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What’s big in our box // Miles Kane – Don’t Forget Who You Are
Le Blow’s Amy and I were lucky enough to recently be invited to a ve-ry intimate sesh with Wirral’s own Modfather, Miles Kane. I’ve made it sound a bit like a sordid threesome….
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Natalie Bulmer, we want your job! // Features Editor at my-wardrobe.com
Natalie Bulmer, Features Editor at my-wardrobe.com Launched in 2006 by founder Sarah Curran, my-wardrobe.com offers its global customer a beautifully simplified lifestyle shopping edit. From wardrobe staples to investment pieces and a pick…
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What’s big in our box // YADi – The Blow (PLUS interview)
Ready for a new sound this summer? Then up-and-coming songstress YADi is just what you’re looking for. British beats, hypnotic vocals and North African cultural influences combine in an evolution of art, style…
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Fashspiration of the week // Jungle is massive
Lions, tigers, top tunes and big hair. After exploring all the current evidence ladies, it looks like we have a micro trend on our hands. Welcome to the Jungle. The anthem? For those…
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How to buy wine in a supermarket
First off, make sure you enter the correct supermarket. If I were you, I’d roughly stick to this order. If you find yourself in Lidl, admit defeat and buy some cans of Red…
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Time to smarten up: Books as accessories // AKA the most stylish book club in town
It’s always been protocol to throw literary references round in fashion circles. This is mostly down to an overpriced education or the understandable desire to be perceived as ‘intellectually beyond handbags’. Naming children…
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Bit of all white // The enduring appeal of the white pointy shoe
Vogue Editor Alexandra Shulman’s a fan, and Phoebe Philo teams hers with tailoring and an oversized coat. Our love/hate affair with the white stiletto is well-trodden fashion Marmite. Photo: Camille Over the Rainbow…
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Sunshine soundtrack // 10 songs that scream 90s summertime
Oh, the 90s gave good summer song. Maybe it was the wave of head swaying, fringe-flopping-in-face, bouncy Britpop (we’re looking at YOU, Alex from Blur) or maybe it was the chav-tastic RnB choons…
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What’s big in our box // Miles Kane – Don’t Forget Who You Are
Le Blow’s Amy and I were lucky enough to recently be invited to a ve-ry intimate sesh with Wirral’s own Modfather, Miles Kane. I’ve made it sound a bit like a sordid threesome….
Time to get off Instagram? // How anonymity sells
In Saint Laurent suits and shiny helmets on the cover of this month’s i:D, Daft Punk sum it up. Mystery trumps reality. From the start, way back in the late 90s, no one…
Natalie Bulmer, we want your job! // Features Editor at my-wardrobe.com
Natalie Bulmer, Features Editor at my-wardrobe.com Launched in 2006 by founder Sarah Curran, my-wardrobe.com offers its global customer a beautifully simplified lifestyle shopping edit. From wardrobe staples to investment pieces and a pick…
What’s big in our box // YADi – The Blow (PLUS interview)
Ready for a new sound this summer? Then up-and-coming songstress YADi is just what you’re looking for. British beats, hypnotic vocals and North African cultural influences combine in an evolution of art, style…
Time to get off Instagram? // How anonymity sells
In Saint Laurent suits and shiny helmets on the cover of this month’s i:D, Daft Punk sum it up. Mystery trumps reality. From the start, way back in the late 90s, no one…
Blow Out (and about) // The Chris Bracey exhibition at Scream London – it’s a bit of all bright
What: Chris Bracey exhibition – I’ve Looked Up To Heaven And Been Down To Hell When: 12th April to 1st June 2013 Where: Scream Gallery, 27-28 Eastcastle Street, London W1W 8DH Getting there:…
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Blow Out (and about) // The Terry de Havilland pop-up shop AKA the Rock ‘n’ Roll Cobbler is BACK!
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Blow Out (and about) // African Beauty – a photographic exhibition by John Kenny
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Blow Out (and about) // Man Ray Portraits – strike a pose (c’mon, vogue)
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Blow Out (and about) // What the Butler Wore – Fred Butler’s Easter Bonnet Party
What’s big in our box // Clean Bandit – A&E
Well, to be honest, Clean Bandit ANYTHING is currently big in Le Blow’s box. Any group that boasts a cellist, 2 x violinists, a DJ who also plays the clarinet and some SERIOUS…
What’s big in our box // Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines ft. T.I., Pharrell
You already know we’re feeling Pharrell in a BIG way. (Oh, how we wish we WERE feeling Pharell in a big way!). And fresh fom his collaboration with hot bots Daft Punk, he’s…
What’s big in our box // Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams – Get Lucky
We’d forgotten how much we a) like Daft Punk and b) fancy Pharrell Williams. Remember his saucepot vocals on N.E.R.D.’s She Wants To Move? Yes. Yes, we DO want to move. On you….
