Video: Hot Club de Paris - Shipwreck

OK, so this isn't technically new, but it definitely put a smile on our faces this morning. The Tripwire was first introduced to the Liverpool based group Hot Club De Paris in Austin at the Levi's/FADER Fort. Yes, we watched a British band with a French city referenced in their name in Texas. Makes your head spin just a bit, right? Our entire staff fell for these lads, and have been waiting for somebody in the States to release their debut album, Drop It 'Til It Pops , which is out now in the UK on Moshi Moshi. [...]

I'm such an idiot for not giving this enough thought as the week progressed, because it's the first thing everybody asks. No matter how little or how much they know about music, it's the first question out of everybody's mouth. And, even still, after documenting every taco I ate for the last week, I don't have anywhere close to a definitive answer. Maybe I was most impressed by MSTRCRFT (er...SPCLGST) at that random nightclub Friday night because it completely changed my opinion of those guys and got me to dance and enjoy myself when I was just about ready to [...]

Ho sentito parlare la prima volta degli Hot Club de Paris solo qualche mese fa in una rubrica di Rumore . Venivano paragonati, se non sbaglio, ai Joan Of Arc e ai Minutemen . Con però dieci anni e un'oceano di distanza dai Joan Of Arc e dai Minutemen . Chitarre taglienti e ritmi serrati ma anche cantato in puro stile british (e qui il paragone con i The Futureheads è d'obbligo). Il loro primo album Drop it 'til it Pops uscito per la [...]