Music is Art — Los Angeles resident Pat Grossi is the mastermind behind the gorgeous sounds of Active Child. Inspired by the feelings of church choirs and soft indie pop, Active Child has been creating meaningful music over the past years. Pat Grossi has no issue i... more info

Music is Art — From the forests of Merrill, Wisconsin, Zola Jesus a.k.a. Nika Roza Danilova creates dark, entrancing and powerful music. She’s recently toured with the XX, Warpaint, and Fever Ray, and is known as someone special to look out for, especially come t... more info

NME — The pop princess finds an unlikely fan in the gothic songstress more info

Stereogum — This post contains three imperative links for those chomping at the bit for new Zola Jesus: First, make sure you’ve downloaded “Vessel,” the first MP3 from her forthcoming Conatus LP. Then read Cole’s great Progress Report with Nika as she ta... more info

Stereogum — Name: Zola Jesus Progress Report: Nika Danilova calls up to talk about world domination, the unshakable spector of goth, and the excellent new Zola Jesus album, Conatus. Since releasing her first album in 2009, Nika Roza Danilova — better known by ... more info

Guardian Music — Victoria Park, LondonThe approach to Field Day, the east London festival known for its organisational issues as much for its strong lineups, did little to assuage concerns it might still be having teething troubles five years on. Enormous queues were... more info

Altsounds — Another young, up and coming name on the scene joins The Big Chill for 2011, sure to hypnotise audiences with her dark and ghostly gothic sounds Zola Jesus takes to the Deer Park Stage on the Friday of the festival. Siaka and Eugene are set to perfo... more info

Guardian Music — This pop writer for hire scored a hit for Eminem and Rihanna. Now she's performing her own pain-wracked tracksHometown: Wisconsin.The lineup: Holly Brook (vocals, piano).The background: New? Not as such, no, but she's one those who we're imagining mi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Zola Jesus at Pitchfork Fest (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Electro-goth queen Zola Jesus (aka Nika Roza Danilova) recently announced the release of her upcoming full length Conatus. The album will be her first full length since deve... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dominick Mastrangelo & Josh Darr Fleet Foxes / Zola Jesus Pitchfork Fest day two (7/16) had a pretty great variety of acts. In addition to newer acts like No Age, Zola Jesus and Twin Shadow, day two made... more info