see why Kate Nash will forever leave us feeling “Merry Happy”. More »
Kate Nash, who according to Maura is “a lot less cloying than on record/in the press,” probably should consider visiting every single person who reads British music coverage, because at this rate, “cloying” is leading “not completely self-absorbed” by six lengths. More »
Coachella line-up update! Hot shit! Five-words-or-less take on each new addition: Aphex Twin (ooh), Goldfrapp (yay), Kate Nash (ugh no), Serj Tankian (iffy on the solo stuff), Redd Kross (!), and Adele (eh). More »
Now that Lily Allen has lost about 20 pounds and traded in the sneakers (no, I will not call them trainers) for heels, who will be cute (“real-life cute”), spunky, catchy, relatable, over-hyped, and British for us? Who will weigh at least 120 pounds, wear quirky garments, and sing to us about boy trouble over laboriously-produced and highly infectious pop hooks? Ladies and gentlemen: Kate Nash.
With the new year all rung in, it’s time to once again round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Today’s entry is Made Of Bricks by the nu-Lily-Allen