New Young Pony Club- The Bomb
Flyleaf- Breathe Today
Kate Nash- Pumpkin Soup
The Pretenders- Brass in Pocket
The Ting Tings- Be The One
Heather Nova- Wide-screen
Bat For Lashes- Daniel
Bif Naked- I Want
Plastiscines- Barcelona
Daisy Chainsaw- The Future Free
Natalie Imbruglia- Torn
Gloria Jones- Tainted Love
Paramore- Crushcrushcrush
Marina and the Diamonds- I Am Not A Robot
Karen O and the Kids- All is Love
Stars- Window Bird
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump- 100%
Sia- Buttons
Ipso Facto- Circle of Fifths
Penny Broadhurst- Chemist Goods
Portishead- Machine Gun
Heart- Barracuda
Devilish Presley- Hammer Horror Glamour
Palodine- Redwinged Blackbird
Koogaphone- White Trash
Bleech- Flowerhands
Cyndi Lauper- True Colours
Rasputina- Wish You Were Here
Friday, 31 December 2010
Sunday, 26 December 2010
2010 in music videos!
My Picks of the year:
MEN! Jd Samson from Le Tigre fronts this awesome electro punk noise!
The newly revived Hole. I got to see the new line up back in Feburary, and well Courtney Love despite her bad press just oozes rock star cool from her core
Speaking of the Hole I gig I went to, I saw the most awesome support act there, a band who brought out their debut album this year- Little Fish
amazing artist She Makes War..extremely talented lady Laura Kidd makes most of the music herself.
the highlight of Offset festival this year for me- Comanchei-
another great unsigned band Le Monnier
MEN! Jd Samson from Le Tigre fronts this awesome electro punk noise!
The newly revived Hole. I got to see the new line up back in Feburary, and well Courtney Love despite her bad press just oozes rock star cool from her core
Speaking of the Hole I gig I went to, I saw the most awesome support act there, a band who brought out their debut album this year- Little Fish
amazing artist She Makes War..extremely talented lady Laura Kidd makes most of the music herself.
the highlight of Offset festival this year for me- Comanchei-
another great unsigned band Le Monnier
Friday, 24 December 2010
2010 Special Playlist
uploaded to mixcloud so you can listen anytime! (see side bar for link)
Hole- Violet
Melissa Auf de Maur- Out of Our Minds
Paloma Faith- Upside Down
Robots in Disguise- Wake Up!
Chicks on Speed- Love Bite
The Runaways- Cherry Bomb
Wendy Solomon- Happy Hour
Dirty Fairies- Get High
Death of the Elephant- 2N2222
Trash Monroe- Venus Envy
Candy Panic Attack- What's He Got That I Haven't?
Little Fish- Die Young
Comanechi- Naked
Wetdog- Evicted
Gramme- Like You
Thomas Tantrum- Shake It Shake It
Chrome Hoof- Leave This Ruined Husk
The Birthday Massacre- Pins and Needles
The Slits- Newtown
Femmepop- Medication
Le Tigre- Deceptacon
The Duke Spirit- Everybody's Under Your Spell
Blondie- Mother
Poly Stryene- Black Christmas
Call the Doctor- For Your Leisure
Fire Bug- Season For Change
Bleech- FairFrusion
Amanda Palmer- High and Dry
Hole- Violet
Melissa Auf de Maur- Out of Our Minds
Paloma Faith- Upside Down
Robots in Disguise- Wake Up!
Chicks on Speed- Love Bite
The Runaways- Cherry Bomb
Wendy Solomon- Happy Hour
Dirty Fairies- Get High
Death of the Elephant- 2N2222
Trash Monroe- Venus Envy
Candy Panic Attack- What's He Got That I Haven't?
