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The Black Angels Tour Posters

Posted on May 13, 2013 | Leave a comment

Gorgeous gig posters for The Black Angels – so many different variations for each location on the American tour. These are all by Matt Cliff, who got in touch with me after I originally posted about how much I liked the branding for the new album and The Black Angels’ Facebook cover.

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Tagged 2013, advertising, arts, band posters, blogging, branding, colours, cool, creative, creativity, design, drawings, entertainment, Facebook, Facebook timeline, fun, gig posters, graphic design, ideas, illustration, Leonie Cumiskey, Matt Cliff, promotional posters, psychedelic, social media, surreal, The Black Angels, The Black Angels posters, The Black Angels tour, USA

The Bilinda Butchers – Careless Teens

Posted on May 1, 2013 | Leave a comment

Aww. This video for ‘Careless Teens’ by The Bilinda Butchers is really priddy and makes me yearn for a lazy sunny day where I can just do whatever I feel like. I discovered this band a couple of months ago when I first heard ‘The Lovers’ Suicide’, which also made me think of the weather. It was March and still snowing a lot in London, so it felt strangely appropriate to be listening to the lines: “Like a flower can’t bloom in the snow / We can’t hide, we can’t grow!”

Don’t you think that this video is almost like a lookbook for some kind of hipster fashion brand, like Wildfox or Cheap Monday, or something? When I saw it, I felt that it evoked a real girly ‘Tumblr’ aesthetic. Hopefully the maker of the video, Vanesa Capitaine, won’t be offended by that description – she does seem to use Tumblr a fair bit!

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Tagged 2013, aesthetic, beauty, blogging, brand, Careless Teens, clothing, creativity, cute, dream pop, dreamy, fashion, feminine, film, fun, girly, indie, internet, lazy days, Leonie Cumiskey, London, lookbook, lyrics, media, music, music video, My Bloody Valentine, new music, photography, psychedelic, rainbow, seasons, shoegaze, social media, songs, style, summer sound, teenage girl, The Bilinda Butchers, Tumblr, USA, Vanesa Capitaine, video, Wildfox Couture, winter, writing, Youtube

HAERTS – Wings

Posted on April 24, 2013 | Leave a comment

HAERTS are female-fronted band of four guys and one girl, who hail from Brooklyn, New York. Their first single is a beautifully tender piece of lo-fi pop, set to a montage of home video-style clips. I’ve looked for other stuff by them, but this song is the only one I can find. I’m guessing that as it’s on Vevo, they are already on the brink of mainstream success. Judging by ‘Wings’, they sound pretty great and I hope the rest of their songs live up to expectations. Lead singer Nini Fabi’s vocals are sweet, but powerful – like a mixture of Gwen Stefani and Stevie Nicks.

This song is sort of what I was hoping for when I first listened to HAIM. Needless to say, I was pretty disappointed.

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Tagged Americana, Ben Gebert, Brooklyn band, childhood, cinematography, creativity, Derek McWilliams, entertainment, female vocalist, Garrett Ienner, gritty, Gwen Stefani, HAERTS, Haerts band, HAIM, harmonies, home movies, home video, indie, Jonathan Schmidt., Leonie Cumiskey, lo-fi, love song, memories, music, music video, New York, Nini Fabi, nostalgia, opinion, pop, romance, small town America, Stevie Nicks, summer sound, sunshine, sweet, tender, USA, video, video montage, yearning, Youtube

Cardio Cinema

Posted on April 23, 2013 | Leave a comment

I so wish that they had this in my gym! Instead, they play Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj videos…

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Tagged America, bad music, cardio, Cardio Cinema, cinema, entertainment, exercise, film, films, first world problems, Gold's Gym, good idea, gym, Justin Bieber, Leonie Cumiskey, Nicki Minaj, poor me, productivity, sports, USA, weight loss, white girl problems, workout

Dead Gaze – I Found The Ending

Posted on March 30, 2013 | Leave a comment

Love this song. The accordion in it reminds me of ‘This Is The Day’ by The The…except I think I actually prefer this song by Dead Gaze.

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Tagged 2013, cool, Dead Gaze, entertainment, guitar music, I Found The Ending, indie, lo-fi, media, Mississippi, music, music video, new music, single, song, surreal, USA, Youtube

Tyler The Creator Directs Mountain Dew Ad

Posted on March 26, 2013 | 1 Comment

No, seriously. Tyler, the Creator has directed and starred in an ad for Mountain Dew. It gets weirder, though – he voices a female goat called Felicia…a really violent goat, who gets some kind of hallucinogenic kick out of drinking Mountain Dew.

