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      <title>"Angel In Plainclothes" - Angelo De Augustine</title>
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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>
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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>
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<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.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 06:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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<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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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).
Deuxi&egrave;me album solo du musicien-produc...]]></description>
      <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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      <title>"Lotus Bridge" - The Monochrome Set</title>
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Another week of contrasts at Le Village Pop, with stalwart veterans on one side and a brilliant newcomer on the other... Let&rsquo;s start by paying tribute to the quirky little...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Another week of contrasts at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LeVillagePop">Le Village Pop</a>, with stalwart veterans on one side and a brilliant newcomer on the other... Let&rsquo;s start by paying tribute to the quirky little ensemble <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/12010405876">Monochrome Set</a> with their &ldquo;Lotus Bridge&rdquo; (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/tapeterecords">Tapete Records</a>, Bigwax Distribution, Marion Seury).</p>
<p>45 years on from their seminal &ldquo;Strange Boutique&rdquo;, and following a long hiatus for the band in the early 2000s, it is a joy to see that the profound uniqueness of this music is still going strong and that time seems to slip mischievously over these multi-layered nursery rhymes, the secret of which lies with Bid... Still accompanied by the impeccable Andy Warren on bass, he has brilliantly integrated other musicians into this dance that is as swaying as it is playful and mysterious... From its very beginnings, this pop music has combined breadth and subtlety, largely thanks to the gentle psychedelia that inhabits Bid... More than ever, dreams are the driving force behind this songwriting, and whilst the perfectly executed blend of keyboards and guitar parts shines brilliantly here, the vocals&mdash;as lyrical as they are detached&mdash;are a seemingly unchanging hallmark of this long-standing discography... This new album isn&rsquo;t here to revolutionise anything; it simply continues to dig even deeper into a path as unique as it is enchanting at the heart of pop... And it&rsquo;s a complete success... Enjoy !</p>
<p><span><em>(Automatic translation from a text written in french)</em></span></p>
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<p>Semaine encore contrast&eacute;e au Village Pop avec de nobles r&eacute;sistants d'un c&ocirc;t&eacute; et un brillant imp&eacute;trant de l'autre ... Commen&ccedil;ons par faire honneur &agrave; la petite troupe baroque du Monochrome Set avec son "Lotus Bridge" (Tapete Records, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BigwaxDistribution">Bigwax Distribution</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/marion.seury">Marion Seury</a>)</p>
<p>45 ans apr&egrave;s ce "Strange Boutique" fondateur, et apr&egrave;s une longue pause du groupe au d&eacute;but des ann&eacute;es 2000, il est &ocirc; combien heureux de constater que la profonde singularit&eacute; de cette musique est toujours en marche et que le temps semble glisser avec malice sur ces comptines &agrave; tiroirs dont Bid a le secret ... Toujours accompagn&eacute; de l'impeccable Andy Warren &agrave; la basse, il a su int&eacute;grer avec brio d'autres musiciens dans cette danse aussi chaloup&eacute;e qu'enjou&eacute;e et myst&eacute;rieuse ... Cette pop music allie depuis ses d&eacute;buts amplitude et subtilit&eacute;, en grande partie gr&acirc;ce au doux psych&eacute;d&eacute;lisme qui habite Bid ... Plus que jamais, le r&ecirc;ve est un moteur de ce songwriting et si le mariage parfaitement r&eacute;ussi entre claviers et parties de guitare brille ici de mille feux, le chant, aussi lyrique que distanci&eacute;, est un marqueur qui semble inalt&eacute;rable de cette discographie au long cours ... Ce nouvel album n'est pas l&agrave; pour r&eacute;volutionner quoique ce soit, il continue juste &agrave; creuser encore plus profond&eacute;ment un sillon aussi unique qu'enchanteur au coeur de la pop ... Et c'est pleinement r&eacute;ussi ... Enjoy !</p>
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      <title>"News From Planet Zombie" - The Notwist</title>
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A flawless comeback from The Notwist with &lsquo;News From Planet Zombie&rsquo; (Morr Music).
