Dec 11, 2018
Mary Wander - Messy - DIY Sessions
I'm finding love in the corner of a dusty room
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Mary Wander - Messy - DIY Sessions
I'm finding love in the corner of a dusty room
Metric - Synthetica (DIY Session)
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Video: The Magnetic Fields - "Andrew In Drag" (DIY live session)
Leave it to frontman Stephin Merritt to take one of The Magnetic Fields' most jovial and humorous songs in their entire discography and turn it into a slow and depressing tearjerker when left to his own devices. In this video for the DIY Sessions, Merrit (sans his bandmates) offers up a mournful, ukelele-led interpretation of the lead single from the Fields' latest LP Love At The Bottom Of The Sea, virtually sapping it of all its vivacious vigor but turning it into a very nice little cry-along ballad. With his distinctive bass voice carrying over the ukelele strums, Merritt sounds so sad that you might not even notice when he starts comparing his "tail" to that of "a little weiner dog" in the second verse.
For comparison's sake, here's the music video for the full band version of "Andrew In Drag," which appropriately features a bunch of drag queens.
The Shutes - Echo Of Love
With the Isle of Wight boys' new EP, 'Echo of Love' released today (2nd April), here's their performance of the title track as part of their First On session for us, filmed at the end of March.
View the whole session on DIY.
Blood Red Shoes - Slip Into The Blue
Blood Red Shoes release their third album, the really-quite-good 'In Time To Voices' today. The other week we caught up with the pair in an east London cafe, where they played us a couple of stripped-down tracks from the record.
To see 'Lost Kids' too, head to DIY.
Loney Dear (DIY Session)
When Loney Dear performed at Bush Hall in London last month, we were there to film a version of 'Loney Blues', taken from 2011's 'Hall Music' just as Emil and band had finished their sound check. Watch the full session here.
Colours ...in no colour.
Kevin Devine - Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying
Yep, it's Kevin's take on the Belle and Sebastian song during his DIY Session that we filmed prior to the competition winners' only gig in east London on Wednesday night. He also played his own 'Sleepwalking Through My Life', which you can see over on DIY.