LIGHTS at Dynamo Eindhoven

I saw LIGHTS back in September(wow can't believe so long ago already, feels more like two months ago). She performed at Dynamo Eindhoven. And damn, all the way to Eindhoven is a long train journey, but ofcourse totally worth it!

As soon as I found out LIGHTS was gonna perform in The Netherlands I counted down the days til tickets went on sale. I had been waiting so long for her to come here! I started listening to her music a couple of years ago, when her debut album had just been released. I've played that album, The Listening, over and over again. Then her second album came out and it was even better!

The concert was really good. And I was standing almost front row, so I could get some really great shots. This was kind of the first time for me doing concert photography and oh my god I love doing it so much! I think my photos turned out really good(thanks to my zoom lens, love you forever Nikon). I just kinda kept adjusting the ISO and shutter speed to the lighting.

Here some of my favourite photos. You can view all my photos, in full size, on my flickr.

KILL IT WITH L♡VE

The first time I heard Smith & Thell was a couple of months ago and I immediately thought "THIS is what electropop should sound like!"

Smith & Thell is a Swedish electropop duo signed under the label Uniformbeat. They released their debut single "Kill It With Love" a couple of days ago on iTunes and it immediately topped the electronic chart in Sweden. Today they released the video for the song.



Check out some of their other songs on soundcloud:

♡ P R I M A D O N N A ♡

PRIMADONNA GIRL
ALL I EVER WANTED WAS THE WORLD
I CAN'T HELP THAT I NEED IT ALL
THE PRIMADONNA LIFE THE RISE AND FALL
YOU SAY THAT I'M KINDA DIFFICULT
BUT IT'S ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULT
GOT YOU WRAPPED AROUND MY FINGER BABE
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME TO MISBEHAVE

"One Sail" Meg & Dia cover

I recorded this back in December, but didn't upload it and then completely forgot about it. I actually like how this cover turned out. I think my singing is pretty okay.

"Going Away" Meg & Dia cover

Songs on souncloud

For those who didn't know yet, I have a soundcloud account on which I post my own songs and covers.

"Hollywood" Marina and the Diamonds cover

I recently uploaded another cover, this time "Hollywood" by Marina and the Diamonds. This is one of my favourite songs to play.





Please don't forget to check out my youtube channel: XiaoYueSimone. Here you can find more covers of Marina and the Diamonds, Sky Ferreira and Meg & Dia. And I will keep uploading new ones.

Me covering Sky Ferreira's "One"

Sky Ferreira at Hilfiger Denim Live Amsterdam

Sky Ferreira is part of the Hilfiger Denim "Kids Of America" campaign. Once again Hilfiger Denim live was held in Amsterdam, so she was one the artists performing. As a fan, I couldn't let the chance to actually see her perform slip. So on Thursday me and my friend took the train to Amsterdam. With a huge delay(damn you NS) we finally arrived at Paradiso Amsterdam around 10.30. Still on time to see Sky, for she would be performing at 1.15.

She started with Traces from her upcoming EP "As If!". After that 17, then another song from the EP called "108"(see video below). Then she decided to sing acapella because there wasn't a track and she didn't have a keyboard. She covered Christina Aquilera's "You Lost Me". She ended her performance with One. I have to say, I was amazed by her vocals, her voice is really good. You have to hear her live because her amazing voice just can't be recorded.



Sky singing her new song "108"

We were even able to take a picture with her.

Thuy and I were also photographed by Get Your Plane Right On Time.com

And you could get your picture taken in style of the Hilfiger Denim campaign.

Thanks to Sky I've had one of the best nights of my life. I really hope she'll be able to come back to The Netherlands one day.

Her debut EP "As If!" will be available in the US on iTunes March 22!