Bat For Lashes Brings "Sleep Alone," Marxophone To Jools Holland

Natasha Khan's presented up her song of the year contender in various states of dress, from Karate Kid and La Russoed to stripped and lo-fi. Each has been a good look for "Daniel," although this straight-no-chaser take with her backing band The Blue Dreams is a reminder that this one would stand on its own independent of savvy alternate arrangements or nostalgia kitsch; great song, great voice, great performance. Natasha also performed "Sleep Alone" and demonstrated her Marxophone technique. She's coming to NYC soon and we are psyched -- I've laid out her tour dates because you'll probably want them after watching this.

"Daniel"

"Sleep Alone"

Show And Tell

Two Suns is out on Astralwerks. You can see Natasha do that near you:

04/25 - Toronto @ The Mod Club
04/27 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
04/30 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
05/01 - Philadelphia, PA @ 1st Unitarian Church
05/02 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg
05/09 - Dissonanze Festival
05/10 - Milan, Italy @ Teatro Leonardo
05/11 - Munich, German @ Ampere
05/12 - Berlin, Germany @ Postbahnhof
05/14 - Hamburg, Germany @ Knust
05/15 - Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique
05/16 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @
05/18 - Cologne, Germany @ Kulturkirche
05/19 - Lille, France @ L'Aeronef
05/20 - Nantes, France @ L'Olympic
05/22 - Toulouse, France @ Le Bikini
05/23 - Montpellier, France @ Salle Victoire 2
05/25 - Lyon, France @ Le Ninkasi
05/26 - Strasbourg, France @ La Laiterie
05/27 - Paris, France @ Le Bataclan
05/29 - (Primavera Sound Festival)
06/10 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
06/11 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
06/13 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
06/26 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
06/28 - (Glastonbury Festival)
07/17 - (Latitude Festival)
08/05 - (Electric Picnic Festival - Boutique Music Festival)
08/09 - Chicago, IL (Lollapalooza)
09/11 - Bestival 2009

Posted at 10:01 AM by amrit in Tour Dates, Video
Tags: Bat For Lashes | Ben Christophers | Charlotte Hatherley | Jools Holland

12 Comments

good god she's beautiful, and what an amazing song!!!

Posted by: sha sha at 04/22/09 10:44 AM  | Reply
Score = 3

easily in the top 5 tracks of the year. just stunning

Posted by: rob z at 04/22/09 11:27 AM  | Reply
Score = 5

Did you guys already see the video mashup of Daniel and the Cure's A Forest?
http://www.vimeo.com/3768294

Posted by: NP at 04/22/09 11:57 AM  | Reply
Score = 1

Band and Song are the sex! I'm not going to lie; I mastrubated to that clip.

Posted by: Mr.Vengeance at 04/22/09 12:04 PM  | Reply
Score = -4

I believe that's called an overshare.

Posted by: Johnnyboy  in reply to Mr.Vengeance's comment at 04/22/09 12:54 PM  | Reply
Score = 14

shit

Posted by: Comehomenow at 04/22/09 12:38 PM  | Reply
Score = 1

Charlotte Hatherley on the geeetar!

Posted by: -g at 04/22/09 12:51 PM  | Reply
Score = 1

I like that band Berlin better.

Posted by: FlimFlam at 04/22/09 2:32 PM  | Reply
Score = -5

Elton John should cover this.

Posted by: Alexx at 04/22/09 7:10 PM  | Reply
Score = -3

Lovely, Natasha, just lovely... now play Travelling Woman.

Posted by: Blu at 04/22/09 8:27 PM  | Reply
Score = 0

God, I love her. She is amazing.

Posted by: glazzy at 04/22/09 10:54 PM  | Reply
Score = 1

c'mon ... Daniel = Ambien CR - the weird binge eating side effect

Posted by: 10over9 at 04/28/09 8:39 PM  | Reply
Score = -1