Having been at the forefront of musical activism for 35 years, the German trio maintains an admirable level of quality and fres...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>A flawless comeback from The Notwist with &lsquo;News From Planet Zombie&rsquo; (Morr Music).</p>
<p>Having been at the forefront of musical activism for 35 years, the German trio maintains an admirable level of quality and freshness, and these 11 songs, stripped of all excess, show not the slightest sign of weariness, save for the weariness one feels when confronted head-on by the chaos all around ... Like a musical signature etched into the flesh, moments of calm and tension building towards an explosion lie at the heart of a (dis)enchanted battle, the prime setting for all equations, where pop music sometimes takes centre stage, somewhere between salvation and exorcism ... The breadth of the areas of exploration covered here bears witness to the multiplicity of influences, and the trio&rsquo;s genius lies in bringing all this together with absolute coherence... Few words and plenty of emotions, the kind that arise at the heart of solitary paths, just before once again contemplating the prospect of crossroads... Recorded in a week, these songs let life in through every nook and cranny... Beautiful is today&rsquo;s encounter, which we cannot imagine having no tomorrow... The Notwist are one of those precious bands soaring above chimeras to better redraw the horizon; for that, we are infinitely grateful... Enjoy !</p>
<p><span><em>(Automatic translation from a text written in french)</em></span></p>
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<p>Retour impeccable de The Notwist avec "News From Planet Zombie" (Morr Music).</p>
<p>Sur le pont de l'activisme musical depuis 35 ans, le trio allemand maintient un niveau de qualit&eacute; et de fraicheur admirable, et ces 11 chansons sans gras superflu ne manifestent pas la moindre lassitude, hormis celle que l'on prend en pleine figure devant le chaos ambiant ... Telle une signature musicale grav&eacute;e en des chairs, temps calmes et tensions menant &agrave; l'explosion se retrouvent au coeur d'une battle (d&eacute;s)enchant&eacute;e, lieu privil&eacute;gi&eacute; de toutes les &eacute;quations, o&ugrave; la pop music ferait parfois la belle, entre salut et exorcisme ... L'amplitude des champs d'investigations recens&eacute;s ici t&eacute;moigne de la multiplicit&eacute; des influences, et le g&eacute;nie du trio est de faire co&iuml;ncider tout cela dans une coh&eacute;rence absolue ... Peu de discours et beaucoup d'&eacute;motions, de celles qui naissent au coeur des chemins solitaires, juste avant d'envisager &agrave; nouveau la perspective des croisements ... Enregistr&eacute;es en une semaine, ces chansons laissent entrer la vie par tous les entrelacs ... Belle est aujourd'hui la rencontre, que de notre c&ocirc;t&eacute; l'on imagine pas sans lendemains ... The Notwist est de ces groupes pr&eacute;cieux survolant les chim&egrave;res pour mieux redessiner l'horizon, qu'il en soit infiniment remerci&eacute; ... Enjoy !</p>
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      <title>"You're Free To Go" - Anjimile</title>
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A little tenderness in this harsh world won&rsquo;t do us any harm &ndash; make way for Anjimile&rsquo;s &ldquo;You&rsquo;re Free To Go&rdquo; (...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://levillagepop.com/news/you-re-free-to-go-anjimile-333</link>
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<p>A little tenderness in this harsh world won&rsquo;t do us any harm &ndash; make way for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/anjimilemusic">Anjimile</a>&rsquo;s &ldquo;You&rsquo;re Free To Go&rdquo; (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/fourad">4AD</a>, Beggars).</p>
<p>The third album from this young American transgender musician, and a fully realised work, brimming with existential delicacy ... Drawn mainly from folk and soul, this music flows with impressive fluidity, whatever the tempo ... Everything here sounds deeply contemporary, yet there is an air of timelessness floating through these songs, perhaps due to the precious blend found here between the organic and the spiritual ... There is never any verbiage or opportunistic fusion in this songwriting, just a happy blend of humility and courage, all carried by an XXL talent... Anjimile&rsquo;s vocals never force their way in; they open doors through the sheer force of their appeal, and we simply cannot help but listen... Otherness is now being dreamt up and built, day by day, and the generosity that fuels the musicality at work here is as expansive as it is subtle... A bedside album for feverish or (and) starry nights &ndash; it&rsquo;s up to you... Enjoy !</p>
<p><span><em>(Automatic translation from a text written in french)</em></span></p>
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<p>Un peu de douceur dans ce monde de brutes ne nous fera pas de mal, place au "You're Free To Go" (4AD, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BeggarsFrance">Beggars</a>) de Anjimile.</p>
