jeudi 25 septembre 2014

Baxter Dury @ Album de la Semaine, Canal+, Paris Sept 29 2014

Baxter Dury @ Album de la Semaine, Canal+, Paris Sept 29 2014
 See ya there for the recording
Broadcasted later on Canal+
I guess it's gonna be an exclusive as the album is only out next month
He's probably gonna play 7-8 new songs

mercredi 24 septembre 2014

The Do @ "Coming up session #1" France Inter, Paris Sept 24 2014

The Do @ "Coming up session #1" France Inter, Paris Sept 24 2014
 
L'album de The Dø “Shake shook shaken” sortira le 29 septembre sur le label Cinq7.Ils sont à l’affiche de « Coming Up Session ! » une heure de concert dans le mythique studio 105.

The Do sort un nouvel album “Shake shook shaken” et vient interpréter ses nouvelles chansons dans les studios de la Maison de la Radio pour la nouvelle émission mensuel de Valli "Coming up session".
Le duo accompagné de deux musiciens, nous présente une pop-electro assez sympa très encrée au niveau du son dans le milieu des années 80. La chanteuse à la voix pure est mignonnette mais ce genre de  musique, ce n'est pas trop notre tasse de thé.
Sympathique, pour amateurs du genre.

Concert d'un peu plus de 45 min à écouter sur l'antenne de France Inter samedi à 21h.
setlist 

 

lundi 22 septembre 2014

Pink Floyd 's "Endless Summer" to be out on November 10 2014

 The Endless River will be available on standard CD, double vinyl and as a deluxe box set that includes 39-minutes of extra material. 
Out on Nov 10
Check OFFICIAL SITE for more

The Endless River has as its starting point the music that came from the 1993 Division Bell sessions, when David Gilmour, Rick Wright and Nick Mason played freely together at Britannia Row and Astoria studios.  This was the first time they had done so since the ‘Wish You Were Here’ sessions in the seventies.  Those sessions resulted in The Division Bell, the band’s last studio album.

In 2013 David Gilmour and Nick Mason revisited the music from those sessions and decided that the tracks should be made available as part of the Pink Floyd repertoire.  It would be the last time the three of them would be heard together.  The band have spent the last year recording and upgrading the music,using the advantages of modern studio technology to create The Endless River.

The Endless River is a tribute to Rick Wright, whose keyboards are at the heart of the Pink Floyd sound. It is a mainly instrumental album with one song, ‘Louder Than Words’, (with new lyrics by Polly Samson), arranged across four sides and produced by David Gilmour, Phil Manzanera, Youth and
Andy Jackson.

Release date: 10 November 2014

Tracklisting:
1. Things Left Unsaid
2. It's What We Do
3. Ebb And Flow
4. Sum
5. Skins
6. Unsung
7. Anisina
8. The Lost Art of Conversation
9. On Noodle Street
10. Night Light
11. Allons-y (1)
12. Autumn'68
13. Allons-y (2)
14. Talkin' Hawkin'
15. Calling
16. Eyes To Pearls
17. Surfacing
18. Louder Than Words

The Amazing Snakeheads @ L'Album de la Semaine Canal+, Paris Sept 22 2014

The Amazing Snakeheads @ L'Album de la Semaine Canal+, Paris Sept 22 2014

see ya there

vendredi 19 septembre 2014

Hedi Slimane, Sonic, Exposition du 18 septembre 2014 au 11 janvier 2015 @ Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves St Laurent, Paris

Hedi Slimane

Sonic

Exposition du 18 septembre 2014 au 11 janvier 2015




La Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent présente à partir de septembre 2014, une exposition de photographies d’Hedi Slimane intitulée “Sonic”.
De 15 années d’archives musicales seront extraits les portraits de studio, dont les tirages noirs et blancs, exposés pour la première fois, évoquent les figures héroïques du rock, de Lou Reed, à Brian Wilson, d’Amy Winehouse à Keith Richards.
Une installation vidéo complètera ce dispositif, juxtaposant les cycles musicaux Londoniens (2003-2007) et Californiens (2007-2014) sous forme documentaire, brossant le portrait alternatif de deux générations de performers et de leurs fans.

mercredi 17 septembre 2014

The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger featuring Sean Lennon & Charlotte Kemp Muhl + Singtank @ Maroquinerie, Paris Sept 17 2014

The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger featuring Sean Lennon & Charlotte Kemp Muhl + Singtank @ Maroquinerie, Paris Sept 17 2014

Sean competing for a George or John circa '69 "lookalike" competition.

