postal service - a tattered line of string

there's still an hour left of music monday & i want to share this with you just in the nick of time - the release of the  new postal service song!  i can't believe it's been 10 years since they released give up.  their show at the spitz in london in 2003 was one of the most magical nights of my life.  they are touring again this spring & guess what: i hesitated buying a pair of seats at their brooklyn show in june.  i don't know what stopped me from hitting buy, maybe i didn't want to ruin that memory of pure perfection.  do you have moments or memories like that?

music monday: the xx

have you streamed the new xx yet? if not, get to it HERE!

 kinda a trippy image, right? found via here (from the xx blog)

music monday: (mini flashback) high places

this song is a bit of a flashback for me. high places' 'head spins' was (is) one of my favorite songs. i've been listening to it a lot lately. this is a video of high places performing at the market hotel in brooklyn, a venue in bushwick that i used to go to all the time back in 2008 & 2009 for the occasional todd p, etc show. memories! 

music monday: pussy riot

as some of ya'll know, the biggest style cuddle of them all is free speech. today's music monday has gotta be pussy riot. today the guardian released a new single by the russian punk band convicted of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred." three members have been imprisoned for two years after being arrested earlier this year for performing an anti-putin song at moscow cathedral.

via pitchfork.

music monday: blur's no distance left to run

this summer, blur celebrates the 21st anniversary of the release of their first album. last night they played in london and am totally jealous of all my friends who went - they do a killer live show. in honor, this music monday is one of my favourite songs - no distance left to run. totally gorgeous.

watch the video here.

music monday... tUnE-yArDs

music monday is the tUnE-yArDs' song "my country" - merrill garbus' reaction to funding being cut from arts programmes in many public schools. in an interview with pitchfork, garbus explains how she and music video director mimi cave show kids in trapped situations to illustrate the songs powerful point (read the full interview with garbus and cave here).

watch the video:

music monday... boy george

for this music monday is has got to be boy george's recent cover of lana del ray's video games. boy george's version is absolutely heavenly. the music video aesthetic echoes punk britain and glam rock that somehow takes me back. get lost, look, and listen...

watch the video:

music monday: marianne faithfull

it's music monday and the kick of to the london olympics.. so i'm dipping into the british archives to have a lil style cuddle. one of my style icons has got to be fellow hampstead-ite marianne faithfull. she is pretty much a staple for my hair cut inspiration for the past ummm 10 freakin' years. and don't you just want to style cuddle her sixties/ seventies clothes too?!

get the look...

1. asos patent ballet flats with t-bar

2. modcloth heads or cottontails dress (i don't know what's up with me and bunnies lately)

3. topshop pelerine ankle socks (i wore these through out primary school!)

4. free people enamel hair barrettes

5. marianne faithfull's come my way

top image via here