Uffie in concert and some Valentine treats

Hello everyone, I hope you had a great week. I have a BIG haunting exam next weekend, and it has been on my mind for quite some time now. Therefore, I had great hope about last Friday because Uffie was finally coming to Stockholm again... and since I haven't seen her live yet, I thought this would be a great excuse to leave my books behind and have a few (make that a lot) of beers and just have a great time.

Feadz was djing but it was some guy from odd at large who really stole the show. He did a great job behind the turntables and if Uffie would have started her show right after this the concert would have been a whole lot better. Unfortunately, Feadz did some halfassed performance and the atmosphere was a bit dulled out when the concert finally started.

I take it that Uffie is 50 % irony, 25 % postmodernism and 25 % wholelottafun. I mean, a small, seemingly fragile 19-year old standing in a blue half opened tracksuit shouting "Stockholm! Are you ready to go gangsta?" right when the beat to "pop the glock" starts is kind of my idea of irony. I'm sure that the Miami born, Hong-Kong raised Uffie has got tons of attitude but I am also sure that she has got a great deal of humour and she really gets away with it.

It's probably something like four songs that has emerged from her myspace so she was bound to perform some of the songs from her hopefully soon due album (which she also did) to make the concert last over 15 minutes. But overall, I was a bit disappointed. It seems like the music will evolve from her "old" songs (which I really like) which are more electro-pop into something that seems to be a blend of grime, baltimore and a hint of something resembling melodies. I think she should stick to the original kind of music and keep her distance to somewhat similar artist like Lady Sovereign, M.I.A, Spank Rock and maybe even Peaches.

Uffie did what was expected of her, she did her thing, charmed the audience with her shallow innocence while trying to convince everyone that she really was ready to fuck. Unfortunately, the bouncer were a bit anal about cameras so I never had the chance to take any photos but I'm sure there are tons of videos on youtube for you who are more curious of her live performances. For the rest of you, here is an early rough version of pop the glock.
Uffie - Pop the Glock (Early Version)

And as promised, here are some small Valentine treats for every flavour. First, here is an old classic for our happy readers in love:
Lesley Gore - Sunshine Lollipops And Rainbows

And here is one for our heart-broken readers:
Timo Raisanen - Didn't We Almost Have It All (Whitney Houston cover)

And here is one for all of you who are just tired of it all:
The Pipettes - Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me

- Eric