Little Fish- Die Young
Comanechi- Naked
Wetdog- Evicted
Gramme- Like You
Thomas Tantrum- Shake It Shake It
Chrome Hoof- Leave This Ruined Husk
The Birthday Massacre- Pins and Needles
The Slits- Newtown
Femmepop- Medication
Le Tigre- Deceptacon
The Duke Spirit- Everybody's Under Your Spell
Blondie- Mother
Poly Stryene- Black Christmas
Call the Doctor- For Your Leisure
Fire Bug- Season For Change
Bleech- FairFrusion
Amanda Palmer- High and Dry
Friday, 10 December 2010
This week's playlist
Bif Naked- Ladybug Waltz
Santigold- I'm a Lady
The Joy Formidable- Greyhounds in the Slips
Garbage- Dumb
New Young Pony Club- The Get Go
Plastiscines- Barcelona
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Isis
Moloko- Familiar Feeling
Bikini Kill- Distinct Complicity
Dresden Dolls- My Alcoholic Friends
Bjork- Isobel
Tori Amos- Big Wheel
Flyleaf- Breathe Today
Kim Carnes- Bette Davis Eyes
Blondie- Mother
Dido- Here With Me
Paloma Faith- Upside Down
Rilo Kiley- The Moneymaker
Regina Spektor- Edit
Miss the Occupier- Short Sight
Moth Complex-Learned my Lesson
Lucid Nation- The World's Guiltiest Pleasure
Little Boots- Stuck on Repeat
Femmepop- Good
Nina Hagen- Spirit in the Sky
Santigold- I'm a Lady
The Joy Formidable- Greyhounds in the Slips
Garbage- Dumb
New Young Pony Club- The Get Go
Plastiscines- Barcelona
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Isis
Moloko- Familiar Feeling
Bikini Kill- Distinct Complicity
Dresden Dolls- My Alcoholic Friends
Bjork- Isobel
Tori Amos- Big Wheel
Flyleaf- Breathe Today
Kim Carnes- Bette Davis Eyes
Blondie- Mother
Dido- Here With Me
Paloma Faith- Upside Down
Rilo Kiley- The Moneymaker
Regina Spektor- Edit
Miss the Occupier- Short Sight
Moth Complex-Learned my Lesson
Lucid Nation- The World's Guiltiest Pleasure
Little Boots- Stuck on Repeat
Femmepop- Good
Nina Hagen- Spirit in the Sky
Thursday, 2 December 2010
This week's playlist
Le Tigre- Deceptacon
Lauren Harris- See Through
The Duke Spirit- Everybody's Under Your Spell
Heart- Barracuda
Damone- What We Came Here For
The Runaways- Wait For Me
Hole- Violet
Erase Errata- Tax Dollar
Melissa Auf de Maur- My Foggy Notion
L7- Wargasm
Portishead- Machine Gun
The Birthday Massacre- The Dream
Madonna- Vogue
Banarama- Cruel Summer
Lunachicks- Binge and Purge
Lily Allen- Alfie
Le Monnier- No Power
Meredith Brooks- Bitch
Thomas Tantrum- Pshandy
Ministry of Love- Life in Song
Misnomer- Genius
Lucid Nation- Second Skin
No Doubt- Ex Girlfriend
Driver- Change your Ways
Jessica Allyn- Standing O
Chicks on Speed- Wordy Rappinghood
Lauren Harris- See Through
The Duke Spirit- Everybody's Under Your Spell
Heart- Barracuda
Damone- What We Came Here For
The Runaways- Wait For Me
Hole- Violet
Erase Errata- Tax Dollar
Melissa Auf de Maur- My Foggy Notion
L7- Wargasm
Portishead- Machine Gun
The Birthday Massacre- The Dream
Madonna- Vogue
Banarama- Cruel Summer
Lunachicks- Binge and Purge
Lily Allen- Alfie
Le Monnier- No Power
Meredith Brooks- Bitch
Thomas Tantrum- Pshandy
Ministry of Love- Life in Song
Misnomer- Genius
Lucid Nation- Second Skin
No Doubt- Ex Girlfriend
Driver- Change your Ways
Jessica Allyn- Standing O
Chicks on Speed- Wordy Rappinghood
Thursday, 25 November 2010
Ladyfest Ten Saturday 13th November
Hey,
finally have found a bit of time to write a review of something I had been looking forward to since I first heard about it- back towards the beginning of the year- that's of course Ladyfest Ten! So called because this year Ladyfests have been organised for 10 years (the first one happened in 2000 in Olympia, Washington). So to celebrate, some lovely ladies in London decided to throw a big weekend's worth of Ladyfest goodness- filled with workshops, music and much more. I couldn't afford to go to all three days so I picked the best sounding day- Saturday.
To my annoyance, this was a day that every tube line I was planning to take decided to close, or partly close, meaning there was chaos as the inevitable overcrowding happened. So in the end, we wound up getting a bus to Islington and arrived later than initially planned, so we had a very brief time to quickly scoff some chips down for lunch before heading to the first thing on our agenda at the Resource Centre- a workshop- Women in the Media panel discussion.
