GONE PLATINUM!!!!
About time! 🙂
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The xx VS Florence + The Machine!
I’m not a fan of remixes, but when two bands/singers I love do something togther- then I do make an exception.
The xx have remixed Florence’s cover of You(‘ve) Got The Love..which is also her next single. RELEASE HOWL, HURRICANE DRUNK AND COSMIC LOVE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE FLORENCE! THANKING YOU!
Anyway, the remix is beautiful and just well..I love it and I don’t really like remixes (I’m aware I’m being SLIGHTLY biased because I am in love with Florence and The xx but shusssssh..it’s a good remix!)
The xx VS Florence + The Machine.
Don’t forget…..The xx are on Jools Holland tonight at 10pm. BBC2.
The XX-Jools Holland…TOMORROW!!!!
The series started two weeks ago with Florence + The Machine and Gossip. This week (making up for last week’s crap show) The xx are on! So excited! I hope they play Intro before the tracks they do. Best opening to an album I’ve heard in a long time!
Florence-Blinding.
I could write so many words telling you why this song is amazing. Butt, ou probably already know that. Seeing this song live..it sort of takes you over in a way. It’s so dark and epic, you just lose yourself in it. The clip I’ve put here is not the best quality but it’s the only one I could frind from last Sunday’s gig in Birmingham that I was at. The best part is the beining when Flo sings Fever Ray’s If I Had A Heart (she needs to do a full version of that song!) and the end, where the whole band just put everything into the last minute of the song. Personally? I loved Florence taking one of what looks like the stage lights and holding it to the crowd. Wonderful. It’s an experience you all need to encounter. Like a rite of passage or some shit. You just have to do it. She played Blinding right after Cosmic Love. I swear a bit of me died there and then.
Again, the quality is not that great but it’s all I could find. Hopefully you’ll be able to see the bit with the light :
Florence + The Machine-Blinding. Birmingham O2 Academy 20th September 2009.
The Chapman Family-Virgins.
The Chapman Family-Virgins (Video).
Pretty fucking cool song and video. I’m sure we can all think of someone we know/knew when we listen to this, right? I know I can.
The Chapman Family are touring soon…go see them!
Oprah Interviews Jay-Z.
There was a fair bit of controversy surrounding this. Something like, Beyonce wouldn’t go on Oprah’s show unless she agreed to have Jay on it. Regardless of how this interview happened, it is a really cool interview. I’ve loved Jay since 96 when Reasonable Doubt came out, which I hold as one of my favourite albums of all time. One of my favourite hip hop records of all time, one of the best debut albums of all time and Jay’s best record.
I don’t need to tell you how sweet he seems, every interview he’s done shows that. It’s in 4 parts. The last part, Jay tries to get Oprah to rap!
Another blog post about The xx!
I really do love The xx. After seeing them support Florence + The Machine on Sunday, I’ve fallen in love with them. The album is so beautiful. The lyrics, the vocals, the music…everything about their album is just perfect.
I’ve been watching a few acoustic clips of their tracks on YouTube, and this one is my favourite:
Yeah..so I met Florence :)
Here’s what happened/review :
Florence + The Machine. O2 Birmingham Academy. 20th September 2009.
In May this year, I saw Florence + The Machine plays a venue that held about 300 people. Last night, I saw her play in a venue that held, I’d say, around 1000.
Only being signed at the start of this year, Florence has gone from playing tiny venues to selling out tours in a matter of hours.
I remember first hearing about her back in 2007. She was singing with Dev Hynes (Lightspeed Champion) in a lift, the video is still on YouTube, and from seeing that her voice just astounded me.
Before she took to the stage, the PA system played out Dog Days Are Over which everyone sang along to. If this is the reaction a standard album version gets, imagine what happens when it’s done live.
Last night made it clear that Florence Welch posses the best voice in the UK. To be honest, I’d say she has the best voice in the world.
Opening with Kiss With A Fist, everyone went ever so slightly mental. How could you not! But it was Dog Days Are Over and Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) that made the whole place go crazy. I thought that the balcony above us was going to collapse. I suppose being crushed at a Florence gig isn’t that bad to be honest. There’s worse ways to die!
Hearing I’m Not Calling You A Liar and Hurricane Drunk showed the strength of Florence’s voice.
The two songs that left me in awe, as always, were Cosmic Love and Blinding.
Fan girl moment- these two songs mean a hell of a lot to me and for them to be played straight after each other set me off. The only track from Lungs to be not played was Girl With 1 Eye, but Bird Song and Are You Hurting The One You Love? made up for it.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again- Birmingham crowds are the best. They are just lovely. Florence + The Machine fans are easily the nicest people you will ever meet. You know why? Because Florence is lovely. How do I know this? Because ladies and gentlemen, after a long time of wishing and waiting- I met Florence Welch. Yep, I met her. I did my best not to make a tool out of myself.
I told her I spent £100 to fly over to see her, and she gave me a drink. We shared the drink, hugged and got a kiss. This has made my life. I don’t care if I sound like a 14 year old, it was amazing.
You sometimes expect singers to be rushed, sign some stuff then leave. Florence didn’t. She is a genuinely lovely person who loves her fans and the love is unconditionally returned.
I should mention the support act because they were brilliant. You probably know who The xx are. They’ve covered Aaliyah’s Hot Like Fire, and did a rather good job of it. I usually hate covers, but there’s always an exception isn’t there.
On record they are flawless, live they are perfect. They deserve to be massive. See, Florence has the best support acts and the best fans in the world.
If you’re seeing her on this tour or in December and it’s your first time- you will be blown away. Her voice, her stage presence, the band-all of it was worth spending over £100 and I’ll be doing it all over again December. Maybe I’ll get another drink!
Oh, and here’s a photo of me and Florence. I apologise for my face. I’ve had it since birth. It’s not improved.
I FINALLY got to meet Florence.
New York Dolls UK Tour December 2009!
New York Dolls are playing a few more UK dates in December! 4th at London HMV Forum. Then….Leamington Spa Assembly (if you like venues that look like ballrooms, then this is the one for you! Good acoustics though), Liverpool and Edinburgh. I nearly wept last night when I thought I couldn’t go..but I may be able to seeing as I’m seeing Florence + The Machine around the same time. Perfect end to 2009 I reckon!
Speaking of Florence….I’m off to Brum to see her tonight. Expect some kind of review tomorrow…if the words come out. Looking forward to seeing The xx too!
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Julian Casablancas-11th Dimension.
Julian Casablancas-11th Dimension.
It’s a BIG DEAL. Stop what you are doing. It’s a Friday..you’ll be doing nothing. Turn up your speakers and enjoy 3.48 of this musical genius. H0nestly? I don’t have beef with The Strokes not putting an album out, because Julian’s solo stuff is pretty damn good.
I won’t lie, this has drastically imrpoved my mood and whatever.
Beat In My Bones. 