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"Fresh from her tour with Black Tape For A Blue Girl, versatile post-gothic singer-songwriter Nicki Jaine talks about Ethiopian food, chocolate, voice lessons and her new album "Of Pigeons And Other Curiosities".
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Outsight Radio
November 2004
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"deliciously haunting... strange & beautiful."
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Collectedsounds
September 2004
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"Cabaret is alive and well in the capable hands and throat of Nicki Jaine...While Jaine's got ties to the Goth scene, her music exists in its own universe, one in which Kurt Weill and Nico orbit a shadowy planet like twin moons...The truly scary thing? This is her first album and she's only going to get better."
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High Bias
September 2004
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"Nicki Jaine‘s unique creativity certainly shines on her first solo album, "Of Pigeons And Other Curiosities". This dark and delicious musical treasure is full of surprises around every turn. Her rich, unique alto voice just has to be heard to be believed - it’s phenomenal!"
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Crowgrrl's Perch
September 2004
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"...you've not heard the like of Nicki Jaine before. It takes daring bravado and talent, all of which Nicki Jaine oozes, to travel the new paths she does without fear."
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MusicTAP
September 2004
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"If The Dresden Dolls are a kind of twisted poppy pre-WW2 dark cabaret then Nicki Jaine is the cabaret for after the bombs have dropped and the "subversive" artistic elements are being rounded up and yet the show must go on. This is a cabaret for the broken and Jaine does a great job of using that fuel for her songs."
wildhunt.org
August 2004
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"Nicki Jaine is very unusual indeed... [Of Pigeons... is] a remarkable record, of extraordinary music, by an immaculate singer!"
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The Mick
August 2004
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"...there is...a heady dose of energy and vivacity coming out of the throat of this unique singer, whose alto stylings betray a spirit resigned to the slings and melancholy of life."
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Chain D.L.K.
August 2004
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"Nicki Jaine will join Black Tape For A Blue Girl on their upcoming tour in September, contributing guitar, keyboards, and backing vocals to the band, as well as opening for them at various shows..."
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Mazur Public Relations - Press Release
August 2004
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"[Nicki Jaine]...lends true artistry to the gothic style."
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Ink 19
August 2004
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"...the power and darkness in Nicki's voice is astounding!"
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In Depth Zine
June 2004
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"All told, the album presents Jaine's darkly vivid imagery and explosively naked psyche with a near-surgical precision. With this record, she's on her way to becoming an Entity..."
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Upstage Magazine
June 2004
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"One of those mysterious figures gliding through the local clubs clearly on her way to bigger and better, Nicki Jaine is holding the CD release party for her 11-song, Shaman Records CD, of pigeons and other curiosities..."
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The Aquarian Weekly
May 2004
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"Her voice and myth echo each other in a most profound way and you find yourself with a strange feeling, like having a spider crawling in your stomach creating a mixture of fear and eroticism. It is at once creepy and wonderful."
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Origivation Magazine
March 2004
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"Philadelphia's Nicki Jaine has just signed with producer Jason Rubal and Shaman Records to record her full-length debut album."
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Shaman Records press release
January 2004