hasta luego simona

One (of many) band(s) I keep stumbling over just about everywhere online is that of the name Au Revoir Simone. Three girls from Brooklyn, New York, they put together fuzzy electro-indie-pop, like a female Postal Service (apologies for the obvious reference) with just that extra kick of twee - in my book, never a bad thing. They appear to be releasing a new album quite soon through the lovely people at Moshi Moshi in the UK. I must confess that much joy was felt when I discovered that the beautiful ladies will be visiting our shores in just a few weeks hurrah! They play London Hoxton Bar & Grill on the 26th Feb as part of a huge European tour, one not to miss I presume.



The fantastic blog that is Off The Record announced the release of their forthcoming album The Bird Of Music (out Feb 14th aw) and posted some heart-warming mp3s here including an Au Revoir Simone remix by The Teenagers. For more streamed material (my current favourite being 'Stay Golden'), check out their MySpace page.

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Meanwhile tonight I saw one of the best 1950s B-movies I have endured in my relatively short life. The Killer Shrews is the tale of a research group trapped on a remote island in the middle of a hurricane. When a science project to solve overpopulation - and involving the shrinking of us human beings - goes hideously wrong and produces wolf sized shrews instead, the group can do nothing but try to avoid the monstrous beasts as they tear each other limb from limb. But what will happen when the killer shrews start realising that meat can be found on people? DUM DUM DAH...



I particularly love the blatant use of dogs in afghan rugs to cleverly give the impression of giant killer shrews oh yes.

Check it.