Showing posts with label Patrick Wolf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Patrick Wolf. Show all posts

Saturday, 17 December 2011

Another dose of muzak...



This week, it hasn't just rained (literally) but it's poured - not only did the fearsome virus attack almost leave us stranded without a PC but today (yet again) Virgin Media left us without the interwebs for hours...

Still, better late than never - here's the latest selection of more recent choons I have selected for your delectation, dear reader.

Launching the selection in style is yet another Ukrainian wannabee diva - Kamaliya, with an incredibly OTT camp video for her new single (her first in English, apparently) Crazy in My Heart. Mike over at Pop Trash Addicts loves it, and I love it too...


This month we welcome back that house favourite eccentric Miss Róisín Murphy, who seems to be heading for the dancefloors with her latest single Simulation (which is a collaboration with a mystery producer from the north of England, apparently - whoever that might be):


Speaking of welcome returns to eccentric artists, we haven't heard from the completely bonkers Mr Patrick Wolf for a while! And here he is, in fine Gothic form, with his latest - Together:


Back to the dancefloors - well, perhaps not to a "Ritzy" near you - here's a rather fab collaboration between the Swedish DJ Adrian Lux and UK electro-indie types The Good Natured. They're Alive:


On a bit more of a retro 80s kick is Charli XCX with the rather atmospheric Nuclear Seasons:


And finally, rapidly becoming a bit of a favourite here at Dolores Delargo Towers are the magnificently camp Azari & III, here with their brilliant Reckless With Your Love:


As ever, enjoy!

Tuesday, 16 June 2009

La vie moderne

Lest anyone think that my entire life is dictated by birthdays, anniversaries and obscure European pseudo divas, here is a selection of artist(e)s who particularly interest me at the moment...

Mr Patrick Wolf is an eccentric character with a "look" based partly upon a certain Mr (Steve) Strange and partly upon Miss (Shirley) Manson, yet with a voice reminiscent of Mr (Ian) McCulloch or perhaps Mr (Neil) Hannon. He has spectacularly failed to achieve major commercial success so far - despite widespread adulation among fans and critics alike - so let's hope that this rather good tune and video will prove his turning point...


Miss (Roisin) Murphy, however, is a far less fragile and ephemeral character. Having already had a modicum of chart and dancefloor success as a part of Moloko, her bizarre music has caught the ears of American audiences as well as European, and yet she has not lost that individuality that makes her stand out among the general hoi-polloi...


And to complete this triumvirate of British Isles favourites, Miss Ellis-Bextor may well be more of an "aloof" than an eccentric, and more "unusual" than she is "art-form", but this collaboration with the fine gentlemen of the Freemasons more than confirms her position as "Une Icône Gai"!