Our new favorite singer is Lindha Kallerdahl, a Swedish chanteuse who combines pretty, quiet singing with these improvisational vocal stylings that, honestly, we’re having a hard time describing. It’s like a little bit of every kind of sound that a person can make. Shrieking, wailing, hiccupping, yodeling, warbling, chirping, burping, sneezing, panting, grunting, etc., etc. If you tried to transcribe it, it would be like: “Goo-ree! Goo-ree! Hup! Heeee! Lalalalala-leeeeee-aaaaah-ooooooh-eeeee, heep-hoop! Sha la la lup dup dup DOOP! Bleega bleega kooweep!” Stuff like that.
She’s been described as “Björk with Tourettes” (by us, in last month’s reviews section), and we really mean that in the best, most exciting way. Her latest album, , was recently put out by ESP-Disk, the 1960s New York-based avant-garde label that brought us Sun Ra, free jazz, songs sung in Esperanto, a yodeling astrologer, and Patty Waters—a 60s free-jazz vocalist who also sang kinda crazy sometimes. If you’re bored of hearing women sing like timid little mice after inhaling a balloon full of helium (as you should be), we highly recommend you check this stuff out.
Vice: How did you learn to sing like that?
Lindha Kallerdahl: So you never learned how to play piano either?
Gold That’s incredible. I figured you were classically trained in opera and piano and jazz and everything.
So you don’t even practice for live performances?
Do you sing to your son? Does he like that?
laughs What a little brat! Just kidding. Do your students want to learn how to sing like you? Can you teach them that?
Is there a religious aspect to your performances? Do you go into a trance or speak in tongues?
It must take a lot of bravery too.
How do you decide which noises to make, or do you just turn your brain off and whatever comes out, comes out?
I know you did a collaboration with Sonic Youth. Were you a fan of their music?
You don’t listen to any music?
Are there any CDs you’ve been listening to lately that you could mention?
She’s been described as “Björk with Tourettes” (by us, in last month’s reviews section), and we really mean that in the best, most exciting way. Her latest album, , was recently put out by ESP-Disk, the 1960s New York-based avant-garde label that brought us Sun Ra, free jazz, songs sung in Esperanto, a yodeling astrologer, and Patty Waters—a 60s free-jazz vocalist who also sang kinda crazy sometimes. If you’re bored of hearing women sing like timid little mice after inhaling a balloon full of helium (as you should be), we highly recommend you check this stuff out.
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Lindha Kallerdahl: So you never learned how to play piano either?
Gold That’s incredible. I figured you were classically trained in opera and piano and jazz and everything.
So you don’t even practice for live performances?
Do you sing to your son? Does he like that?
laughs What a little brat! Just kidding. Do your students want to learn how to sing like you? Can you teach them that?
Is there a religious aspect to your performances? Do you go into a trance or speak in tongues?
It must take a lot of bravery too.
How do you decide which noises to make, or do you just turn your brain off and whatever comes out, comes out?
I know you did a collaboration with Sonic Youth. Were you a fan of their music?
You don’t listen to any music?
Are there any CDs you’ve been listening to lately that you could mention?
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