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    XPN Welcomes Nicole Atkins

    XPN Welcomes Nicole Atkins

    Presented by WXPN at Johnny Brendas

    December 9, 2009


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    Nicole Atkins has secured a place in the over-crowded world of alternative folk with her quavering vibrato rock vocals. The New Jersey chamber-pop songstress follows in the footsteps of slow-jam pioneers like Roy Orbison rather than mimicking recent successes like The New Pornographers—meaning, each verse ends with extended vocal athletics and lyrics tend toward extended metaphors. The singer has dubbed her style “pop-noir,” and it’s refreshing to hear her replicate the darker vocal melodies of Orbison or Ben E. King in a decade that’s filled with Brian Wilson knock-offs. Atkins and her band The Black Sea released an EP of four cover songs in late 2008, but are now on the road testing material for an album set to be released in 2010.


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        Johnny Brendas

        1201 Frankford Avenue
        Philadelphia, PA 19125

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        Tickets: $12

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      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        December 9, 2009

        Times:
        9 pm

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