The Drums!

Another musical obsession? Me? This is a Brooklyn band called The Drums, and I think they are ace. I just discovered them via Vimeo after watching their super cool video for Let's Go Surfing. You know I never leave you hanging - if you like them you can download the single for free from rcrdlbl. Wow! Pop it on your ipod, and run along a deserted beach in the dark! Actually, that doesn't sound too safe. Oh yeah - almost forgot - you can go watch them doing their thing live on stage in various UK cities (mainly London). Check out the band's myspace for dates - and while you are there, have a listen to Submarine (which is also super dance along fun). Video follows for fun...

Picture via myspace

Shake Your Coconuts!

I can't believe that you all managed to keep this one a secret for this long! I was listening to last.fm today and out of the blue came a song called 'West Coast' by Coconut Records. My little ears were so excited they started to research the band straight away. I was really surprised to find that the only member of the band is the seemingly multi talented Jason Schwartzman - the man actor from awesome films like Marie Antoinette and Rushmore! Check out the brilliant video for the track (which was filmed in an super modern looking museum in Germany). The even better news is that there are two albums - both available for download from Amazon! Enjoy!

Picture from Last.FM

Colin Zombie

Wow o wow! I'm a bit behind the times because it is all over the internet, but... Our amazing friend Alastair Kirton was the lead in a zombie film called Colin, that is amazing audiences at the Cannes Film Festival and not just because of Alastair's amazing acting skills! The film only cost a staggeringly small £45 to make! If you don't mind a bit of zombie gore you should check out the trailer on the Nowhere Fast website! Yay!

One last thing... Alastair is also starring in an unusual play at the Southwark Playhouse called The Exquisite Corpse until the end of May. If you get the chance you should go check it out!

Coeur De Pirate - Pretty!

A french speaking lovely, the mention of pirates and no Johnny Depp... For now at least. This is the super cute video for Montreal based singer / pianist Coeur De Pirate, also known as 18 year old Béatrice Martin. I have to admit that I'm obsessed with this song - I hope you like it too!

See The Stars

I love love love this amazing time lapse video I found on the wonderful video sharing site Vimeo. The video was filmed in Yosemite by Sean Stiegermeiser - California based genius cinematographer. It's a great reminder to look up a little more often... Follow the link to see a bigger version.

Magical Polaroid Immortalised In Film

I love this documentary put together by Charles and Ray Eames capturing the magical (but now unfortunately obsolete) Polaroid SX-70 camera. Such amazing design and functionality...

June's Jams

I love jam. It lasts forever, and in our house we have loads for when we run out of everything else. If only June shipped to the UK! Ah well...