TAG: Marina and the Diamonds
As Marina and The Diamonds—real name Marina Diamandis— unknowingly played my unofficial “Welcome To New York” party last week at Webster Hall (check out my review here), it only felt right to be heading over to the Atlantic Records HQ to meet the Welsh/Greek singer. I head up to the office and am told to follow an employee. I then awkwardly stand by a door, waiting for Marina. Her publicist tells me that the interview will be conducted in a cab, something that’s more than fitting for Marina’s fast pace. She always seems to be putting out another video, playing another gig, or, in today’s case, having another photo shoot. As Marina walks out of Atlantic’s artist lounge and …
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Two nights ago, I was able to head over to Webster Hall for the first time to catch a set from one of the bigger buzz artists of the moment, Marina & The Diamonds. As I have only been a New Yorker for the past six days, the show had a ceremony-feel to it— almost as if Marina, who is in no way of New York descent, was inducting me into the concrete jungle with the night’s moving performance.
Marina graced the stage for the first time that evening with the pace of a star, dressed in a long, tight black velvet dress that was whimsically accessorized with a black cape and peace sign glasses. The hip (but talented), young band broke into “The Outsider”, and Marina began to cover all corners …
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I hit the wall yesterday. This whole SXSW thing can run you down.
The group’s first gig was a DJ set with Kingdom and L-Vis 1990 back at Silhouette. A small crowd got in to the mid day acid house set the masses filed in for the day.
I landed in the Levi’s Fader Fort to meet Keys N Krates and catch The Very Best. The set was excellent, and then I fell in love with Marina and the Diamonds. Well, more so Marina than the Diamonds….
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Calling all fans of dance-pop: Yes Giantess will be your new favorite band. The quartet from Boston is on Neon Gold, which happens to be the same label as that other group from nearby Cambridge, Passion Pit. Hot on the heels of their current tour dates with with La Roux, the band has prepped their first single, “The Ruins.” Our exclusive world premiere video is directed by Ben McIntire and Danny Abel and filmed primarily in Bushwick. The choreographed femme fatale robots chase down the guys, but one listen and it’s guaranteed that the cheeky pop song and its swelling beat will save the day.
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