The Sweater

This is a song by Meryn Cadell I caught on the radio while driving in the States about a year ago and I only now found the video online. Enjoy and follow!

Little Bo Peep

This is Phillip Roebuck, a real one-man-band...

Lykke Li

Here's Lykke Li, a young Swedish singer I was recently introduced to. Disregard the videos (I don't think they're that good) and get into the tunes...

The Little Minx

These are two out of the six videos that can be found at The Little Minx Exquisite Corpse short film collection. Enjoy!

Wildly beautiful

My first taste of Joanna Newsom was her 'Book of Right-on', which proved impossible to get out of my head for days. Recently I also bought her album 'Ys', which just blew me away with its beauty. Joanna Newsom's music is an incredible piece of instrumental and vocal originality. Her use of orchestral background and her chilling voice will make your day fall into slow motion. The lyrics are intricate, romantic, and longing for much of what we wish for in the cracks of our modern lives.

Tecktonik

I have two French boys staying in my flat for this month and one of the things I keep hearing about is Tecktonik. It's a fairly new style of dance that started last year in Paris. Just thought I'd share...

Postchristmasartum

I know it's after Christmas, but they say it's never too late for reflection...

Coco Rosie!

You must think that this blog is becoming a you-tube cluttered place. I will write something soon again, it's a promise!

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

The Devil

I saw her in London and she is one and the only one of the kind. Depth, agression, romance, and disturbance blend into a woman who seems to have transcended more than one life. This song keeps coming back to me. I looked for the version from London, but the only one I found with an acceptable quality of sound is from Spain...

3121

I saw Prince last night! Brilliant, playful, and sensual. If you're in London, check into the 3121 tour and try to get some tickets while you can (some left on gumtree, I believe). The visuals together with his dress were reminiscent of a different era. The entire show was carried out extremely professionally considering the presentation of dancers, the light effects, and the stage operations. And then there was Prince, the magnet of the crowds. What a night.


Yesterday proved again that the best moments come unexpected. Before the night excitements of Prince I took a walk through an entirely new to me area of London (from Greenwich to the Millenium Dome). The contrast of an industrial wasteland on one side of the river and the world's most dynamic financial centre on the other was truly stunning. The railway passes, sunken ships, and the refineries combined with skycrapers and the Millenium Dome created a skyline like nowhere else I've seen before. What a day.

Hyperballad

I'm not sure why, but I've been listening to this song lately. I'm also far from suicidal thoughts if those are what you read out of it.

So long!

I'm in and out of being heart-broken today, as I'm leaving Budapest for good early tomorrow morning. The dizzying lure of London seems ever so distant right now...

A friend (whose webpage you can find under 'Equivocality') showed me these Michel Gondry videos and I can't help but share. Sorry to you who are already 'in' on this one!

Sziget, what else?

Budapest is entranced by the Sziget festival going on 24/7 for the next week on one of the city's islands. The streets seem to have reclaimed their tourist population, but this time a peculiar one: everyone seems a little over 20, sweaty and with rather ragged expressions. Sziget is what they're here for.

I decided to check out what they came for and went to see Manu Chao yesterday. Sure enough, I was caught up in endless lines with the fellow sweaty passengers and proceeded to enter what seemed to be the biggest music event I've ever seen. As far as I can remember, the island hosted over 60 stages with different music themes and performances. Lots of fun, though the ubiquitous dust forming a yellowish cloud over the entire island was a bit hard to bear. Maybe I'm just not the camping kind anymore.

Paul Potts

What can I say, I've never been into or watched Idol or Talent (if that's the name of this show), but I've been getting emails with links to this guy and well, he is pretty impressive for what it is.

Gogol Bordello

I saw this band in London and it was the best show ever. They from Ukraine, now in NY, check them out.

A sexy video I found...

The evolution of dance