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Zola Jesus
Also Playing: Naked On The Vague and Wet Hair and Max Elliott
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Fri Apr 29
9:30 pm
Zola Jesus, Naked On The Vague, Wet Hair, and Max Elliott at High Noon Saloon
Zola Jesus doesn’t make it all that easy to separate the voice from the mystique. The Madison, Wisconsin project’s 22-year-old diminutive mastermind goes by the name of Nika Roza Danilova, and first gained notice pairing the full-throated, shuddering romance of her vocals with briny industrial-pop production. She put out the album The Spoils and a busy flurry of EPs and 7-inches over just a couple short years. Her Stridulum EP, followed by the full-length Stridulum II, capture some growing maturity, as this time the darkness takes on an almost friendly sheen, thanks to cleaner but no less dramatic synth backing. The yearnings and melodies haven’t changed that much, but they’ve grown stronger and clearer.
High Noon Saloon 701 E. Washington Ave., Madison, WI
Zola Jesus doesn’t make it all that easy to separate the voice from the mystique. The Madison, Wisconsin project’s 22-year-old diminutive mastermind goes by the name of Nika Roza Danilova, and first gained notice pairing the full-throated, shuddering romance of her vocals with briny industrial-pop production. She put out the album The Spoils and a busy flurry of EPs and 7-inches over just a couple short years. Her Stridulum EP, followed by the full-length Stridulum II, capture some growing maturity, as this time the darkness takes on an almost friendly sheen, thanks to cleaner but no less dramatic synth backing. The yearnings and melodies haven’t changed that much, but they’ve grown stronger and clearer.
Updated 04/30/2012
