Music Monday (David Lynch, Karen O, HXLT, Sigala, The Knocks, Carly Rae Jepsen, Icona Pop & David Bowie)

Music Monday again! As i said, i'm gonna post the music i'm listening at home, it might not be new but i like it all the same and hope i discover something new to you. Enjoy

HXLT - Perfect
Now this is something Kanye West discovered to me and now i can't stop listening to this song. HXLT's sound reminds me a bit to Blood Orange which is definitely something very good, and while i didn't know about this artist, now i'm curious to listen to more. I'm currently listening to 'Perfect' non stop so here it is:

David Lynch feat. Karen O - Pinky's Dream (Trentemoller remix) 

While i'm a David Lynch admirer in everyting he does, i never really paid any attention to his music career. So when i randomly listened to this song when i was getting my hair done, i instantly loved it. It's so powerful and has such a great rythm, and Karen O's vocals for the song are amazing. This is an instant hit and now i have to listen more to Lynch's music.

Sigala - Sweet Lovin'

Now this is a song that i like to play in the morning really loud or listen to it while i'm working out because it gives you so much energy. It might be not everyone's choice of music but i often like songs like this, to dance or to speed up myself in the morning with no need of a coffee.

The Knocks feat. Carly Rae Jepsen - Love Me Like That

Everything Carly i like so this collaboration with The Knocks is a really great thing, because it has her pretty vocals but at the same time it's a little bit electronic and i like when Carly Rae goes that way. It's definitely better than her new version of the 'Fuller House' theme show so give it a listen.

Icona Pop - First Time

Icona Pop always make funny and catchy stuff so this one couldn't be a miss. Among my fave tunes from them besides the inevitable 'I Love It' and 'Girlfriend'.

Børns - Past Lives

This was the song that in last week's episode of 'Girls' was playing when Soshanna realised at the end of the ep that she was staying in Japan. And it was a perfect song to closure such a perfect episode. I've listened a bit more to this band and i really like them so give them a listen if you like this song.

David Bowie - Young Americans

This is one of those times where you completely forget about a song you like kand when you listen to it again, it's like discovering it for te first time again. And that's why this song didn't make it onto my Top 12 David Bowie songs when it should had been. Anyway, re-discover it  if you forgot about it, this great Bowie song.

'Aspirational' and a surprise music video by Spike Jonze

There are two videos that caught my attention last week and i want to show them to you, it didn't hurt that they contain two of my favourite girls and also a really great director:

First, there's the 'Aspirational' short film, directed by Matthew Frost and starring Kirsten Dunst which is simply genius. It might me a simple idea but this is definitely happening nowadays with the use of cellphones and the importance we give to a simple 'Like' (or the quantity of them). Where the picture was taken, why or with whom doesn't matter anymore, people are hungry for likes and we've lost all the meaning of taking a photograph.

And also, i'm posting the surprise video Spike Jonze has filmed for Karen O with the ultra charming Elle Fanning and it's also a really simple vid but Elle is so lovely and cute that she makes everything better,. Please never grow up Elle Fanning:

sources: konibi

86th Annual Academy Awards 2014

In case you didn't know, the Academy Awards were last night and while i was tempted to watch them since i've seen many of the nominated movies this year, i went to sleep and did my catching up in the morning. Usually, i'm making a post about the red carpet and its best looks only, but is it me or this year the red carpet fashion has been really boring? So i feel like discussing the whole thing, who won, who lost, who was best dressed and who should have been nominated, let's begin!

This had to be one of the most predictable Academy Awards. '12 Years a Slave' won the Best Movie Award, Cuarón won Best Director for 'Gravity', McConaughey Best Actor for 'Dallas Buyers Club', just like Jared Leto as Best Supporting Actor and 'Her' got the super deserved award for Best Original Screenplay. Those were all a given. I was happy for 'Her' and for both DBC actors, i watched the movie yesterday and both did great. Still, it is painful for Leonardo DiCaprio, sure his role on 'The Wolf of Wall Street' wasn't his best one but give an Oscar to this man already, we all know he deserves it.

Anyway, i was afraid that Cate Blanchett wouldn't win the Oscar for Best Actress in 'Blue Jasmine' because of the Woody Allen controversy. She really owned the movie and did an excellent, flawless performance, so nothing should have come in the way of that. So i'm really happy for that as well, just like for Lupita Nyong'o win for '12 Years a Slave' instead of Jennifer Lawrence. Don't get me wrong, JenLaw did a really great and hilarious performance in 'American Hustle' (the only good thing about the movie tbh), but there's no way she would win another Oscar. She deserved it for 'Winter's Bone' but not for 'Silver Linings Playbook', and sure Lupita was way better than her in the Steve McQueen movie.

And none for 'American Hustle', lol.

Still, i'm mad that 'La Vie d'Adèle' ('Blue is the Warmest Colour') wasn't nominated for Best Foreign Movie – though i'm happy that 'La Grande Bellezza' ('The Great Beauty') won instead of 'The Hunt', but still, i liked the French movie better than the others nominated. And 'Short Term 12' should had at least been nominated for Screenplay or even recognised some of the magnificent performances of the movie. Forever underrated. And also, we all know that Joaquin Phoenix should had been nominated for his emotional performance in 'Her', as well as Spike Jonze as a director or even Amy Adams (who was better in this movie than in 'American Hustle'). And let's be honest, Scarlett Johansson's voice in the film deserved a nomination, she was better with her voice than some other performances that were nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category.

And finally, the ladies! If there's someone who owned the red carpet this year, that was Lupita in a flawless Prada dress. She really stole the show and looked absolutely beautiful and mesmerizing:

My second favourite was Kate Hudson in this stunning Atelier Versace gown that looked amazing on her. This was nearly my favourite dress of the night and she looked flawless:

Karen O was also fantastic in this elegant Camilla Staerk looking really classy and pretty:

 Emma Watson looked really classy in this Vera Wang dress, always looking on point but her look at the Golden Globes remains one of my favourites:

Cate Blanchett also looked like a winner wearing Armani Privé, she looked nice but didn't wow though the dress was really pretty:

And Naomi Watts (a personal favourite) looked fresh and beautiful in Calvin Klein, i would have posted a red carpet photo but it looks way better in this really great Vanity Fair portrait so i'm posting this one and a few others that i loved:

sources: TFS, vogue, twitter & vanityfair