Bat For Lashes Receives Mercury Prize Nomination and Announces North American Tour Dates

After playing select shows to sold-out audiences on both coasts this spring, Brighton, England’s Bat For Lashes (aka Natasha Khan) will return to the U.S. in August for a North American tour in support of her critically acclaimed album, Two Suns, out now on Astralwerks. The tour announcement comes on the heels of Two Suns’ nomination for the U.K.’s prestigious Mercury Prize. Bat for Lashes, also nominated for her debut record Fur and Gold in 2007, is this year’s only multiple nominee, elevating Natasha into the ranks of other lauded Mercury veterans including Radiohead, PJ Harvey, Amy Winehouse and Arctic Monkeys. (more…)

Video: Bat For Lashes - Pearl’s Dream

Hungry for another great serving of video from Bat For Lashes?  Then you’ll be ready to wolf down the latest, fresh off it’s MySpace exclusive!

Bat For Lashes Widget, Make Your Own Mix of ‘Pearl’s Dream’

You might be interested to know that we have had a little Bat For Lashes gadget made which means that you can have a try at making your own mix of ‘Pearl’s Dream’.

So you can restructure it, lengthen it, take bits out or add things in and once you’re finished, you’ll be able to save it and let other people hear it.

To make you own mix go to the Bat for Lashes Myspace site and look in the left hand menu for the ‘GoMix’ box and follow the instructions from there.

Hope you enjoy it.