
Possible Distances è il documentario che i Le Man Avec Les Lunettes hanno realizzato insieme al regista Niccolò Corradini in occasione del loro tour in Bosnia Erzegovina e Serbia - c’è dentro tanta musica, ma anche tanti bei paesaggi, e persone, e storie: dopo aver girato un po’ l’Italia, da una presentazione all’altra, si può vedere ora su Vimeo .

Frida (ex. Rough Bunnies) and Ale (from Le Man Avec Les Lunettes) did a song on our "Between Two Waves" -compilation under the name Dance Contest Winner , and now they have continued the collaboration and released a full free EP as "Frida & Ale". The EP is released on the LMALL-connected netlabel We Were Never Being Boring collective , and it includes 4 really good pop-songs. I like them all a lot, but "I don't like to see others having fun" is fantastic. This one made my day! Download it from Bandcamp:

Fast Forward è un progetto ambizioso. Di quelli che vengono in mente per gioco (è il caso di dirlo) e vengono coltivati con una sana vena di follia e di passione. I ragazzi di Indiecater (praticamente la net-label del glorioso blog mp3hugger , hanno impiegato un anno intero per completare "Fast Forward". Hanno chiesto ad alcuni dei loro gruppi preferiti di scrivere un brano su uno dei 32 paesi che parteciperanno ai prossimi Mondiali di Calcio. Unica condizione: il pezzo doveva avere come 'tema' il proprio paese e, se possibile, il calcio. [...]

Terminó la liga de fútbol y nuevamente hemos tenido que sufrir los aficionados madridistas, pero pasamos página y nos fijamos en el ya inminente mundial que se comenzará a finales de junio en Sudáfrica, en el que sin duda España va a arrasar y se va a traer a casa el preciado trofeo. Para celebrar el acontecimiento, el sello Indiecater Records ha publicado un recopilatorio en el que engloba canciones dedicadas a cada una de las selecciones participantes. Entre los grupos incluidos se encuentran algunos mencionados anteriormente por aquí, como Candy Claws, Standard Fare, Boca Chica [...]

[A bit of everything here: benefit shows, bands with new names and World Cup soccer:] The Airborne Toxic Event returns to the site of their very first show, the Echo, on May 25 for a charity gig for the Neda Project — an Amnesty International-related effort named for Neda Agha-Soltan , the Iranian woman who was gunned down last June during peaceful protests over the election of Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadenijad. The L.A. quintet has also recorded a song, "Neda," [...]

einen musikalischen auszug aus der "the builder" dvd, welche am 27. juli auf jagjaguwar erscheint, erlaubt das label bereits jetzt, zudem an bord u.a. califone, luke temple...: sam amidon - cabin in the corner einen matador records hinweis liefern wir hier ebenso ab, ab 08. juni ist "life magazine remixes" zu haben, uuuuuaaaahhhhh, wuuuiiiiih: cold cave - life magazine (an optimo (espacio) mix) [...]

If you're even the slightest football (yep, that's soccer to some of you) fan, you're probably starting to feel pretty excited about the upcoming (just a month away!) World Cup . (Which reminds me, I should probably order that t-shirt I've been thinking about getting pretty soon) Well, so are the good people over at Dublin-based (an awfully good sports ) Indiecater Records , who have commissioned an album of World Cup songs by a smattering of indie bands. [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: The Ex-Girlfriends Club : "Devil Eyes" [mp3] from Your Prescription (out May 11th) other Ex-Girlfriends Club posts at Largehearted Boy Futurebirds : "Johnny Utah" [mp3] from Hampton's Lullaby (out July [...]

This is perhaps one of the best ideas I've seen in a very long time. It's a collection of 32 songs - one for each team - about the World Cup, featuring some of Ireland's finest artists. Well it's about as close as we're going to get to the World Cup, especially when you look at the French tune, 'Irlande' from the Very Most. Some of the highlights for me have to be Grand Pocket Orchestra, Pearse McLoughlin, Hunter-Gatherer, and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. There's some wonderful tunes on here, and it's an album you'll keep [...]

