Name: Princess Kikou
Start: 2023-12-23T20:00:00
End: 2023-12-24T00:00:00
Location: Stone Church

Princess&nbsp;Kikou&nbsp;is a New Hampshire based World Beat group which draws heavily from Afro-Caribbean influences as well as modern Pop and Roots Rock. Made up of a core of musicians: Jon Tshibambi on Bass, Simon Gray on Guitar, John Meehan the fifth on Saxophone, and Garth Tichy on Drums, Princess&nbsp;Kikou&nbsp;also features a rotating ensemble of guest players. Blending together the Indie-Rock origins of a separate project, Blue Motel, and the globe-spanning influences of each of its members, Princess&nbsp;Kikou&nbsp;creates a unique, danceable sound, full of multi-lingual harmonies and syncopated rhythms.&nbsp; Having recently graduated from Vassar College, Alouette Batteau is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose music reflects influences ranging from folk rock to tender punk, surfing the spectrum from r&amp;b and soul to pure ecstatic pop. They weave lyrics of corpse-burying instructions, dentophobia, vampiric investigation, and anti-anthropocentric poetry. Tossed like a salad of kale and strawberries, Batteau’s often tortured vocals, sickening drum beats, lapping guitar waves, and bass licks reminiscent of the bodily dissociation of 1977’s Suspiria will bring you straight and possibly sideways into their liminal diary of gasoline, decay, crypt(ocurrency), and objections to heteronormative declarations of devotion. Magnetic grooves and cathartic harmonies add to the allure of their intelligent and insightful lyrics, creating a full moon force that’s impossible to resist.&nbsp;