Actually, My Name's Marina...

I unwittingly jumped the gun a bit when I posted the video for Marina & The Diamonds' 'Hollywood (Infected Your Brain)' after some brat had leaked it.

Thankfully, Marina has officially unveiled it now, so you can feast your eyes on it here without worrying about being chased down by the feds:



The song is up to Marina's usual obscenely high standards and she's looking damn foxy in the video.

Plus, it's probably more likely to grace MTV and the likes than the 'arty' videos for 'Mowgli's Road' and 'I Am Not A Robot'. Well played.

Knives And Forks

Pitchfork last year proclaimed New York band Boy Crisis to be "the absolute worst band in the world right now." Despite this, I very much enjoyed their single 'Dressed to Digress' earlier this year.

Same goes for new track 'The Fountain of Youth'. It's a bit more of a laid-back affair than its frantic predecessor and reminds me a bit of Empire of the Sun or a poppier MGMT. It's flanked by a suitably wacky video:



Up yours, Pitchfork.

Family Affairs

Apologies for being something of a Marinaphile but I just stumbled across the cover art and track-listing for 'The Family Jewels'.

It's a shame that 'Jealousy' didn't make the cut but there's a couple of new tracks on there like 'Rootless' and opener 'Are You Satisfied?' that I'm eager to hear.

Tracklist:

01. Are You Satisfied?
02. Shampain
03. I Am Not A Robot
04. Girls
05. Mowgli's Road
06. Obsessions
07. Hollywood (Infected Your Brain)
08. The Outsider
09. Hermit The Frog
10. Rootless
11. Numb
12. Guilty

The album is due out next February. The countdown starts here.