Chanel *hearts* Ladyhawke

While I don’t like to post too many times on the same topic, but since just these past few weeks, I’ve really been loving Ladyhawke… apparently Karl Lagerfeld feels the same way choosing Paris is Burning for part of the Chanel SS09 runway show. Aside from being a great designer, Karl’s also got a [...]

Ladyhawke

I’m not sure how I found Ladyhawke, but I tell you I feel a bit of a kindred spirit, well, sort of a girl crush, she’s rockin and she loves cats. My two favorite things besides.. you know, fashion. She’s come out with her debut album ‘Ladyhawke‘ this year and is currently on tour.

And here’s [...]

Magic Wands

Every now and then, I wonder, hope, pray that with early 90’s vintage fashion seeping into the collective conscious,  early 90’s music will come along with it. I’m not talking about pop music as much as indie bands of that era. Not without their hipster tendencies, wayfarer clad Magic Wands, Chris & Dexy Valentine based [...]

Hardy Girl

Nothing’s more perfect on a Sunday Morning than a bit of 1960’s French Pop music… well, the Rolling Stones are good too, but this morning I’m more in the mood for Françoise Hardy, singer, actress, fashion icon. Inspiration for designers (ie Balenciaga ‘05) and style mongers for years, it’s amazing how even today, her style [...]

A little bit infectious

It must be a good weekend for blondies, because every time A Little Bit comes up on the playlist I shout out to Rocky… “Who is this?” He then shouts “Lykke Li!” I shout “What?” and then so on. Finally, I asked for a spelling, and sure enough, I’ve become a full fledged convert. Cool [...]

Women Who Sing to Us : Three Groundbreaking Sirens

“Every genre of music has an extraordinarily great musician.” I say this when I tell people that I like all kinds of music, yes, even country. I particularly love country music from the 50’s and 60’s where the lines between country and rock ‘n’ roll are blurred in popular music of the time. The haunting [...]

Beautiful Song

While I’ve been whittling away at the nerdy version of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) the other much sexier version of Sao Paolo art-rock band CSS (cansei de ser sexy… tired of being sexy) released a new album Donkey. Whilst I have been slow on the uptake hearing Let’s Make Love and being quite cautious of [...]

Oh Mother of Pearl, I Wouldn’t Change You For The Whole World….

Oh Mother of Pearl, so semi-precious in you soft focus world… Ah, one of my favorite songs by Roxy Music comes to mind whenever I see these lovely images from Swedish Blogger (just 16!) Arvida Bystrom… it’s a glimpse into the world of the artist teen, where everything and everyone is glistening with pristine [...]

A Real Mystery

Sometimes on a rainy afternoon, all you need is some nice music to lift your spirits. Quirky and lovely British band the Mystery Jets, from Eel Pie Island (in the middle of the Thames River just South West of London). They have an amazing ability to make beautiful cheery music without provoking the bitter cynic [...]

Devine Calling

If you’re not European, chances are you’ve never seen Eurovision. It’s kind of like the Olympics of pop music, really bad pop music. It’s notoriously campy and filled with Eurotrash blondes and tons of make-up. Ordinarily I’d say catching a song on there that’s halfway good is unusual, but last night was an exception. France’s [...]