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With the run of Summer festivals well underway, this weekend plays host to one of the most iconic music festivals of all time. The decades old Isle of Wight festival kicks off today, and this year's line up is made up of some of our our favourite artists.
If you're disappointed to be missing out on IOW festival this year, with it's line up reading like a who's who of the music industry of the past 30 years. Then take a listen to our favourite three artists who will be rocking the crowd down on the Isle of Wight this weekend.
Did you catch Kate Moss' feature in the latest Massive Attack tune?
Set in a pitch black room, Moss gyrates around in that cool casual way only she can. With the only source of light being the naked light bulb she swings around herself, causing a trace-like and intimate atmosphere. Complementing the very nature of the song itself.
We're getting those weekend vibes here at NAVY HQ, and who better to get us in that Friday spirit? Always looking like a blonde bombshell, Debbie and co delivered so many top tunes that are bound to get you grooving along.
Here at NAVY, picked out the best hits for today's playlist to ease us into Friday and get us ready for the weekend. So enjoy a bit of Blondie to brighten up your day too...
It's time for the weekend and we're welcoming it in with Siouxsie. Our first lady of punk, the toughest babe with the biggest altitude of the 80s. Kick off your weekend with a pinch of punk Siouxsie and the Banshees style.
See you on the otherside.
If you were one those lucky few that got to witness PJ Harvey recording her newest music as part of a week long residency at Somerset House last year, then you'll no doubt be happy to hear a preview of the album has just been released. If you didn't manage to make it to her voyeuristic Recording in Progress live exhibit, you can finally can get an opportunity to listen to the fruits of PJ Harvey's artistic endeavour.
The Community of Hope and The Wheel are the first samples from her much hyped new album, The Hope Six Demolition Project. Not many artists can whip up such anticipation in quite the same way that a double Mercury award winning artist can.
Check out the album trailer for a taster of what's to come when the full album is released in April. It'll take you straight back to those raw vocals and gruff guitar performances we've come to know and love from this leading lady.
At 9pm on Thursday evening, David Bowie unveiled a brand new track, as a teaser for his upcoming album (titled as the symbol ★) to be released around the singers birthday in 2016. Blackstar, with its 10 minute long music video accompanied the release and is a cinematic odyssey, intensely creepy, surreal and depicting a futuristic nightmarish scene.
As avant-garde as you would want from the one and only. We just know that we're going to be spending our weekend re-watching it over and over in an attempt to make sense of the convulsing lace dressed women, withering scarecrows, eerie eyes and melancholic day of reckoning.
With a prominent a jazz influence to this title track, it certainly is a taster of something new from the king of transformation and reinvention. Take 10 minutes out of your day to immerse yourself in Bowie's new release below.
It's time to set the scene for Halloween. Digging out those top hits and lesser know tunes from our favourite bands over the years, we've to put together our kinds Halloween playlist.
Consider this your alternative Halloween playlist to see you through the weekend.
All about dreamy bohemian dressing mixed with a quintessentially rock & roll attitude. Available from Zalando & Topshop, Oxford Circus.
NAVY London was created in 2006 by stylist Greg Lang.
