Sons of Raphael – AKA brothers Loral and Ronnel Raphael – have released their album Full-Throated Messianic Homage after seven years in the making. The album began its life in London before being mixed by the late Phillipe Zdar (Phoenix, The Beastie Boys & Cat Power) at Motorbass in Paris. With the release comes single “Yeah Yeah […]
Young French electro producer wunderkind Superpoze is debuting his new album, ‘For We the Living’ today at 3PM EST for free via the major international publication Billboard! The album will be streamable from Billboard Dance’s Facebook page here. Superpoze’s trademark is a well-crafted alloy of harmonious chords, jerky vocal loops, beats and basses, in which […]
“Piers Faccini’s music is rooted in English folk, American blues, traditional West African music and taranta from southern Italy. Perhaps, though, “rooted” is the wrong word, since his whisper of a voice floats above his guitar and gentle polyrhythmic percussion to create an environment that’s captivating, quietly insistent and delicate but not fragile.” – Jim […]
It’s been some time since Glassnote band Phoenix have released music. So long, in fact, that major music outlets like Pitchfork and Stereogum are raising speculation of a new album in the works from the indie-rockers after recent changes to the band’s social media profiles. The last time Phoenix released an album was in 2013, […]
Nouvelle Vague will soon be releasing their latest album, with a new single just debuted on Brooklyn Vegan. Here’s what the blog had to say: “Parisian band Nouvelle Vague…made a splash in the mid-’00s with their kitschy, jazzy (often sublime) lounge covers of early ’80s punk and post-punk tunes. The group — Marc Collin and […]
Yann Tiersen just released his latest album EUSA via Mute Records. Watch a short film of Yann Tiersen at one of his sold out Barbican shows here. Listen to EUSA here or here. For a chance to win a copy of Tiersen’s new album, email the title of your favorite Yann Tiersen track with “Yann Tiersen Contest” as the Subject to burexny@gmail.com. Read more
Kungs, a young and talented producer hailing from the south of France, has been finding serious success with his latest track, “This Girl”. On the video alone there are already over 46 million views. He has been performing a small tour of North America and releases his debut album ‘Layers’ on November 4th. With over […]
Discovered by Tim Sweeney and the first release on the Beats in Space record label, Paradis might be one of the most ambitious projects to come out of France in recent years. Simon Mény and Pierre Rousseau have bold musical offerings, inviting us to the unlikely meeting of french pop with the contemporary textures of […]
