peace + luv

way of women just published a great interview with gang gang dance singer lizzi bougatsos. the interview touches upon both her music and arts ventures, and spreads the <3

my favorite albums of 2008

I'm gonna miss ya, 2008. 

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white denim - workout holiday

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portishead - third

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throw me the statue - moonbeams

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14

beach house  - devotion

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13

crystal stilts - alight of night

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bonnie "prince" billy - lie down in the light

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11

lykke li - youth novels

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10

vivian girls - s/t

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9

sigur ros  - med sud i eyrum vio spilum endalaust

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deerhunter - microcastle / weird era cont.

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the ruby suns - sea lion

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el guincho - alegranza!

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abe vigoda - skeleton

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4

department of eagles - in ear park

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3

gang gang dance - saint dymphna

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2

bon iver - for emma, forever ago

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1

hercules and love affair - s/t

inside am-lul's closest

22 year-old london resident gala has a dope fashion blog called inside am-lul's closet. featured in spanish vogue and calle20, gala is quickly rising to prominence with her snazzy style and beautiful looks. take a peak and read the nice things people are saying about her. 

bands wearing vintage t-shirts from maine

it's weird, but i've found two different bands sporting t-shirts from maine. the first is cut copy, and i know it's a maine t-shirt because i used to have the exact same thing way back when. the second is el guincho. now, just how to international bands - the former being from australia and the latter spain - snagged these is beyond me. has anyone else ever spotted this phenomena? 

cut copy - far away remixes

it's no secret that cut copy make cosmic dance music. their latest effort, in ghost colours, was produced by dfa's tim goldsworthy and has now been given spaced-out treatment by the likes of hercules and love affair, aeroplane and the golden filter. head on over to rcrdlbl to listen to the h&la and golden filter remixes. 

the tammys

were a girl group who really only surfaced with one hit "egyptian shumba" which featured the three women yelling and shrieking in a very un-girl group manner. but, the song is all the better of it, and it's a sad fact that this single never made any waves when it came out in the early '60s. you can listen to it here, as it's kinda hard to come by. 

fan death - veronica's veil video

this is one of the more interesting videos i've seen recently and does nothing but make me love these ladies even more