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      <title>"Tears Of English Town" - Boris Maurussane  &amp;  "Sing A Song That Never Ends" - The Reed Conservation Society</title>
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Heureux hasard qui a r&eacute;uni en une m&ecirc;me date de sortie 2 brillants trait&eacute;s de pop lettr&eacute;e, amoureusement concoct&eacute;s en nos contr&eacute;es.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Heureux hasard qui a r&eacute;uni en une m&ecirc;me date de sortie 2 brillants trait&eacute;s de pop lettr&eacute;e, amoureusement concoct&eacute;s en nos contr&eacute;es.</p>
<p>En commen&ccedil;ant par le deuxi&egrave;me album de <a href="https://www.facebook.com/b.maurussane">Boris Maurussane</a>, "Tears Of English Town" (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/HotPumaRecords">Hot Puma Records</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/la.centrifugeuse">La Centrifugeuse</a>) ... Expression d'un grand bond en avant sur tous les plans par rapport &agrave; son premier opus paru il y a 4 ans, les 14 titres propos&eacute;s ici d&eacute;clinent une ambition prot&eacute;iforme aussi r&eacute;jouissante que coh&eacute;rente ... Port&eacute;s par des musiciens au brio empli de justesse et par une production &agrave; la limpidit&eacute; &eacute;loquente, ces chansons ou instrumentaux qui ne s'interdisent aucuns chemins de traverse r&eacute;ussissent &agrave; garder le cap d'une pop music aussi ouverte que r&eacute;f&eacute;renc&eacute;e, sans jamais tomber dans l'exercice de style ... Luxuriance et sophistication m&egrave;nent ici grand train et le chant de Boris Maurussane est aujourd'hui au diapason, ce qui donne &agrave; cet album un air de pleine r&eacute;ussite ... Cette pop de chambre prend ici le grand air et n'aurait sans doute rien contre le fait d'&ecirc;tre d&eacute;gust&eacute;e sous la voute c&eacute;leste, qu'on se le dise.</p>
<p>Place ensuite &agrave; la petite troupe de <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TRCSfrenchband">The Reed Conservation Society</a> et son "Sing A Song That Never Ends (La Basse Roche, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HotPumaRecords">Hot Puma Records</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jeanphilippe.beraud">Martingale</a>) ... Apr&egrave;s avoir l&eacute;g&egrave;rement chang&eacute; de paradigme, avec r&eacute;ussite, en chantant en fran&ccedil;ais sur le pr&eacute;c&eacute;dent album, le groupe emmen&eacute; par St&eacute;phane Auzenet, &agrave; pr&eacute;sent compos&eacute; de 4 membres, revient au chant en anglais et en profite pour ouvrir plus grand les portes ... La d&eacute;licatesse consubstantielle &agrave; ce songwriting se d&eacute;ploie sans entraves tout au long de ces 11 titres, m&ecirc;me lorsque le tempo s'acc&eacute;l&egrave;re quelque peu ... L'atmosph&egrave;re g&eacute;n&eacute;rale de cet album tend &agrave; la concorde et ici la s&eacute;duction ne passera jamais par une affirmation hypertrophi&eacute;e du moi, c'est certain ... Par l&agrave;, rien n'est pesant, et les r&eacute;f&eacute;rences qui parcourent ces chansons savent se faire aussi volatiles que richement g&eacute;n&eacute;ratrices ... Cette musique est d&eacute;finitivement fin pr&ecirc;te &agrave; voyager au long cours en toute libert&eacute; et on lui souhaite de ne pas revenir rapidement &agrave; son port d'attache ... Du Souffle et de la Joie ... Merci ... Enjoy !</p>
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<p>It&rsquo;s a happy coincidence that two brilliant works of literary pop, lovingly crafted right here in our part of the world, have been released on the same day.</p>
<p>Starting with Boris Maurussane&rsquo;s second album, &ldquo;Tears Of English Town&rdquo; (Hot Puma Records, La Centrifugeuse)&hellip; Representing a huge leap forward in every respect compared to his debut album released four years ago, the 14 tracks presented here showcase a multifaceted ambition that is as delightful as it is coherent&hellip; Carried by musicians whose brilliance is matched by precision and by a production of eloquent clarity, these songs and instrumentals&mdash;which shy away from no unconventional path&mdash;manage to stay on course with a style of pop music that is as open-minded as it is rich in references, without ever descending into mere stylistic exercise&hellip; Opulence and sophistication reign supreme here, and Boris Maurussane&rsquo;s vocals are now perfectly in tune, lending this album the air of a resounding success &hellip; This chamber pop takes to the open air here and would undoubtedly be perfectly happy to be savoured beneath the open sky &ndash; let it be known.</p>
<p>Next up is the small ensemble The Reed Conservation Society and their &lsquo;Sing A Song That Never Ends&rsquo; (La Basse Roche, Hot Puma Records, Martingale)... Having successfully shifted their approach slightly by singing in French on their previous album, the band led by St&eacute;phane Auzenet &ndash; now comprising four members &ndash; returns to singing in English and takes the opportunity to open their doors even wider... The delicacy inherent in this songwriting unfolds unhindered throughout these 11 tracks, even when the tempo picks up a little&hellip; The overall atmosphere of this album leans towards harmony, and here the appeal will certainly never come from an exaggerated assertion of the self... As such, nothing feels heavy-handed, and the references woven throughout these songs manage to be as fleeting as they are richly evocative... This music is definitely ready to set off on a long voyage in complete freedom, and we hope it won&rsquo;t return to its home port any time soon... Breath and Joy... Thank you... Enjoy !</p>
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      <title>"Eyes Full" - Zoh Amba  &amp;  "Heart Attack" - Les Américains</title>
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A look back at the first two rock releases from a few weeks ago that have really stuck with us&hellip; Starting with &lsquo;Eyes Full&rsquo; (Matador Records, Beggar&rsquo;s) ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 20:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>A look back at the first two rock releases from a few weeks ago that have really stuck with us&hellip; Starting with &lsquo;Eyes Full&rsquo; (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/MatadorRecords">Matador Records</a>, Beggar&rsquo;s) by the young American artist <a href="https://www.facebook.com/britnizoh">Zoh Amba</a>&hellip; An accomplished saxophonist, she returns here on guitar and vocals to deliver an album that is as abrasive as it is deeply personal&hellip; Recorded live with a handful of impeccable musicians, the 13 tracks presented here often exude a muted, almost telluric power, all imbued with an existential delicacy that one senses comes from afar&hellip; For Zoh Amba, spiritual questing involves the Other, and in these cowardly, dogmatic times, the tremor that results is undoubtedly a source of hope &hellip; Magnitude cannot be decreed; it imposes itself &hellip; Our heartfelt gratitude to Zoh Amba for this gesture! &hellip; A change of scene with the first and short album *Heart Attack* by Les Am&eacute;ricains&hellip; This Parisian band, with a somewhat turbulent history, led by Yvan Hiot, delivers seven tracks that are as deeply rooted as they are feverishly sharp and chaotic&hellip; Here, blues and primitive rock are blended with as much love as savagery, and the shadow of the original Gun Club often hovers mischievously over these tunes, which are as uncertain as they are unsettling &hellip; Viscerally and furiously indomitable, this rock stands a world apart from the generally unchallenging fusions currently in vogue &hellip; And that is why, at Village Pop, all of this is infinitely precious to us&hellip; And in these dismal Trump-era times, it&rsquo;s a pleasure to be able to say: We love Les Am&eacute;ricains&hellip; Enjoy !</p>
