Zola Jesus: She is such an odd one. Russian American singer/songwriter Nika Danilova picked this stage name, not because she sings religious songs, but because she wanted to alienate her peers by naming herself after both Jesus Christ and French writer Emile Zola. Her music is hard to define - her voice is very powerful (she was trained in opera when she was younger) and her songs have goth elements. If I had to describe her live show in one word, I would call her ferocious. She was striding up and down that stage as if she really owned it. Her fan base was pretty interesting as well - I kept getting hit on the head by dancing guys dressed in pleather as I was taking pictures.
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