Marissa Nadler@Spitz

So beautiful... Her voice, her guitar, her songs. One of the best things I've seen in a long time. She should be playing far bigger venues than this.

Marissa Nadler

Ugg rock

Hey kids! There's a new collective in town! And they've got Ugg boots! Yep, the antipodean ones made of sheep skin that Kate Moss made popular over here a couple of years ago. And they can play lots of instruments and all live in the same house! And they're almost up there with the mighty Fence collective! Especially Connan and the Mockasins (pictured below @ Old Blue Last last night).

Listen here:

Lawrence Arabia
Connan and the Mockasins
The Ruby Suns

Jacques Dutronc

Yesterday I tuned my LastFM into the chanson francais station and suddenly heard thisa great Jacques Dutronc-song called Hippie Hippie Hourrah. The legendary French songwriter who is mostly famous for Et moi, et moi, et moi and Le Cactus does some kind of psychedelic thing here in the vein of Status Quo's Pictures of Matchstick Men. Brilliant. Can't wait for the psychedelic revival when I listen to the track. Isn't Olivia Tremor Control playing Dusk at Cubist Castle in its entirety for ATP btw? Now they only have to convince Kula Shaker to do K.