The French group, led by the intensity of Arthur Teboul, had a busy year, with the end of the Palais d’argile tour and the signing of the soundtrack for the musical La Grande Magie. Between all this, the young firsts of French rock have found time for a great cover, that of a great success by Nino Ferrer. Here it is finally available on the platforms. Unlike the original, banta the tambourines. Here, only a sustained keyboard note and a soft guitar accompany Teboul’s honeyed and restrained voice. A melancholy piece that reminds us that the summer holidays are over.
Julien is the title of a song. Sylvie is the name of a group, that of a groovy rock quintet that likes raw guitars, but has nothing against complex architectures. Both in Julien and in the six other tracks gathered on Rock’s Gros Tape mini-album, the five musicians unleash their madness in almost prog flights. It gives a kind of blues-rock-funk a bit intellectual (except for the lyrics), which is not always catchy, but certainly endowed with a crazy energy. Julien is just a taste of the mini-album that will be launched on September 16 at L’Escogriffe.
And 13 for the legendary alt-country group Wilco, which announces the release of Cousin at the end of September. And it is to Cate LeBon that Jeff Tweedy’s band entrusted the production, a first external contract offered by the Chicago group since Sky Blue Sky, released in 2007. By the expected present, this piece as an announcement, which will hardly surprise the fan of the sextet… And that’s perfect! Nels Cline plays classic six-strings, while Jeff brings his voice to the fore, singing “I’m never gonna see you again, I’m evicted from your heart, I deserve it”, all lulled by a will have pop-folk. Promising, all that!
