Press

"I have written some really dark things, but that's what artists do. They take their experience and create art with it. They have written history; our grandchildren will hear these songs."
— Skope Magazine

"Mixing the inherent cultural oddity of New Orleans with the oasis of musical weirdness that is Austin, Texas, singer/songwriter Kristie Nalley warbles tremulously like PJ Harvey demoing Tom Waits' songs of emotional apocalypse. Nalley and her band roar through their 12-track, 27-minute self-titled full length debut (reprising all seven songs from Nalley's 2004 EP, Mama's Wine) with breathless ferocity that cross-pollinates Magic Band quirk and Wilco substance with Nico-centric chamber rock poetry rants, resulting in an album that is compelling and disquieting in equal measure. Kristie Nalley & the Pagan Romantics was dealt a set-back when Hurricane Katrina soaked the first printing (the review copies are the actual water-damaged-and-sanitized discs that were swallowed by the breached levees), but Nalley has clearly countered with a sonic storm of her own."
— Brian Baker, HARP Magazine, Silver Spring, MD

"Miss Nalley is a sly seductive songstress who brings a Southern Vibe to a Nico-era Velvet Underground weirdness."
— Billy Thinnes, Louisiana Life, New Orleans, LA

"Kristie Nalley brews up a potent mix of pop and rock shelved in the unique 'only in New Orleans' category…she dances the line between sex kitten and rock provocateur."
— Frank Etheridge, Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA

Kristie's record Mama's Wine was recently listed as "recommended listening: some really good shit"
— The Vox, Tulane Radio, New Orleans, LA

"Creative, raw, and emotional. Well Done."
— Joseph Johnson, Filter Magazine, Los Angeles, CA

"A combination of The Misfit's Famous Monsters and Rasputina's more pop-oriented work…one of the best qualities of Nalley's songwriting is her combination of simple guitar melodies with heartfelt vocals and lyrics that keep the listener more than engaged. All in all, definitely worth a spin!'
— The Vox, Tulane Radio, New Orleans, LA

"A delightful swirl of a record…in barely half an hour it's over and you're left with the urge to hear it again."
— Anna Maria Stjärnell, Collected Sounds, Uppsala, Sweden

"New Orleans has never had enough good chanteuses, especially in the rock category, and so Kristie Nalley's debut turned a lot of heads, especially among collegiates. The drama hinted at on these dozen cuts – which keeps threatening to turn explosive truly ignites on the track, “Too Far.” (With) her bizarre vocal stylings…avant-garde sense of melody…this solo debut should be fascinating and it is…"
— Robert Fontenot, Offbeat Magazine, New Orleans, LA

Kristie Nalley has emerged from the New Orleans music scene to rock college radio stations from Louisiana to California. With her latest record being downloaded across Europe, her “intriguing country-tinged brand of rock” is receiving glowing reviews.