What’s big in our box // Snoop Lion ft. Miley Cyrus (srsly) – Ashtrays and Heartbreaks
This track is full of so much WTF?-ness, it’s unreal. Snoop Dogg’s new track Ashtrays and Heartbreaks has well and truly got us scratching the exposed crevic of our arse-cheeks in wonderment: Snoop…
What’s big in our box // Gorgon City – Real ft. Yasmin
Now, this is a cheeky lil choon. If you like your house deep ‘n’ durrrrrty, in the Disclosure sorta stylee, you’re probably all over North London DJ/producer combo Gorgon City’s Real already. It’s…
What’s big in our box // Young Galaxy – New Summer
If you like the following, you’ll defo LOVE this track: Florence ‘and-the-Machine’ Welch’s mystical musings Kate Bush’s madcap banshee-like wailings in the 80s. Or Enya. A-Ha’s Cry Wolf (a-woooooooooo!) Mystic Meg as fashspiration…
What’s big in our box // Say Lou Lou – Julian
Oh look, it’s ABBA’s Frida and Agnetha! (It isn’t). Australian/Swedish twin sisters (some girls get ALL the hot) Say Lou Lou (formerly known as Saint Lou Lou, keep up) serve up this delicious…
What’s big in our box // Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Sacrilege (vid ft. Lily Cole)
As if slapping a gospel choir on to their thumping comeback Sacrilege wasn’t enough, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have abandoned all sense of subtlety like the word got cut from the dictionary by…
What’s big in our box // Ronika – Rough n Soothe
We knew we’d like Ronika when we found out her forthcoming EP was inspired by ‘Miami Sound Machine, the reggae influences of Sophia George and the golden years of Rn’B when Mariah Carey…
What’s big in our box // CHVRCHES – Recover
Ooh, it’s like Garbage for 2013! CHVRCHES (pronounced ‘churches’ – so fucking cool, right?) are a Scottish electro pop trio, made of of two beardy blokes and lovely little Lauren Mayberry, who we’re…
What’s big in our box // Feathers – Land of the Innocent
Right. I’m a bit pissed off, if I’m honest. Feathers have totally stolen my idea of a cool-looking synthpop girl band. I mean, Jem and the Holograms can’t count cos they were a…
What’s big in our box // Foxes – The Unknown
Oh, Foxes, you big tease, you! Release your debut album already! Foxes AKA London songstress Louisa Rose Allen gives us a taster of what’s to come (sort of) with this ‘non-video’ video of…
What’s big in our box // Mutya Keisha Siobhan – Lay Down in Swimming Pools
Remember w-a-y back last summer when we told you the Sugababes were getting back together? Well, since then, we’ve been more excited about seeing the likes of Five and B*Witched reunite on telly,…
What’s big in our box // HAIM – Falling
Oooh yes. We like this. We like this A LOT. You already know we’re massive HAIM fan girls (they’ve been on our radar since June last year), and we’ve totally fallen (hur hur)…
What’s big in our box // Misty Miller – Happy Together (AKA the Burberry LFW song)
Logging on and watching the live stream of the Burberry catwalk show from London Fashion Week has become a bit of a tradition here at Le Blow HQ because a) our invite seems…
What’s big in our box // Kisses – The Hardest Part
Look. I’m not very well. Had my appendix removed last week, and resemble something from the Saw horror film franchise. Anyhoo, not being able to move far from the sofa has meant I’ve…
What’s big in our box // Disclosure x AlunaGeorge – White Noise
They may never have been out to a club they weren’t playing until last year, but that hasn’t stopped Disclosure churning out tunes like they’re readying up a Greatest Hits. In reality, we’ll…
What’s big in our box // Charli XCX – You (Ha Ha Ha)
We never thought we’d see EMO electronic genius Gold Panda put out a pop song, but thanks to some nifty sampling by Brit singer/songwriter Charli XCX, he sorta has. The Hertfordshire-born 20-year-old throws…
What’s big in our box // Tegan and Sara – I Was A Fool
Twins are, like, TOTALLY HOT RIGHT NOW. From Marc Jacobs’ checkerboard twins on his SS13 catwalk through to having your very own style sista AKA Australian twins Jess and Stef Dadon of How…
What’s big in our box // Katy B x Geeneus x Jessie Ware – Aaliyah
This is rather excellent. It’s a tribute choon to the late and great R&B songstress Aaliyah. Brit singers Katy B and Jessie Ware appear to feel a tad threatened by her now legendary…
What’s big in our box // Solange Knowles – Losing You
Even though Beyoncé is BACK and looking like one hot mama, we at Le Blow have got a whole lotta love for her younger, cooler skin-and-blister, Solange Knowles. When siblings of already famous artists…
What’s big in our box // Azealia Banks Vs Angel Haze
Aahhh, there’s nothing to start off the new year quite like a juicy cut of Twitter beef is there? The time honoured tradition as deeply stemmed in hip-hop as booty hoe videos and…
What’s big in our box // Duke Dumont ft. A*M*E* – Need U (100%)
Ugh. And I mean that in a good way. As in: ‘Ugh, this track is sooooo freakin’ good’. I can’t help but hit the repeat button on this one. London-based producer Adam Dyment…
What’s big in our box // This is what 2012 sounded like: DJ Earworm Mashup – United State of Pop 2012 (Shine Brighter)
As the year chugs to a close, you may well ask yourself, if the most popualr music of 2012 could be mashed up into one chunky choon, what in blue blazes would it…
What’s big in our box // Charli XCX ft. Brooke Candy – Cloud Aura
We love a little pint-sized popstar. Like those ones you look at and think ‘yeah, I could fit her in a tube of Smarties and carry her around in my pocket all day,’…
What’s big in our box // Chrisette Michele ft 2 Chainz – Charades
Okaaaaay, *wedding DJ voice* ‘aaaaaannnnnd one for all the lovers out there, pull them in close and grind like you’re working for tips’ (many MANY reasons why my wedding DJ career never took…
Hippity hot-to-trot // We L’ove 80s Miami bass duo L’Trimm
These girls are SOOooo frickin’ adorable: They are Lady Tigra and Bunny D and they met when they were dancers in their early teens (in da 80s) and took female emcee-ing by storm….