We all sat in a circle as we were introduced to the panel- Annette Barlow- writer for The Girls Are (link to blog on my side menu) Jess McCabe- writer for The F Word (another one on my side menu and highly recommended) Ruth Barnes- radio presenter of The Other Woman , Bidihisa and Kira Cochrane, both of the Guardian.
Each speaker provided their point of view about what it's like working as a woman in the media. It wasn't about discussing media stereotypes and representations of women (although a very worthy subject too) but about blogging, the trouble of working for free, how to get your foot in the door. Some was very positive, and some quite negative. It's a sad fact when you learn even the BBC still doesn't feature as many women as it should do in it's programming. The session ended with a Q&A session with many women asking thoughtful interesting question, and made me realise how many there are of us trying to promote things such as female music, writing etc.
Afterwards we had a little look around the stalls and admired the "Lady Garden" an area where you could sit and be creative- some people were crocheting, others were knitting etc. There was some really wonderful mini protest banners hanging up. The stalls were a mix of zines, books and other wonderful things. I came away with a book about making zines, a magazine, and a sash that says "Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History" from a very cool women's environmental group who base their selves on the suffragettes- Climate Rush
We then moved onto Studio La Danza to have a go at a dance workshop! It was called "Riot Grrrl" although the song we learned a routine to was actually Marilyn Manson's version of "Tainted Love". I got tired out pretty quickly but the teacher was super nice and took it us through the routine slowly. It was fun but tiring!
We needed a break afterwards so we went had a lovely Thai curry at a nearby restaurant before making our way to The Relentless Garage for some music! I missed a few of the artists I would have liked to see because they clashed with the other things we wanted to do (which was one problem with so many things going on) but I did at least manage to buy a copy of She Makes War's album (which I highly recommend by the way)
We caught the very last song of Veronica Falls, it sounded quite good but I haven't heard enough to say more than that.
The first band we saw the whole set of was Vile Vile Creatures who were my musical highlight of the evening. They played short, punky songs that were right up my street.
next band we saw was Battant who I wasn't really sure of to start with, but I got more and more into it as the set played. It seemed very electro at the time, but having a listen on MySpace now, they do have an electro tinge about them but it isn't pure electro, it's mixed with garage style rock too.
The next artist was the rather extravagant Nicky Click who took the stage barely wearing anything and a pony tail. She had a large and proud attitude which was good, but her music wasn't really my thing. It was electro/dance, in a Peaches style manner, but personally I much prefer Peaches!
Finally was the headliner MEN who feature JD Samson of Le Tigre. As I suspected, being a fan of Le Tigre, I really enjoyed MEN. The music was quite similar to Le Tigre, funky electro rock you can dance to with a political message. So if you haven't listened to them yet, go do it!
Thanks to the trains and tubes, we barely could stay for the after party although the tunes we did manage to hear the dj's playing at the horatia were awesome, so I'm sure it was a great party! I was so glad that I didn't do any volunteering this year and could really enjoy the festival to it's fullest this time. I can't wait for another one!
finally have found a bit of time to write a review of something I had been looking forward to since I first heard about it- back towards the beginning of the year- that's of course Ladyfest Ten! So called because this year Ladyfests have been organised for 10 years (the first one happened in 2000 in Olympia, Washington). So to celebrate, some lovely ladies in London decided to throw a big weekend's worth of Ladyfest goodness- filled with workshops, music and much more. I couldn't afford to go to all three days so I picked the best sounding day- Saturday.
To my annoyance, this was a day that every tube line I was planning to take decided to close, or partly close, meaning there was chaos as the inevitable overcrowding happened. So in the end, we wound up getting a bus to Islington and arrived later than initially planned, so we had a very brief time to quickly scoff some chips down for lunch before heading to the first thing on our agenda at the Resource Centre- a workshop- Women in the Media panel discussion.
We all sat in a circle as we were introduced to the panel- Annette Barlow- writer for The Girls Are (link to blog on my side menu) Jess McCabe- writer for The F Word (another one on my side menu and highly recommended) Ruth Barnes- radio presenter of The Other Woman , Bidihisa and Kira Cochrane, both of the Guardian.
Each speaker provided their point of view about what it's like working as a woman in the media. It wasn't about discussing media stereotypes and representations of women (although a very worthy subject too) but about blogging, the trouble of working for free, how to get your foot in the door. Some was very positive, and some quite negative. It's a sad fact when you learn even the BBC still doesn't feature as many women as it should do in it's programming. The session ended with a Q&A session with many women asking thoughtful interesting question, and made me realise how many there are of us trying to promote things such as female music, writing etc.
