... just one hit is enough to hook you on the addiction that is NLX: Natasha Alexandra. The NY Times is already high on her: "NLX traffics in unschooled, confessional, piano ballads." To connect with her music is a rush like no other. Tension, then release ...

NLX has been covering her tracks. Rumor has it, she served her time in Hamilton, Ontario - a small steel town where the survivors are the fittest, and the smartest ... those brave enough to escape its desperate clutches. But it was on the gritty streets of Toronto that she developed her signature sound ... a potent cocktail infused with Daniel Lanois, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey and, of course, NIN.

Then forays to New York City where 2004's Meat Inspection Tour established her as more than just a girl at a piano. "Extraordinary, outstanding, compelling, distinctive and very, very special," is what the Songwriters Hall of Fame cited, showcasing her on their New Writers CD compilation.

Now a permanent fixture in the Big Apple, the NLX momentum is accelerating ... gigs in NYC at the Living Room, Rockwood Music Hall, Joe's Pub, The Cutting Room and Caffe Vivaldi, plus West coast action at The Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles and Lestat's in San Diego ... and inclusion in compilations from Jane Magazine and Rockrgrl.

The latest scoop: The CD release of both NLX: In Your Face and NLX: Behind Your Back, offering up heart-wrenching lyrics and dark piano melodies, but each with it's own distinctive production style.