Nite Jewel: Local Band We Love
From KCRW DJ Mario Cotto:
I’ve seen Nite Jewel perform in a variety of settings – from The Smell to The Music Field – and like ANY true performer worth their weight in sodium, Nite Jewel is unmistakably true to the woman’s sound, vision, and finally herself.
She has a stunning headsets for melodies and overdubs your ex vocals to the point of creating your sonic equivalent of the gauzy quality of an Polaroid of clouds parting to show the brightest sun.
By culling from a remarkable spectrum involving influences, she’s created something truly unique and not easily pigeonholed. Occasionally she’s totally Freestyle (Debbie Deb) other times she’s 80s MTV teen-neon-pop (The Planes) at other times she’s 4AD Goth (This Mortal Coil/Cocteau Twin babies), but mostly it’s all those items all the time.
As mentioned above, despite your ex very obvious super appealing 80s synth-pop leanings, there is a real impression that her DIY strategy and desire to continue creating her work her method are the only thing that’s held the world at large from hearing her. Thanks to great independent labels like Gloriette, Stones Put, Italians Do it Better, and Asian Summer for doing the planet a favor and releasing the woman’s work.
Her latest can be a 12” for Mexican Summer referred to as “It Goes Through Your Head,” which features my favorite B-side of the year “Natural Causes” and a pair of great remixes by (her Nite-Funk collaborator) Dam-Funk and The Samps.
Steady stream “Natural Causes”
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– Mario Cotto

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