Back in July, I wondered if the Bat for Lashes song "Laura" was about Laura Palmer. See . Well, last week I spoke with Bat for Lashes mastermind Natasha Khan as she was prepping for the first show of her tour. It was a short interview, but this was on the top of my list of interview questions: IS "LAURA" ABOUT LAURA PALMER?! I MUST KNOW! Well, here's the answer, straight from the Bat's mouth: I guess the story’s in the lyrics. It was written about a close friend of mine, [...]
Sony Music has just released the next installment of the massively successful Top Ten hit compilation album, Dermot O’Leary Presents The Saturday Sessions 2013 . Recorded exclusively for BBC Radio 2’s most popular new music programme and 2 x winner of the coveted Sony Radio Academy Gold Award, presented by Dermot O’Leary , the album features sessions from some of the hottest artists around including Emeli Sande, Florence + The Machine, Robbie Williams, Alt-J, Ben Howard, Ed Sheeran and many more. [...]

Najlepszy teledysk roku / The best video of the year: Javiera Mena - Luz de Piedra de Luna Twórca: Canada - www.lawebdecanada.com SINGLE: Polecamy / recommended: AlunaGeorge [...]
150. Dirty Projectors - Dance For You . 149. Messy Mya – New Orleans Houston Atlanta 148. Young Romance - Follow On Your Own . 147. Scuba - Ne1butu ‘NE1BUTU’ is Scuba’s take on the classic late 80′s Italian piano house tune. Black Box, D-Mob, Double Dee, Gino Latino etc… I can’t listen to [...]
By Justin BakerWe just wrapped another year of wall-to-wall critics' lists, and the Pitchfork staff provided a carefully curated subset of hip music of last year. How does this music sit with th...
It's so easy to vote so I will always vote. And the culling process to ten votes is made easy by the fact that I vote for songs I've only heard played on triple j. Anything else feels like a throw-away vote. I have tried to retain integrity. I have not voted for songs because they will do well, like Holdin' On (yes I've voted for Flume, but not this particular possible number 1 song) and I have not voted for Frank Ocean's 'Lost' which for some reason I feel will do well too. I have really simply voted [...]
Happy New Year, PCHA-ers! It's time once again to present my annual mix modeled after the abysmal Now That’s What I Call Music series. As always, this mix is not intended to be a pure rundown of the best songs ... Continue reading
A picture might be worth a thousand words, but the NSFW cover of Bat for Lashes' The Haunted Man says more than that for an album all about letting down your guard. A picture might be worth a thousand words, but the stark NSFW cover of Bat for Lashes' The Haunted Man says much more than that about the music contained in the album. While any written description of the artwork can't quite capture what's going on in it, suffice it to say that the black-and-white photo of Natasha Khan, au naturale, with a naked male body [...]
Anyone searching for insight as to Natasha Khan's ambition on her latest Bat For Lashes album need only take a look at the striking cover image. Fully nude with a male body draped across her torso, Khan is an artist without a mask, stripped of her trademark future-bohemian garb. Echoing a previous image by photographer Ryan McGinley, it preempts the album's content: laid bare to the world, she still stands confident and strong as a musician. Having stated that a new found sense of ancestry and return to her roots influenced this album, Khan [...]
Life Rule #182 - Wise man says, andldquo;Donandrsquo;t set expectations high on anticipated new album.andrdquo;Doh! Should have seen that one coming. Natasha Khan, a.k.a. Bat For Lashes has left me with blu

The Haunted Man is the third studio album by English recording artist Bat for Lashes (real name Natasha Khan). It was released on 12 October 2012 by Parlophone. You can stream the album in full, yes that is ALL tracks, not the 6 song preview everybody else has already been serving you last week, below. Read more »

In the Northern Hemisphere, Fall does not officially begin until September 22. In most minds, Summer is definitely over from the moment the month of September rolls around. Over the past few months there have been quite a few songs that helped to make our summer a little bit more enjoyable. Whether the tempo was lightening fast or as frozen as ice, a handful of songs will always be there to remind us how we spent the Summer of 2012. Take the jump... [...]
Words and lyrics are nice, but sometimes a picture is worth a thousand ideas . If you're surprised by the NSFW cover art for "The Haunted Man" (out Oct. 23 on Capitol), the forthcoming album from Natasha Khan — aka Bat For Lashes — you shouldn't be. Khan has never been one to do anything dull (her hit song "Daniel," off of 20092s "Two Suns" was about Daniel LaRusso from "The Karate Kid" after all). However, it seems like the persona for Bat For Lashes has gotten a glamorous makeover since we last saw her. Instead of [...]

Tweet We've not heard a great deal from Natasha Khan, aka Bat For Lashes, since the release of 2009's impressive album Two Suns, a record that produced two Indie30 Top 100 singles, including the standout 'Daniel'. Last week she released the first single from her forthcoming third record, The Haunted Man which sees the light of day in the UK in mid-October. 'Laura' debuting at 9, is an sparsely exquisite listen resting with a simple chord progression, horns and Khan's delicately fragile vocals [...]
Bat For Lashes – aka Natasha Khan – has released the stunning new song “Laura” from the highly-anticipated third album, The Haunted Man , which is set for release on October 23rd, 2012 in the U.S. via EMI’s Capitol Records. “Laura” – which Pitchfork.com immediately named BEST NEW TRACK – is available now on iTunes / Amazon MP3 . In addition, you can now watch the heart-wrenching video HERE (or watch it below). The striking album artwork for The Haunted ...
This week's top videos come from Bat For Lashes, Hot Chip, Taken By Trees, Django Django and Something in Spanish. Expect bikinis, arty shots, green screens & more! Something in Spanish - 'For Slowing Down' Bat For Lashes - 'Laura' Django Django - 'Hail Bop' Hot Chip - 'How Do You Do?' [...]

Videos Of The Week (July Week 4, 2012) Videos that caught out eye this weel, blah blah blahhh Enjoy!!! Photo Credit: Kate Raudenbush - Star Seed

Frank Ocean at Coachella 2012 ( more by David Andrako ) Tyler, the Creator at Pitchfork Fest 2011 ( more by Dominick Mastrangelo ) Trash Talk at BV-SXSW 2012 ( More by Greg Cristman ) today in NYC * Mallu @ MoMA * Kotorino @ Barbes * Oren Bloedow @ Barbes * Frank Ocean @ Terminal 5 [...]
Laura - Bat For Lashes Eigenlijk had ik nooit eerder écht goed geluisterd naar Bat For Lashes en het was dan ook door de nieuwe single, Laura , te zien passeren op Facebook en andere sociale media, dat ik (eindelijk) eens de tijd nam. Waarschijnlijk door de verwarring met Battles en consoorten (op basis van de naam) had ik iets helemaal anders verwacht, dus ik werd aangenaam verrast. Dit is echt een mooi, rustig lied. [...]

Bat For Lashes - aka Natasha Khan - has released the stunning new song "Laura" from the highly-anticipated third album, The Haunted Man , which is set for release on October 23rd, 2012 in the U.S. via EMI's Capitol Records. "Laura", which Pitchfork immediately named Best New Track, is available today through digital music stores and streaming services. In addition, you can now watch the heart-wrenching video below, here on BandWeblogs.com . Bat For Lashes - Laura [...]