France

Hard Rock Indie Rock Psychedelics Rock 

SLIFT: Space Is The Place

October 25, 2024October 25, 2024 Brad Cohan 0 Comments 2024, Dry Cleaning, France, Gang of Four, Ilion, Jesus Lizard, Love Battery, SLIFT, Sub Pop Records, Sun Ra

On Ilion, the French psych-rock shredders kick out the cosmic jams

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Pop 

Françoise Hardy Was the Essence of Cool

June 13, 2024June 13, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Bob Dylan, David Bowie, France, Francoise Hardy, Michel Berger, Mick Jagger, Nick Drake, Pop, RIP, Thomas Dutronc, Veronique Sanson, Ye-Ye

Remembering the celebrated French pop star who died this week at age 80

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Alternative Rock Rock 

LISTEN: NEWSKI Shares “Airplane”

March 16, 2023March 17, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Airplane, Brett Newski, Brian Vander Ark, Canada, France, Friend Rock, Guster, H Burns, Matthew Caws, Miles Nielsen, Nada Surf, NEWSKI, Nomad Union, Red Wanting Blue, Ryan Miller, Scott Terry, South Africa, The Secret Beach, The Shabs, the Verve Pipe

Collaborative new album Friend Rock pays homage to the 90s

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Electronic Techno House Jungle Etc. World 

Acid Arab: Destroying the Barriers Between East and West 

March 14, 2023 j. poet 0 Comments 2023, ٣ (Trois), Acid Arab, Algerian, Crammed Discs, Electronics, France, Moodymann, Paris

Talking ٣ (Trois) with the Parisian electronic outfit

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Dream Pop Films jazz Pop 

All About My Mother

March 18, 2022July 16, 2023 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments 2022, Charlotte Gainsbroug, Documentaries, France, Jane Birkin, Jane by Charlotte, Paris, Serge Gainsbourg

Charlotte Gainsbourg takes on Jane Birkin in her directorial debut

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Dance Electronic 

We Were The Robots: Daft Punk, RIP

February 23, 2021February 24, 2021 T.A. Inskeep 2 Comments Daft Punk, Discovery, France, Homework, Nile Rodgers, Paris, Pharrell Williams, Random Access Memories, RIP, Stevie Wonder, The KLF

Some personal notes on the French Touch icons

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Pop Records World 

France Gall – A Chic Habit Worth Picking Up

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 Eric Davidson 0 Comments Baby Pop, Bridgette Bardot, France, France Gall, Francoise Hardy, Jack White, Third Man Records, Ye Ye Pop

Third Man Records reissues three seminal mid-60s albums from the ye-ye pop legend

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