After opening for Beck @ Zénith on Sept 11 and playing the Rock en Seine festival in August the band is back in Paris, headlining this time.
 Support band: Sing Tank with Model/Actress Justine de La Baume & Bro.

Wah Wah "Cry Baby" Jimi Hendrix Box behind the stage (not to be confused with George Harrison's "wah wah" song, doesn't sound the same lol)
Sean Lennon and Charlotte

Good show with a rock band for some very 60's orientated Pop-Rock songs
Only 45 min 60 min with no encore, come on guys, I'm sure you can do better !
Sound was perfect from the back but lightning was complete shit, hard to make a decent picture.
Nice Beatles T-Shirt and setlistand that Jimi Hendrix"Cry baby" box once again


mardi 16 septembre 2014

The Wytches @ L'Album de la Semaine, Canal+, Paris Sept 16 2014

The Wytches @ L'Album de la Semaine, Canal+, Paris Sept 16 2014
The Wytches are an English three-piece surf-psych band formed in 2011 in Petersborough, and now based in Brighton. The band consists of singer-songwriter Kristian Bell, drummer Gianni Honey and bassist Daniel Rumsey.

First album out in August:  Annabel Dream Reader
Power Rock trio, they've probably listen to the early Nirvana a lot, as the music is very similar with a 60's touch Good band

lundi 15 septembre 2014

Mirel Wagner @ Album de la Semaine Canal+ , Paris Sept 15 2014

Mirel Wagner @ Album de la Semaine Canal+ , Paris Sept 15 2014

Folk-Blues for Mirel Wagner
5* in Mojo mag for the album


Finnish (from Finland) girl originally from Ethiopia for a set of acoustic numbers, beautiful stripped down songs, you're expecting her to sing another verse and... no it's done.Excellent, she's signed on Sub Pop Label

samedi 13 septembre 2014

Scorpions @ Fête de l'Humanité, la Courneuve, Sept 13 2014

Scorpions @ Fête de l'Humanité, la Courneuve, Sept 13 2014
French Rap band I AM

It's a bit of pain in the ass to get to the Parc de la Courneuve, first it's a few kilometers outside Paris, second it's in a shitty area with nothing around it. It takes ages to go there
Then the site is so huge that it takes more than 30 min to go from the entrance to the main stage.
Probably around 200 000 people on the site every day with 60 000 people watching the gigs on the main stage.
Good thing is that it is very cheap if you want to go : 30 euros for 3 days, yes only 30 euros for 3 days (12 for a day) with lots of concerts , political debates... remember it's the French Communist party's rally. Yes there is still one in France.
Any way, the only interesting band on the bill for this week-end is German Hard-rock band SCORPIONS, Massive Attack played yesterday night.
No time to waste for politics, probably every division  of the Communist Party from every town has its own tent with people debating and food to eat...and local bands playing, You CANNOT imagine how huge is the site.



As we're a bit early you could catch I AM 's set, which was not bad for french rappers, they're very popular over here.
After a long break, SCORPIONS are supposed to take the stage at 9:40 pm, the germans are finally hitting the stage past 10:00 pm.

ROCKERPARIS as always has the best seat in da house: on stage.

---Rudolf about to go on stage with his "Blackout" mask nearby (below far left)---
Scorpion on the P.A.
 
  Each time we came here we could attend the gigs on stage: Babyshambles, Alain Bashung, NERD The Kooks, Deep Purple...this year makes no exception.
For the first part of the show we're on Rudolf's side of the stage, with his "Blackout" Mask just in front of us. From where we are, the sound is not too great but the view is fantastic, we can see the audience from the first row till the last and feel its power, incredible.
First part of the show we were on Rudolf(s side then we moved to the other side to have a closer look at Matthias, good choice the view was better and not obstructed by PA and roadies, just the mixing desk, that's where we get the setlist (photo below this page)
Lots of pyrotechnics all along the show with fireworks and flames. The whole band is in fine form, using the whole stage and catwalk like kids running at Disneyland. They have a new drummer replacing James Kottak , who's probably in rehab for his drink addiction.

SCORPIONS are rocking, playing all the hits with only a couple of new songs, too many ballads (5 in all: "Send me an angel", "Holiday" and encore with "Still loving you", "Wind of change" and second encore and last song "When the smoke is going down" but I guess Klaus needs to rest his voice from time to time. Useless drum solo but it's probably to save Klaus 'voice as well.
Apart from that Great setlist and the band is rocking as always.
The band is rocking...
 
...like a hurricane 
Lots of guitar and costunes change for Rudolf 

 Setlist

"still loving you"