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| From | "Cullen, Niall" <Niall.Cullen@diageo.com> |
| Subject | Re: la francaise |
| Date | Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:51:52 -0000 |
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All this talk of French Pop Bands ain't going down well around these parts, their Soccer team knockd us out of the World Cup with a Thierry Henry hand ball assisted goal, that has left us in a very non French lovin'way(though the Fries will still be french,our mind set does not get that small !!!)
Anyhow on a positive front, my second favourite music zine Bucketfull of Brains (after Shindig),have enlightened us to the arrival of a new Irish pop kid on the block.
Reviewer David Bash goes as far as calling it"one of the best discs of 2009"
The artist in question is a guy called Philip John and the CD - Master the Monster. http://www.myspace.com/philipjohnmusic
Que sera sera, viva le Pop.
Niall
-----Original Message-----
From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Rémi Vaissière
Sent: 18 November 2009 22:44
To: craigtorso@verizon.net; audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: la francaise
Hi there,
The words from Sam are absolutely true.
Being french and knowing Xavier from Tahiti 80 a bit (who know lives in Paris), they are not really playing in the same scene as Phoenix & Air even though we all might see points of comparison in their musics.
Tahiti 80 & Fugu are a lot closer musically and also by their friendship (Fugu's 2nd album being produced by Xavier - very good album by the way!).
Also, due to their visibility in movies Phoenix, like Air, are a much bigger band herte than T.80. I would say theay more trendy. That said both bands are really good live performers and I would encourage everybody to go to their shows!
I couldn"t ended without mentioning my band, Cheap Star, which plays a more "classic" pop music (having recorded with Ken & Jon from the Posies) ;-) Of course we're a smaller indie band, but check out our review by Jack Rabid in the Big Takeover! :o)
Cheers,
Remi
> From: craigtorso@verizon.net
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: la francaise
> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:43:06 -0500
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sam Smith" <sam@estreet.com>
>
> > So, those of you who know more about French pop - where does M83 fit
> > into all this? It's not the same style, but are there some
> > intersections I don't know about?
>
> Not that I know of. He's roughly the same age and perhaps shares some
> general influences, but M83 is from way the hell and gone on the
> Mediterranean coast while the Air/Daft Punk/Phoenix axis is from
> Versailles/Paris and Tahiti 80 and Fugu are based in Rouen, which is
> up in Normandy, near the English Channel, so he's not from the same
> scene as any of the other bands. I did really like both DEAD CITIES...
> and SATURDAYS=YOUTH, though.
>
> S
>
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