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The Sweet Lambs Of Le Loup

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Published: May 10, 2008

We all love cute furry animals, from sweet lambs to grizzly or panda bears. Today for a change, we are inviting Le Loup into the sheep fold.

Let’s take advantage of their lovely pastoral debut video “Planes Like Vultures” to introduce you to this collective of 8 musicians. Since 2006 when they formed in Washington, DC, Le Loup quickly proved to be a master at weavering a delicate and enthralling folk, nurrished with slightly psychedelic, repetitive rythms, aerial voices, keyboards and banjo, not to omit a few guitar surges.

Make sure not to miss their debut LP, “The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations’ Millennium General Assembly“, out on Sub Pop subsidiary Hardly Art, and on the worth-following Bordeaux-based label Talitres for France.

As a tasty starter to convince you, please download “We Are Gods! We Are Wolves!” from Hardly Art!

Rabbits On Wheels Strike Again With Mates Of State

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Published: May 4, 2008

We’ve been used to rabbits riding bikes by night in the forest. Now, they also ride scooters in quiet American suburbs. Today’s leporids invite does, owls and racoons to an explosive house party, full of Oreo cookies, partycrashers, and choreographies, in Mates of State’s new music video.

Jason the porcupine and Kori the wolf are a husband-and-wife duo from Kansas, and their 5th album comes out May 20 on Barsuk Records, also home of Nada Surf, Death Cab For Cutie and Menomena. Let’s bet “Re-arrange Us” will hold more catchy and luminous indie pop jewels.

Mates of State – Get Better

Architecture In Helsinki, Antidepressant From The Antipodes

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Published: April 30, 2008

Crazy Australians of Architecture in Helsinki made their new music video out of… animated embroidery!

Taken from their 3rd album “Places Like This“, the song Like It Or Not is a mixture of naive rock, psychedelic and joyful, ideal to overcome today’s greyness.

Bat For Lashes, The Ghosts And The Werewolf

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Published: April 25, 2008

Bat For Lashes will have the honor and heavy burden of opening for Radiohead on their next European tour, which stops in Paris Bercy and Nimes Arenae in June. This shouldn’t be surprising, knowing that Radiohead, just like Björk or Devendra Banhart, counted among the most prominent fans of “Fur And Gold”, 1st imprint of the band led by Natasha Khan.

Refering to the song “Horse And I”, Thom Yorke reportedly said : “I love the harpsichord and the sexual ghost voices and bowed saws. This song seems to come from the world of Grimm’s fairytales, and I feel like a wolf.”

If there’s one Bat For Lashes track we can’t get enough of, it’s “What’s A Girl To Do” and its very Lynch-like, watch-it-over-and-over video:

Bat For Lashes – What’s A Girl To Do

And just for Thom:

Horse and I (Live @ Mercury Prize)

Women first at Point Ephémère this week

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Published: April 21, 2008

My Brightest Diamond – Dragonfly

Shara Worden, whom we’ve heard alongside Sufjan Stevens, before she took her own solo path under the moniker of My Brightest Diamond, feels like a dragonfly and dreams of flying away. Mabe you could help her by attending her Point Ephémère gig in Paris tomorrow, to listen to her crystal-clear yet powerful voice, coupled with nice songwriting skills and a highly endearing personality.

We’re already quite excited about the announcement of A Thousand Shark’s Teeth, her 2nd album to be published on June 17 by Asthmatic Kitty, and for which Shara cites influences from Tricky, Tom Waits and Maurice Ravel, as well as Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s movies and Alice In Wonderland.

Tujiko Noriko – 普通の日 (Dead Earth)

No wonder we are starting to see Tujiko Noriko more and more frequently booked at some of the best Parisian venues, as the Japanese-born singer and composer chose to live in our land of magical baguettes, as one can guess from the TV samples heard in her “Dead Earth“.

For us awaken Earthlings, the fairy Noriko-san will showcase her nursery rhymes, between well-written melodies and sharp experiments, Wednesday April 23rd at the Point Ephémère, as part of the feminine festival Les Femmes s’en mêlent.

Efterklang’s Parisian Parade

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Published: April 21, 2008

Anna, Niklas, and Casper of Efterklang on April 7, 2008

Anna, Niklas, and Casper of Efterklang in Paris, Apr. 7, 2008.

After a magical show at the Divan du Monde where they presented their 2nd album Parades, Danish elves of Efterklang were back in Paris on April 7. Their unique sounds enlightened the dull concrete of the Point Ephémère.
On stage just like on their records, strings, brass, percussions and electronics delightfully mix with the heartful choirs and communicative enthusiasm of the 7 members.

As a sweet starter, Anna Brønsted, also a full Efterklang live member, sung a few titles alone at the piano, from her own enchanting project Our Broken Garden, whose first EP comes out on April 28 on Rumraket, Efterklang-run label, and internationally on Bella Union.