<p>3&egrave;me album pour ce jeune musicien transgenre am&eacute;ricain, et oeuvre pleinement aboutie, toute en d&eacute;licatesse existentielle ... Emplie principalement de folk et de soul, cette musique est d'une fluidit&eacute; impressionnante, et ce quelque soit le tempo envisag&eacute; ... Tout ici sonne profond&eacute;ment contemporain mais il flotte pourtant comme un air d'intemporalit&eacute; dans ces chansons, la raison peut-&ecirc;tre &agrave; l'alliance si pr&eacute;cieuse rencontr&eacute;e l&agrave; entre l'organique et le spirituel ... Jamais de verbiage ni de fusion opportuniste dans ce songwriting, juste un m&eacute;lange heureux d'humilit&eacute; et de courage, le tout port&eacute; par un talent XXL ... Le chant d'Anjimile ne force jamais les portes, il les ouvre par l'&eacute;vidence de son app&eacute;tence, et il nous est alors impossible d'&eacute;couter ailleurs ... L'alt&eacute;rit&eacute; se r&ecirc;ve et se construit maintenant, au jour le jour, et la g&eacute;n&eacute;rosit&eacute; qui irrigue la musicalit&eacute; &agrave; l'oeuvre ici est aussi ample que fine ... Disque de chevet pour nuits fi&eacute;vreuses ou (et) &eacute;toil&eacute;es, &agrave; vous de voir ... Enjoy !</p>
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      <title>"We Are Together Again" - Bonnie "Prince" Billy</title>
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It&rsquo;s a joy to receive our annual dose of Bonnie "Prince" Billy with this &ldquo;We Are Together Again&rdquo; (Domino Recordings, ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://levillagepop.com/news/we-are-together-again-bonnie-prince-billy-332</link>
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<p>It&rsquo;s a joy to receive our annual dose of Bonnie "Prince" Billy with this &ldquo;We Are Together Again&rdquo; (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/DominoRecordsFrance">Domino Recordings</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NoQuarterRex">No Quarter</a>).</p>
<p>Let&rsquo;s be clear: we would never swap any Will Oldham song for the complete collection of past, present and future Geese tracks... Decency... And what do these 10 new songs, recorded in Louisville with a host of local musicians, tell us? ... That the finesse and sincerity of this songwriting inexorably draw us back to the most precious humanity that remains within us, far, very far, from all our contemporary hysteria... That this music isn&rsquo;t here to get lost in demands &ndash; it observes, acts and takes note, without ostentation... Living together is expressed in the present, at the heart of foundational music and the diversity of its rhythms ... There is never any nostalgia or unnecessary polishing in these offerings, whose musicality is as gentle as it is vibrant, and in which we are particularly delighted to encounter the great <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sally.timms.14">Sally Timms</a> ... Whatever the nature of the froth of the moment, Bonnie "Prince Billy", unperturbed, continues on his way, magnificently accompanied... Thank you to him for keeping the flame burning so well... Enjoy !</p>
<p><span><em>(Automatic translation from a text written in french)</em></span></p>
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<p>Joie de recevoir notre dose annuelle de Bonnie "Prince" Billy avec ce "We Are Together Again" (Domino Recordings, No Quarter).</p>
<p>Soyons clairs, nous n'&eacute;changerons jamais n'importe quelle chanson de Will Oldham contre l'int&eacute;grale des chansons pass&eacute;es, pr&eacute;sentes et &agrave; venir de Geese ... D&eacute;cence ... Et que nous disent ces 10 nouvelles chansons enregistr&eacute;es &agrave; Louisville avec nombre de musiciens du lieu ? ... Que la finesse et la sinc&eacute;rit&eacute; de ce songwriting nous renvoient inexorablement &agrave; l'humanit&eacute; la plus pr&eacute;cieuse qui subsiste en nous, loin, tr&egrave;s loin, de toutes nos hyst&eacute;ries contemporaines ... Que cette musique n'est pas l&agrave; pour se perdre en revendications - elle constate, acte et prend date, sans ostentation ... Le vivre ensemble se d&eacute;cline au pr&eacute;sent, au coeur des musiques fondatrices et de la diversit&eacute; des respirations ... Jamais de pass&eacute;isme ni de polissage intempestif dans ces propositions &agrave; la musicalit&eacute; aussi douce que vibrante, o&ugrave; nous sommes notamment tr&egrave;s heureux de croiser la grande Sally Timms ... Peu importe la teneur de l'&eacute;cume du moment, "Bonnie Prince Billy", imperturbablement, continue sa route, magnifiquement accompagn&eacute; ... Merci &agrave; lui de si bien entretenir la flamme ... Enjoy !</p>
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      <title>"The Devil's Door" - And Also The Trees</title>
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We are full of admiration for And Also The Trees' new album, &lsquo;The Devil's Door&rsquo; (AATT records, Marion Seury).
