Bear in heaven

Bear in heaven is Brooklyn based indie rock kraut rock band. I first encountered them in Pitchfork, their second LP Beas Rest Forth Mouth was voted for Best New Music. This is the single Lovesick Teenagers



If you look carefully, the video follows the literal meaning of the lyrics. Interesting idea.. This song and the video is like waking up after the nightmare and also realizing that you've cried, you see the tears on the pillow.
It's also the nostalgic feeling of teenage love (which i didn t have actually), but lets say i did. Depressing, enchanting, sad....yeah, dip into Bear in Heaven..

These Are Powers

from a dim twisted caves of distorted guitars, sexy whispers and long forgotten melodies comes Brooklyn noise trio THESE ARE POWERS with their uplifting LP All Aboard Future in 2009. The evil is back formed in the attractive lead singer Anna Barie, The Liars's bassist Pat Noecker and drummer Bill Salas.
My first thought was: this is MIA on acid and Bjork on speed with Lollipop looking clothes in this forest trash massacre




Experimental noise pop always finds the way to my world. its atonality, chaos makes it more systematic than the usual chorus - verse - chorus structure. This album illustrates the melancholic and destructive order of chaos (similar could be applied to Micachu's Jewellry.
Silver Lung is their first single



And this is the newest one. the catchy Candyman - sexy up lift...I want their costumes and that kind of decadent dinner!! bring it on and dance your tits off!!

The Irrepressibles

If you happen to be in Budapest this weekend, DO NOT MISS this concert.
In the peak of their career, The Irrepressibles are giving live performance in Trafo this Saturday.. I wish I could be here this weekend..



Its the project of Jamie McDermott - composer/vocalist/artistic director who gathered 9 more people. Their music is just divine..Sensible, gentle, yet destructive..
I even like them more than Anthony and the Johnsons.
This performance will give you the ultimate baroqe, bizarre experience with costumes and great singing. Im so sorry i have to miss it.
If you go i expect the report!!!

phantogram

Lauren introduced me to Phantogram, NY based electronic rock hip hop duo. Their music is melancholic, dreamy. Similar to Morr Music label bands like Guther, Lali Puna and also Portishead. Yet they offer novelties mainly thanks to the production. I wonder how they sound live.
They remind me of the early 0's bands like Kinobe, some Ninja Tunes stuff and Boards of Canada and CloudDead.
This is their first single from their debut album Eyelid Moves



This one is also great



Give them a try, they will conquer you ;)

Charlotte is back

who doesn t know Serge Gainsburg, the old french pervert? back in the past he made a duo with his own daughter Charlotte, pretty incestuous attempt i d say...charming:)



Well, this lovely girl grew up into a great artist=songwriter=actress=singer

Her first album 5:55 came out in 2006 and got critical acclaim to be one of the best albums in that year. The guys from AIR produced it. it s a really touching album, maybe too sweat for some ears. i liked it...



in meantime she acted in Michel Gondry's Science of Sleep, Bob Dylan movie Im not there and in 2009 she won the Best Actress award at Cannes.. in that movie she played a histerical sexually disturbed wife of William Dafoe..there s one actually mesmorizing scene in which she masturbated underneath a big tree..after the film i was listening to 5:55 album and could n t listen to her the same way i was listening before.. she was n t the sweet little Charlotte anymore..
her new album, produced by Beck, called IRM sheds a completely different light on our Charlotte..she is nasty, serious, scary and still real...great pop album



The highlight of the album fur mich ist die nachste Song ;))
enjoy the new dirty Charlotte!!

Siouxsie and the Banshees

there are old bands that i miss out sometimes.. one of those are Siouxsie and the Banshees..
As kid I watched Batman Returns every day on VHS..at the end of the movie there s a love scene with genius Catwoman and Batman, the song in the background inserted into my ears back then, i was always wondering who sings it...last Sat i watched Batman again ( it was even better than i recalled, masterpiece, thank you mr Burton!!) and then i looked for the song, it was this one:



what a pop song!! drama, intrigue, catsssssss, miaouuuuuuuu

i downloaded the whole discography of this 20 year lasting post-punk band. Their second album Kaleidoscope is my favorite, with this single Red Light



quite neat and sexy, aint?

the next single is Christine, a song refered to Christine from the magnificent Christine F.'s book We children from the Zoo Station



Christine-the strawberry girl
Christine-banana split lady
Christine-the strawberry girl
Christine sees her faces unfurl

the guitarist from The Cure joined them in this second LP and stayed there for couple of years

This one is also contagious



We’ve come to scream in the happy house we’re in a dream in the happy house
We’re all quite sane ( in the video they are looooomieeeee)))



ahhhh there are plenty of more videos and singles but i ll write some more in the later post....
be good and nasty!!!

xx

HK119

This time I wanna show you one of the most inspiring artist i ve ever encountered with.. Klaus Nomi, David Bowie, Bjork and even Billy Idol could be listed as one of her influences. This cute blonde chick is Finnish multimedia artist who lives in London and does everything herself: music, lyrics, videos, design..in other words: DIY...her lyrics touch those subjects as commercialism, mass production, robots, TV, cyber human, etc. The refrains are very pop-ish and catchy.
HK119 is a great example of how one can create something so original and flipped out if one has an idea and the necessary equipment.
As she puts on her myspace profile:

I make my own videos, at the moment am busy with DIY blue screen productions..still learning, but heres how I cook so far.. THE BLUE RECIPE........ 1 wall........ 3m blue fabric ...... 4 hooks (according to taste)...... 3 lights (more the merrier but watchoutforoverdoingit)..... 1 Final cut Pro (for example, other brands might do equally fine)..... 1 video camera..... 1 idea/song..... 3ml madness..... 3ml stupidity..... 1ml obsession............... pinch of reason for living....... add talent freely according to taste.....

So, lets start with her home self made videos..pay attention to the black background, it s always the same HAHAHA the only thing that changes is her camp appearance..i wonder if she also makes her own costumes..




I feel so valid
why do they tell me
im an invalid member, an invalid member


Following one is Nina-Simone-like Friend for Dinner.. she s alive, alive and hungry.. she' s so hungry, she ll be haaving a friend for dinner tonight..



One of my favorites is Buy me...simple disco rhythm taken from the synthesizer and distorted synth make an ironic observation of mass consumption



Next one is Malfunction..notice her eyes when she blinks them..



Marilyn Manson can be ashamed when he sees Last Nation video..



Power Cut



The first single of her new album Fast Cheap and Out of Control is C'EST LA VIE..the difference from her previous creations is more sophisticated production helped by the guys from I Monster..
I can t find the album online, so if you have any secret sources don t be a stranger, give it to me!!! ;)



There is plenty more of her videos on youtube, have fun!!!