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<p>Retour sur 2 premiers jets rock sortis il y a quelques semaines et qui restent bien accroch&eacute;s en nous ... En commencant par le "Eyes Full" (Matador Records, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BeggarsFrance">Beggar's</a>) de la jeune am&eacute;ricaine Zoh Amba ... Saxophoniste &eacute;m&eacute;rite, elle revient l&agrave; &agrave; la guitare et au chant et livre un album aussi abrasif que profond&eacute;ment personnel ... Enregistr&eacute;es live avec quelques musiciens impeccables, les 13 chansons pr&eacute;sent&eacute;es ici d&eacute;gagent souvent une puissance sourde et quasi-tellurique, le tout empreint d'une d&eacute;licatesse existentielle que l'on pressent venir de loin ... Chez Zoh Amba, la recherche spirituelle passe par l'Autre et en ces temps l&acirc;chement dogmatiques, le tremblement qui en d&eacute;coule est lui &agrave; coup s&ucirc;r source d'espoir ... L'amplitude ne se d&eacute;cr&ecirc;te pas, elle s'invite ... Toute notre gratitude &agrave; Zoh Amba pour ce geste ! ... Changement de d&eacute;cor avec le 1er et court album "Heart Attack" pour <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Lesamericains2">Les Am&eacute;ricains</a> ... Ce combo parisien &agrave; l'histoire un peu mouvement&eacute;e, emmen&eacute; par Yvan Hiot, propulse l&agrave; 7 chansons aussi sourc&eacute;es que fi&eacute;vreusement tranchantes et chaotiques ... Ici, blues et rock primitif sont malax&eacute;s avec autant d'amour que de sauvagerie et l'ombre du Gun Club originel plane souvent avec malice au-dessus de ces comptines aussi incertaines que troublantes ... Visc&eacute;ralement et furieusement indomptable, ce rock se positionne bien loin des fusions g&eacute;n&eacute;ralement sans enjeux actuellement en vogue ... Et c'est pourquoi au Village Pop tout cela nous est infiniment pr&eacute;cieux ... Et en ces path&eacute;tiques temps trumpistes, il est plaisant de pouvoir dire : We love Les Am&eacute;ricains ... Enjoy ! &nbsp;</p>
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      <title>"Cry Baby" - Vince Staples</title>
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We continue with the stars, making way for Vince Staples and his thrilling &lsquo;Cry Baby&rsquo; (Loma Vista Recordings...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>We continue with the stars, making way for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/vincestaples">Vince Staples</a> and his thrilling &lsquo;Cry Baby&rsquo; (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/lomavistarecordings">Loma Vista Recordings</a>, Beau Travail).</p>
<p>Having been on the rap scene for over 10 years, this brilliant Californian musician takes a step back here by releasing this new album in a more independent manner, and the power emanating from these 10 tracks is there to confirm the wisdom of this approach. ... Musically, rarely has syncretism been so fully realised... One very quickly abandons the idea of distinguishing between hip-hop, rock and electronic music in these compositions, such is the stunning fluidity at work... And whatever the somewhat bumpy nature of the path taken, it exudes, above all, an organic quality, and these human vibrations&mdash;so very human&mdash;take this music far beyond the world of confrontation and disillusionment... This songwriting masterfully employs metaphor, and here it cuts through and bounces back... No gaze without movement, no movement without a gaze... If the insularity of your own circle eventually starts to weigh on you and you&rsquo;re not afraid of a breath of fresh air, this album is undoubtedly made for you, for us... A must-listen to be played on repeat... Enjoy !&nbsp;</p>
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<p>On continue avec les &eacute;toiles, place &agrave; Vince Staples et son excitant "Cry Baby" (Loma Vista Recordings, Beau Travail).</p>
<p>Sur le pont de la galaxie rap depuis plus de 10 ans, ce brillant musicien californien fait ici un pas de c&ocirc;t&eacute; en sortant ce nouvel album de fa&ccedil;on plus ind&eacute;pendante, et la puissance que d&eacute;gage ces 10 titres est l&agrave; pour corroborer la justesse de cette d&eacute;marche ... Musicalement, rarement syncr&eacute;tisme aura &eacute;t&eacute; plus &eacute;panoui ... On abandonne tr&egrave;s vite l'id&eacute;e de faire la part des choses dans ces compositions entre hip-hop, rock et musiques &eacute;lectroniques, tant la fluidit&eacute; &agrave; l'oeuvre est bluffante ... Et quelque soit la teneur plus ou moins caboss&eacute;e du chemin emprunt&eacute;, cela respire avant tout l'organique, et ces vibrations humaines, si humaines, emm&egrave;nent cette musique bien au-del&agrave; du monde de la confrontation et du d&eacute;sabusement ... Ce songwriting manie &agrave; merveille la m&eacute;taphore, et ici &ccedil;a tranche et &ccedil;a rebondit ... Pas de regard sans mouvement, pas de mouvements sans regards ... Si l'entre soi finit tout de m&ecirc;me par vous peser et qu'un appel d'air ne vous fait pas peur, cet album est sans doute fait pour vous, pour nous ... Un must &agrave; faire r&eacute;sonner sans mod&eacute;ration ... Enjoy !&nbsp;</p>
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      <title>"Little Wide Open" - Kevin Morby</title>
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Let&rsquo;s start with Kevin Morby&rsquo;s latest album, &ldquo;Little Wide Open&rdquo; (Dead Oceans, Secretly Group, Modulo...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Let&rsquo;s start with Kevin Morby&rsquo;s latest album, &ldquo;Little Wide Open&rdquo; (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/DeadOceans">Dead Oceans</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SecretlyGroupDE">Secretly Group</a>, Modulor)</p>
<p>After cutting his teeth with the brilliant <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100050400523352">The Babies</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kevinrobertmorby">Kevin Morby</a> has stepped up a gear with a solo career that&rsquo;s gaining ever more traction ... And this new album could well be his finest work to date ... This laid-back songwriting doesn&rsquo;t come out of nowhere; it&rsquo;s always been fuelled by an urban folk rock that navigates with ease between restrained soaring passages and slow-burning lulls... Driven by a certain return to his roots, Kevin Morby takes his urban sensibility back to the great outdoors, and the humility and sincerity of his approach permeate every note of these 13 songs ... Accompanied by musicians who are simply brilliant in every respect, he radiates intimate vibes, and it&rsquo;s often deeply moving... Time slips by without a hint of hysteria, and it feels absolutely brilliant... Even if we&rsquo;re under no illusions that this is becoming increasingly rare, this magnificent album by Kevin Morby proves that it&rsquo;s still possible to reach a wide audience with songwriting that&rsquo;s as classy as it is structurally sound... Thanks to him... Enjoy !</p>