Present on the indie scene fo...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>We are full of admiration for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100045040099531">And Also The Trees</a>' new album, &lsquo;The Devil's Door&rsquo; (AATT records, Marion Seury).</p>
<p>Present on the indie scene for over 40 years, the band led by Simon and Justin Jones is astonishingly resilient and rides a wave of totally breathtaking inspiration here ... The atmosphere running through these 11 songs is obviously not the most cheerful, but the great musicality that prevails brings with it a share of light, and so we never feel trapped in any kind of dark complacency... We are certainly dealing with seekers here, and the fruitful alliance between humility and ambition always leads them on long journeys... Undoubtedly gothic, this music also delights in spreading its wings towards shores where time stretches out, and never returns unscathed... The constant duality between image and movement is what makes these songs so great and partly explains their longevity... This songwriting is also great because of its perfect balance... A small miracle of balance between expressionism and impressionism, this music never abandons the horizon, and Simon Huw Jones's singing, as restless as it is majestic, will not be there to close doors, even those of the devil... Superb... Enjoy !</p>
<p><span><em>(Automatic translation from a text written in french)</em></span></p>
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<p>Chaude sera notre admiration devant le nouvel album d'And Also The Trees, "The Devil's Door" (AATT records, Marion Seury).</p>
<p>Pr&eacute;sent sur la sc&egrave;ne indie depuis plus de 40 ans, le groupe emmen&eacute; par Simon et Justin Jones est &eacute;patant de r&eacute;silience et surfe ici sur un niveau d'inspiration totalement bluffant ... L'atmosph&egrave;re parcourant ces 11 chansons n'est &eacute;videmment pas des plus joviale mais la grande musicalit&eacute; qui y pr&eacute;side charrie avec elle sa part de lumi&egrave;re, et on ne se sent ainsi jamais prisonnier d'une quelconque sombre complaisance ... Nous avons affaire l&agrave; &agrave; des cherchants c'est certain, et l'alliance f&eacute;conde entre humilit&eacute; et ambition emm&egrave;ne toujours ceux-ci vers des voyages au long cours ... Gothique assur&eacute;ment, cette musique se plait aussi &agrave; d&eacute;ployer ses ailes vers des rives actant quelques dilatations du temps, et n'en repart jamais indemne ... La dualit&eacute; constante entre l'image et le mouvement fait toute la grandeur de ces chansons et explique en partie leur p&eacute;rennit&eacute; ... Ce songwriting est grand aussi par la justesse de ses dosages ... Petit miracle d'&eacute;quilibre entre expressionnisme et impressionnisme, cette musique n'abandonne jamais l'horizon, et le chant aussi inquiet que majestueux de Simon Huw Jones ne sera pas l&agrave; pour fermer des portes, fussent-elles celles du diable ... Superbe ... Enjoy !</p>
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A little bit of craftsmanship to end the week with Bill Pritchard's new album, &lsquo;Haunted&rsquo; (Tapete Records...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>A little bit of craftsmanship to end the week with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/billpritchardofficial">Bill Pritchard</a>'s new album, &lsquo;Haunted&rsquo; (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/tapeterecords">Tapete Records</a>, Big Wax, Marion Seury)</p>
<p>How delightful it is to listen to such an album from a musician celebrating 40 years in the business! ... A multi-talented singer-songwriter, Bill Pritchard has often been more celebrated outside his native England than at home, and let's hope his popularity in France hasn't waned, because this album deserves to be warmly celebrated here too... Sophisticated and literate pop music, this album nevertheless conveys a freshness that sets it apart from any pretentious academicism... Here, we can look at the past with acuity without being weighed down by nostalgia; instead, we perceive the acceptance of a companionship that is as inevitable as it is potentially regenerative... Fortunately, there is not the slightest attempt here to appear young at all costs, and these 12 songs are all the more relevant for it... Like a master craftsman at the height of his art, Bill Pritchard can afford to let go, and this confidence in &lsquo;life&rsquo; is deeply moving... And when the songwriting, the performance, the musicians' playing and the production are in perfect harmony, as they are here, we salute the grandeur and beauty of the gesture... Enjoy!</p>
