the magnificent miss murphy

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I went to see Róisín Murphy last night (review in Grau tomorrow). She was WONDERFUL and her hats were FABULOUS. I know she's a long-time poptimist favourite but I don't think we've actually talked about her much, so shall we? Her album is one of the best of the year - my favourite is 'Tell Everybody', omg that was so good last night, she did it as the encore. And there are so many parallels with Gwen Stefani: platinum blonde MILF ex-frontwomen of 'alternative' acts who hit big late in their career, now embracing pop and offbeat couture for their solo careers.

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[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

I love Roisin and raved about her on ILM (and I think here at times). Last tour was one of the best shows I've seen, missed her on this one (although she injured herself and only played like three songs, so I didn't miss much).

I still like Ruby Blue better, though - Overpowered is great but somehow I just haven't been able to get into anything else yet.