"At her second American show, in September, at Joe's Pub, Nash projected a combination of nervousness and aplomb. A pale, button-faced redhead who wears what the British press calls 'granny dresses' - think of 'Little House on the Prairie' - she slumped at her piano, except when, at rare moments, she remembered that she shouldn't and sat up straight. She tore through her set with alarming force and speed. She enunciated precisely and didn't miss a note, no matter how hard or fast she hit the keys. (Watching her perform, a friend leaned over and whispered, 'This girl does not do drugs. Her brain sounds so pink.') Given time, Nash will probably start distinguishing between anger and peevishness, and figure out which of her terrible boyfriends deserves a song. Going easy on the Web probably wouldn't hurt."

-Sasha Frere-Jones "Full Exposure: Making it on MySpace" on Kate Nash.