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<p>Revenons d'abord sur le dernier album de Kevin Morby "Little Wide Open" (Dead Oceans, Secretly Group, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/modulormusic">Modulor</a>).</p>
<p>Apr&egrave;s des d&eacute;buts au sein des brillants The Babies, Kevin Morby est pass&eacute; &agrave; la vitesse sup&eacute;rieure avec une carri&egrave;re solo qui rencontre de plus en plus d'&eacute;cho ... Et ce nouvel album pourrait bien &ecirc;tre &agrave; ce jour son plus bel &eacute;crin ... Ce songwriting tout en laid-back ne sort pas de nulle part, nourrit depuis toujours d'un folk rock citadin navigant avec aisance entre envol&eacute;es dompt&eacute;es et accalmies &agrave; combustion lente ... M&ucirc; par un certain retour aux sources, Kevin Morby emm&egrave;ne son urbanit&eacute; r&eacute;investir les grands espaces, et l'humilit&eacute; et la sinc&eacute;rit&eacute; de la d&eacute;marche irriguent chaque notes de ces 13 chansons ... Accompagn&eacute; par des musiciens en tous points &eacute;patants, il rayonne tout en vibrations intimes et c'est tr&egrave;s souvent bouleversant ... Le temps s'&eacute;coule sans qu'une quelconque hyst&eacute;risation vienne pointer le bout de son nez, et &ccedil;a fait un bien fou ... M&ecirc;me si ne nous leurrons pas, cela devient de plus en plus rare, ce magnifique album de Kevin Morby prouve qu'il est encore possible de toucher un large public avec un songwriting aussi classieux que pleinement vert&eacute;br&eacute; ... Merci &agrave; lui ... Enjoy !</p>
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      <title>"Time Flowers" - The Birthday Letters</title>
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A joy to discover: &ldquo;Time Flowers&rdquo; (Sheinton Records) by The Birthday Letters.
Based in Vilnius (Lithuania) since 2024, Englishman Joseph Hughes has pro...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>A joy to discover: &ldquo;Time Flowers&rdquo; (Sheinton Records) by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thebirthdayletters">The Birthday Letters</a>.</p>
<p>Based in Vilnius (Lithuania) since 2024, Englishman Joseph Hughes has produced a superb third album... Infused with folk-rock that is as celestial as it is organic, the nine tracks presented here showcase songwriting that is as precise as it is mindful of the pauses... Combining density with a certain weightlessness is always a challenge, and we must therefore gratefully acknowledge musicians who, as here, manage to play delicately with the elements to better find their way... We slip with delight into the spaces offered to us and often feel a startling sense of familiarity with these songs, so adept at wielding the scalpel as well as the caress... Presenting itself to us in understated yet charming garb, this music is utterly sincere and ready to penetrate hearts wherever they may be... Let yourself be guided by Joseph Hugues&rsquo;s vocals, as melancholic as they are luminous... And all roads lead to Vilnius, don&rsquo;t they? ... Enjoy !&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Bonheur de la d&eacute;couverte avec ce "Time Flowers" (Sheinton Records) de The Birthday Letters.</p>
<p>Install&eacute; &agrave; Vilnius (Lituanie) depuis 2024, l'anglais Joseph Hugues r&eacute;alise l&agrave; un 3&egrave;me album de haute vol&eacute;e ... Habit&eacute;es par un folk-rock aussi c&eacute;leste qu'organique, les 9 chansons pr&eacute;sent&eacute;es ici d&eacute;roulent un songwriting aussi pr&eacute;cis qu'attentionn&eacute; aux respirations ... Allier la densit&eacute; avec une certaine apesanteur est toujours une gageure, et il faut donc saluer avec gratitude les musiciens qui comme l&agrave; arrivent &agrave; jouer d&eacute;licatement avec les &eacute;l&eacute;ments pour mieux retrouver leur chemin ... Nous nous glissons avec volupt&eacute; dans les interstices offerts &agrave; nous et nous avons souvent un troublant sentiment de familiarit&eacute; avec ces chansons si aptes &agrave; manier le scalpel autant que la caresse ... Se &nbsp;pr&eacute;sentant &agrave; nous sous de discrets mais charmants atours, cette musique est d'une sinc&eacute;rit&eacute; totale et est pr&ecirc;te &agrave; p&eacute;n&eacute;trer les coeurs o&ugrave; qu'ils se trouvent ... Laissez-vous guider par le chant aussi m&eacute;lancolique que lumineux de Joseph Hugues ... Et toutes les routes m&egrave;nent &agrave; Vilnius, n'est-il pas ? ... Enjoy !&nbsp;</p>
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      <title>"Assikel" - Tamikrest</title>
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It&rsquo;s a joy to rediscover the familiar sounds of Tamikrest with this &ldquo;Assikel&rdquo; (Glitterbeat Records, Modulor)....]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://levillagepop.com/news/assikel-tamikrest-345</link>
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<p>It&rsquo;s a joy to rediscover the familiar sounds of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tamikrest">Tamikrest</a> with this &ldquo;Assikel&rdquo; (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Glitterbeat">Glitterbeat Records</a>, Modulor).</p>
<p>Since meeting the brilliant musician and co-founder of the Glitterbeat label, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chris.eckman.9">Chris Eckman</a>, in 2008, the Tuareg musicians of Tamikrest have been treating us to the earth-shaking vibrations of their music ... Travelling the world to bear witness to the reality and hopes of the Kel Tamasheq people, these musicians have never succumbed to the tempting temptation of watering down their sound to attract a wider audience, and this new album, with its emphasis on a live sound, continues the class of a journey as resilient as it is determined ... The loops, the long-running foundations of this music, move with agility whatever the setting, whether bubbling or more subdued... And the guitars carrying it all are sparkling, without ever veering into the showy... This music carries within it a silence conducive to close attention to the elements, and the vocals, full of restrained lyricism, carry these eight songs to inhabited shores where the pain of exile blows just as strongly as the hope of a reconciled tomorrow... A magnificent album... Enjoy !&nbsp;</p>
<p><span><em>(Automatic translation from a text written in french)</em></span></p>
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<p>Bonheur de retrouver les sons amis de Tamikrest avec ce "Assikel" (Glitterbeat Records, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/modulormusic">Modulor</a>).</p>
