artist of the day

Lana del Rey.

A firm new favourite. With sultry caramel tones that could make a wolverine purr, Lana del Rey has described herself as the "gangsta Nancy Sinatra" who wants her music to be "the sonic equivalent of a Vincent Gallo film". The 24-year-old New Yorker fuses 1950s jazz with modern hip hop and tops it with soft girly vocals; it's a combination that works so wonderfully it makes you wonder how there can really be so few artists putting out this kind of music. She hasn't officially released anything as yet but I will be keeping my eyes very much peeled.

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