More Charlotte Gainsbourg

  • Posted on 25/08/2011
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Charlotte Gainsbourg fans are spoiled. First there was a new video, now a previously unreleased track. ‘White Telephone’, added to the dvd that’s enclosed with the French magazine Courrier International, is a beautiful track that sounds like a leftover from the 5.55 sessions. Various strings, a floating, Air-ish bassline, some fx, her husky voice. What a treat. VERY different from the new single (below). Mille fleurs to Antoine for sending me this track.

Charlotte Gainsbourg – White Telephone

Here is the news

We bring you the stories as they develop:

– Claire Denamur’s album Vagabonde is out on September 19.

– Listen to an extrait of a new Camille song HERE. You have to ‘pay’ with a tweet or a posting on your Facebook-page. Good track, minimalistic, more in the Le Fil vein. Camille’s new album is out in October.

– Coeur de Pirate will release a new album too, in November. It will be in French (yay!)

– French magazine Courrier International will include a live-dvd plus a never released song by Charlotte Gainsbourg. The mag, only available in France, will be on sale August 25. Any help to get me this magazine is greatly appreciated. The live+inedits-cd Experiences Stage Whisper will be released in November.

– In an interview with French music mag Serge, Chiara Mastroianni revelead that she and ex-husband Benjamin Biolay will probably record another duets-album als H.O.M.E. No release-date is set, but think years instead of months.

Pendentif, Moziimo

  • Posted on 22/08/2011
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Pendentif is a quartet from Bordeaux, who invited Cindy Callede on their first single, Riviera. That song’s also on their debut-EP, released in May. Their stylo is sunny, inna Californian stylee, with strong guitar-melodies and early 80’s synths. Comparisons with Phoenix, The Shoes and The Bewitched Hands are understandable. I’m posting Riviera here, but Cindy also sings on the wonderfully titles God saves La France.

Moziimo‘s (‘avec un Z comme Zorro and deux I comme zizi’) real name is Mélodie Orru, and like Pendentif she likes to add synths and 80s references to her music. Hippie chic, music mag Serge called her. You’ll get the picture when you see, er, these pictures. She just released an EP with songs that refer to Camille (the minimal approach) and Jeanne Cherhal (in the more upbeat tracks, like ‘Je voudrais etre une fleuve‘. On ‘Viens dans mon chateau’, Arthur H is a duo-partner. The single Sour & Gold is in English.

Pendentif – Riviera
Moziimo & Arthur H – Viens dans mon chateau

 

Lili (&Thierry)

They worked together before, Lili Cros & Thierry Chazelle. In 2008 they made two seperate albums that looked the same from the outside and could be put together, and now there is their first “real’ album together, called “Voyager Léger“. Their new collaboration led to a very pleasant album, with both Lili and Thierry solo, and some nice duets, all done in a sweet melodious, folky way. Texts and music are by Lili and Thierry. Lili Cros has a very nice voice which reminds me in some songs of Clarika.
One of the nicest songs on the album is IMHO “A la Radio”. a song about listening to musique, so very suitable.
BTW, they are funny too, as you can see here in the small “commercial” they made in their kitchen.
Lili Cros &  Thierry Chazelle – A la Radio

Evie

And then there was Evie. Parisian with Initials A.V. but when pronounced that in English, it explains her stage name. She recently released her first solo album “La route”. It is a very nice mix between pop and chanson, between outspoken and intimate. An example of the first can be found here, in a cover version of “Because the Night”. example of the other part  can be heard (and seen) in “Au bout des doigts“. For today I picked another song, a song about waiting, “L’attente”, because it suits this weblog best.

Evie – L’attente

Tribute again…

  • Posted on 13/08/2011
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It is a holiday time in France too. Last week I wrote about the amount of tributes that appeared and someone pointed me another one that recently came in the shops: “Brassens Chanté Par…”. Songs of the legendary Georges Brassens sung by others. On this album popular bands like “Debout Sur Le Zinc” and “Les Ogres De Barback”, but also Aldebert and as the only fille  Agnès Bihl. She sings one song on her own and one “duo” avec Aldebert, with whom she worked before. Most songs on the album are done with a folky gypsy-esque sound (think manouche guitare style, think Thomas Dutronc). Best song is the lovely “La Cane De Jeanne”  The Weepers, but we offer you Agnès Bihl solo.

Agnès Bihl – La Chasse Aux Papillons

Elisa

Since her second album, ‘”Je ne mâche pas les mots” from 2006 (remember?) she has been a favourite of Filles Sourires.. And since the end of June there is a new album from here,  and we didn’t even write about it. In the years between the albums she did some acting and appeared on some tribute albums, but now there is a whole new album, her third in total. It is as dreamy as the title “Le Syndrome de Peter Pan” suggests, but a bit more poppy and less outspoken than her 2006 album.Still it is nice up-tempo with some catchy songs. The duet with Belgian singer Tom Dice (“Ils Nous Faut”) even became a small hit in France. Here you have the video of it, but I must admit it is not the best track of the album. Here you have an other song, which sounds much more like “our” Elisa…

Elisa Tovati – L’ABCD

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