March 2, 2008
Contest: Nicole Atkins @ Independent
When we first mentioned Nicole Atkins, back in October, we genuinely loved her unique sound calling it "...an incredibly beautiful masterpiece of songwriting and story-telling." Almost six months later, we still agree with our initial reaction - if anything, it's grown on us even more. Our friends over at Noise: SFBG are totally into her as well. "There's always room for more melodrama in my life - just as long as it's strictly of the musical variety - and lucky me, new discovery Nicole Atkins is making everything pretty blood-and-thunder in my house, thank you very much." Watch the video of "The Way It Is" here or listen to "Party's Over" here.
Last time, we gave away a copy of her debut release, "Neptune City," but this time, one lucky winner will win a spot (with a +1) on Atkin's guest list for Monday night's concert at The Independent. Doors open at 7:30pm and the show starts with The Parlor Mob, another New Jersey band, at 8pm. Of course, if you don't win, you can buy tickets here - they are only $12 in advance and $14 at the door.
Enter below to win:
Photo courtesy of Sneak Media Attack


For more on Nicole Atkins, including my review of Neptune City and my cover story about her in the October issue of New Jersey's Upstage Magazine, please see my MySpace blog (as the magazine has changed owners and archived content is no longer on the the website).
Enjoy!!