C’est aujourd’hui que sort l’EP (comprenant 4 titres) de Beth Ditto, la folle au talent aussi démesuré que son poids. En s’accordant une mini escapade solo en parallèle à son excellent groupe Gossip, elle s’essaie à des sons différents, mais qui lui collent totalement à la peau – c’est tellement réussi!

Voici le premier single qui ressort de sa collaboration avec elle-même, I Wrote The Book: un titre super entraînant, accompagné d’un clip qui rend hommage aux vidéos de Madonna des années 80! SUCCULENT.

Ok, ok. I promise I will soon stop bugging you with my Adele posts. But after having watched this a couple of times since last week, I thought I really needed to share it, in case you haven’t seen it already… This is a prime example of Adele‘s perfection, delivering one of her best live performances ever on stage at the Brit Awards last week, a splendid (and, you’ll see at the end of the video, also emotional) rendition of arguably the most beautiful song off 21, her new album. Perfection is also when you get such a huge effect, without any light/sound/dance effect, but just a humble piano to accompany you. It’s crazy how Someone Like You absolutely works both in its acoustic version, as well as with a more powerful element to it for events like that…

By the way, personally, Adele also represents one of the only few things that I know for sure await me over the next few months: her concert in Los Angeles on June 9th! iiiiiiiiii!

I’m not going to say much, but I’ve found myself a new musical addiction just like I love them – you know, this pleasure of finding out about an artist or band you hadn’t heard of before, and BAM! Their awesomeness hits you in the face.

Mumford & Sons is an amazing rock folk band from London, that I’ve just discovered thanks to the Grammys (yes, really), during which they did a performance that easily caught my eyes/ears, later joined on stage by Bob Dylan. Despite having released their excellent album over a year ago, it seems like their popularity is at a climactic point right now, with their acclaimed Grammy performance + 2 nominations, and their most recent huge win at the Brit Awards, where they took home the Album of the Year prize. Totally deserved.

Take a look at their latest single, The Cave, recently re-released here in the US. You can’t stay indifferent to that voice, and the tasty mix of sounds and musical colors created by great musicians… and if that isn’t enough for you, go and listen to their Grammy-nominated hit ‘Little Lion Man‘. The kind of music that makes me travel… in every sense of the word.

January 27th: the best album of 2011 might well be in our hands already. Adele is back, Adele is big, Adele is great! Her new album, 21, was just released in Europe, UK, Japan and Australia, one month before the US… and it went straight to number one in 14 countries! No explanation needed. This is the perfect follow-up to 19, and it will, without a doubt, follow the same successful path… oooh yes!

The best way to appreciate it? The Track-by-Track Interview that brings a new (and gorgeous) light to it all. It is not absolutely necessary, though, as Adele‘s music always seems to carry itself without any description needed, it has meaning that applies to any one individual, no matter the situation, it’s just brilliant… Yeah, well, it can’t really be a very happy situation, I know haha! She has one of these voices… it makes you listen, whatever she’s singing, really.

Not much more to say (well, there is, actually, tons), this post was just another devious way for me to talk about Adele again… and force you to listen to this amazing album. And if you haven’t listened to its perfect predecessor, 19, don’t try to talk to me again. As an appetizer, here is one of my favorite songs off 21, that almost adds a different sound to her music…

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Thank God for that infamous ex-boyfriend who inspired this gem.

… but I can’t help sharing this brilliance with you. Another video that just popped up of yet another new song (Someone Like You) from the delicious Adele, live on Later… with Jools Holland. ‘Overwhelming’ is the word…

… and she’s GREAT!

Lack of updates lately, I know and I’ll explain. But until I can find time to write again, I HAD to share my excitement, as the wonderful Adele makes her triumphant return with Rolling In The Deep, the first single off her highly-anticipated sophomore album, 21, on which she worked for two zealous years between Malibu and London, with some of the best producers of our time, including Rick Rubin. This will undeniably be a sensational follow-up to the critical and commercial acclaim of one of the best albums of the decade, 19.
Enjoy the perfection! Careful of chills.

The official video will premiere 3rd Dec. The album will be released Feb. 2011.

Pour faire mon boulot jusqu’au bout, je vous présente le clip vidéo accompagnant la chanson « Eyes Of Mars », LA collaboration entre Franz Ferdinand et Marion Cotillard pour Dior. Même si je ne sais pas si on arrivera un jour « au bout » de la perfection de cette femme… J’adore.