What’s big in our box // Everything Everything – Kemosabe
We wuv Everything Everything here at Le Blow. No really. It has absolutely NOTHING (nothing) to do with us fancying bassist Jeremy Pritchard really rather a lot. Nor the testosterone-fuelled, angry drum-banging, grrrrr-inducing,…
What’s big in our box // Benzel and Jessie Ware – If You Love Me
Currently the greatest thing to happen to smooth grooves since Sade, Jessie Ware may have lost out on the Mercury but the Brixton babe remains at the top of our playlist, and this collab…
MC Luscious – BOOM! I Got Your Boyfriend // Yeah, you can have him, love…
Someone pointed out to me recently that the 90s weren’t ten years ago anymore. Where has the time gone? I’ll tell you. It’s been wasted worrying about Pussycat Doll Don’t Cha Wish Your…
What’s big in our box // Haim – Don’t Save Me
Haim. Not to be confused with 80s heart throb (for that is what hot boys used to be called by the likes of Smash Hits back then) and Lost Boys actor, Corey Haim…
Is this the greatest thing on the internet? // MJ and Eddie Murphy want to know Whatzupwitu?
Now forgive me if I’m 20 years late to the party and you’ve all been dining out on this YouTube clip for years, but – is this video of Michael Jackson and Eddie…
What’s big in our box // Dev Hynes – Neptune (Lemonade cover)
Spooky time of year this, eh? Bitter cold nights and all this talk of Halloween, it’s enough to make a girl cling to her boyfriend pillow for dear life. Failing either of those,…
What’s big in our box // Coves – Wicked Game (Chris Isaak cover)
This is the sort of hip cover we’d like to think we’d do if we ever performed on, say, X Factor or something. And everyone would think we were cooler than a snowman’s…
What’s big in our box // Girls Aloud – Something New (go girls, g-g-go go go!)
Yeah, we’ll admit. WE LIKE THE NEW GIRLS ALOUD SONG. Maybe we’ve just got swept up in the whole reunion hooplah or maybe it’s the shouty feministy lyrcis – ‘go girls, g-g-go go…
10 Reasons Why… you *should* get drunk // As if we needed any excuses
Online presenter Emily Hartridge AKA ‘internet sensation’ AKA as fancied by Russell Brand (and admitedly we have a birrova girl crush on her) AKA guest blogger (or should that be, ‘vlogger’) for Le…
10 Reasons Why… women cheat // Well, according to Emily Hartridge, anyway
Russell Brand fancies her, the Daily Mail wuv her – hellz; she was even featured as ‘going up’ in Grazia t’other week. Yup, online presenter Emily Hartridge is fast becoming an ‘internet sensation’…
Step to the beat // London Fashion Week SS13: sounds from the catwalk
The clothes might be fleeting but the tunes are forever. That was the musical message from London Fashion Week’s SS13 shows. From Disco to trash-pop, electro to er… Kate Nash with Cruella de…
Step to the beat // Top 10 music videos where they walk down the street
Oftentimes when I’m plugged into a good song, headphones on, walking down the street I may or may not pretend I’m in a music video. Oh, alright. I ALWAYS pretend I’m in a…
Last of the Summer Rhymes // The Le Blow hip hop summer playlist
The British Summer has been working part time, hasn’t it? Just when we think it’s finally starting to sort it’s life out for the home stretch, it throws out another day where we…
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The Manifesto // What do men really think about Valentine’s Day?
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The Manifesto // Why do men always have to drive?
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The Manifesto // The London Olympics 2012: discus. Er, we, mean, DISCUSS.
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The Manifesto // What do men really want in a woman?
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The Manifesto // Why do men cheat and/or have affairs (the bastards)?
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The Manifesto // Why do men always fart / put their hand down their tackle when watching telly / sit with their legs akimbo etc?
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The Manifesto // Ladies love shopping and men do not. Pourquoi?
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The Manifesto // Girls and their lady gardens: a flourishing bush or pruned clean away?
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The Manifesto // You like a girl and it’s going well. Where does it all go wrong?
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The Manifesto // Girls and their oddball shoe choices. Discuss?
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The Manifesto // Legs Vs boobs: what does it for you?
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How to… tell when he’s just not that into you
