Monday, March 23, 2009

Weather forecast



I just read about this new super group called The Dead Weather. It's somewhat of a pick'n'mix of rockers consisting of Jack White of obvious musical projects as The White Stripes and the Raconteurs, Alison Mosshart from the Kills (who are playing on Wednesday in Wellington, oh how I wish I was going), Jack Lawrence, the bassist from the Raconteurs, and Dean Fertitta, the Queens Of The Stone Age guitarist.

You can listen to their single 'Hang you from the Heavens' here:

http://hypem.com/artist/the+dead+weather

Alison's gritty, swaying vocals, the off kilter drum beat, and the droning guitar riffs make it a great listen for a day when you want all is to be submerged in gritty goodness.

Indeed

I love this new Lily Allen song, 'Not fair'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VSJwWP8NqI

On the surface it seems to be sweet and innocent but when you really listen to the lyrics its far more interesting than I could ever had realised. It reminds me a little of the way Jenny Lewis works within Rilo Kiley. I also quite like the photo of her on the most recent issue of Pulp.



It makes me want to do three things:

1. Thief back my 30 strong nail polish collection I gifted to a young friend during my later teen years during a spontaneous spring clean and reinvention of my self. This just reinforces the necessity of my hoarding ways in that I really do use things years later. Just like the emergency wrapping paper collection will come in handy one of these birthdays . . .

2. Get a blunt fringe again and get my GHD on.

3. Arm my wrists in a similar magpie obsessive manner.




Y xo