Realist

Recently I've been listening to a lot of Mac Miller and he's really growing on me.  This song is called "The Weekend" something we can all relate to. It also feels like a very summery song and the video is very aesthetically pleasing.

Some of you might already be familiar with Syd. Syd originally started off with Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. To be entirely honest I was really shocked by Syd's voice when I first heard it, after watching her perform a dj set for OFWKTA in Dublin back in 2011, it was so intense and her voice and the music she produces is so drastically different to Odd Future. Syd then went on to The Internet, who released their first album in 2011 called Purple Naked Ladies, including the song 'Cocaine' which I grew to love very quickly. The Internet unquestionably has a number of really incredible musicians. After doing some collaborations with the likes of Snakeships and Kaytranda, Syd has finally gone solo and released her first album earlier this year. She's someone I expect will continue to grow and bring out some really great music in the future. Here is All About Me,

An artist using a very interesting and delicious palette. Carnes Griffiths is a New York based artist who uses liquids such as tea, coffee, vodka and brandy accompanied with inks to great these wonderful pieces.  Here are some pieces I found particularly interesting. 

This year my January started off with an excessive amount of college assignments, so I spent a considerable amount of time sitting at my laptop playing my discovery while struggling to get ideas together.  Gladly all of the assignments are over for the moment and my music taste broadened considerably.  This month I listened predominantly to slow, electric, soul-inspired music with musicians such as Anderson Paak, Connie Constance and a few more.

This video has been all over my feeds since its release. I eventually got time and watched it today. This piece is raw, abrupt, makes no excuses, addresses tough issues in an eloquent manner.  Emmet Kirwan has unquestionably an exceptional talent. I'm particularly drawn to his work due to his exceptional use of colloquial language. Colloquial language or Dublin slurs have always been something that appeals to me and I have personally embraced with full force. Emmet seems to place similar values on this unique language. The colloquial is welcomely embraced by beautiful poetry combining politics, everyday and women all in one.  Various harsh and tough issues are challenged, from pregnancy, class, judgements. These beautiful words cannot help but provoke various emotions, extremely intense ones at that and in doing so causes any viewer, regardless of their position or views, to reconsider their own views, values and perhaps even their own judgements.  ...

I'm possibly a little late with this one. London Grammar finally returned to the scene, I have personally been longing to hear more.  They have returned with the song 'Rooting For You' which is extremely raw and shows Hannah Reid's exquisite voice in all its' bare beauty. 

São Paulo-based painter Harumi-Hironaka has some fantastic work. I stumbled across her work when trying to find an artist for a painting I had saved for a very long time on my phone.  Harumi has some really dark, erotic and interesting work. The majority of her work I've seen is portraits of women but as you can see they are all gorgeous.  You can find her on Instagram @harumi_hironaka or her website  where you can buy prints.