Amoraboy - Doorsbusters [ mp3 ] The Doors - Soul kitchen Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters Amoraboy - Hurry Dani in paradise city [ mp3 ] Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California Noir Desir - L'homme pressé Noir Desir - Tostaky Guns n'roses - Paradise City Amoraboy RAWKZ two times

Guestpost by Roger Grund on Noir Désir, in remembrance of one of France's greatest bands: French Rock sometimes suffers from lack of identity, however most definitely not in the case of Noir Désir. Loosely fit and jazzy, Noir Désir's music evolved in the sun-scorched afternoons of the south of France rather than in the cold and damp mornings of Northern Europe: A ton étoile is the Rock-equivalent of Van Gogh's sunflower paintings. I first heard A ton étoile by Noir Désir whilst in transit in the Sahara in the nineties, when a southernly wind [...]

Noir Désir called it quits, due to "emotional, human and musical differences". You could see this coming from a few miles, after leadsinger Bertrand Cantat was released from prison after his conviction for murder. Heated debates in France after Cantat and his compadres left off where they were forced to quit six years before. Which leaves us with a lot of very good albums, Des visages des figures being the most succesful outside of France. There are quite a few ND-covers ( this one, f.i.), but I'm posting only the Le vent nous portera-versions here, mostly done by [...]

Guest Writer: Olivia Harrington July 14th marks a special day in France, Bastille Day. It commemorates the storming of the Bastille, an iconic moment in the French Revolution. So here across the pond we've decided to list our top 10 French musicians who have managed to storm America's musical landscape. #10 AIR Staying true to their name, AIR produces ambient electronica showcasing ballads with synth-soaked rifts. While sometimes met with criticism, AIR has managed to find their niche in the form of film scores. [...]

Download audio file (02-In-Your-Room-Portishead-Re mix.mp3) Let's see... We started out w/ str8 up heat to kick start it all, then Dilla , then Beats , then Love , last month was Stereolab & this month is no surprise to the faithfuls that respecognize that P up there on the cover. For those not in the know... That " P " is for Portishead. Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons, and Adrian Utley gave us a unique new [...]

I Maher Shalal Hash Baz - Unknown Happiness From a Summer to Another Summer (KK, 2000) Tanakh - November Tree Dieu Deuil (Alien8, 2004) Shalabi Effect - Blue Sunshine Pink Abyss (Alien8, 2004) Minus Story - Wont Be Fooled Again The Captain Is Dead, Let the Drum Corpse Dance (Jagjaguwar, 2004) [...]

La nouvelle a de quoi faire bondir d'enthousiasme ! Noir Désir serait en train de peaufiner leur retour. Les fers de lance de la scène rock française des années 90 seraient déjà en train de plancher sur les compos de leur nouvel album dont la sortie est prévue pour 2009. Aucune date précise n'a encore filtré pour l'instant. La patience est la mère de toutes les vertus, dit-on... De passage avec son trio Zone Libre aux Francomanias de Bulle, Serge Teyssot-Gay guitariste de son état, avait évoqué Noir Desir dans une interview accordée au journal suisse La [...]

There were the Rougiers, for instance, an old, ragged, dwarfish couple who plied an extraordinary trade. They used to sell postcards on the Boulevard St Michel. The curious thing was that the postcards were sold in sealed packets as pornographic ones, but were actually photographs of chateaux on the Loire; the buyers did not discover this till too late, and of course never complained. The Rougiers earned about a hundred francs a week, and by strict economy managed to be always half starved and half drunk. The filth of their room was such that one could smell it on the [...]
Klasse Idee. The man in the moon.Melancholisch, aufgedreht, abgedreht was weiß ich. Ich spring auf jeden Fall immer ziemlich an auf den guten Vollmond. Is aber noch gar nix im Vergleich zu meinem Sohn. Der gibt immer Vollgas in Vollmondnächten. Die folgenden Songs geben son bisschen meine Stimmung wieder.Nich mehr, und nich weniger. Viel Spass damit: Marianne Faithful - The mystery of love mclusky - to hell with good intentions Noir Désir - Des visages des figures [...]
The Return of Rue Chaptal. Thanks again to Andrea -- one of her old mixes was a lifesaver for us Monday night -- we thought we'd share it with y'alls. Tres sophistiqué! (I mean, yes, that's totally a Ladytron cover of that naughty Tweet song!) Petula Clark -- Un Jeune Homme Bien The Creatures -- Weathercade The Dears -- Heartless Romantic Black Box Recorder -- The Art of Driving Throwing Muses --