b&n magazine is a free and independent zine originally from Germany, now based in Manchester, UK. We're trying to keep it monothematic, which mostly doesn't work out. The articles are either in German or English (or both sometimes) and deal with everything vague related to popular culture, music, politics and feminism.
Florrie - Give me love
This b&n magazine tumblr seems to turn into a continuous stream of me going crazy about female artists… well, why not - I’m actually more than happy with that. Pop is awesome. Girls are awesome. Girls who make pop music are double awesome!
The very young artist Florrie from Bristol sounds quite a bit like Danish disco queen Annie (what is she up to anyway?), playing brilliant and fantastically catchy dance pop. Even better, she’s moved on from playing the drums in her band Xenomania to writing and producing her own songs, labelling herself as “drummer, singer, songwriter and guitarist”.
As if to prove that this is not just a story, a glossy video of her playing the drums in a jam session is posted right on the front page of her website, screaming “YES. LOOK AT HER. SHE’S A GIRL. SHE PLAYS THE DRUMS!!! HOW UNUSUAL!” at the visitor. Yes, yes, I believe it - and I love how she makes funny faces when drumming. Being the daugther of a semi-professional drummer, I know how the drums are both incredibly tempting and incredibly hard to play. How great would it be to see some more girls in bands behind the drums? Or, more girls in bands, really.
All of Florrie’s songs, including remixes, are currently available for free on her website as she’s not signed to a label yet, so clicketyclick and download, remix and share the love. AAAND, she’s going to play Manchester soon: 16th September at the “Kraak Gallery” - get your sweet bums over there!
Oh. I suppose I should mention: that girl is very pretty. Model-pretty. There are a lot of sexist comments under her youtube videos along the lines of either “THIS IS SO SEXY” or “thats actually quite good stuff”. Well yeah, she’s been playing the drums for 14 years. You prick.
