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Sub Focus + Alpines | “Tidal Wave” Video.

Nash Mariah — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:09:33 +0000

Sub Focus and Alpines have created the perfect ‘summer anthem’ with their song, “Tidal Wave”, the video for which was released a week ago and has already managed to get about 400 000 views. The combination of Catherine Pockson and drum and bass is perfect, although Catherine Pockson and pretty much anything would suit me just fine.

Happy Women’s Day.

Nash Mariah — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 06:29:53 +0000

To celebrate Women’s Day I’ve decided to share my favourite women of the moment with you. They all have talent and looks for days, which makes their videos quite painful (in the best way) to watch.

First up is Ruby Frost. She’s from New Zealand (which is an achievement in itself), she has great hair, an amazing voice and a somewhat Natasha Bedingfield-like quality to her that I can’t seem to ignore.

Next is Charli XCX. Still can’t get enough of her first video for “Nuclear Seasons” (which you can watch here) and just fell in love with her new single, “You’re The One”. Out of everyone I’m featuring today I believe she’ll be the biggest in the future. She’s a combination of pop’s answer to MIA and a 90s Mila Kunis. And she’s pretty much amazing.

2:54 are so good that they got to open for The xx on their current tour. What’s confusing is the startling resemblance that one of the members has to Romy Madley-Croft of The xx. Is it her..? I can’t be sure.

Next up is Catherine Pockson. She’s British (which suits the anglophile in me perfectly) and is the lead singer of Alpines. I’ve featured them on TRMB before (here), and yesterday they released their latest single, “Chances”, which is basically just 3 minutes of Catherine’s perfect face. No-one’s complaining.

Haim was introduced to me by St. Lucia in his playlist which I posted recently (here). There are 3 members in the band, they’re sisters (Hanson vibes) and they’re all talented, attractive and semi-retarded in a good way. Also, HAIR.

Some people would say this post is all about ‘girl power’. I’d like to tell those people to go fuck themselves.

The Alps – More Than Just a Mountain Range.

Nash Mariah — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 07:43:54 +0000

The Alps have inspired so many people to create paintings, books, movies, songs and now, even bands. 2 of my favourite new bands actually share very similar names that are both derived from the European mountain range: ALPINE and Alpines. See the difference? For quite a while I did not, thinking that they were in fact one in the same. Then, after realising my mistake, I spent even longer trying to remember which one was which.

First, allow me to introduce you to ALPINE. They’re from Australia, they have 2 female lead singers, and have just released a new song, called “Gasoline”.

They’ve also made 2 very impressive videos which you can watch below.

ALPINE – Villages from Yvette Paxinos on Vimeo.

ALPINE: HANDS (Official Video) from Ivy League Records on Vimeo.

Next is Alpines, the British duo who have featured twice on TRMB before. I’ve just listened to their first EP and these are my favourite new songs from it:

Also, if you managed to miss the videos which I featured before, here they are below.

Alpines – Cocoon from Ryan Hope on Vimeo.

Alpines Empire from cherrycherry on Vimeo.

To hear the rest of the EP, go here.

“Empire” Video.

Nash Mariah — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 19:31:32 +0000

Alpines just released their new video for “Empire”, the follow-up to “Cocoon” which I wrote about in my first post ever (go here.) The video is just as well put together as its predecessor and continues to emphasise one simple thing: Catherine Pockson is just too beautiful for words.

Alpines Empire from cherrycherry on Vimeo.

This Year’s Top 10 (so far…)

Nash Mariah — Sat, 12 May 2012 16:07:26 +0000

To start things off, I’ve decided to tell you about my Top 10 obsessions for the year. If you don’t like what you hear now you should probably stop paying attention to me.

10. Tom Vek

Tom Vek made a comeback last year with his latest album Leisure Seizure. The video for “Aroused” is just so great and is probably one of the best attempts at getting kids around the world to start smoking. Watch it below.

Download Tom Vek – “Aroused” here. (Right click, save)

9. Dom

This is the kind of band that can make anyone instantly happy. Watch the video for “Living in America” below.

Download Dom – “Living in America” here. (Right click, save)

8. Eight and a Half

Take one of the guys from Broken Social Scene and another from The Stills and this is what you get. “Scissors” and “Go Ego” are 2 of the best songs from their self-titled first album. Watch the videos for them below.

Download Eight and a Half – “Scissors” here. (Right click, save)

Download Eight and a Half – “Go Ego” here. (Right click, save)

7. Black Marble

Not too sure how I stumbled across this band but SO GLAD THAT I DID. Their EP Weight Against the Door is quite tricky to get hold of but you can listen to “Backwards” and “Pretender” below.

Download Black Marble – “Pretender” here. (Right click, save)

6. Thieves Like Us

I’ve always been a fan of Thieves Like Us and their latest album Bleed Bleed Bleed does not disappoint. “Marie Marie”, “Bleed Bleed Bleed” and “Your Love Runs Still” are my favourites. Listen below.

Download Thieves Like Us – “Marie Marie” here. (Right click, save)

Download Thieves Like Us – “Bleed Bleed Bleed” here.

Download Thieves Like Us – “Your Love Runs Still” here. (Right click, save)

5. Santigold

Master of My Make-Believe is the much anticipated follow-up to Santigold’s first album. While I wasn’t that in love with her first single “Big Mouth”, she managed to win me over again with her second single “Disparate Youth” which was a much better representation of the Santigold we all know and love.

Download Santigold – “Disparate Youth” here.

Other stand-out tracks from the album include “Fame” and “Go”, which features Karen O from The Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

4. M.I.A

How could anyone not be obsessed with M.I.A? The video for “Bad Girls” was released earlier this year and based on this effort her next album looks like it’s going to be her best yet. I mean, Chris Martin even said that it’s one of the best videos he’s ever seen. That’s what’s up.

Download M.I.A – “Bad Girls” here. (Right click, save)

3. Light Asylum

Been in love with this band ever since they released “Dark Allies” last year and it’s one of those songs that just never gets old. What makes it even more interesting is the fact that the lead singer is a woman, listen to it below to understand why.

Shocked? Intrigued? They just released their first album and I haven’t been able to stop listening to it. “Heart of Dust” is probably my favourite track, and the rest of the album is definitely worth downloading. Get it here.

Download Light Asylum – “Heart of Dust” here. (Right click, save).

2. Geographer

This is a really amazing band that I think everyone should know about. Their latest album Myth is one of those albums that you can listen to from start to finish and these are some of my favourite songs from it.

Bonus: 2 of the best songs from their previous album, Animal Shapes. The first is a live performance of “Verona” which they did for All Saints, and the second is called “Night Winds”.

Download Geographer – “Verona” here. (Right click, save)

Download Geographer – “Night Winds” here. (Right click, save)

1. Lana Del Rey

Anyone who knows me won’t be shocked by this. I’ve watched her videos more times than I care to admit and am super excited about her new video for “Summertime Sadness”, which is supposed to be released this month. The video features Jaime King (who I also love) and is directed by her husband. Here are some behind-the-scenes photos to get you more excited.

If you haven’t already seen the video for LDR’s current single, “Blue Jeans”, here it is.

I normally don’t have any interest in listening to remixes of her songs (COS THEY’RE PERFECT ALREADY) but I really enjoyed the Alpines’ remix of “Blue Jeans”, who are also pretty awesome. Check out the remix they did for LDR as well as their latest video below.

Download Alpines – “Cocoon” here.

To end off I would like to show the haters out there that LDR can actually sing live. This is a video that I found of her singing a cover of Kasabian’s “Goodbye Kiss”.