Well, you are going to have bear with me for the next couple of days as I endlessly plug the latest Indiecater release. The reason is two fold owing to its football themed matter and the fact that it contains many of the bands that make our world go round. We’ve called it ‘ Fast Forward ’ because it contains a corresponding entry for every country that is going to be playing in the World Cup in South Africa next month. We’ve cleared the decks and bought in the beer so that our daily feast of super football [...]
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Cast on a backdrop of emotive strings and smokey female vocals, this video for "I Can't Get Anything" by Italy's Le Man Avec Les Lunettes is simple but intriguing. Little explosions in the background divert attention and match the entrance of percussion, while a meaningful quip arises via subtitles on occasion. The concept is quite unique, but it works well with the song. Le Man Avec Les Lunettes produces quite catchy orchestral indie pop of the super upbeat nature. "I Can't Get Anything" [...]

it happens (possibly a lot to this band from what I hear - I didn't really listen to the album). "So Bored" - Le Man Avec Les Lunettes "So Bored" - His Clancyness *pick up the full ep of "So Bored" covers over on We Were Never Being Boring collective So anyone find a cover and decide it is better than [...]

I can't get anything I Can't Get Anything era uno dei brani più atipici dell'ultimo lavoro dei Le Man Avec Les Lunettes , Plaskaplaskabombelibom , uscito l'anno scorso per MyHoney / Zahr . C'era Francesca Amati (degli Amycanbe e dei Comaneci) a metterci la sua voce così speciale, e tutto aveva un'aria serena e al tempo stesso dolente. La sospensione di un'attesa e la rassegnazione di un commiato. Ora ne è uscito un piccolo video ( in anteprima su Rolling Stone ), [...]
Le Man Avec Les Lunettes - So Bored [Wavves]

The crux of this wonderful tune reminds me of something else but I can’t pinpoint it, could be another Italian band. Le Man Avec Les Lunettes come from Brescia and are led by Alessandro Paderno. Prolific set they appear to be too with a great pile of releases put out since they formed over 5 years ago. ‘The Blogger And The Dandy’ appeared on a Series Two compilation from the band called ‘La Belle Epop’ and is a near surreal experience. At times it gets woozy, almost ragged yet the tune that pulls the levers is utterly captivating. I’ve had [...]

Could I call you honey? Molti di voi avranno già ricevuto la notizia via mail: Paolo della My Honey Records ha annunciato che la piccola etichetta di Brescia interrompe le attività. Non sto nemmeno a elencare quanti dischi My Honey abbiamo suonato alla radio e presentato su questo blog, quanti gruppi sono venuti a trovarci dal vivo. E questa chiusura mi dispiace ancora di più perché avviene con una nota amara: Dopo cinque anni, una ventina di dischi prodotti, decine di tour [...]
Not much time today, so this will be a short one. Have just bought the WHT solo album from VETO front man Troels Abrahamsen . Will get back with a few thoughts, whenever I’ve found the time to give it some decent listens. + End Scene Italian DIY label We Were Never Being Boring Collective kicks off by releasing a 3” CD single containing 4 different cover versions of the [...]

Non annoiarsi, non essere noiosi Si dice che siano soltanto le persone noiose ad annoiarsi, e se c'è una cosa triste e antipatica è proprio scoprire che si è annoiati da tutta la musica che ci sta intorno, ora più che mai a portata di mano. Insieme a un po' di amici ( Le Man Avec Les Lunettes , The Calorifer Is Very Hot ) abbiamo pensato che l'unico modo per darci una svegliata era fare qualcosa. Fare qualcosa per noi e per condividerlo. Così [...]
Le Man Avec Les Lunettes UK tour diary E chi l'avrebbe mai detto che quei ragazzi di Brescia che mi spedirono un demo cinque anni fa sarebbero finiti a suonare in Gran Bretagna, addirittura insieme a Crayon Fields e The School? In attesa di rivederli tra un paio di mesi sul palco del prestigioso Indietracks Festival, gli inglesi hanno potuto già fare la conoscenza dei nostri Le Man Avec Les Lunettes impegnati per tre date in Terra d'Albione qualche settimana fa. E ora, "in esclusiva" per [...]