Kate Miller Heidke... I am still yet to find a shortened reference for this quirky blonde that's fitting. I'll go with KMH for now, but I realise it sounds like a 2WS sister radio station... your listening to KMH 103.4, coming to you from the valley with non stop classic hits.
Honestly I wouldn't say that KMH has really been high on my list of to see artists and of all people it was actually my brown sugar loving father who first introduced me to the strange and ear piercing sounds of KMH. Her unmistakable devotion to having a folk edge never sat well with me and I was quite happy for her to continue getting her little ditties blasted across rage while I happily slept or watched Chelsea dominate the premier league.
Now enter the latest release from KMH entitled 'Curiouser'. As I threw it into the cd player, I was reading for more of the same really. But clearly her continued success in the biz is due to her being more than a one trick pony. It is evident in that even with the most unenjoyable name to spit out, no agent nor industry fat cat has managed to get her to go down the J-Lo, P-diddy type route with something like K-Dikie.
I'll be the first to tell you I wasn't a KMH aficionado previously but upon giving 'Curiouser' a whirl even a non fan previously could tell you that KMH has added yet another dimension to her already ellaborate bag of tricks. 'Curiouser' is definitely a real melting pot in which KMH shows just how far she can flex her musical muscle.
I'm guessing tracks like the irresistable "Can't Shake It" would have some throwing the old sell out tags out there, but those fans are the deadwood I hoping KMH can cast aside. But even with her girl of many hats persona, KMH throws out the irrelevant but infectious "Motorscooter" and the deep crooning of the lyric "pretty much" in my personal favourite 'Politics in Space' which seems to best represent KMH's ability to make the weird very disgestible.
Ultimately I think KMH has a wonderful ability to stay grounded in the ideologies that first brought her acclaim but simultaneously give a lesson in the making music which gets more air time on the radio in this case isn't selling out but actually getting better.
Check out Kate Miller Heidke's myspace for heaps more youtube clips.
Click here to purchase 'Curiouser'.
Honestly I wouldn't say that KMH has really been high on my list of to see artists and of all people it was actually my brown sugar loving father who first introduced me to the strange and ear piercing sounds of KMH. Her unmistakable devotion to having a folk edge never sat well with me and I was quite happy for her to continue getting her little ditties blasted across rage while I happily slept or watched Chelsea dominate the premier league.
Now enter the latest release from KMH entitled 'Curiouser'. As I threw it into the cd player, I was reading for more of the same really. But clearly her continued success in the biz is due to her being more than a one trick pony. It is evident in that even with the most unenjoyable name to spit out, no agent nor industry fat cat has managed to get her to go down the J-Lo, P-diddy type route with something like K-Dikie.
I'll be the first to tell you I wasn't a KMH aficionado previously but upon giving 'Curiouser' a whirl even a non fan previously could tell you that KMH has added yet another dimension to her already ellaborate bag of tricks. 'Curiouser' is definitely a real melting pot in which KMH shows just how far she can flex her musical muscle.
I'm guessing tracks like the irresistable "Can't Shake It" would have some throwing the old sell out tags out there, but those fans are the deadwood I hoping KMH can cast aside. But even with her girl of many hats persona, KMH throws out the irrelevant but infectious "Motorscooter" and the deep crooning of the lyric "pretty much" in my personal favourite 'Politics in Space' which seems to best represent KMH's ability to make the weird very disgestible.
Ultimately I think KMH has a wonderful ability to stay grounded in the ideologies that first brought her acclaim but simultaneously give a lesson in the making music which gets more air time on the radio in this case isn't selling out but actually getting better.
Check out Kate Miller Heidke's myspace for heaps more youtube clips.
Click here to purchase 'Curiouser'.
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