<p>Depuis leur rencontre en 2008 avec le formidable musicien et co-fondateur du label Glitterbeat, Chris Eckman, les touaregs de Tamikrest nous font go&ucirc;ter aux vibrations telluriques de leur musique ... Parcourant le monde pour t&eacute;moigner de la r&eacute;alit&eacute; et des esp&eacute;rances du peuple Kel Tamasheq, ces musiciens n'ont jamais flirt&eacute; avec une aseptisation bien tentante pour augmenter l'audience, et ce nouvel album, privil&eacute;giant le son live, perp&eacute;tue la classe d'un parcours aussi r&eacute;silient que d&eacute;cid&eacute; ... Les boucles, matrices au long cours de cette musique, savent se mouvoir avec agilit&eacute; quelque soit l'environnement, bouillonnant ou plus apais&eacute; ... Et les guitares portant tout cela sont &eacute;tincelantes, sans jamais tomber dans le d&eacute;monstratif ... Cette musique porte en elle un silence propice &agrave; une attention assidue aux &eacute;l&eacute;ments, et le chant tout en lyrisme contenu emm&egrave;ne ces 8 chansons sur des rives habit&eacute;es o&ugrave; soufflent autant la douleur de l'exile que l'espoir de lendemains r&eacute;concili&eacute;s ... Magnifique album ... Enjoy !</p>
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      <title>"Badges" - The Loft</title>
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It feels like a desire to make up for lost time with this &ldquo;Badges&rdquo; (Tapete Records, Marion Seury) by ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 16:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://levillagepop.com/news/badges-the-loft-344</link>
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<p>It feels like a desire to make up for lost time with this &ldquo;Badges&rdquo; (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/tapeterecords">Tapete Records</a>, Marion Seury) by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088074349802">The Loft</a>.</p>
<p>The release of a debut album 20 years after splitting up, followed almost immediately by a second album for the band led by Pete Astor ... And it&rsquo;s a real pleasure to listen to these new songs, imbued with a pop-rock classicism that is as undeniable as it is fresh ... No finely crafted orchestrations here, but a sound as close to a live performance as possible, exuding the joy of playing together... The class of songwriting like this can never be learnt in any training course; it stems from long-term listening and a need to always keep things in the present ... The result: 10 songs as dense as they are breathable, and which never exude the toil of hard work ... Melody is always at the heart of these compositions, but there&rsquo;s no question of sacrificing everything to it, for movement runs deep within this music, and that is precisely the secret of this pop that needs no trendy gimmicks to give us those much-needed bursts of vitality... Pete Astor and the impeccable musicians around him have decided to keep the show on the road, and it didn&rsquo;t take us long to agree to join in the dance with them... Invigorating... Enjoy !</p>
<p><span><em>(Automatic translation from a text written in french)</em></span></p>
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<p>[fran&ccedil;ais]</p>
<p>Comme un d&eacute;sir de rattraper le temps perdu avec ce "Badges" (Tapete Records, Marion Seury) de The Loft.</p>
<p>Sortie d'un 1er Album 20 ans apr&egrave;s une s&eacute;paration et 2&egrave;me album quasiment dans la foul&eacute;e pour le groupe emmen&eacute; par Pete Astor ... Et grand plaisir d'&eacute;couter ces nouvelles chansons empreintes d'un classicisme pop-rock aussi ind&eacute;niable que frais ... Pas d'orchestrations finement cisel&eacute;es ici, mais un son au plus pr&egrave;s du live qui respire le bonheur de jouer ensemble ... La classe d'un songwriting comme celui-ci ne s'apprendra jamais dans quelques formations que ce soit, elle d&eacute;coule d'&eacute;coutes au long cours et d'un besoin d'inscrire les choses toujours au pr&eacute;sent ... R&eacute;sultat : 10 chansons aussi denses que aptes &agrave; la respiration, et qui ne transpirent jamais le labeur studieux ... La m&eacute;lodie est toujours au coeur de ces compositions, mais il n'est pas question de tout lui sacrifier, car le mouvement habite cette musique en profondeur et c'est bien l&agrave; le secret de cette pop qui n'a pas besoin d'utiliser les gadgets emprunt&eacute;s &agrave; l'air du temps pour nous impulser quelques &eacute;lans de vie si n&eacute;cessaires ... Pete Astor et les impeccables musiciens qui l'entourent ont d&eacute;cid&eacute; de continuer le jeu, et il ne nous a pas fallu tr&egrave;s longtemps pour accepter de rentrer dans la danse avec eux ... Revigorant ... Enjoy !</p>
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      <title>"All My Time" - Tofusmell  &amp;  "Dreams" - Books Of Moods</title>
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A double bill, a dual approach for a debut album... Let&rsquo;s start with &lsquo;All My Time&rsquo; (Hardly Art, Modulor) by To...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 10:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://levillagepop.com/news/all-my-time-tofusmell-dreams-books-of-moods-343</link>
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<p>A double bill, a dual approach for a debut album... Let&rsquo;s start with &lsquo;All My Time&rsquo; (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/hardlyartrecords">Hardly Art</a>, Modulor) by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tofusmell">Tofusmell</a>... Having released several singles and an EP, Rae Chen, a young musician originally from Florida and now based in Canada, has taken his time laying the foundations for this debut album... And these prove to be as coherent as they are delicate... Following last week&rsquo;s &ldquo;Angel In Plainclothes&rdquo; by Angelo de Augustine, here is a new exploration of a world unfolding far from the clamour, and another success, as understated as it is essential... Far removed from any algorithm, this music never shies away from the lulls and delights in renewing itself amidst the pauses... Rae Chen&rsquo;s polished songwriting takes these 12 tracks far from the atmospheric music that might have beckoned her, and this luminously impressionistic vocals know how to show us the way without dictating or showing off... A lovely discovery ... A change of atmosphere with &lsquo;Dreams&rsquo; by Books of Moods... The work of the Parisian and gently creative Hugo Sailer, this debut album has had a more adventurous gestation period... A lover of concept albums and passionately ambitious about his music, our contemporary reality has all too often pitted him against its sad contingencies, and so it is after a bumpy journey that this &lsquo;Dreams&rsquo; is released today, almost on the sly... And it would be a real shame to miss out on these 11 songs, with their pop songwriting as sophisticated as it is organic... Produced almost entirely in isolation, this album nevertheless possesses a beautiful breadth and has everything it takes to win over a fairly wide audience... Whilst Bowie&rsquo;s influence is clearly evident in the songwriting, the emancipation is undeniable, and the musicality at work here gracefully avoids the trap of over-elaboration to focus on that elusive and mysterious thing called emotion... The result is an undeniable unity and underlying power, making this album yet another source of great promise for the French music scene ... In short, two debut works that are musically very different, yet driven by a sincerity and ambition that are a pleasure to see and, above all, to hear ... A must-listen, as they say ... Enjoy !&nbsp;</p>
