"It was really inspiring moving to Bristol, I was attracted to it because it looked cool, I liked how it looked on the Crescent album covers." These are the words of François Marry, the main man behind François and the Atlas Mountains , a band of musicians mostly from France, who have travelled throughout the UK and mutated over the course of several years into a steady line-up and a very impressive live unit. From what I remember of the covers of the post-rock band Crescent, they were usually black and white photographs, often blurred. In contrast, the [...]
François & the Atlas Mountains - Bail Eternel Continuons avec les disques de mon top 2011 dont je n'ai pas eu le temps de parler l'an dernier. E Volo Love de François & the Atlas Mountains est sans doute moins beau et fascinant que son prédécesseur Plaine Inondable , mais il reste un très bon album de pop en langue anglaise et française, entre tubes évidents ( Piscine , Les Plus Beaux ) et titres plus lents, tout aussi chouettes [...]
From the get-go , there is something immediately refreshing and undoubtably gripping about the mellow, introverted approach on this, the up-coming single from Domino Records' new signings Francois and The Atlas Mountains . By no means is this your classic single. They replace hook driven drudgery and English summer sing-alongs with uncompromising modesty. It opens with inobtrusive percussion accompanying a few delayed guitar lines that weave in and out of each other, giving a blissful, dream like quality that runs throughout the song. Front man Francois Marry's vocals enter. His effeminate whispers complimenting every perfectly thought out chord change. The chorus is what [...]
The Villa boys, Thang and Francois, have just unloaded their June Mixtape and you can grab it below - these mixtapes have been growing in stature for a while now - quite often their one is the one we look forward to most at the moment. VillA 'in the mix' June 2011 by VILLA Soundcloud Download here . Twitter Facebook
Although just about a year old and currently unsigned, NYC pop punk group TV/TV is already starting to get a lot of buzz. Their music has been used on several MTV shows and they were recently selected as one of AP 's "Top Unsigned Acts." PopWreckoning's Bethany had the chance to catch up with the group's lead singer Josh Ocean to learn more about this up and coming act: Bethany, PopWreckoning: How are you? Josh Ocean, TV/TV : [...]
I am VERY much enjoying the François Virot tracks that Sean posted over at Said the Gramophone today . Francois Virot - "Cascade Kisses"
MP3: Kid Francois - Tour De France The Tour De France (a quintessentially French competition, stretched out over a number of weeks, stuck in the middle of summer, weaving it's way up and down mountains through rural countryside being waved on from the sides of roads and being chased by horses ( youtube )) is the sort of thing that has, in the past, made me want to go and just start cycling, race whoever I'm with, and get to the top of a long winding hill first. [...]
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