
TOKIO HOTEL ARE BACK
tokio hotel are back and i admit it’s a little surprising for me to post on it. but read on to find out what’s what. i pondered for a while whether i should write about this comeback. and, after a month of looping two of their new released videos and researching them online, i decided i...

THE VERY TALENTED SHO ASAKAWA
sho asakawa is the epitome of the inspiring 21st century rock star: he’s self-reliant, poly-oriented and very driven. his look is special and it makes him stand out just as much as the great quality of his music. he is very active in social media, he markets his personal brand as well as his band’s,...

THE TIGER LILLIES SHARED AND RETWEETED MY STUFF
the tiger lillies shared and retweeted my posts. could i be any happier? insert huge garfield smile here!

DISCOVER OR RE-DISCOVER MYLENE FARMER
i found mylene farmer many years ago, in the meditheque of the french institute in bucharest. there were tapes and i copied them together with the accompanying lyrics: un! maman a tort/deux! c’est beau l’amour/trois! l’infirmiere pleure/quatre! j’ai mal. i was smitten!

PLASTICZOOMS ARE A VERY COOL POST-PUNK BAND FROM JAPAN
i discovered plasticzooms sometime last year, in the video produced by the reality show. they were one of the japanese style innovators photographed by living legend araki.

HURRICANE ALICE GLASS
alice glass is the 23 yo cute monkey-faced hardcore vocal of the crystal castles. her intoxicating ballsy stage persona, the signature black bob, heavy eye make up and unparalleled penchant for stage diving transformed her into one of the edgiest underground stars out there. i’m sold!

TOP 5 MUSIC PRODUCERS
do you ever wonder about the mechanisms behind the music? do you know how sometimes we like an unexpected song? (by unexpected i mean, for instance, justin’s cry me a river…). in time, i realized that there was a fil rouge connecting these apparently disparate tracks and that it was actually their common music producers. when...

THE TOTALLY UNDERRATED TIGER LILLIES
last night, i went to my third tiger lilies concert. they were…beyond words! as usual.