<p><span><em>(Automatic translation from a text written in french)</em></span></p>
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<p>Double affiche, double approche pour un 1er Album ... Commen&ccedil;ons par ce "All My Time" (Hardly Art, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/modulormusic">Modulor</a>) de Tofusmell ... Auteur de plusieurs singles et d'un EP, Rae Chen, jeune musicien originaire de Floride aujourd'hui bas&eacute; au Canada, a construit sans urgence les fondations de ce 1er opus ... Et celles-ci s'av&egrave;rent aussi coh&eacute;rentes que d&eacute;licates ... Apr&egrave;s le "Angel In Plainclothes" d'Angelo de Augustine la semaine derni&egrave;re, nouvelle exploration d'un univers se d&eacute;veloppant loin du tumulte, et nouvelle r&eacute;ussite, aussi discr&egrave;te qu'essentielle ... Loin de tout algorithme, cette musique ne r&eacute;fute jamais les creux et se plait &agrave; se r&eacute;g&eacute;n&eacute;rer au coeur des respirations ... Le songwriting travaill&eacute; de Rae Chen emm&egrave;ne ces 12 chansons loin d'une musique atmosph&eacute;rique qui aurait pu lui tendre les bras, et ce chant lumineusement impressionniste sait nous montrer le chemin sans diktat et sans ostentation ... Belle d&eacute;couverte ... Changement d'ambiance avec le "Dreams" de <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BooksOfMoods">Books of Moods</a> ... Oeuvre du parisien et gentiment d&eacute;miurge Hugo Sailer, ce 1er album a connu lui une gestation plus aventureuse ... Amoureux du concept album et passionn&eacute;ment ambitieux pour sa musique, notre r&eacute;alit&eacute; contemporaine lui a bien souvent oppos&eacute; ses tristes contingences et c'est donc apr&egrave;s un chemin non fluide que sort aujourd'hui, presque &agrave; la d&eacute;rob&eacute;e, ce "Dreams" ... Et il serait bien navrant de passer &agrave; c&ocirc;t&eacute; de ces 11 chansons &agrave; l'&eacute;criture pop aussi sophistiqu&eacute;e qu'organique ... R&eacute;alis&eacute; en quasi-autarcie, cet album est pourtant d'une belle amplitude et a tous les atouts pour conqu&eacute;rir un public assez large ... Si l'&eacute;toile Bowie a accompagn&eacute; de fa&ccedil;on claire ce songwriting, l'&eacute;mancipation est de fait &eacute;vidente et la musicalit&eacute; &agrave; l'oeuvre ici &eacute;vite avec gr&acirc;ce le pi&egrave;ge de l'empilement pour se concentrer sur cet objet t&eacute;nu et myst&eacute;rieux qu'est l'&eacute;motion ... En r&eacute;sulte une unit&eacute; et une puissance souterraine ind&eacute;niable, ce qui fait de cet album une riche esp&eacute;rance de plus pour la sc&egrave;ne fran&ccedil;aise ... Pour r&eacute;sum&eacute;, 2 premi&egrave;res oeuvres musicalement tr&egrave;s diff&eacute;rentes, mais port&eacute;es par une sinc&eacute;rit&eacute; et une ambition qui font plaisir &agrave; voir et surtout &agrave; entendre ... A d&eacute;couvrir absolument comme on dit ... Enjoy !</p>
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<p><a href="https://tofusmell.bandcamp.com/album/all-my-time" title="Bandcamp">Bandcamp</a></p>
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      <title>"Angel In Plainclothes" - Angelo De Augustine</title>
      <description><![CDATA[[english]
A touch of timeless sweetness with Angelo De Augustine&rsquo;s &ldquo;Angel In Plainclothes&rdquo; (Asthmatic Kitty R...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 20:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://levillagepop.com/news/angel-in-plainclothes-angelo-de-augustine-342</link>
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<p>A touch of timeless sweetness with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/angelodeaugustinemusic">Angelo De Augustine</a>&rsquo;s &ldquo;Angel In Plainclothes&rdquo; (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/asthmatickitty">Asthmatic Kitty Records</a>).</p>
<p>A musician beloved by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LeVillagePop/">Le Village Pop</a> since his debut, this Californian multi-instrumentalist&mdash;a longtime collaborator and labelmate of Sufjan Stevens&mdash;has been spreading his wings for the past decade in a world where slogans take a back seat and where there&rsquo;s no need to raise your voice to be heard... Here, musicality flourishes unhindered and without vanity, an insatiable vehicle for a reconciliation we cannot do without ... These 10 songs, as stripped-down as they are discreetly lush, take us far, far away from the hysteria dominating the headlines, whether in the music world or the broader news ... The gentleness that inhabits every single note is profoundly existential, and the greatness of this songwriting lies in revealing its full depth through touches as finely crafted as they are direct ... Angelo De Augustine&rsquo;s vocals, as fragile as they are firmly enveloping, possess a singularity that is utterly irreducible, and blessed are those who choose to open themselves fully to them&mdash;the experience will then be long and flawless, we promise ... In short, tune out the distractions for a moment and listen to this new little gem without limits ... Enjoy !</p>
<p><span><em>(Automatic translation from a text written in french)</em></span></p>
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<p>[fran&ccedil;ais]</p>
<p>Un peu d'&eacute;ternelle douceur avec le "Angel In Plainclothes" (Asthmatic Kitty Records) d'Angelo De Augustine.</p>
<p>Musicien aim&eacute; du Village Pop depuis ses d&eacute;buts, ce californien multi-instrumentiste, compagnon de route et de label de Sufjan Stevens, d&eacute;ploie ses ailes depuis une dizaine d'ann&eacute;es au coeur d'un univers o&ugrave; le slogan se fait tout petit et o&ugrave; il n'est pas n&eacute;cessaire d'&eacute;lever le ton pour se faire entendre ... Ici, la musicalit&eacute; se cultive sans entraves et sans vanit&eacute;, vecteur insatiable d'une r&eacute;conciliation &agrave; laquelle on ne peut renoncer ... Ces 10 chansons aussi d&eacute;pouill&eacute;es que discr&egrave;tement luxuriantes nous emm&egrave;nent loin, bien loin, des hyst&eacute;ries &agrave; la une de l'actualit&eacute;, que celle-ci soit soit musicale ou plus g&eacute;n&eacute;raliste ... La douceur qui habite la moindre de ces notes est profond&eacute;ment existentielle et la grandeur de ce songwriting est d'en r&eacute;v&eacute;ler toute la teneur par touches aussi cisel&eacute;es que franches ... Le chant d'Angelo De Augustine, aussi fragile que fermement enveloppant, est d'une singularit&eacute; totalement irr&eacute;ductible et heureux seront ceux qui accepteront de s'ouvrir pleinement &agrave; celui-ci, l'infusion sera alors longue et sans failles, promis ... Bref, &eacute;loignez les parasites un moment et &eacute;coutez sans limites cette nouvelle petite merveille ... Enjoy !</p>
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      <title>"Orange" - White Fence</title>
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White Fence&rsquo;s &ldquo;Orange&rdquo; (Drag City Records) has the feel of the perfect rock album.