Afterwards we had a little look around the stalls and admired the "Lady Garden" an area where you could sit and be creative- some people were crocheting, others were knitting etc. There was some really wonderful mini protest banners hanging up. The stalls were a mix of zines, books and other wonderful things. I came away with a book about making zines, a magazine, and a sash that says "Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History" from a very cool women's environmental group who base their selves on the suffragettes- Climate Rush
We then moved onto Studio La Danza to have a go at a dance workshop! It was called "Riot Grrrl" although the song we learned a routine to was actually Marilyn Manson's version of "Tainted Love". I got tired out pretty quickly but the teacher was super nice and took it us through the routine slowly. It was fun but tiring!
We needed a break afterwards so we went had a lovely Thai curry at a nearby restaurant before making our way to The Relentless Garage for some music! I missed a few of the artists I would have liked to see because they clashed with the other things we wanted to do (which was one problem with so many things going on) but I did at least manage to buy a copy of She Makes War's album (which I highly recommend by the way)
We caught the very last song of Veronica Falls, it sounded quite good but I haven't heard enough to say more than that.
The first band we saw the whole set of was Vile Vile Creatures who were my musical highlight of the evening. They played short, punky songs that were right up my street.
next band we saw was Battant who I wasn't really sure of to start with, but I got more and more into it as the set played. It seemed very electro at the time, but having a listen on MySpace now, they do have an electro tinge about them but it isn't pure electro, it's mixed with garage style rock too.
The next artist was the rather extravagant Nicky Click who took the stage barely wearing anything and a pony tail. She had a large and proud attitude which was good, but her music wasn't really my thing. It was electro/dance, in a Peaches style manner, but personally I much prefer Peaches!
Finally was the headliner MEN who feature JD Samson of Le Tigre. As I suspected, being a fan of Le Tigre, I really enjoyed MEN. The music was quite similar to Le Tigre, funky electro rock you can dance to with a political message. So if you haven't listened to them yet, go do it!
Thanks to the trains and tubes, we barely could stay for the after party although the tunes we did manage to hear the dj's playing at the horatia were awesome, so I'm sure it was a great party! I was so glad that I didn't do any volunteering this year and could really enjoy the festival to it's fullest this time. I can't wait for another one!
This week's playlist
The Ting Tings- We Walk
The Sounds- Running Out of Turbo
Saint Etienne- Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Daisy Chainsaw- Natural Man
The Go! Team- Hold Yr Terror Close
Mika Miko- Capricornations
Soho Dolls- Prince Harry
Santigold- Say Aha
Bikini Kill- Tell Me So
Janis Joplin- Piece of my Heart
Go-Gos- Our Lips Are Sealed
Cyndi Lauper- (Hey Now) Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Paramore- All We Know
Eurythmics- Love is a Stranger
Scarlet- independent Love Song
Garbage- You Look So Fine
Kate Nash- Mouthwash
Fever Ray- Triangle Walks (Rex the Dog Remix)
La Roux- Bulletproof
Operator Please- Crash Tragic
CSS- Alcohol
Mancini- Toybox
Lunic- Him
Lucid Nation- Kindred
Little Boots- Remedy
KT Tunstall- Hold on
PJ Harvey- Down By The Water
Suzanne Vega- Blood Makes Noise
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts- Tulane
The Sounds- Running Out of Turbo
Saint Etienne- Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Daisy Chainsaw- Natural Man
The Go! Team- Hold Yr Terror Close
Mika Miko- Capricornations
Soho Dolls- Prince Harry
Santigold- Say Aha
Bikini Kill- Tell Me So
Janis Joplin- Piece of my Heart
Go-Gos- Our Lips Are Sealed
Cyndi Lauper- (Hey Now) Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Paramore- All We Know
Eurythmics- Love is a Stranger
Scarlet- independent Love Song
Garbage- You Look So Fine
Kate Nash- Mouthwash
Fever Ray- Triangle Walks (Rex the Dog Remix)
La Roux- Bulletproof
Operator Please- Crash Tragic
CSS- Alcohol
Mancini- Toybox
Lunic- Him
Lucid Nation- Kindred
Little Boots- Remedy
KT Tunstall- Hold on
PJ Harvey- Down By The Water
Suzanne Vega- Blood Makes Noise
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts- Tulane
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