St. Lucia Bring Some Tropical Flavor To The Sonos Studio With “Closer Than This”: Watch

St. Lucia Conquer The Sonos Studio

St. Lucia premiered their much-anticipated debut album When The Night with an exclusive showcase at the Sonos Studio in Los Angeles last week. The high-energy set was preceded by a Q&A session with frontman Jean-Philip Grobler, which set the evening’s relaxed, vaguely exotic tone.

The band then wowed with superb renditions of new tracks and old favorites alike. Highlights included tropical-pop stormer “September”, moody buzz track “Too Close” and effervescent single “Elevate”. Another treat was “Closer Than This”, which has been on high rotation at Idolator HQ since featuring on St. Lucia’s first EP. Watch their brilliant performance up top.

How excited are you for the release of When The Night? Let us know in the comments below.

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For cuddling up and watching movies this fall, here's a cozy throw blanket from the Portland-based shop Adler & Co (which has lots of great things).

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Oooh, yes, middle parts, fishtails and tiny braids. That's my hair plan for the fall:) What's yours? Anyone getting a brave haircut or doing anything drastic?

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Black Lingerie: Sexy and Mysterious

Black is one of the most popular lingerie colors. It is sometimes referred to as the "Ultimate Dark". Black lingerie was not always so popular. Until somewhere around the 1920's, lingerie was primarily white. Around that time it made a slight shift to other colors such as light pastels. These lighter colors were immediately embraced by women everywhere and eventually led the way to the plethora of colors we now enjoy.
The color black has long been associated with the night. Black is the absence of color. In clothing, black is visually slimming. Black, as well as other darker colors, can make a space appear to shrink in size and even a brightly lit room can look very dark when there is an abundance of black. An example of a common type of black lingerie is leather lingerie.
The form and vision of the female silhouette has been an alluring presence throughout the ages and is still used in many ways today to entice and arouse. The silhouette is enticing in the way that lingerie is enticing. The silhouette is pleasantly appealing like fine lingerie, showing enough to please your mind, but not too much, thus leaving room for your imagination to fill in the blanks with your own unique and erotic thoughts.
Sometimes defined as the negation of color, black can be conservative as well as radical. It goes well with almost any color except the very dark. It can also have conflicting connotations. It can be serious and conventional as well as mysterious, sexy, and sophisticated.
When in the presence of black, other colors can appear brighter. In most Western countries black is the color of death and mourning. In most Eastern Countries white is the color of death and mourning. Among the young, black is regularly viewed as a color of rebellion. Black can be both positive and negative. In early Westerns the good guy wore white while the bad guy wore black. But later on good guys wore black to lend an air of mystery to themselves.
Be careful using black with very dark colors. It can work, but if the colors are too dark, they tend to blend together. Black works well with bright colors and jewel-toned shades of red, blue, and green. Black is the most intense dark color and makes lighter colors such as yellow really come out at you. Photographs often look brighter against a black background.
These words are synonymous with black or represent various shades of the color black: Midnight, jet, charcoal, onyx, ink, obsidian, ebony, sable, coal, soot, raven, and lampblack.
On one side, black can represent style, formality, power, elegance, sophistication, wealth, mystery, and modernity.
On the other side, black can represent fear, death, evil, anonymity, mourning, sadness, remorse, unhappiness and anger.

All The Secrets Of Black And White Photography

Ever since the onset of color in photographs, black and white photography has become less and less popular, however in recent months there has been an increase in the number of photographers turning to black and white photography. Why is this happening now? Well many people believe that photographers are going back to more conventional techniques to perhaps bring out a new look and feel instead of churning out all the too often normal colored photos.
It's important to note that black and white photography was the beginning of photography and holds a special place in many photographers' hearts. This is one of the reasons why it has become a bit of a trendy thing to do nowadays. Basically beginner photographers are starting to take up black and white photography more often than normal photography. Why? Mainly because they are still able to use the most advanced, up to date cameras while creating amazing black and white photos.
What's So Great About Black and white photography?
Perhaps this is a question that can't be answered, however it's more important to realize the unique differences between black and white compared to color. First of all black and white photos are able to portray a lot of different feelings. These feeling are aimed more at the dark side of human nature including, pain, depression a sense of loss and hopelessness and also an ability to create an aged photo.
Color photography however portrays a much more different set of feelings aimed at the more passionate, enthusiastic side of human nature. Bright colors are able to create a sense of joy and enthusiasm. Another important thing to note is that certain colors portray different feelings. Red for example creates a scene of passion and enthusiasm. Yellow makes the watcher feel a sense of joy and happiness.
One thing that many photographers try to do is incorporate both black and white and color together to create a paradoxical scene if you will. By that I mean the photographer will attempt to create a scene of joy using black and whit photography which is normally used for negative emotions. This is something that is very appealing to the more advanced photographer.
Color photography may be more desirable in some respects for sporting events and for landscape photography, though works of black and white photography by such renowned photographers such as Ansel Adams and Edward Watson are matchless works of art. People photography is another sphere where it reigns supreme and can be particularly appreciated in the old glamour photographs of the late '30s and '40s. The longevity of black and white photographs is seen in these old and lasting prints that age has not been able to damage. Good photography should have two features -beauty and ability to stop time - both of which are abundantly present in black and white photography.