Downers and Uppers

One tune and video to get you pumping and make you feel slightly neurotic and then another to chill you right back down to normality!

Lots of time for Kurt Vile

Love his lazy drawling voice right now. Wish we had some LA type weather to go with it!

John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts

John Grants new album is something I have been listening to recently. The video for this song features my local neighbourhood, Dalston, including local 'hair' shop PAKS, amongst other things! If there is one thing Dalston doesn't lack it's shops selling hair, which is often seen blowing around the streets like tumbleweed. Plus another of my favourite London places, the Barbican conservatory which I only realised existed last year.

Alice makes music!

I have just finished designing this website, it needs a few little tweaks but it's almost there.
Alice's music is now available to buy on itunes, amazon etc from here. Go buy it, I promise you will like it!

Psychedelic Purson

Bit gutted about missing out on seeing the band Purson on Tuesday at Madame JoJo's.

Loving the 70's vibe, prog rock style, psychedelic video, hair, outfit, eye rings etc. I heard a quote the other day that people are obsessed with the decade before them. Sometimes I feel like that about the 70's!

!!! Slyd

HURRY UP WEEKEND!!!

In need of some new music to listen to...

New or old, nothing is exciting me at the moment. Recommendations welcome. I love this old video of the John Spencer Blues Explosion. Proper rock n roll!

The Doorman of Berghain

I forgot to mention in my below post about the infamous doorman of Berghain. you have to get past this slightly intimidating guy to get in the place! As well as being the doorman for most of the weekend at the famous club, he is also a photographer. Read this interesting article about him on The New York Times site here.

Post Berlin Blues

So the plan was, a group of us head off to Berlin for a weekend of sightseeing, shopping, and one night of partying.

Woops, didn't quite happy like that. I came home empty handed (no shopping) and feeling very rough! But it was worth it!

Night one, I was desperate to try KaterHolzig, and I wasn't disappointed. We were worried, as with most of the good clubs in Berlin that we wouldn't get in, but we made it through the selection process.

You're not allowed to take pictures in the clubs, I guess to maintain an air of mystery about the places and to keep certain peoples integrity intact! The selection process is very annoying but they seem to be able to do that as the clubs will always be popular and they like to keep a good mixture of people in the places.

This was Katerholzig:

from Bonny and Kleid site

from The Vines site

There were loads of little dancefloors and bars to discover throughout the place. You can also go and chill by the river where they have a bonfire and crazy people go swimming.

I got the impression that Glastonbury had got quite a lot of ideas for last years Shangri la from here.

A sneaky, bleary eyed pic of us at Katerholzig:

jim & laura enjoying the views

The next night we tried our luck at Berghain. We queued for ages and eventually got in at about 3.
So how do you describe Berghain? this site UBerlin does it quite well. Suffice to say it is absolutely mental and everyone should go check it out unless easily offended.

Us girls came out saying that it was amazing, but that we would never ever go back there again, only to return the next day after much peer pressure. Once you have your stamp on the Friday, you can get in all weekend, it doesn't shut, it just closes the blinds and keeps on banging the techno.

PS: if you hate Techno, don't bother with Berlin. It's everywhere!

Berghain from Wikipedia

Oh and another place we went to that was quite cool was Club der Visionaire which is where we were subjected to the peer pressure on the Sunday night. It was grubby cool, with lots of party goers that obviously hadn't slept all weekend, trying to feed the nice homemade pizza into their gurning faces. Ha.

picture and more info from here ubspace

The Kindness - House

I have almost played this too much, but not quite yet. It's a great one for the end of a night!

Alice Makes Music

My little sister has been featured in an online magazine, World of Wishful Thinkers. Go read it here. Alice has her own unique style and has never been afraid to express herself through her clothes and hair, the Japanese tourists used to love her on our trips to Camden years ago! She also makes beautiful music. Keep updated on Alice via her blog here.

Moody Gothy Girls in Videos

why not? works for me!

Adam Yauch Tribute

Totally gutted about hearing the news of Beastie Boys Adam Yauchs death yesterday. They are in my top ten of all time favourite bands and I never got to see them live. I am wearing my VW badge as a tribute. Check out a gallery of photos on Rolling Stones site.

 SHAKE YOUR RUMP-AH!!!!!

Driving Soundtrack

Have you seen Drive yet? I'm not one for watching films with violent bits (I'm a wimp) but this one I loved. Proper 80s styling with a brilliant soundtrack that I cannot stop playing. The fact that Ryan Gosling is in it, kinda helps as well.

from Supply.com

from thefancy

New Major Lazer

The perfect song for a Monday. A change in direction for Major Lazer, and featuring the beautiful voice of Amber from the Dirty Projectors. Listening to it on repeat.

Bo Ningen at Cafe Oto

I am going to see this band on Sat, check out the video. They look nuts, apparently they fall over after each song. When they are interviewed one of them always pulls his hair across his face when he talks.
Some poeple might say pretentious, but I think they pull it off... 

Arctic Monkeys new one...

'ow 'ansome does our Alex look in this video? obviously a lot of film and lighting tricks in there, sorry Alex, but still. Great hair.

Animated gif style video

Looks like the video director was perhaps influenced by all the animated gifs doing the rounds.... the song is not bad too! On Hold by Factory Floor - directed by AB/CD/CD

ON HOLD (w/ music by factory floor) from AB/CD/CD on Vimeo.

Jake Gyllenhaal in Dalston....

...why didn't anyone tell me?!

Blingtastic

Grimes on the cover of this months Dazed and Confused....