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No Sun Due Out August 27 via Gloriette
Aug 17, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Nite Jewel (aka Ramona Gonzalez) is releasing a new album, No Sun, on August 27 via Gloriette. Now she has shared the album’s third single, “To Feel It.” Gonzalez sings “You don’t want to feel this?/Well I will”—addressing a former lover. More
No Sun Due Out August 27 via Gloriette
Jul 20, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Nite Jewel (aka Ramona Gonzalez) is releasing a new album, No Sun, on August 27 via Gloriette. Now she has shared the album’s second single, “Before I Go.” Gonzalez wrote the song on her apartment floor right after her husband left her. More
Plus Damon & Naomi, John Grant, SPELLLING, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jun 25, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 24th Songs of the Week of 2021. Today was a blockbuster new album release day. It saw the release of new full-lengths by Modest Mouse, Lucy Dacus, The Mountain Goats, John Grant, SPELLLING, Faye Webster, Matthew Dear, Lightning Bug, Pom Pom Squad, Hiss Golden Messenger, Gaspard Augé, Hiatus Kaiyote, Squirrel Flower, and more. But it was also a strong week for new singles. More
No Sun Due Out August 27 via Gloriette
Jun 24, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Nite Jewel (aka Ramona Gonzalez) has announced a new album, No Sun, and shared its first single, “This Time,” via a video for it. More
New Episodes Every Wednesday
Sep 02, 2020
By Laura Studarus
Welcome to Why Not Both Wednesdays. Every week, in partnership with the Why Not Both podcast, we’ll be presenting new podcast episodes that explore how multiple passions inform the inspiring lives of musicians, writers, actors, and creatives. This week we sit down with Nite Jewel. More
Plus The Afghan Whigs, Blondie, Black Lips, Fazerdaze, and Amanda Palmer & Edward Ka-Spel
May 05, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Here we highlight nine albums due out today that we feel are most worth hearing. We have also included Amazon links for each album. If you click through those links and buy the album (or anything else on Amazon once you’ve clicked through) then Amazon rewards us with a sales percentage. More
Liquid Cool Out Now via Gloriette
Jul 26, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Last month Nite Jewel released her new album, Liquid Cool, via Gloriette. Now Julia Holter has remixed Liquid Cool track “Running Out of Time.” Listen to the dreamy remix below, followed by Nite Jewel’s upcoming tour dates. More
Out Now on Flau Records and Cascine
Apr 14, 2015
By Laura Studarus
Recently, Japanese singer/songwriter Cuushe released Night Lines, a collection of songs that features plenty of buoyant beats and her sugar-spun soprano. More
Aug 14, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Last year bedroom synth-pop artist Ramona Gonzalez, a.k.a. Nite Jewel released her sophomore album One Second to Love. More
Nov 28, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
In th wake of her latest album One Second of Love, bedroom pop artist Ramona Gonzalez, a.k.a. Nite Jewel has come forth with a cover of Michael Jackson’s standout Thriller track “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing).” More
Nov 16, 2012
By Laura Studarus
“Weak For Me,” a track from the recently re-released Nite Jewel album Good Evening, just got a suitably dreamy video. More
Like an Old-Fashioned Burned CD
Sep 23, 2012
By Laura Studarus
Remember back when making a mixtape for your friends meant more than sending over a Spotify playlist? When you’d carefully select songs before burning them onto a CD? (Or recording them to tape?) When every track meant something? We’ve a gotten few of our favorite artists to make a tape for you, including Peaking Lights, Dntel, Teen Daze, Big Black Delta, Acid House Kings, and more. More
Like an Old-Fashioned Burned CD
Jun 03, 2012
By Laura Studarus
Remember back when making a mixtape for your friends meant more than sending over a Spotify playlist? When you’d carefully select songs before burning them onto a CD? (Or recording them to tape?) When every track meant something? Since it’s difficult to hand physical media through the Internet, we’ve compiled all the mixtapes we’ve posted to date below, including cuts from Johan Agebjörn, Big Black Delta, Blouse, Dawn Golden and Rosy Cross, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, Man Without Country, Nite Jewel, Pallers, Sunless ’97, Teen Daze, and Zambri.
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Title Track Gets New Spin
Apr 19, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
After just premiering the first single from their own upcoming album Lucifer, Peaking Lights have turned right around today with a remix of Nite Jewel‘s “One Second of Love,” the title track from the synth-pop artist’s latest full-length. More
Are You Awake? Great! Go to Sleep
Mar 02, 2012
By Laura Studarus
Today, ahead of the release of her new album One Second of Love (March 6 via Secretly Canadian), electro-songstress Nite Jewel (Ramona Gonzalez) sent over an exclusive mixtape. More
Not Your Average Bachelorette Party
Mar 01, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Next week on March 6 electro-pop Nite Jewel‘s Ramona Gonzalez will release her sophomore LP One Second of Love via Secretly Canadian. More
Off Forthcoming Album One Second of Love
Feb 08, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Just a few weeks left before she releases her new album One Second of Love, Nite Jewel‘s Ramona Gonzalez has released yet another track from the album called “In the Dark.” More
Dec 06, 2011
By Mike Hilleary
California dance-pop artist Ramona Gonzalez, aka Nite Jewel, has announced the follow-up to her 2009 record Good Evening. More
Reviews
Jun 12, 2017
By Kenny S. McGuane
For nearly a decade, Los Angeles based Ramona Gonzalez (aka Nite Jewel) has slowly but steadily been perfecting her distinctive brand of homespun, lo-fi, bedroom R&B. More