
The upcoming album from Nouvelle Vague promises to be brilliant, Marc, Olivier et les filles take on French 80s hits. The tracklist was published here before, now it's time for the first single. Adrienne Pauly , she of the provocative hit Je veux un mec , sexes up Les Rita Mitsouko's indestructible Marcia Baila. A song that was covered many times, not always in the right way. Even craterface Ricky Martin recorded a version, that's not as bad as one would expect. See a French interview with Marc Collin and Adrienne about [...]

Ce n'est plus un bruit mais une certitude en musique. Le nouvel album de Pauline Croze sort aujourd'hui : Un bruit qui court . Ok c'est facile. Je suis facile. A l'antithèse des chansons d'une nouvelle génération de filles, chanteuses, auteurs, présentes sur scène. Avant tout subtiles, fines, délicieusement féminines. Alors je n'ai pas écouté le bruit qui court . Cependant depuis deux ans avec Pauline Croze , son album éponyme je me suis régalé. [...]

2006 is coming to an end - and what a year it was. Not only did I become a father, I got the chance to spend a half hour in the presence of Charlotte Gainsbourg, and stare for 40 minutes in the steelblue eyes of Carla Bruni. Plus I dj'ed at a fantastic Gainsbourg-tribute in Amsterdam, and my ears got treated to a lot of lovely voices and chansons. Here's a roundup of the 15 best Filles Sourires-songs of 2006. 1. Charlotte Gainsbourg - 5.55 Brilliant album (also called 5.55 ), great lyrics. Yes, [...]

About time I posted some songs by 26-year old actress /singer Adrienne Pauly - her first album was released a month ago and it's one of the best cd's I've heard this year. Her style has been compared to Guesch Patti (should post a song by her too) and rightly so. Adrienne, who worked as an actress with bigshots like Claude Chabrol, rocks with plenty of attitude. Listen to Méchant Cafard . But Pauly can be tender too - when she takes you in her arms. Look at this video, doesn't she [...]