Stewart Mason wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Smith" > >> 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. How about The Teenagers? I've never seen them mentioned here, but they seem a little closer to Phoenix in style (although they're not nearly as accomplished).... -- _______________________ *Sam Smith* * » RazzberrySync Mobile, Inc. * *: Principal* * » Black Dog Strategic * *: President* * » Lullaby Pit * *: Editor* * » Scholars & Rogues * *: Editor* *voice:* *303.229.0619 /m* *skype**:** * docsammy22 *usps**:* 5132 Grey Wolf Pl. Broomfield CO 80023 *aim:* lullabypit *e-mail:* sam@estreet.com /"...it's a lonesome thing to be passing small towns with the lights shining sideways when the night is down, or going in strange places with a dog nosing before you and a dog nosing behind, or drawn to the cities where you'd hear a voice kissing and talking deep love in every shadow of the ditch, and you passing on with an empty, hungry stomach failing from your heart." - John Millington Synge /