Worki...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 06:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://levillagepop.com/news/orange-white-fence-341</link>
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<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WHITEFENCETIMPRESLEY">White Fence</a>&rsquo;s &ldquo;Orange&rdquo; (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/dragcityrecords">Drag City Records</a>) has the feel of the perfect rock album.</p>
<p>Working solo under this moniker for the past fifteen years, Californian Tim Presley returns after a seven-year hiatus, with his friend Ty Segall at the helm, and the result is stunning in every way... This songwriting carries with it a classicism that is as humble as it is flamboyant, and the influences at play here are the kind that elevate rather than hold back... These 11 songs subtly shift between tempos and arrangements, the precision is consistently on point, and the somewhat battered heart at the heart of it all suddenly seems invincible... There is truly nothing to throw away in this treatise on a certain reconciliation between shadow and light... With gravity as a given and a breath of fresh air as a wink, this music possesses virtues that are all the more precious in these times of expansionist AI, whether masked or not... Tim Presley has just created his masterpiece here; its influence is only just beginning&mdash;let&rsquo;s enjoy it right now... Enjoy!</p>
<p><span><em>(Automatic translation from a text written in french)</em></span></p>
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<p>[fran&ccedil;ais]</p>
<p>Comme une atmosph&egrave;re d'album rock id&eacute;al avec ce "Orange" (Drag City Records) de White Fence.</p>
<p>Oeuvrant en solo sous cette identit&eacute; depuis une quinzaine d'ann&eacute;es, le californien Tim Presley revient nous faire signe apr&egrave;s 7 ans d'absence, avec l'ami Ty Segall &agrave; la r&eacute;alisation, et le r&eacute;sultat est en tous points &eacute;patant ... Ce songwriting charrie avec lui un classicisme aussi humble que flamboyant, et les influences envisag&eacute;es ici sont de celles qui portent plus qu'elles inhibent ... Ces 11 chansons peuvent alterner subtilement les tempos et les orchestrations, la justesse est constamment au rendez-vous, et le coeur quelque peu caboss&eacute; &agrave; l'origine de tout cela semble soudain invincible ... Il n'y vraiment rien &agrave; jeter dans ce trait&eacute; d'une certaine r&eacute;conciliation entre l'ombre et la lumi&egrave;re ... La gravit&eacute; comme une &eacute;vidence et l'appel d'air comme un clin d'oeil, cette musique a des vertus &ocirc; combien pr&eacute;cieuses en ces temps d'IA expansionniste, masqu&eacute;e ou non ... Tim Presley vient de r&eacute;aliser l&agrave; sa pi&egrave;ce ma&icirc;tresse, son rayonnement ne fait commencer, profitons-en d&egrave;s maintenant ... Enjoy !</p>
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      <title>"Window Tax" - Maxwell Farrington &amp; Le SuperHomard</title>
      <description><![CDATA[[english]
A delightful return to the recording scene from Maxwell Farrington &amp; Le SuperHomard with &ldquo;Window Tax&rdquo; (Talitres).
After brilliantly establishing themselves on stages here and abroad, the Franco-Australian ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://levillagepop.com/news/window-tax-maxwell-farrington-le-superhomard-340</link>
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<p>A delightful return to the recording scene from Maxwell Farrington &amp; Le SuperHomard with &ldquo;Window Tax&rdquo; (Talitres).</p>
<p>After brilliantly establishing themselves on stages here and abroad, the Franco-Australian duo isn&rsquo;t resting on its laurels and is releasing 12 new songs brimming with vitality that are sure to cement this songwriting&mdash;as inspired as it is mischievously unique&mdash;at the very top of the list of those who truly matter ... Recorded in London with Mike Lindsay of Tunng, this album succeeds, much like the London band, in giving voice to a literate pop with a musicality as rich as it is shimmering, without ever chasing fleeting trends... Baroque in essence, this music is nonetheless a marvel of balance, and the extraordinary synergy between the two partners allows them to take their respective talents to new heights... And since the journey to reach those heights is meticulously crafted, we savor every step with unabashed delight... This music has everything it takes to enchant many lands across the globe; we wholeheartedly hope it succeeds... Enjoy !&nbsp;</p>
<p><span><em>(Automatic translation from a text written in french)</em></span></p>
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<p>Retour discographique r&eacute;jouissant de <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lesuperhomard">Maxwell Farrington &amp; Le SuperHomard</a> avec "Window Tax" (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/talitres">Talitres</a>).</p>
<p>Apr&egrave;s avoir r&eacute;ussi &agrave; s'imposer avec brio sur les sc&egrave;nes d'ici et d'ailleurs, le duo franco australien ne baisse pas la garde et publie 12 nouvelles chansons &agrave; la vigueur toute florissante qui ne peuvent qu'inscrire d&eacute;finitivement ce songwriting aussi sourc&eacute; que malicieusement singulier tout en haut de la liste de ceux qui comptent r&eacute;ellement ... Enregistr&eacute; &agrave; Londres avec Mike Lindsay de Tunng, cet album r&eacute;ussit, &agrave; l'instar du groupe londonien, &agrave; faire entendre la voix d'une pop lettr&eacute;e &agrave; la musicalit&eacute; aussi foisonnante que chatoyante, sans jamais courir apr&egrave;s les tentations &eacute;ph&eacute;m&egrave;res ... Baroque par essence, cette musique est pourtant une merveille d'&eacute;quilibre, et la compl&eacute;mentarit&eacute; XXL des 2 comp&egrave;res permet d'envoyer leur grand talent respectif sur des terres en haute altitude ... Et le voyage pour les atteindre &eacute;tant finement &eacute;tudi&eacute;, on go&ucirc;te toutes les &eacute;tapes avec une gourmandise assum&eacute;e ... Cette musique a tout ce qu'il faut pour enchanter de nombreuses contr&eacute;es &agrave; travers le monde, on lui souhaite amoureusement d'y arriver ... Enjoy !&nbsp;</p>
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      <title>"The World Is Not Good Enough" - Sean Solomon &amp; "Double Exposure" - Penny Arcade</title>
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We&rsquo;re kicking things off with a double bill featuring our favourites of the week: &ldquo;The World Is Not Good Enough&rdquo; (Anti Records, Boogie Drugstore) by ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>We&rsquo;re kicking things off with a double bill featuring our favourites of the week: &ldquo;The World Is Not Good Enough&rdquo; (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/antirecords">Anti Records</a>, Boogie Drugstore) by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/foreverseansolomon">Sean Solomon</a> and &ldquo;Double Exposure&rdquo; (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/tapeterecords">Tapete Records</a>, Bigwax, Marion Seury) by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pennyarcademusic">Penny Arcade</a>.</p>
