Hmm. FKA Twigs. Eh? FKA Twigs. I'm in two minds to be honest. I like elements, and usually I'm a sucker for hyped electronic-y anything. Twigs is being hyped as the reincarnation of Aaliyah crossed with Sade, the current face of 2010s British r'n'b. And I do really like the single 'Two Weeks'. And she's coming to the 930 Club and the show, amazingly, isn't sold out yet (I think it just went on sale Friday and hasn't been advertised yet) -- shows by artists as hyped up as this one usually sell out immediately. So I'm wondering if I should buy tickets to see her live, but I'm just not sure. So far, the rest of the album doesn't live up to how good I think 'Two Weeks' is, but some of the live tracks online are still pretty good. I don't really get out much, so it would be something to do, and it's pretty cheap at $20. It'd also be nice to feel like I'm on the cutting edge of something. And it doesn't seem like she'd be as much of a let-down live as James Blake was (to be fair, it wasn't so much that he wasn't good live, it was more that I realised I didn't really like his stuff very much). Well, the soonest I can get up to the box office to get tickets is probably Tuesday, so I guess that's when I'll decide -- and that's assuming there are tickets left. I'll put the 'Two Weeks' video below -- the rest of the post will seem a bit stale in comparison. And, umm, feel free to just listen to the music and ignore the video, it's a bit much really.
My other tunes are completely different. First up a song from a throwbacky Brooklyn band who call themselves Lucius. It's a pleasant tune, but, to my ears, it pales when compared to something as forward-sounding as 'Two Weeks'. That's a bit unfair though, cos taken on it's own I still think it's a good song (music starts at 45 seconds):
Next one up is a bit more interesting. It sounds like it's also from a throwback band, something akin to The Kills, or The Dead Weather, a bit dark and dirty. But it's actually by a Dutch band and it came out in the late 60's -- so it's an original! I don't know too much about Shocking Blue, but this track is surprising to me in that it sounds so modern, lyrically. And it's heavy!
My other tunes are completely different. First up a song from a throwbacky Brooklyn band who call themselves Lucius. It's a pleasant tune, but, to my ears, it pales when compared to something as forward-sounding as 'Two Weeks'. That's a bit unfair though, cos taken on it's own I still think it's a good song (music starts at 45 seconds):
Next one up is a bit more interesting. It sounds like it's also from a throwback band, something akin to The Kills, or The Dead Weather, a bit dark and dirty. But it's actually by a Dutch band and it came out in the late 60's -- so it's an original! I don't know too much about Shocking Blue, but this track is surprising to me in that it sounds so modern, lyrically. And it's heavy!
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