IM // UR | Lemonade's Big Weekend

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WE // R \\ WEARING

Nearly fifty years on, Doc Martens are still alive and kicking serious ass. Previously popular with skinheads, punks, grungers and members of other youth subcultures, Doc Martens have been enjoying a massive renaissance of late (though they never *really* went away) in a plethora of styles, colours, finishes and high end design collaborations. On returning to London from Sao Paulo and NYC, the feeling of being home was intensified the moment I pulled my boots on. Stomping around London (or anywhere for that matter) just isn't the same without some hard ass DMs to roller in.

WE // R \\ WATCHING

Burn Notice is a USA Network series about a spy who got burned - which they remind you of in every scene. Although following the
basic style of American television, the series will catch all you dudes out there (sorry, girls won't like this) who like watching things explode in the most diverse ways. And like any good spy show, it teaches you how to make homemade bombs with boring things (a modern version of MacGyver). Plus Bruce Campbell is a lead character. And he's looking all Morrissey like.

WE // R \\ GOING

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WE // R \\ READING

So yes, we've been wayyyy slack in updating the We//R\\Stuffs, which is why I'm going to say now that we began and finished Oscar Wilde's A Picture of Dorian Gray well before we knew it was a film. This is a classic novel about art, vanity, beauty and the consequences of such. 'A Picture of Dorian Gray' is brilliant; exploring and exploiting the potentially corrosive characters of beauty and what beauty can do to a character. Navigating through the deeply dark and light sides of human nature, Wilde's novel is a wickedly good study of society, and echoes with a cackling delight (and despair) at humanity's foibles.

Lemonade's Big Weekend

Friday // July 10, 2009 at 13:18 // filed under Music

Lemonade

Birthed in San Francisco and now based in the hot bed that is Brooklyn (and as a result, they to me don't sound anything at all like what I might consider to be 'Brooklyn sounding') are Callan Clendenin, Alex Pasternak and Ben Steidel, collectively known as Lemonade.

Their upcoming single 'Big Weekend' was recorded and mixed by Chris Coady (TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, !!!, Blonde Redhead) - the name dropping leading me to wonder who of the Brooklyn scene would be the musical equivalent of the six degrees of Kevin Bacon.

Anyway, call me a total cheese whore, but I'm a sucker for a cowbell. I got drawn in with one at the intro of the single; then the disco bassline came in, the housey synths dropped and I was hooked. 'Big Weekend' is a track full of incredibly eclectic elements that perhaps could be interpreted as making up a big weekend; and musically might be a little confusing if it wasn't so infectious.

I'm eager to hear what else Lemonade have to offer on their debut album dropping in early August via Sunday Best. In the meantime here's L-Vis 1990 cut; this remix making the track more minimal, sober and a little more marching, cutting up the drums and adding plenty of distortion.

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Lemonade - Big Weekend (L-Vis 1990 Remix) [mp3]

POSTED BY CHRISTEL ESCOSA

TAGS: L-Vis 1990, Lemonade, Delorean // LINKS: Lemonade