<p>One is Californian and is releasing his first solo album here, the other is English and already has a solid indie background behind him, but both champion a certain vision of pop songwriting that is as DIY as it is ambitious ... Also an illustrator, Sean Solomon finds here another way to express his relationship with the world, yet the sincerity&mdash;as disarming as it is radiant&mdash;that he displays in these eight songs remains unchanged... Here we find pop-rock with beautifully integrated indie influences, which, filtered through a keen sense of perception, propels this music into the big league of songwriters to watch out for... Equally at ease with a whisper as with an explosion, Sean Solomon is making his mark &ndash; and so are we... As for Penny Arcade&rsquo;s second album, it&rsquo;s more a quest for simplicity... A pop activist who has been part of the brilliant Veronica Falls, The Proper Ornaments and Ultimate Painting, James Hoare switches things up a bit and offers us 12 songs captured in the moment, without pretence, yet brimming with talent... Bone-dry and laid-back in equal measure, these minimalist tunes leave a deep impression and always open doors to good effect... This songwriting has the discretion of seasoned seekers who&rsquo;ve seen it all and the majesty of scholars deliberately pressing the &lsquo;Pause&rsquo; button... The journey continues and we&rsquo;ll be there for the next stage, that&rsquo;s for sure... Enjoy !&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Double affiche pour commencer avec nos pr&eacute;f&eacute;r&eacute;s de la semaine, "The World Is Not Good Enough" (Anti Records, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BoogieDrugstore">Boogie Drugstore</a>) de Sean Solomon et "Double Exposure" (Tapete Records, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BigwaxDistribution">Bigwax</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/marion.seury">Marion Seury</a>) de Penny Arcade.</p>
<p>L'un est californien et r&eacute;alise l&agrave; son premier album solo, l'autre est anglais et a d&eacute;j&agrave; un solide background indie derri&egrave;re lui, mais tous deux d&eacute;fendent une certaine id&eacute;e d'un songwriting pop aussi DIY qu'ambitieux ... Egalement dessinateur, Sean Solomon trouve ici une autre fa&ccedil;on d'illustrer son rapport au monde, mais la sinc&eacute;rit&eacute; aussi d&eacute;sarmante que chatoyante qu'il manifeste dans ces 8 chansons reste identique ... On retrouve l&agrave; une pop-rock aux r&eacute;f&eacute;rences indie magnifiquement int&eacute;gr&eacute;es, qui pass&eacute;e aux filtres de perceptions aiguis&eacute;es, envoie cette musique dans le grand bain des songwriters sur qui il faudra compter ... Aussi &agrave; l'aise dans le chuchotement que dans l'explosion, Sean Solomon prend date et nous aussi ... Pour ce qui est du deuxi&egrave;me album de Penny Arcade, il s'agirait plut&ocirc;t d'une recherche de d&eacute;pouillement ... Activiste pop successivement au sein des brillants Veronica Falls, The Proper Ornaments et Ultimate Painting, James Hoare d&eacute;branche un peu la machine et nous offre ici 12 chansons prises sur le vif, sans d&eacute;corum, mais gorg&eacute;es de talent ... Sur l'os et laid-back dans le m&ecirc;me geste, ces comptines minimalistes impr&egrave;gnent en profondeur et entrouvrent toujours des portes &agrave; bon escient ... Ce songwriting a la discr&eacute;tion des cherchants &agrave; qui on ne la fait plus et la majest&eacute; des &eacute;rudits appuyant volontairement sur le bouton "Pause" ... La route continue et nous serons l&agrave; pour la prochaine &eacute;tape c'est certain ... Enjoy !&nbsp;</p>
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      <title>"Evergreen In Your Mind" - Juni Habel</title>
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A breath of fresh air this week with Juni Habel&rsquo;s new album, &ldquo;Evergreen In Your Mind&rdquo; (Basin Rock Records)...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>A breath of fresh air this week with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/junihabel">Juni Habel</a>&rsquo;s new album, &ldquo;Evergreen In Your Mind&rdquo; (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/BasinRockRecords">Basin Rock Records</a>).</p>
<p>The third release from this Norwegian artist, and the sense that she is carving out her own path with such natural ease &hellip; At a time when fusions of all kinds are becoming the trend, Juni Habel stands firm with folk music as delicate as it is stripped-back, and the result&mdash;dense yet ethereal&mdash;elevates this songwriting to the heights of timeless music, capable of achieving so much with so little... Here, silence is never an enemy, merely the most wonderful of accomplices as we venture along an open path... And the gentle breeze that breathes life into these songs gradually reveals the faint tremors of a quest as humble as it is dizzying... Not the slightest trace here of a desire to strut about in the heart of the contemporary maelstrom, and it feels incredibly good to hear... Yet we shall not speak of asceticism here, so much does this music delight in playing with resonances and so much is this singing never constrained... As free as it is drawn towards the hoped-for chord, it guides as much as it accompanies, and it then seems natural to us to make this luminous journey our own, so far removed from the dancefloor... Precious, so precious... Enjoy !</p>
<p><span><em>(Automatic translation from a text written in french)</em></span></p>
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<p>De l'air frais cette semaine avec le nouvel album de Juni Habel, "Evergreen In Your Mind" (Basin Rock Records).</p>
<p>3&egrave;me opus pour cette artiste norv&eacute;gienne et le sentiment d'un sillon qui se creuse comme une &eacute;vidence ... A l'heure o&ugrave; les fusions de toutes sortes se font tendances, Juni Habel persiste et signe dans une folk music aussi d&eacute;licate que d&eacute;pouill&eacute;e, et le r&eacute;sultat, dense et a&eacute;rien, installe ce songwriting au firmament de cette musique sans &acirc;ge, pouvant faire tant avec si peu ... Ici, le silence n'est jamais un ennemi, juste le plus merveilleux des complices pour avancer sur un chemin &agrave; d&eacute;couvert ... Et la brise l&eacute;g&egrave;re qui irrigue ces chansons r&eacute;v&egrave;le petit &agrave; petit les infimes tremblements d'une qu&ecirc;te aussi humble que vertigineuse ... Pas la moindre trace l&agrave; d'un d&eacute;sir de parader au coeur du magma contemporain, et &ccedil;a fait un bien fou &agrave; entendre ... On ne parlera pourtant pas d'asc&eacute;tisme ici, tant cette musique se plait &agrave; jouer des r&eacute;sonnances et tant ce chant n'est jamais dans la contrainte ... Aussi libre que tendu vers l'accord esp&eacute;r&eacute;, celui-ci guide autant qu'il accompagne, et il nous parait alors naturel de faire n&ocirc;tre cette embarqu&eacute;e lumineuse, si loin des dancefloor ... Pr&eacute;cieux, si pr&eacute;cieux ... Enjoy !</p>
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      <title>"Tadpoles" - Nick Wheeldon</title>
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It&rsquo;s a joy to be treated to our annual dose of Nick Wheeldon with his new album &lsquo;Tadpoles&rsquo; (Le Pop Club Records, Modulor).
