!.CANNES"%

For the first time in weeks I'm actually done with my assignment for school and it's not even past midnight! Bravo! :P Now I can have a early beauty sleep, I could use one ;)

The Cannes film festival is still going on strong, it ends on Sunday with the closing ceremony, but there's already been some good word of mouth surrounding several films and acting performances. For instance, Naomi Watts is said to give her finest performance to date in Doug Liman's Fair Game which also stars Sean Penn. Then there is Javier Bardem in Alejandro González Iñárritu's Biutiful (no typo) a film that has received mixed responses, but everyone seems to agree Bardem's performance is terrific. Then there's Blue Valentine by Derek Cianfrance starring Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling (Oooooh how I love Dead Man's Bones!). Both actors have received great praise succeeding in creating an authentic on-screen couple for which you really come to care for. One film that has a good chance of actually walking away with the highest honour, that being the Palme D'Or, is Mike Leigh's Another Year. However, the best films so far have been said to be those not in the English language. Let's see what happens, I'll keep my eyes and ears open...

I LOVE The Drums



I LOVE Robyn as well ;)

Robyn 'Dancing On My Own' (Official Video) from Robyn on Vimeo.

>.GIVE IT A CHANCE: SANTOGOLD - SANTOGOLD!~

As with Robyn Santogold isn't exactly one of those artists I would immediately go crazy for. Though in contrast to Robyn Santogold is far less pop, instead mixing a lot of different styles reaching a sound which is similar to that of M.I.A. in its freshness. So far I happen to really like her album with its catchy beats and Santogold's different sounding voice. The album is out for a while already and got rave reviews, but at that time I didn't feel to hop along onto the band waggon and rather went along on my owm path discovering new music by myself even though looking at the album cover, which has a strame of gold coming out of Santi White's (her real name) mouth, got me pretty excited. Now some weeks later I thought I'd give it a try and I'm glad I did. I like artists who mix a lot of different styles and at times Santogold's debut reminds me of Nelly Furtado's Whoa Nelly! which is still Furtado's besta nd most daring work to date. It's a pity most people now only seem to know her from the Loose era. Hopefully Santogold keeps moving on in the same direction of her debut for her follow-ups.

_+GIVE IT A CHANCE: ROBYN - ROBYN}}

Every now and then I listen to an artist which doesn't really seem to fit in my list of artists I like nowadays, but which have caused such a stir lately, that I can't help to give their album a chance and check it out. All the stellar reviews had me pretty curious, so now finally I decided to give Robyn's fourth, and sure to be her most successful album to date, a spin. It's a mix of pure pop with some R&B and occasionally rap by the singer songwriter. People who love pop will eat this record like cake and after some spins I can totally see why the record is receiving such critically acclaim aside from the non-critics loving the CD and I have to admit I quite enjoy it! M.I.A. is an example of those artists that are already on the edge considering my taste, but I just really happen to love M.I.A. and her crazy mix of styles which makes her sound so refreshing and original. I feel in comparison Robyn lacks that originality, but still it's a very solid pop album. If I like it, I'm sure people who love pop will eat this record like cake and have this CD stuck on repeat in no time (if they haven't already done so).