Monika Bullette - Liedermacher/singer/songwriter/musician/manifestor
(with special guest appearances by Hangnail Phillips)
Influences
A snapshot of some present influences: nature vs. nuture, Albrecht Dürer, Bill Viola, Viktor and Rolf, Rick Owens, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Carlsbad Caves, Paul Klee, Tammis Keefe, Egon Schiele, Kara Walker, 16 Horsepower, older western swing and country, Ernst Haeckel, Morris Lewis, Danzig, Blixa Bargeld, David Bowie, Nick Cave, Marilyn Manson, Robert Mitchum, Lotte Lenya, Loretta Lynn, Benny Goodman, T. Rex, Louise Bourgeois, Jim Thirlwell, The Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen, Isabelle Huppert, Steve McQueen, Hannah Schygulla, & Cecily Brown
Directors: Michael Haneke, Bergman - esp. "Scenes from a Marriage", Alejandro Jodorowsky, John Huston, Elia Kazan, Jan Svankmajer, Fassbinder, Herzog, Cronenberg, Orson Welles, Lina Wertmuller, Eric Rohmer, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Gaspar Noe, Akira Kurosawa
Sounds Like
Nancy Sinatra, Lotte Lenya, Tammy Wynette, Siouxsie Sioux, Marianne Faithfull, Billie Davis, Freakwater, Rasputina, Martha Wainwright, Holly Golightly, PJ Harvey, Ronnie Spector, Yoko .. all smushed up and reconstituted and use milk instead of water please...
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Bullette's debut album "The Secrets" is now available for FREE at www.bullette.net - a joyous fulfillment of fine hours of experiments. Download all the songs here.
Philadelphia's City Paper gave Bullette a prize! Best Album You Can Get for Free and Without a Guilty Conscience
"Monika Bullette's "The Secrets" has quickly become every music blogger's best friend. Since the album's Internet release in May, the tally of full-zip downloads is well past 2K. The Web-savvy Bullette ain't too bad behind a microphone either, sprinkling her vast influences from Nancy Sinatra to Holly GoLightly to Stereolab. One thing is clear: This isn't just another folk singer."
Also See Bullette's New Project: The Sky Drops - Monika plays drums and sings - Rob Montejo plays guitar and sings. Our latest ep "Clouds of People" is out NOW! Be our friend at myspace.com/theskydrops
