You should watch this. Via The Daily What.
Levek – Shift(GB A Cappella Cover) from David Levesque on Vimeo.
Holy. Cats.
“Why Don’t You Love Me” – Beyoncé from Beyoncé on Vimeo.
Moar wholesome 70s nudity, MOAR. Via Madden Meiners.
LISTEN TO THIS SONG NOW. Via Boner Party.
So I’ve been away, melting down about work and maybe coming down with swine flu/menopause, and now I’m back and rearranging my RSS feeds. My life may be a shambles, but my internet habits are incredibly organized.
In the meantime, I found out about Juana Molina through an NPR show where silken-voiced, overeducated men wax lyrical about the majesty of cell membranes and so forth. I love her, and I think the way I found her means that my ‘I don’t care about your stupid music, shut up, don’t look in my iTunes’ stance remains intact.
After reading FourFour’s phenomenal post on the parallels between Kate Bush and Bat For Lashes I immediately downloaded ‘Two Suns,’ and entered a YouTube search hole I’ve yet to emerge from. While I, of course, saw the phenomenal video for ‘What’s a Girl to Do‘ when it came out a couple of years ago, I dismissed Natasha Khan as another winsome, 70s-ish indie girl. That was a mistake. I was raised on Tori Amos and Kate Bush, and therefore programmed to like pianoish, deliberately weird ladysinging. And Natasha is gloriously weird, like the aforementioned Tori and Kate with a hefty pinch of Jodorowsky. I especially love this clip, where she ritually sacrifices a vacuum cleaner.