Nadine Shah – ‘Dreary Town’ video
I remember running a couple of Nadine Shah gigs about three years ago, and thinking she was like an even more intense Bat for Lashes – and that I hoped the rough edges she brought…
Phoenix – ‘Entertainment’ video
Chases! Fight sequences! Archive footage of economy-shaming fireworks displays! And some, er, Cloud Atlas-type plot, I guess?
Here Is Your Temple – ‘So High’
Today in my inbox: this excellent choon from ‘alt pop’ (their words not mine, as far as I’m concerned pop is pop and it is all glorious) Swedish band Here Is Your Temple. Name’s a…
Cuddly toy shoes are apparently a thing now
Now, I wouldn’t ordinarily say I’m an esteemed follower of high fashion: my wardrobe, currently in desperate need of an overhaul, consists primarily of jeans, jumpers and variations on cream blouses. Fashion PRs send me…
Iggy Azalea – ‘Work’
Gloriously bonkers pop hip-hop from Iggy Azalea. Much like an even more attitudy and slightly less Parisy version of Uffie. Includes: ludicrously sexy bridge in the form of “no money, no family, sixteen in the…
The Adelescars
Adele won the Oscars last night. Well Jennifer Lawrence did too a bit but mostly just Adele. I am therefore officially petitioning that we rechristen them the Adelescars, because let’s be honest that is just…
Passion Pit – ‘Carried Away’ video
Really liking this cute romcom-come-MPDG-come-verbal assault video from those synthy popsters Passion Pit. Bonus things if you like your words to take on actual physical form, which seems a bit like the words from that…
Phoenix – ‘Entertainment’
Here, below, because I’m making a concerted effort not to tweet at the moment (I’ve given it up for Lent, along with the usual sugar and the little cheese left I could actually eat, because…
Chvrches – ‘Recover’
Well they have only gone and done it again with ‘Recover’, a mid-tempo, slightly gloomier but still top-notch catchy melodyfest. With multiple choruses. Which I always approve of.
Feathers – ‘Land of the Innocent’ video
This video for the previously-discussed ‘Land of the Innocent’ by Feathers is properly brilliant in several ways.