Yum Yum are London-based directors / designers Beth Algieri and Jonny Plummer. They are currently in the process of making vinyl toys of their characters, which I think are really fun! Also make sure to take a look at the little animation the team has made (see below). Check out the Yum Yum website / flickr / twitter for more.
Today I happened across this little stop frame animation film featuring Alison Sudol of A Fine Frenzy and written and directed by Angela Kohler and Ithyle Griffiths. I love stop frame and just thought I'd share this video with you...
It just so happens I was planning to do a post about some beautiful headbands from ban.do, modelled by Alison Sudol. Small world!
I love the dark green of the background which makes her hair colour really pop. And how pretty are those headbands? They seem like things you might find in an old trunk in a forgotten corner of your Grandma's attic.... (if life was exciting like that.)
Jack Penate – iTunes Festival 2009, The Roundhouse
Gig Experience: 3.7.09 Roundhouse, Camden. iTunes Festival Album review: Everything is New
Jack’s back in London after a busy start to the year which has seen him release Everything Is New, the follow up to his 2007 debut album Matinee. There’s no sign of “difficult second album” blues here, with pretty much every song worthy of being released as catchy, infectious and heartfelt stand-alone Singles. In the run up to the release of the album we had Let’s all Die, Tonight’s Today, Be the One and others enticing us in to Planet Penate. Now, with the album’s arrival we’re treated to brilliant songs such as Everything is New, Give Yourself Away and Pull My Heart Away. The album is worth every penny with not a filler track in sight. Development is the word of the day here, with Jack Penate proving the catchy rhythms of Matinee weren’t just a lucky fluke. His song writing has developed with numbers such as Pull My Heart Away and Body Down being bluesy in a perfectly Penate way.
And so to the live show, part of this year’s iTunes Festival where fans apply for tickets via Facebook/iTunes and are awarded them for free. Taking place at Camden’s Roundhouse on a warm and hazy sunny evening, Jack was supported at the gig by the Golden Silvers (last seen by Shoegazer supporting Florence & the Machine in Brighton). Their song True No.9 Blues (True Romance) is catchy and well worth checking out.
Prior to taking the stage, our man Jack could be spied relaxing on the roof terrace in the evening sun as excited fans mingled with those who had applied out of curiosity, and those who had simply applied for a great night out for the price of a tube ticket.
As Jack took to the stage, the crowd greeted him with rapturous applause as he confessed at how he hadn’t played his hometown of London for a while but that it was good to be back. Bursting through a set which included old favourites such as Torn on the Platform, Spit at Stars and Run for your Life, Jack was joined on stage by Kid Harpoon half way through the set to perform Give Yourself Away (“AYA YA-YA YA YA YA YA YAAAAA YAAAAAAA,” sorry, couldn’t contain it.) It says something for the quality of the new material that it by far outshone the old favourites, couple this with the infectious energy of his odd-ball dance moves and you're left with a really great gig supporting a fantastic album.
(Images: ClaireB of Shoegazer)
Check out video footage of Jack Penate with special guest Kid Harpoon performing Give Yourself Away, thanks to ShoegazerVideo:
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