Blog: Mixtape Maestro

UK indie rock-ers the Noisettes might have been armed with an unapologetic, rebel blend of razor-sharp punk, classic rock, jazz and blues that drew heavy critical praise, and an eye-grabbing English/ Zimbabwean beauty of a frontwoman with a background in theater and the circus and an oh-so-cool government tag (Shingai Shoniwa), but sadly, all these elements combined weren't enough to draw them much commercial fortune. With a sleeker re-formatting of their eclectic style on their latest cycle, though, the three-piece's luck seems about to change. Sounding a million years away from their earlier sound, new single [...]

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