News
Human Safari Out Now via Mute; Plus Listen to Eagles & Butterflies Remix
Aug 17, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Norway’s Ora the Molecule (aka Nora Schjelderup) released her debut album, Human Safari, in July via Mute. Now she has shared a video for the album’s “Helicopter,” which was filmed in India and features her wandering around a large deserted building and encountering herself. She’s also shared two new remixes of the song, one by Anika and one by Eagles & Butterflies. More
Plus Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth, Ade & Connan Mockasin, POND, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 02, 2021
By Mark Redfern (with Caleb Campbell)
Welcome to the 25th Songs of the Week of 2021. This week we were feeling a bit indecisive and couldn’t really narrow it down to a Top 10, so we went with a Top 12 instead. More
Change Due Out July 23 via Sacred Bones/Invada
Jun 30, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Berlin-based singer Anika (aka Annika Henderson) is releasing a new album, Change, which is her first in 11 years, on July 23 via the labels Sacred Bones and Invada. Now she has shared its third single, “Rights,” via a video. More
Change Due Out July 23 via Sacred Bones/Invada
Jun 01, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Berlin-based singer Anika (aka Annika Henderson) has announced a new album, Change, which is her first in 11 years, and shared its title track, via a video for it. More
Apr 27, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Berlin-based singer Anika has recently signed to Sacred Bones and is now sharing a video for her new single “Finger Pies.” It is her first new song release in eight years and is being released in collaboration with Invada Records. More
20, 20 EP Due Out March 6 via False Idols
Feb 18, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Trip-hop pioneer Tricky has announced a new EP, 20, 20, and shared its first single, “Lonely Dancer,” which features vocals from Berlin-based musician Anika. More
Interviews
Jul 26, 2021
By Mark Redfern
My Firsts is our email interview series where we ask musicians to tell us about their first life experiences, be it early childhood ones (first word, first concert, etc.) or their first tastes of being a musician (first band, first tour, etc.). For this My Firsts we talk to Anika. More
Reviews
Aug 18, 2021
By Lexi Lane
Annika Henderson, better known to fans under the moniker Anika, has returned 11 years after her self-titled debut with her second solo studio album Change. More
Jan 26, 2011
By Laura Studarus
One can’t blame Geoff Barrow (Portishead, BEAK>) for wanting to team with political journalist-turned-singer Annika Henderson. All blonde locks and elongated syllables, she is unquestionably a modern-day Nico. However, lacking both the control and originality of the late German chanteuse, Anika fails to rise above this comparison. Still, she is not the problem here. More