San Francisco's Rykarda Parasol, along with her band, The Tower Ravens, follows in the tradition of Nick Cave's deep-throated murder ballads. But Parasol's sound seems to have been perfected on the extradimensional stage of the David Lynch-created Black Lodge.

Raw, emotive, and visceral all aptly describe Parasol's captivating cigarette-and-gin-coated voice--a voice perfectly suited for songs of unrequited love, disappearance, and revenge.

Rykarda and Tower Ravens guitarist Wymond Miles invited MP3.com into their world for an exclusive session that found the two performing intimate interpretations of their "rock noir" sound.