Pop-Rock
The National at the Cork Opera House
It’s been a long time since these five young Americans, signed to a small, pioneering French label, were playing endless gigs in small venues. In just over fifteen years, The National has become a major American rock group, breaking through the Indie glass ceiling to reach a large audience, first ac...
Blaenavon & Isaac Gracie (Pocket Parties)
Blaenavon. These three young Englishmen are among the most promising talents of the moment, capable of going from elegiac piano ballads to epic rock songs without batting an eyelid. Signed to the Foals label, they were tipped for success after their appearance at the 2016 SXSW Festival, the leading ...
Elmer Food Beat
On June 21, 2016, Elmer Food Beat celebrated its 30th anniversary. After selling a million records, after gold and platinum albums, a sell-out concert at Olympia, a Victoires de la Musique award, more than 900 concerts (with audiences of 20 to 20,000 people), millions of kilometres travelled and tho...
SAVAGES live at La Cigale, Paris
Savages make no concessions. On March 1st, 2016, the 4-piece all-female band gave an intense, energetic and emotionally charged concert at La Cigale in Paris featuring the incantations of Jehnny Beth and the razor-sharp riffs of Gemma Thompson. This film faithfully translates the group’s powerful st...
A singer must die
Originally formed by the duo Philippe Le Guern and Manuel Ferrer, A Singer Must Die - which takes its name from a Leonard Cohen’s song– is quickly known in United Kingdom.They composed a first album in 2007 Today , it's a wonderfull day, published on the Scottish indie label Grand Harmonium. Hailed ...
Andrew Bird at the Days Off Festival in Paris, Cité de la Musique
Violinist, singer and composer from Illinois, Andrew Bird is a virtuoso whose skill and arrangements are as dazzling in the studio as they are live. The grandiose setting of La Philharmonie provides the perfect acoustics for this precious selection of indie-folk songs, which are both graceful and to...
Archive at La Carrière in Nantes
An unusual place in which to film Archive’s equally unusual music! Large windows, a mixture of metal structures and light wood: the refined architecture of the Nantes La Carrière concert hall is a wonderful setting for the British band’s progressive rock, its lightshow and elaborate melodies.
Avenue Z at the Binic Festival
Lucien and Agnes Vibration crossed one day in a Beckett alley, Antoine (Secte Du Future / Catholic spray). In triangular formation, they are slipping towards the black hole they decide to undertake. Gloomy synthetic ripple and moog synth-fuzz guitar for this postmodern garage band. French ultra-dark...
Chilly Gonzales & Kaiser Quartet live at the Galerie de la Bibliothèque de Versailles
The pianist Chilly Gonzales is one of the most interesting and complex musicians of his generation. It’s in a building full of history with an amazing aura that this concert takes place: the galeries of the Bibliothèque de Versailles.
The former Hôtel des Affaires Etrangères in the time of Louis XV,...
Dividers at the Binic Festival
The leader, Ismaël, gathered a quartet inspired by classic Americana, twisted in a deafening antifolk. Traumatized by Lee Hazlewood, The Gun Club, Marc Bolan and Violent femmes, Dividers accelerate and purify these folk melodies. The melancholic songwritting and nonchalant voice merge with Fuzz howl...