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Tagged 2013, advert, animals, blog, blogging, brands, celebrity, creative direction, director, Felicia the goat, goat, internet, Mountain Dew, music, Odd Future, pop culture, rapper, soft drink, strange, TV ad, Tyler the Creator, USA, video, weird, Youtube

The Black Angels – Indigo Meadow

Posted on March 24, 2013 | 1 Comment

The Black Angels have a new album out next week, and the artwork that goes with it is all so fitting and perfect. The psychedelic line drawings evoke Wes Wilson’s classic ’60s gig posters, and the brown parcel paper texture really emphasises that beautiful hand-drawn aesthetic.I’ve tried to find out who the illustrator is, but I’ve not had any luck. If anyone knows who the work is by, please feel free to comment and let me know. Thanks!

Edit: The work is by the very talented Matt Cliff, who unfortunately doesn’t have a website. Thanks for getting in touch, Matt!

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Tagged 60s nostalgia, 60s poster, album, album art, album promotion, arts, band tour, bands, blogging, cover art, gig poster, gig posters, gig promotion, hand-drawn, illustration, images, Indigo Meadow, Leonie Cumiskey, line drawing, media, music, music promotion, new album, new music, paper texture, psychedelia, psychedelic, psychedelic art, psychedelic rock, retro, The Black Angels, The Black Angels tour, tour poster, upcoming releases, USA, Wes Wilson, writing

Dita Von Teese Models First 3D Printed Dress

Posted on March 5, 2013 | Leave a comment

This elaborate, lattice design dress is a collaboration between stage costumier Michael Schmidt and the innovative Francis Bitonti Studio, based in Brooklyn, New York. Michael Schmidt has created stage outfits for some of the most outlandish and exciting performers – from Iggy Pop, Debbie Harry, Courtney Love and Grace Jones to Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and – obviously – Dita Von Teese. Schmidt’s design for the gown is based on the Fibonacci sequence and was 3D modelled by Francis Bitonti, before finally being 3D printed in Nylon by Shapeways. Once the 17 separate pieces of the garment were completed, they were dyed black, lacquered and embellished with over 13,000 Swarovski crystals.Dita also wore the dress at the unveiling at New York’s Ace Hotel last night.Although the cartoon-like burlesque star said that the dress was quite comfortable and ‘super light’, I’m not entirely convinced. Undoubtedly, the dress looks pretty cool, but it seems like it didn’t take her long to change out of the gown into a more practical Roland Mouret shift dress.

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Tagged 2013, 3D model, 3D printing, Ace Hotel New York, blog, blogger, brand, burlesque, celebrities, clothing, comfort, cool, Courtney Love, creative collaboration, Debbie Harry, design, digital, Dita Von Teese, dress, event, fashion, Fibonacci sequence, Francis Bitonti, Francis Bitonti Studio, futuristic, garments, Golden Ratio, Grace Jones, Iggy Pop, innovation, Katy Perry, lacquer dress, Lady Gaga, Leonie Cumiskey, Michael Schmidt, new technologies, Nylon, party, plastic, practicality, production, Rihanna, Roland Mouret, Shapeways, shift dress, showcase, stage costumier, stage outfit, style, Swarovski crystals, technology, the future of fashion, USA, writing

Hot Toddy Sorbet

Posted on February 18, 2013 | Leave a comment

I’m not feeling very well and I could really do with some of this right now! It’s made by an American ice cream and sorbet brand, called Jeni’s, and has got all the ingredients of a hot toddy but in a throat-numbing sorbet – mmm! The recipe contains cayenne pepper, ginger, Maker’s Mark bourbon, honey, orange and lemon juices.

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Tagged 2013, alcoholic sorbet, blog, blogging, bourbon, brand, branding, cayenne pepper, cold and flu, comfort food, food, frozen food, hot toddy, idea, ill, Jeni's, Leonie Cumiskey, Maker's Mark bourbon, orange and lemon, person, product, refreshing, sorbet, tasty, USA

Mint M&Ms

Posted on December 9, 2012 | Leave a comment

My friend recently brought some of these M&Ms back from New York for me. They definitely didn’t disappoint – each one tasted like a little mouthful of mint chocolate chip ice cream! I don’t know whether to be sad or relieved that they don’t sell them at my local cornershop; in no time at all, I’d probably have a figure like that female M&M on the packet…

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Tagged candy, chocolate, confectionery, food, food and drink, junk food, Leonie Cumiskey, M&Ms, Mars, mint, mint M&Ms, New York, personal, UK, USA

Tag Archives: USA

HAERTS – Wings

Cardio Cinema

Dead Gaze – I Found The Ending

The Black Angels – Indigo Meadow

Dita Von Teese Models First 3D Printed Dress

Hot Toddy Sorbet

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