Having supported this p...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>It&rsquo;s a joy to be treated to our annual dose of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NickWheeldonMusic">Nick Wheeldon</a> with his new album &lsquo;Tadpoles&rsquo; (Le Pop Club Records, Modulor).</p>
<p>Having supported this prodigious and versatile English musician, who has been based in France for many years, since our very beginnings, we&rsquo;re certainly not about to back down after listening intently to these nine new songs, as they perfectly embody all of his genius... Nick Wheeldon combines unrivalled musical erudition with a devastating instinct... In &lsquo;Tadpoles&rsquo;, we thus find, implicitly, a part of the history of folk music, without detachment, without pretence, driven simply by an unconditional love of music that sustains this musician day in, day out... We are thus immersed in a wellspring of musicality as deep as it is boundless, where sincerity is never an option... What makes this songwriting so unique and vibrant is the warm restlessness that runs through all these compositions... Nick Wheeldon seems to have little interest in seduction; this music therefore goes straight to the heart of our emotional core, and you must be prepared... And if you are, the journey will be magnificent, I promise... The French music scene is very fortunate to have such a talented and generous activist in its midst... Enjoy !</p>
<p><span><em>(Automatic translation from a text written in french)</em></span></p>
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<p>Bonheur de retrouver notre dose annuelle de Nick Wheeldon avec son nouvel album "Tadpoles" (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/lepopclubrecords">Le Pop Club Records</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/modulormusic">Modulor</a>).</p>
<p>Soutien depuis nos d&eacute;buts de ce musicien anglais prodigue et prot&eacute;iforme &eacute;tabli en France depuis de longues ann&eacute;es, ce n'est pas apr&egrave;s l'&eacute;coute assidue de ces 9 nouvelles chansons que nous allons baisser pavillon car celles-ci symbolisent parfaitement tout le g&eacute;nie du monsieur ... Nick Wheeldon, c'est une &eacute;rudition musicale hors-pair associ&eacute;e &agrave; un instinct d&eacute;vastateur ... Dans ce "Tadpoles", on retrouve donc en filigrane une partie de l'histoire de la folk music, sans distanciation, sans pose, juste port&eacute;e par un amour inconditionnel de la musique qui porte ce musicien au quotidien ... On plonge donc l&agrave; dans un bain de musicalit&eacute; aussi sourc&eacute; qu'illimit&eacute;, o&ugrave; la sinc&eacute;rit&eacute; ne sera jamais une option ... Ce qui rend ce songwriting si unique et si vibrant tient &agrave; l'intranquillit&eacute; chaleureuse qui parcourt toutes ces compositions ... La s&eacute;duction semble peu int&eacute;resser Nick Wheeldon, cette musique arrive donc directement au coeur du r&eacute;acteur de nos &eacute;motions, et il faut alors &ecirc;tre pr&ecirc;t ... Et si tel est le cas, le voyage sera magnifique, promis ... La sc&egrave;ne fran&ccedil;aise est bien chanceuse d'avoir en son sein un activiste aussi talentueux et g&eacute;n&eacute;reux ... Enjoy !</p>
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      <title>"Tête Dans Les Nuages" - Monagi</title>
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Direction Gand cette fois, avec le nouvel album de Monagi, "T&ecirc;te Dans Les Nuages" (L&eacute;gumes Records).
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Direction Gand cette fois, avec le nouvel album de <a href="https://www.facebook.com/monagiofficial">Monagi</a>, "T&ecirc;te Dans Les Nuages" (L&eacute;gumes Records).</p>
<p>Deuxi&egrave;me album solo du musicien-producteur Jess Jacob, cet opus assied un univers &eacute;trangement familier et pourtant profond&eacute;ment personnel ... Familier car &agrave; l'&eacute;coute de ces 10 titres l'on ne peut s'emp&ecirc;cher de penser &agrave; quelques nobles artisans de la sc&egrave;ne musicale d'Ici, familier aussi car langueur existentielle et fausse nonchalance crois&eacute;es en ces notes nous entrainent irr&eacute;sistiblement vers quelques autres pensionnaires de la sc&egrave;ne musicale belge ... Et pourtant, magie de la cr&eacute;ation musicale, il y a l&agrave; quelque chose de violemment irr&eacute;ductible, tant dans ce songwriting minutieusement cisel&eacute; et malicieusement r&ecirc;veur, que dans ce chant au lyrisme contenu et &agrave; la souplesse d&eacute;sarmante ... Et de nombreuses &eacute;coutes ne font que renforcer ce sentiment d'avoir affaire-l&agrave; &agrave; un bloc de coh&eacute;rence aussi humble qu'ambitieux, nullement l&agrave; pour &ecirc;tre le suivant du suivant, mais plus s&ucirc;rement pour continuer de tracer sans ostentation un chemin &agrave; c&ocirc;t&eacute; des grandes routes urbaines surpeupl&eacute;es ... A nous de faire ce petit pas de c&ocirc;t&eacute; pour go&ucirc;ter &agrave; ces d&eacute;lices ... Enjoy !</p>
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<p>Off to Ghent this time, with Monagi&rsquo;s new album, &ldquo;T&ecirc;te Dans Les Nuages&rdquo; (L&eacute;gumes Records).</p>
<p>The second solo album from musician-producer Jess Jacob, this opus establishes a world that is strangely familiar and yet deeply personal ... Familiar because, listening to these 10 tracks, one cannot help but think of a few noble artisans of the local music scene; familiar also because the existential languor and feigned nonchalance woven into these notes irresistibly draw us towards a few other figures on the Belgian music scene ... And yet, such is the magic of musical creation, there is something fiercely unyielding here, both in this meticulously crafted and mischievously dreamy songwriting, and in this singing with its restrained lyricism and disarming suppleness... And repeated listening only reinforces the feeling that we are dealing here with a body of work as humble as it is ambitious, not at all intended to be the next in line, but surely to continue, without ostentation, to chart a path alongside the crowded urban thoroughfares... It is up to us to take that small step aside to savour these delights... Enjoy !</p>
<p><span><em>(Automatic translation from a text written in french)</em></span></p>
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