| I don't why, but Nikki's playing strikes a chord in me that I don't usually get from what players similar to her. I dig the pick tone, and she does have some cool albeit simple bass lines, Well Thought Out Twinkles, Waste It On , Little Lover's So Polite, Catch & Release, Panic Switch, ect. Cool little melody she plays with the keyboardist during the guitar solo in Lazy Eye. She's not the best, and her technique when they were first start playing was akin to Kim Deal in a not so good way. Nikki's technique has improved a little bit though.
In sea of bassists, many would call her mediocre, but I enjoy her stuff none the less. Although among the indie bands, your best bet when I think of bassists from that scene is probably the bassists of Modest Mouse and The New Pornographers. | 
