On Thursday I went with some really rad friends of mine to New Slang in Kingston to see the cutesy, fun musical delight that are Los Campesinos! Lots of drinking, dancing and laughing occurred, and a little bit of enjoying my new single-hood too. I also posed around a lot with my new £3.95 fringe that I got put in this week, loving it! Thursday night was my last night out for a very long time, until I get paid again, partly due to a lack of funds, more to do with a ridiculous amount of work I have to do for University over the next few weeks. This may also mean a drop in posts, although I will show you some of what we are doing as it’s all so exciting, more on that later on though.

Robyn x

Move over Josh Beech (he looks weird in the flesh anyway) I’ve got a new tattooed male model crush. Turns out he is also a Levi’s model, yummy!

Robyn x

I can’t tell you how happy it makes me to tell you that a piece I recently wrote for N.E.E.T Magazine has been published today! It is always such a great feeling when I get to see something I have written published, and it makes it even more special when it is for a publication you really respect and adore. My words are in N.E.E.T Magazine, amazing! I am even in the contributors section with my article advertised on the front page, it doesn’t get much better than that. You can see the article above, and the rest of the beautiful DIY/Grass roots magazine on the N.E.E.T website,

Robyn x

I have a fantastic ability to put off what it is I am really supposed to be doing and finding all manner of distractions. The only silver lining to the time wasting cloud is that my internet searching usually find little gems like the one above. The girl whose blog I found it on said it brought a little tear to her eye, and based on a recent situation it brought a few more to mine. In the sweetly sentimental ‘what could have possibly been’ way. Im all good, watch this!

Robyn

I have just trekked home from town, gotten rained on, splashed by a car driving too fast through a large puddle and made my nose bleed from rubbing it too much from the cold I am currently suffering. All is well though, Monday is the 1st of March. And what does this mean? That it is the first day of Spring!

What better excuse to get excited about the upcoming summer, hopefully as this winter has been so cold, it’ll be totally roasty warm. I have just spotted these amazing floral print espadrilles on the Topshop website, and am now totally excited as they are only £12 a pair. Im going to grab some of the black ones come payday on Friday. I know I won’t be able to wear them for some time yet, but just looking at them will remind me of the beautiful months ahead.

Robyn x

Here is the review I did of The Drums set at Brixton Academy on the NME Shockwaves tour which was published on the Virgin Music blog:

http://www.virgin.com/music/reviews/the-drums-brixton-academy-london-live-review

Last week I also sent off a set of email questions to the band which I hope to get back any day now, these will also be featured on the Virgin website. I really urge you to check out The Drums, they are a new form of the most brilliant pop music that will brighten even the most miserable of days.

Robyn x

The Drums @ Brixton Academy

Opening the NME Tour is no easy task. A half filled Brixton Academy in front of you, waiting to be entertained by bands they may never have heard of before, lusting over the headline act they have waited so patiently to see.

For a band who have yet to release their debut album, The Drums warm Brixton Academy like a slowly roasting summer BBQ with their unique and irresistible sound. Enchanting the crowd with their artfully prim haircuts and youthful exuberance, The Drums are all shirts tucked into skinny jeans with their casually coifed style.

Proving they aren’t just another band who put style over substance, new single ‘Best Friend’ soars The Drums miles above their hype of being “the-next-big-thing’”.

Frontman Jonathan Pierce exudes a comfortable swagger on stage, leaning back into a variety of surfing positions during their most popular track “Lets Go Surfing” which receives a jubilant rally of claps and sing-along chorus’s from the ever appreciative Brixton Academy. The Drums give more thump when live, displaying the sharp precision of a band who have toured continually. Encouraging further head bopping across the onlooking crowd who gawp when guitarist and tambourine flailing extraordinaire Jacob Graham gives the lighting rig a run for its money with a particularly high throw.

Showing their softer side with closing song ‘Forever & Ever Amen’, the boys sing of lost love and adolescent dreaming. Singing with sweet melancholy “baby it’s forever”, Pierce raise hairs and makes the hearts of girls melt across the venue.

By the end of their set the young London crowd are swaying along to each break down and asking how high when The Drums say jump. The Brixton crowd are not alone in their approval of The Drums pure pop perfection, the band mix good looks, great style and an insatiable sound to create that mixture of reliability and accessibility that so few manage to capture.  Playing the opening slot of any gig is a hard enough task, yet with the hype they have already accumulated, The Drums show now signs of stopping in their crashing wave across the music industry.

Hello people,

Just a quick one, if anybody has five minutes of idle internet surfing they’d like to spend filling out the survey linked below for my current University project I would be most grateful. Girls only however!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SBBB3TF

Robyn x

Floral Head band £8 Urban Outfitters

Horse Clasp Bag £25 Miss Selfridge

Nude Suede Pumps £25 Miss Selfridge

Floral Print T Shirt £38 Miss Selfridge

Silk Zip Front Dress £45 Topshop

Clock Brooch £14 Topshop

Frill Detail Tops £3 Topshop

Grey Quilted Jacket £48 Urban Outfitters

Last night for my friends 19th Birthday I headed off to Brixton Academy for the NME Tour. The gig was a complete surprise outing for my friend G, I hope he enjoyed it as much as I did. The Drums, The Big Pink, Bombay Bicycle Club and The Maccabees played, which made for an amazing gig.

I will be reviewing The Drums for Virgin Music and have also done an email interview with the band which I will post up when I complete it. They really do deserve all their hype, pure pop perfection if ever I heard it. The Big Pink and Bombay Bicycle Club also made a really big impression on me and I highly suggest you check them out.

Of course The Maccabees absolutely stole the show for me. Being one of my favourite bands, to hear the rest of the crowd also singing and clapping along to every line and every guitar rift made me so happy and had me dancing like a loon. They just blew me away (again), particularly in their encore which included a collaboration with Orange Juice singer Edwyn Collins. Many times I have read that The Maccabees count Orange Juice as one of their favourite bands of all time, the look of sheer and utter joy on their faces while they played ‘`Rip It Up’ with their idol moved me so completely. The moment was summed up by a girl next to me who totally broke down in tears at the sight of her two favourite acts together. To top this off, the rest of the bands of the tour joined The Maccabees on stage for their last song, on the last date of their tour together, for a big hugging fest. It was so completely beautiful and I couldn’t have wished for a more brilliant evening. Thank you,

Robyn x