Zola Jesus is Nika Roza Danilova, an opera-trained caterwauler from Madison, Wisconsin who makes noise music that scrapes and glistens in equal measure. She loves Ian Curtis and Lydia Lunch, and their uncompromising tendencies can be heard throughout her bruising, beautiful recent album, The Spoils. (…) (She’s also a member of Former Ghosts, the latest project from This Song Is a Mess But So Am I’s Freddy Ruppert, which also involves Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart.) (zola jesus myspace, via pitchfork, image via hplusson)