Bertie Blackman - "Thump " Somebody told me that Bertie Blackman was a folk artist and from Sydney. The latter is true. The former, however, is only half true. In 2009, Bertie ditched most of her folk sound, along with her sweet blonde hair, for something darker and dancier. Having Architecture in Helsinki's and Goldfrapp's producers, she's recorded an album, S ecrets & Lies , which is some parts La Roux and some parts Florence & The Machine. Not surprisingly, her album won an ARIA award for 'Best Independent Release.' Surprisingly, [...]

You can find anything out on the internet these days. Anything. And when one is investigating an act one is unfamilar with it's good practice to check out Wikipedia, wait 11 minutes for the artist's MySpace page to load, and so on. For once, with Bertie Blackman, I'm not going to do that. I'm going to wait and see if the information comes to me. I'll pretend this is a fun "experiment" rather than a symptom of my laziness. Do you know anything about Bertie Blackman? Leave information in the comments. All I know, thanks to [...]
Bertie Blackman is nothing like your run-of-the-mill pop star. The Australian crooner brings pop with her own distinct point view and an inspired delivery that is both raw, bare knuckled and brutally honest. Check out two totally guilt-free remixes of Bertie Blackman's new single, "Thump." For Bertie, "Thump" song captures that "feeling of walking home late at night; your footsteps hit the pavement and your whole body pulsates. You become really aware of your breath and heartbeat", haunting vocals soar, industrial electronics collide and the track troughs into eerie breaths of quiet throughout." [...]