cx5ol NATALIA Kills looks fierce. Her cheeks are loaded with blusher, her hair’s pulled back into a top knot and her lips are slicked with bright orange. She has just flown in from Mexico where she’s been opening for Katy Perry. She is is describing the sound of her debut album Perfectionist to me. “It’s like revenge pop, or kill your ex-boyfriend pop,” she tells me, dark eyes flashing under a wide dark slick of eyeliner.
IT’s dark, smoky and the fire alarm is ringing in my ears… a voice rings out through the haze, “This is an electronic act, and it’s hard to perform without power”. Karin Park is on a cramped stage at The Scotch, London – all 6 foot three of her. Unfazed by the blackout, the seasoned singer sets the crowd the task of humming a harmony while her brother David on drums intones a rhythmic beat, and she goes on with the show. She is a formidable figure dressed in a rib cage-effect jacket topped with fur shoulders like armour.
In 2012 he released his debut single Helicopters and Planes, this year Josh Kumra prepares to launch his debut album, starting with new single Waiting For You.
NICOLA Roberts is full of surprises. She has emerged from Girls Aloud as the cool, quirky one; finding favour with the fashion set and quietly building up her own sense of inimitable style. She’s side-stepped the pop world to work with Metronomy and Diplo on her debut solo album Cinderella’s Eyes and speaking to her on the phone, she is down to earth, open and chatty.
TORI Amos is back with a beautiful new album, Night of Hunters set for release in September.
WITH a gin and tonic in hand, looking out over the capital’s horizon at new pop-up bar Sky Lounge, it’s a rare treasure to find a night out in London with a stunning view like this
IF stark Scandinavian drama is your thing (and it’s definitely ours) then head to The Nordicana Show this weekend to immerse yourself in the
PW has released the video for Not Thinking About You – the third instalment to be taken from his forthcoming mixtape NKOTB. Now, NKOTB sounds like a 90s boyband to us here at Pillow Mag but here he’s referring to himself as the New Kid On The Block. Y’see?
CONGRATULATIONS to Polly Jean Harvey for winning the 2011 Mercury Music Prize.
WITH vintage inspired, cabaret style pieces that look straight from the windows of a Parisian boutique, you’d be forgiven for thinking lingerie brand Tallulah Love was the lovechild of La Perla and Victoria’s Secret. But in a bustling corner of Newcastle Upon Tyne, it’s an effervescent Brit designer that’s putting the romance back into women’s underwear.