2012 5/52 – Five Things I Liked This Week – Feat @birdeatsbaby, @maryepworth, #popuppeople and More Besides

1) Birdeatsbaby – Incitatus Brighton based dark cabaret outfit Birdeatsbaby have just released this BRILLIANT new video, and like the last video for “Feast Of Hammers” it’s deliciously spooky. And makes me scared of bands… “Feast Of Hammers” – the album – is released on February 20th and I’m supporting them at their London launch...

“Little Battles” vBlog Episode 1 Online Now! Brighton, Birdeatsbaby, BBC 6 Music and Singing To Seabirds

The first in my brand new video blog series to celebrate my new album coming out on April 9th, woohoo! The album launch extravaganza will be at the Half Moon in Herne Hill, London SE24 on Wednesday 11th April with tickets available very soon. “In This Boat” will be released on February 14th as digital...

2012 4/52 – Five Things I Liked This Week – Feat Grace Petrie, Brighton and Musical Broccoli

Click to see the rest of this week’s photos 1) Grace Petrie A wonderfully inspiring songwriter and performer I met at last weekend’s Midwinter Picnic 4. She makes music that really gets you in the gut, and her rousing lyrics are still echoing around my head a week on. I should have heard of her...

2012 3/52 – Five Things I Liked This Week – Feat Gil Scott Heron, Martin Luther King & Handcrafted Chocolate

Click to see the rest of this week’s photos 1) “The Last Holiday : A Memoir” by Gil Scott Heron I’m so thankful to a friend for introducing me to the wonderful work of Gil Scott Heron a number of years before he sadly died, and though I’ve only just started reading this newly published...

“Slow Puncture” On BBC Introducing – Listen Again + Tickets For Feb Shows With @hiband & @birdeatsbaby

Get the song here on a pay-what-you-can basis… I was very excited and pleased to receive an email from the Tom Robinson show last week informing me that “Slow Puncture” would be played on the show early on Monday morning (today), as a result of being selected from songs uploaded to the BBC Introducing Uploader....

2012 2/52 – Five Things I Liked This Week – Feat Chris T-T, Arctic Hooping & Bike Doctor

Click to see the rest of this week’s photos 1) Chris T-T – “Binker” – the video! I don’t know how I missed this on Twitter last week but I only just stumbled across this gorgeous film. Chris’ 2011 Edinburgh Festival show “Disobedience: Chris T-T Sings A.A. Milne” was one of the musical highlights of...

Category: Feminism

I Won! New vBlog + Remix Stems

Thanks so so much to everyone who voted for me in the “Just A Girl” band competition, both online in the run up to the live final and on the night. I feel honoured to have been included in such an ace lineup of all female bands and solo artists...

Press : NIMN Played on Odd Girl Out Radio!

I’m incredibly honoured NIMN got played in a show dedicated to the wonderful Ari Up, who will be very sadly missed. Toby Vail wrote a really beautiful tribute to Ari on Jigsaw yesterday – have a...

Oops, I’m A Finalist – So What Does That *MEAN*, Exactly?

First up – thanks so much to all of you who helped get me in to the final of the Just A Girl competition – your votes mean I will be playing at the live final at The Horatia in Holloway Road on Saturday 23rd October alongside Birds Of Paradise,...

vote, dammit – vote! :::

Posted 06 May 2010 in Feminism,Photo Post,Serious Shit
What excuses are there not to take a trip to your local polling station today? I mean, what good excuses? One of my favourite bloggers, Penny Red, puts it very well: “…if you don’t get out there and tick whatever box you need to tick, right now if you’re at...

bit of a rant / aim’s women in music night / pj harvey / juliana hatfield :::

Firstly: insurance companies – grrrrrr! 17 working days after my claim was accepted and I am still the one calling them. Every day. As soon as this claim is sorted out I will be waving Music Guard byebye and heading to Hiscox, highly recommended by a director friend of mine....

worst week but smw in the guardian today! :::

It’s been a pretty bad week, all in all, kicking off with being fired from my shiny new session job (more on that shortly) and ending last night with my house being burgled while I was out performing at LDNtwestival – thank you Twitter buddies for watching me play, Twitpiccing...

why i love…peaches :::

Posted 25 Jan 2010 in Feminism,Music,Video,Why I Love...
No, not Peaches Geldof – Peaches. She’s creative, silly and serious, the music is always fabulous, the visuals are stunning, she often uses female musicians on tour (Ms P, feel free to get in touch whenever, okay?), she directs many of her own videos and she really really doesn’t care...