Chaque année, ww2w (mp3 blog échangiste ET fétichiste), propose à des amis triés sur la reprise de volet et/ou à quelques étoiles appréciées ici de wépondre à un questionnaire de fin d'année. (oui, chaque année, la preuve 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) _ _ _ Analyse rapide des réponses: 1) Concert de l'année La réponse la plus [...]
Yes, that's right! Cheveu are coming to Oslo for the first time. They will be playing at Revolver on the 18th of November . Cheveu have a track on the Stuffs vol. 1 LP compilation and atleast 1 member will be contributing a solo project track for Stuff vol. 2 which will be out sometime soon-ish. If you don't know Cheveu; here is a short introduction. The show is [...]
"I am dressed as a janitor tonight because I am here to clean up. I am here to clean up. I am here to get pledges to keep WFMU operable for another year. I am here to clean up. I am here to sweep up the mess ... Okay, I lost the footing on this metaphor already, but I'm telling you right now I am here dressed as a janitor 'cause I am here to clean up, to sweep up your pledges!" -- Tom, explaining the thematic underpinnings of his Week 2 wardrobe "What's gonna trend [...]

der dreier cheveu aus frankreich bastelt an einem sound, der für die aktuelle musikszene derart rückwärtsgewandt sein muss, dass sie sich abwendet und schmollt. schmollend klingt auch der vortrag von cheveu, nicht ganz ernst gemeint, immer jemanden auf die schippe nehmend. garage noise, punkrock, casiotonic, wie man auch die gemengelage nennen mag, sie hat einen verbindlichen charme, dem man sich nur schwer entziehen kann. das hat verve und power und geht unzweifelhaft unter die haut. der flink aufgebaute drive macht süchtig. die kollerigen arrangements laden zum genauen zuhören ein, während die füße im wippen konkurrieren. mit "1000" ( [...]
"Indianer" is a weekly show on the Lucerne local radio station Radio 3fach. It's a show bringing you new tunes from all different types of indie music. It airs every thursday night from 8-10 pm (Central European Time). To stream the whole thing, please head over to the official Indianer blog . This time we're talking about The Dodos fourth and best album so far, French band Cheveu 's 1000, Kurt Vile 's Smoke Ring For My Halo and the new Helvetia record. Our weekly favourite label is [...]
What would Serge Gainsbourg sound like if you stripped him of his trademark suit and thrust through the back door of a rusted robot (also dressed in a suit) and then surround him with a group of string-playing punk rockers? Like this, like Cheveu. The French trio is a sort of hodgepodge of music, and [...]

No Birds Happiness Frenchmen Cheveu aren't your typical Frenchmen in that their music conveys a much different feel than what you'd normally expect from a French outfit...it's glorious racket with grit, strings, electronics, and riffs. It's The Animals take on Serge Gainsbourg tunes with a hint of DeVotchKa baroque. They released their second LP, 1000 , January 18 on Born KEEP READING »
Cheveu - No Birds Really interesting find from Altered Zones: Cheveu seem to constantly mutate, and even though this is technically only their second full-length, they've burnt clean their impulses and strengthened their best moves on 1000. With their twisted post-punk core relying more heavily on crackled Casio beats and (oddly enough) strings, the band's gritty sound [...]
Mad dog Frenchmen in flannel making clangorous garage rock with basslines that sound straight out of the Low End Theory and strings that sound like they're arranged by Jean-Claude Vannier . If that makes no sense - all apologies - I was at the EMP all weekend alternately soaking up knowledge and amusing myself with fake EMP pick-up lines (you don't have to DIY if I'm in your bed.) Cheveu, right. Many moons ago, I found myself in Austin, stoned and staggering, waylaid by liquor and mushrooms. Circumstances were bleak, made bleaker when I saw this band . [...]

Cheveu seem to constantly mutate, and even though this is technically only their second full length, it feels like they've burnt clean impulses, reinvented themselves and strengthened their best moves on 1000 . Add to their already twisted post-punk core a heavier reliance on crackled Casio beats and an odd affinity for strings and the band's gritty sound is blown open in disordered technicolor, like hurling paint cans at a wall. It seems that the French have had a way with knocking down a few of punk's wall lately and Cheveu seem to be one of the few leading [...]

No Birds by Cheveu (right click download) Paris, France From listening to Cheveu's sophomore album, 1000, it is difficult to put this group into any one category. Your first inclination is to label them on the verge of garage rock and post punk, but as you progress through this genius of an album, you realize there is so much more to this group. It is a staggeringly well composed album, a testament of their focus on song writing and finding a fine balance in their use of drum machines. The trio switches to string instruments [...]

Since first hearing Cheveu and their debut album back in '08, they've remained an intriguing bunch to me. Propelled by the use of a drum machine and instruments that have likely suffered years and years of abuse before finding their way into the hands of the fellows in Cheveu, their sound I suppose could be described as something of a wildly lo-fi garage/post-punk experience. Although I couldn't ever really fully embrace what this French trio were doing, I would continually give everything they put out a listen because at the very least [...]

A l'affirmation Punk is not dead , l'album éponyme du trio parisien Cheveu ne pouvait que convaincre par son ambiance foutraque et son caractère rentre-dedans. Un petit bijou de rock'n'roll hirsute, barré et schlinguant la binouze éventée. Un projet fou sonnant comme la rencontre entre Mike Patton et les Garçons Bouchers , ne pouvant qu'impressionner. Une expérience du troisième type qui donnera le la à une chorale d'artistes franchouillards prêts à en découdre, même si l'on trouve parfois à boire et à manger (et Dieu sait que chez Born Bad , [...]
French post-garage noise rockers from the apocalypse. Tweet Facebook

At night we hear tanks rumbling across the village, towards the Western Front where what's left of our army still resists. During the day, occupation patrols roam the streets smoking cigarettes, chatting in their harsh language and ogling the women. They took the headmaster away but we still go to school, the lessons unfold in silence as we stare from the window, new rebel graffiti in the walls every morning, later covered by propaganda posters which will be torn down during the night. The humiliation of defeat and invasion has left way to steely resolve, a cold focus [...]

Cheveu 1000 Mille Label : Believe / Born Bad Sortie : 13 décembre 2010 Stéréotypes : Rock, Punk, Electro Télécharger (8,99€) Ecouter sur Spotify Ecouter sur Deezer 1 - Quattro Stagioni ( vidéo ) 2 - Charlie Sheen 3 - No Birds ( vidéo ) 4 - Impossible Is Not French 5 - Sensual Drug Abuse 6 - Show! 7 - Ice Ice Baby [...]
Quelques albums de 2011 que j'attends impatiemment Wire - Red Barked Tree (11 janvier) Cheveu - 1000 (11 janvier) 16 Horsepower - Yours Truly (18 janvier) The Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde (18 janvier) Tennis - Cape Dory (18 janvier) Destroyer - Kaputt (25 janvier) Cold War Kids - Mine Is [...]
Earlier this year in February, I went to see a concert in Tel Aviv, by French trio Cheveu . I didn't know what to expect then, but I was amazed by the energy this punk-garage band produced, using electronics, electric guitar and drums. I think it was one of the best shows I've seen in [...]
I love doing year end roundup coverage and I'm still waiting to put up the bands to watch list, so I thought we'd highlight some of the great bands we discovered over the past year. Some of them made our 2011 bands to watch list, some of them didn't, some of them aren't even NEW [...]