NLX: Natasha Alexandra

[eclv]

I was introduced to Natasha's music when I was on the road with KH and on our day off we checked her out at Caffe Vivaldi in NYC. I was impressed. We decided that sometimes she sounds like Natalie Merchant. She plays piano. I love her lyrics, and her voice. It's different. She's really cool too.

She gave me her CD and I absolutely love it. Stay and Refuel are my favorites. You can check out her tunes at her MySpace  

Here's what her bio says:

Trent Reznor With Tits! Do we have your attention? Take a listen ... just one hit is enough to hook you on the adiction that is NLX: Natasha Alexandra. The NY Times is already on her case: "NLX traffics in unschooled, confessional, piano ballads." To connect with her music is a rush like no other. Tension, then release ... NLX has been covering her tracks.

Rumor has it, she served her time in Hamilton, Ontario - a small steel town where the survivors are the fittest, and the smartest ... those brave enough to escape its desperate clutches. It was on the gritty streets of Toronto that she developed her signature sound ... a potent cocktail infused with Sting, Daniel Langois, Prokofiev and, of course, NIN. Then forays to New York City where 2004's Meat Inspection Tour established her as more than just a girl at a piano. “Extraordinary, outstanding, compelling, distinctive and very, very special,” is what the Songwriters Hall of Fame cited, showcasing her on their New Writers CD compilation.

Now a permanent fixture in the Big Apple, the NLX momentum is accelerating ... gigs in NYC at the Living Room, Rockwood Music Hall, Joe's Pub, The Cutting Room and Caffe Vivaldi, plus West coast action at The Hotel Café in Los Angeles and Lestat's in San Diego ... and inclusion in compilations from Jane Magazine and Rockrgrl.

The latest scoop: The CD release of both NLX: In Your Face and NLX: Behind Your Back, offering up heart-wrenching lyrics and dark piano melodies, but each with it's own distinctive production style. Aggressive is the tone for NLX: In Your Face, co-produced and recorded in Toronto with Byron Wong (Beck, Crystal Method, David Usher).

Meanwhile, the sound on NLX: Behind Your Back is more sparse, a product of a collaboration with Chris Brown and Lurch (Kathleen Edwards, Crash Test Dummies) at their Brooklyn studio. Now, watch out for NLX: Live in 2006. With the addition of Ableton Live backing tracks, an Evolution midi controller and a drummer, the experience is about to get hardcore, and different every time. BITCH GET FIT!

[eclv]

Tonight at the Hotel Cafe in LA at 7 pm. I wish I could go!!

[eclv]

I can't believe no one has checked her out. Come on people.  :razz:

[eclv]

THE WAIT IS ALMOST OVER

NLX: In Your Face + NLX: Behind Your Back
CD Release Party!

"NLX traffics in unschooled, confessional piano ballads" - NY Times.

"A remarkable singer-songwriter" - Canadian Consulate General in NY.

"Extraordinary, outstanding, compelling, distinctive & very, very special" - Songwriters Hall of Fame.

The waiting is almost over ... the release of
NLX: In Your Face and NLX: Behind Your Back
is set for Friday, February 24, 9pm at the
wonderful Rockwood Music Hall.

Natasha be joined onstage by her laptop running
Ableton Live, plus Chris Brown on guitar
and clavinet and Chris Taylor Monroe on
drums. Please come and check out the
new NLX sound.

The Rocwood Music Hall
is at 196 Allen Street, in the
Lower East Side, NYC. No cover and
CDs will be on sale for just $10 or two
for $15.

NLX's MySpace

[Ivy Lynne]

I checked her out cuz you and KH told me too, I just didnt see this thread til like just now haha . Shes different, but a good different. Im gonna see if I can make it to one of her RI shows.

[Laura]

So it took a couple listens, but I think I like her.

[Laura]

Alright, Let got me hooked on another artist. Took a while, but I am definitely hooked now.

[eclv]

That's awesome! You should know by now to take a listen when I ask you to.  :wink:

She was in San Diego tonight and damn I wish I hadn't already agreed to cover a shit 4 weeks ago. Oh and can I just tell you how much I wish she was in San Diego next weekend when KH and I will be there. But she says she'll be in Nor Cal soon.

[Laura]

haha seriously, I've loved almost every artist you've mentioned.