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Ida Maria rocked Mercury Lounge, NYC - pics
brooklynvegan — ... My God." The woman is a rock goddess. She wore a gold flapper dress and over the next 30 minutes proceeded to shimmy, shake, writhe, and rock the fuck into the entire audience's collective heart. There have been occasions in the past where female indie pop stars use their sultry attitude and bad girl stage behavior to launch them to superstar status (Lily and Amy I'm looking at you) Ida blew both of them out of the water for me. Ida Maria is the real deal.Music Snobbery was also there last night, and wrote, "She is THE rock goddess of 2009." Now I also know what ...

Ida Maria | Mercury Lounge + Union Hall | 1.15.2008 + 1.16.2008
Sound Bites — ... Hall has an intimacy that Mercury doesn't so there was definitely more of a "connection" with the audience which made up for some of the other shortcomings. MP3: Ida Maria - Going to hell (demo) I also shot video of "Queen of the World": I left my camera's memory card at home for the Mercury Lounge show but you can see photos  and read reviews at Brooklyn Vegan, Music Snobbery, and the NY Times. Ida's coming back to the States for ...

"It Takes a Lot of Energy to Be Drunk All the Time" (Ida Maria, Mercury Lounge, 1/15/09)
Heart on a Stick — ... kitchen floor "because I had nowhere else to go."  ("Warm" has apparently done time on Grey's Anatomy, ack, but don't hold that against it.)  Even as she sang, "Believe me, I can pretend because I've studied the masks... but I don't wanna play any theater for you," she wrapped her arms around herself and teased out lines. Also there:  BrooklynVegan, Good Hard Working People, Idolator, Music Slut, Music Snobbery, The New York Times, Sound Bites, Stark Online ...