Contrary to what their name and all-English lyrics might suggest, this quartet hail from Paris. They began their recording career at the time of the confinement, which didn't allow them to get the exposure they deserved at the time by depriving them of the stage...
Passionate about music while she was still young, Béatrice Montini wrote lyrics and then set them to music. Leaving her studies behind, she performed in bars and formed bands with which she recorded albums, but her audience remained small. Like Olivia Ruiz and Julien...
This all-female trio was formed in 1994 around two American guitarists, Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein. Four female drummers have followed in their wake, and Angie Boylan is now behind the drums. Despite rapid critical success for most of their albums, they have...
Laudanum is the electronic project of Matthieu Malon from Orléans, who makes French rock under his own name. The project has been dormant for over a decade. To our delight, he has rewired the machines and released the first volume of a trilogy in September 2023 with...
When Arrested Development released their debut album in 1992, it was like a breath of fresh air blowing through hip hop. Their music was often referred to as rural rap, to distinguish it from rap that was full of urban clichés, sometimes misogynistic and often...
It's hard not to think that Elliott Armen is Yann Tiersen's son, but the filiation is not musical, as his style is far removed from that of his father. He began composing on guitar and piano in his teens. After secondary school, with his guitar and ukulele, he set off...
An active guitarist since the 60s, Sonny Vincent first came to prominence on the New York punk scene in the mid-70s with his band Testors. Since then, until very recently, he has released a plethora of albums, alone or with various groups. He also strummed his...
It's been a long time since I chose records on the basis of their cover art, but this one caught my attention, as well as the length of the tracks. It only took me a few seconds to feel in my element. Formed near Toulouse, this trio offer mature, dense prog-metal....
This young girl from Rennes grew up in a family where music was always present. She took up the violin and then the piano, and became interested in a wide range of means of expression: literature, theatre and film, which she studied at university. Her second EP...
