On a winter night, Julien Pras and Jimmy Kinast met at a tiny club in Bordeaux for the a repetitive math-rock duet Berlin Vs Brooklyn’s concert. The surprise that awaited them was huge: behind the drums, Benoit Busser was a perfect fusion of John Bonham and Todd Trainer. Blown away by his technique, Julien and […]
“I don’t really do conventional…” 47 years of creative public life and Marianne Faithfull remains one of the most unique, bewitching and indeed unconventional musical artists Britain has ever produced. In 47 years she’s grown from the quiver-voiced ingénue of her debut single “As Tears Go By” (1964, the first song ever written by Mick […]
Marianne Dissard is a French chanteuse from Tucson, Arizona now living in sunny Europe. She wrote her third album, ‘The Cat. Not Me’, with labelmate Sergio Mendoza (Y La Orkesta) who joins the ranks of Dissard’s previous composers Joey Burns (Calexico) and Italian pianist Christian Ravaglioli. ‘The Cat. Not Me’ premiered at SXSW 2013 in a live collaboration […]
A band name, and a promise to the girls. For 3 years, this French duet has been touring nightclubs all around the world for only one reason: get all the dance-floors to convulse even if they have to play the butcher role and strike where it hurts. Since their first music video “Baby Baby Baby”, […]
After some experiences with surf music and then playing with bands like Catchers and Hero X’S, the pitiless Looch Vibrato made use of his crazy talents to corrupt innocent creatures with his weapon of choice – rock’n’roll. He captured his prey, Aggy Sonora, in 1998. But the innocent charm of Miss Sonora quickly gave way […]
Maïa Vidal uses violins, accordion, guitar, percussion, toy instruments and her distinctive, moving voice to compose and arrange her own unique music. She blends modern, confident songwriting with shades of old world melodies, and takes us on a journey that is at once sweet and painfully honest, yet never loses its sense of wonderment. Website […]
It’s a talent Anthony Gonzalez has clearly mastered with Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, a double album that brokers a brilliantly effective accord between the ostensibly conflicting demands of commercial pop and experimental rock, and packs some truly giant tunes. The Antibes native has been steadily working to perfect the art of the megalithic alt.pop song […]
Louis Bertignac made a name for himself on the international music scene as guitarist with the legendary French rock group Téléphone. If, in the 70′s and 80′s, Téléphone were the French equivalent of The Rolling Stones, then Bertignac was the definitive Gallic version of Keith Richards … but all good things come to an end […]
