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Lana Del Rey - Bringing Noir To Music

Lana Del Rey, Pretty When You Cry (Official Video) YouTube I've been a major fan of Lana Del Rey's for several years - at least since I first posted about her, with her remarkable music videos, Carmen and National Anthem , in July 2012. I find her music now even stronger, and her recent videos (below) for her songs Pretty When You Cry and West Coast, are as powerful as the songs themselves. It may seem an odd comparison, but Lana Del Rey seems perhaps the female answer to Bruce Springsteen , when he is at his best as an American storyteller - his early albums, the magnificent Nebraska and songs like 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) , capture a highly distinctive vision of blue-collar America. Lana Del Rey, Pretty When You Cry (Official Video) YouTube Lana Del Rey is the first musician to truly introduce the concept of noir to popular songs. Her songs are about love and sadness and joy (Summertime Sadness, for instance), but the joy is always tempered with

Preggie's Why I Love Or Hate Being Pregnant Video Contest

There are only a couple of days left to enter Preggie's first video contest - Why I Love Or Hate Being Pregnant - and have a chance to win some sweet baby gear. Preggie is the dedicated free mobile "moms-to-moms" social app for new, expectant and experienced mothers, in which the community as a whole shares experiences, photos, funny stories or emotional vents, and moms answer each other's questions and offer support and advice during what is, for many, one of the most challenging times in their lives. You can download the free Preggie app for iOS or Android here: preggieapp.com To enter the contest, just shoot a brief video (you have to be a mom, you don't have to be pregnant!), then check out Preggie's YouTube channel for details of how to submit it, either via Instagram, Facebook or Twitter (make sure to tag the video as instructed on Preggie's YouTube channel ) - or share it directly with Preggie via Dropbox by emailing charong@preggieap

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Wolf Alice - As Beautiful As The Moon

A very happy me hanging out with Wolf Alice. Ph otograph Copyright  ©  2015 A lexander Chow-Stuart. Wolf Alice are playing the Roxy in LA tonight and, given this very late notice and the fact that they're rightfully sold out, do whatever it takes to get in and see them! Wolf Alice at The Independent in San Francisco.  P hotograph Copyright  ©  2015 A lexander Chow-Stuart. They are the single most exciting band I have heard in a very long time, and seeing them - and briefly meeting them - last week at their gig at The Independent in San Francisco only reinforced my mounting excitement about Ellie Rowsell's beautiful voice, the band's equally beautiful and totally dynamic music, and the explosion of sound, energy and sheer joy they create. Ellie Rowsell of Wolf Alice.  P hotograph Copyright  ©  2015 A lexander Chow-Stuart.   Just check out this YouTube video of their single Giant Peach, from their upcoming debut album, My Love Is Cool (Available to pr

Wolf Alice at the Independent in San Francisco

The most exciting band of the year, Wolf Alice, is playing The Independent in San Francisco this Thursday, May 14. See them if you can! And listen now on SoundCloud to their truly explosive song, Giant Peach:  https://soundcloud.com/wolfalice/giant-peach