Courtney Barnett is the next mid-sized thing.
Her quirky, Velvet Underground-ish-ness will keep her from being the next big thing — unless the masses just got a whole lot cooler — but there’s no denying the indie singer-songwriter’s talent.
And, as intriguing as are her abilities when performing solo and acoustic for La Blogothèque, the word on the street is that her plugged-in performances with a backing band are blowing people away. The bleeding edge of the masses will get a chance to see her for themselves when she takes the stage at the Coachella Music Festival in April.
