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Animal collective
On Saturday night, I went to see Hold Your Horses! in concert, and I had a very good time. I think they are among the best French bands. And if you listen to them, you can’t really tell they’re French. So far, they have a two-track CD-R, and they are recording an album. Try it if you like The Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade or Architecture in Helsinki.
Hold Your Horses! plays on March 25th at the Pop In (Paris).
Hold Your Horses! plays on March 25th at the Pop In (Paris).
Open dynamic
JB was kind enough to write a review of A Matter Of Scale on PopInGays. Please note that this is another evidence of my infiltration into the gay and lesbian community.
Mountain high
Top Montagne has just released Laïka Bielka Strelka, a new record with 11 tracks. You can download it for free on Les Diks qui Sautent.
With this record, I still think Top Montagne is one of the most original French bands. They use musical saw, melodica, toy piano, omnichord, sing in Italian, French, English, Russian, thus creating a unique feeling.
Francis says
A review on Lost At E Minor compares A Matter Of Scale with early Velvet Underground and states it is “more optimistic than Lou Reed”.
Thank you Mr Andrews.
Gem
Post rock
I don’t know what a “calm” interview is supposed to be like, but here is one (thank you Frédéric).
No more staying up late
Michael Wookey plays tomorrow night (February, 27th) at Le Vieux Léon (8:30 pm) in Paris.
He’s got an extraordinary album out, called You Shield Me From Darkness.
Internet killed the video star
On Thursday, February 28th 2008 at 9pm (Paris time, GMT+1), four members of The Limes (we wish Brent Ballantyne was here too!) will be featured on L’Ampli, a show on Radio Campus Paris.
You can listen to the show on the radio (93.9 FM) if you are in or around Paris. Otherwise, you can listen to it on the Internet, and anyway, after the session, it will be downloadable here.
