What about the weather huh? Radio 1 picked a good weekend to throw their Big Weekend festival with both Marina and Plan B taking to the stage. Have a look...
1. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round Round 2. Egyptian Hip Hop - Wild Human Child 3. Joe Jackson - Stepping Out 4. Whitney Houston - Million Dollar Bill 5. Kelis - Acapella 6. Ronika - Do Or Die 7. 3Oh!3 & Katy Perry - Starstrukk 8. Civil Civic - Less Unless 9. Charlie Alex March - Mao 10. Golden Filter - Golden (Clock Opera remix) 11. Cold War Kids - We Used To Vacation 12. Justin Timberlake - My Love 13. Frankie Valli - Beggin (Pilooski edit) 14. Glen Campbell - Witchita Lineman EARS CHECKING #19 - May (Spotify)
Check out this picture from the latest issue of Interview magazine. Incidentally, Marina's artwork has all been inspired by the work of Interview. Pop really will eat itself.
Marina has taken part in 'Sounds of The Mind' exhibition taking place at Oxford Street shop-of-dreams Selfridges, which has given over a whole window to the theme of I Am Not A Robot. All the window displays were revealed this morning, and you can see all of them over here, including Florence, Dizzee Rascal, Hot Chip and The Drums. They're live now and will be on display until the 14th June at Selfridges.
Speaking of IANAR, we've got some remixes you might like the sound of. How about:
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