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<p>Un peu de travail d'orf&egrave;vre pour finir la semaine avec le nouvel album de Bill Pritchard, "Haunted" (Tapete Records, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BigwaxDistribution">Big Wax</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/marion.seury">Marion Seury</a>).</p>
<p>Qu'il est r&eacute;jouissant d'&eacute;couter un tel album venant de la part d'un musicien f&ecirc;tant ses 40 ans de carri&egrave;re ! ... Singer-songwriter aux nombreux talents, Bill Pritchard a souvent &eacute;t&eacute; plus c&eacute;l&eacute;br&eacute; hors de chez lui que dans son Angleterre natale, et sa cote d'amour en France n'a esp&eacute;rons-le pas faibli car cet album m&eacute;rite d'&ecirc;tre chaudement c&eacute;l&eacute;br&eacute; par ici ... Pop lettr&eacute;e et sophistiqu&eacute;e s&ucirc;rement, cette musique v&eacute;hicule pourtant en elle une fraicheur qui la positionne &agrave; jamais loin de tout acad&eacute;misme poseur ... Ici, on peut regarder le pass&eacute; avec acuit&eacute; sans qu'y r&egrave;gne une nostalgie pesante; on y percevra plut&ocirc;t l'acceptation d'un compagnonnage aussi in&eacute;vitable que potentiellement r&eacute;g&eacute;n&eacute;rateur ... Nous n'avons pas ici, et fort heureusement, la moindre tentative de vouloir faire jeune &agrave; tout prix, et ces 12 chansons y gagnent d'autant plus en pertinence ... Tel un maitre-artisan au fa&icirc;te de son art, Bill Pritchard peut se permettre de l&acirc;cher du leste, cette confiance en le "vivant" est alors on ne peut plus &eacute;mouvante ... Et quand le songwriting, l'interpr&eacute;tation, le jeu des musiciens et la r&eacute;alisation sont au diapason comme ici, on salut la grandeur et la beaut&eacute; du geste ... Enjoy !</p>
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This week sees the return of one of the pillars of Village Pop's programming, the English trio The Wave Pictures, with &lsquo;Gained / Lost&rsquo; (...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>This week sees the return of one of the pillars of Village Pop's programming, the English trio <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thewavepictures">The Wave Pictures</a>, with &lsquo;Gained / Lost&rsquo; (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/bellaunionrecs">Bella Union</a>, Boogie Drugstore).</p>
<p>Wonderful and tireless activists on the indie rock front for some twenty years, they return this time accompanied by the solid and beautiful Bella Union label... The result: a sound that may have gained in amplitude, but with writing and a universe that remain intact, much to our delight... Since their debut, The Wave Pictures' music has achieved the feat of setting a certain rock classicism in motion while drawing on the still-hot embers of a twisted and gritty British songwriting style that is not inclined to smooth over the rough edges... Carried by David Tattersall's flamboyant guitar playing &ndash; there's no denying the influence of Tom Verlaine here &ndash; these songs chart a unique course between volatile lyricism and an unyielding love of an inexhaustible everyday life... Human, so very human... While many highly acclaimed young bands quickly fizzle out, the musicians of The Wave Pictures continue, seemingly without a care in the world, to thumb their noses at all forms of conformity, and seem definitively ready to face whatever the future may bring... Essential listening... Enjoy !</p>
<p><span><em>(Automatic translation from a text written in french)</em></span></p>
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<p>Retour cette semaine d'un des piliers de la programmation du Village Pop, le trio anglais de The Wave Pictures, avec "Gained / Lost" (Bella Union, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BoogieDrugstore">Boogie Drugstore</a>).</p>
