just singing through the Louvre

Alex Winston | Locomotive | A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

The Head & The Heart - "Rivers and Roads"

just stumbled upon, no real knowledge of the band other than the fact that the vocals are beautiful in this video. i love simple video settings that utilize surrounding natural acoustics, it definitely emphasizes a band's veracity.

another beautiful video:

Sleigh Bells - "Rill Rill" (Clique NewTrends Remix)

A great way to start your weekend.



Clique is a Manchester, UK-based remix crew/DJ thing, but more importantly, their remix of Sleigh Bell's "Rill Rill" transforms the laidback noise track into a dance floor friendly disco fest.

Ian, one of the group's members, on the track:

"We've just finished our remix of Sleigh Bells' Rill Rill, and we'd like you to be one of the first to hear it - we managed to get an exclusive from Derek, to do the first proper discoey remix of the amazing [song]. We stripped it down and built it back up with live guitars, disco glitter and pop magic thrown at it, for extra dancefloor-friendliness. We were listening to a lot of Phoenix, Chic and Balaeric House when we made this!"

Download the song on Clique's SoundCloud page:
Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill (Clique NewTrends Remix) by Club Clique

Click click, saddle up!

Birdy - "Skinny Love"

Birdy (Jasmine Van Den Bogaerde) is a fourteen year old (!!) singer/songwriter from Lymington, UK whose self-released cover of Bon Iver's "Skinny Love" not only landed her a record deal with Atlantic UK Records, but also a Sophie Muller directed music video.

all the other kids with the pumped up kicks...