Johanna & The Dusty Floor

Aussie-born, Brooklyn-based Johanna Cranitch goes by the moniker Johanna and the Dusty Floor for her enigmatic musical persona, a chameleon-like work in progress that taps into the standard-bearers of progressive fantasmic alt-pop female expression -- most notably Kate Bush with a smidgen of Bjork and Imogen Heap -- and the newer crop of symphonic synth-esses like Bat for Lashes' Natasha Khan. Johanna describes herself as something of a nomad and having lived in London and Los Angeles after her Down Under upbringing she seems completely comfortable in changing her creative musical spots as well.