<p>Merveilleux et infatigables activistes sur le front d'un certain rock ind&eacute; depuis une vingtaine d'ann&eacute;es, ils se pr&eacute;sentent &agrave; nous cette fois accompagn&eacute;s par le solide et beau label Bella Union ... R&eacute;sultat : un son qui a peut-&ecirc;tre gagn&eacute; en amplitude, mais une &eacute;criture et un univers intacts pour notre plus grand plaisir ... La musique de The Wave Pictures a depuis ses d&eacute;buts r&eacute;ussi l'exploit de mettre en mouvement un certain classicisme rock tout en s'appuyant sur les braises toujours chaudes d'un songwriting britannique retors et sur l'os, peu enclin &agrave; lisser les angles ... Port&eacute;es par la guitare flamboyante de David Tattersall - il y a incontestablement du Tom Verlaine par ici - ces chansons tracent une route singuli&egrave;re entre lyrisme volatil et amour irr&eacute;ductible d'un quotidien in&eacute;puisable ... Humains, si humains ... Pendant que nombre de jeunes groupes encens&eacute;s se d&eacute;gonflent rapidement, les musiciens de The Wave Pictures continuent, l'air de rien, de faire un pied de nez &agrave; tous les conformismes, et semblent d&eacute;finitivement pr&ecirc;ts &agrave; affronter tous les climats environnants ... Indispensables ... Enjoy !</p>
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      <title>"Jessica Pratt" - Asher White</title>
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This week, we're doing double duty by spotlighting two artists with a single album, Asher White's "Jessica Pratt" (...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 20:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>This week, we're doing double duty by spotlighting two artists with a single album, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575078731390">Asher White</a>'s "Jessica Pratt" (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/joyfulnoiserecordings">Joyful Noise Recordings</a>).</p>
<p>A young transgender American artist, Asher White has distinguished herself through her precociousness, her prodigious talent, and her ability to apply her skills on multiple fronts ... Musically, she has now decided to revisit an album that was pivotal in her development, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jessicalynnpratt">Jessica Pratt</a>'s magnificent debut eponymous album, and the result is as disconcerting as it is moving... Starting with material that is all pastoral fluidity, Asher White takes this music to more rugged terrain... The register changes regularly throughout these 11 tracks, but the invisible thread that connects these songs is as flexible as it is unbreakable, and the whole ultimately offers us a small miracle of coherence... The reason for this is the welcome primacy of creative instinct over concept, a temptation that nevertheless rears its head here and there... But the sincerity of the original approach is indisputable, and Asher White remains as attentive as he is eager to develop these fundamental emotions, making this album as unique as it is untouchable... So now there will be two high-quality &lsquo;Jessica Pratt&rsquo; albums! ... Enjoy !&nbsp;</p>
<p><span><em>(Automatic translation from a text written in french)</em></span></p>
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<p>Coup double cette semaine en mettant en lumi&egrave;re simultan&eacute;ment 2 artistes avec un seul album, le "Jessica Pratt" d'Asher White (Joyful Noise Recordings).</p>
<p>Jeune artiste am&eacute;ricaine transgenre, Asher White s'est distingu&eacute;e par sa pr&eacute;cocit&eacute;, sa prodigalit&eacute; et sa capacit&eacute; &agrave; engager son talent sur de multiples fronts ... Sur un plan musical, elle d&eacute;cide aujourd'hui de revisiter un album capital dans son &eacute;volution, le 1er et magnifique album &eacute;ponyme de Jessica Pratt, et le r&eacute;sultat est aussi d&eacute;routant que bouleversant ... Partant d'un mat&eacute;riau tout en fluidit&eacute; pastorale, Asher White emm&egrave;ne cette musique en des terres plus accident&eacute;es ... On change donc de registre r&eacute;guli&egrave;rement tout au long de ces 11 titres, mais le fil invisible qui relie ces chansons entre elles est aussi souple qu'incassable et l'ensemble nous offre finalement un petit miracle de coh&eacute;rence ... La raison en la primaut&eacute; bienvenue de l'instinct cr&eacute;ateur sur le concept, tentation que l'on sent pourtant poindre par ci par l&agrave; ... Mais la sinc&eacute;rit&eacute; de la d&eacute;marche originelle n'est pas discutable et Asher White est toujours dans un d&eacute;veloppement aussi attentionn&eacute; que d&eacute;sirant de ces &eacute;motions fondatrices, ce qui rend cet album aussi singulier qu'intouchable ... Il y aura donc &agrave; pr&eacute;sent 2 "Jessica Pratt" de haute tenue ! ... Enjoy !&nbsp;</p>
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