Pop-Culture | Posted by Julie Z on 03/14/2010

Support Women Artists Sunday: Little Boots

Little Boots

Victoria Hesketh (born 4 May 1984), known professionally as Little Boots, is a British electronic musician. She sings, plays synthesizers, the Yamaha tenori-on and the stylophone. She was the former lead singer/synth player in Dead Disco.

Hesketh was born in Thornton-Cleveleys near Blackpool, Lancashire and now lives in London. She attended Rossall School, Blackpool Sixth Form College and then the University of Leeds, gaining a first-class honours degree in Cultural Studies, with a dissertation on “The concept of originality in the music of Jamie Cullum”.

At the age of 18, Hesketh participated in television talent show Pop Idol, being eliminated after three rounds. She went on to form a Jazz trio, toured Europe with a big band, and later formed the dance-pop band…

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Pop-Culture | Posted by Julie Z on 03/7/2010

Support Women Artists Sunday: Rilo Kiley / Jenny Lewis

Rilo Kiley

Rilo Kiley

Rilo Kiley’s audiences have a strong tendency to fall in love on the spot. Perhaps it’s their beaming faces or laid-back, admirable West Coast attitudes. Or maybe it’s just their uncanny knack for designing nuanced pop songs and performing them with flair. Maybe it’s lead singers Jenny Lewis and Blake Sennet‘s adorable onstage banter and scissors-sharp wit. Whatever that little something extra is, Los Angeles, CA’s Rilo Kiley has it times ten. (Sing 365)

Jenny Lewis

Jenny Lewis

Born in Las Vegas in early 1977, singer/songwriter Jenny Lewis is one of indie rock’s treasured songbirds, known for her work as the primary vocalist of Rilo Kiley as well as her burgeoning solo career. A former child actress, she helped launch Rilo…

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Pop-Culture | Posted by Julie Z on 02/28/2010

Support Women Artists Sunday: Sia

Sia

Sia (full name Sia Furler) hails from the famously laid-back Australian city of Adelaide. Boasting a powerful, soulful voice, she worked the Adelaide jazz circuit during the ’90s as a vocalist for the band Crisp. However, the blonde, blue-eyed antipodean’s big break came only after she followed in the footsteps of many other Aussie artists and hopped on a plane to the U.K.

While in London, Sia landed a gig as a backup singer for the very popular and extremely hip English outfit Jamiroquai. In early 2000, she released her first solo single, the alternative pop tune “Taken for Granted,” which debuted at number ten on the busy U.K. singles chart. Soon after, a string of big names in the…

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Pop-Culture | Posted by Julie Z on 02/21/2010

Support Women Artists Sunday: Kimya Dawson

Kimya Dawson

Kimya Dawson was born and raised in Bedford Hills, NY. After meeting Adam Green in a record store in upstate New York, the duo formed a band called the Moldy Peaches. They began playing the anti-folk scene in New York City, and slowly built a very loyal following. Since the Moldy Peaches went on hiatus a few years ago, though, she’s opened for artists like They Might Be Giants, Regina Spektor, Third Eye Blind, and the Butchies.

She’s leant her voice to recordings by Ben Kweller, The Mountain Goats, and others. Dawson released her first solo album in 2002. Both as a member of Moldy Peaches, and as a solo artist, Dawson has toured extensively throughout the US and Europe. She’s…

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Pop-Culture | Posted by Julie Z on 02/14/2010

Support Women Artists Sunday: Jaymay

Jaymay

Jamie Seerman is an American folk singer-songwriter from New York. She performs under the name Jaymay. She grew up on Long Island and in 2003 after graduating from New College of Florida, she could not find a job in book publishing and moved back to New York to play open microphones. Her major musical influence is Bob Dylan. She has been described by BBC as “darling of the New York Anti-Folk” scene “and the New York Times as a” big name indie universe “ In 2007 Jaymay moved to London after signing with Heavenly Records distributed by the major EMI label Jaymay’s debut album Autumn Fallin ‘, released in Europe November 12, 2007 and in the United States on 11 March…

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