La nouvelle scene française....part 1...

France has got itself a shinny new indie scene….The only problem is the half of ‘la nouvelle scene rock française sucks…ça pute! Majoritatea nu ar fi in stare sa faca ceva remarcabil nici daca James Murphy le-ar fi producator, Warhol manager si Morrissey lyricist…And THAT says a lot…
First in line: NAAST…Been dubbed “Libertines of France”…Evident ca muream de curiozitate sa ascult this wonder band…Si am ascultat…And..pam pam…Mi-a lasat impresia unui grup de tanci de 5 ani care se joaca cu p… in tarana…Dezolant..
NAAST - Mauvais Garçon.mp3

Then there’s Plasticines….some kind of a bad French version of The Pipettes who try to be a feminine alternative to The Strokes…’try’ is the key word…They happen to be the most know out of this new wave of acts….not due to their music…but to the fact that they are ‘mignonnes’( NME’s Stephen Worthy said it)…Their debut “LP1” doesn’t get through a first listening…It just sounds like a huge pajamas party held in a pink Cadillac…12 year-old style….
06 (Zazie fait de la) Bicyclette.mp3

Bikini Machine’s music doesn’t make me see things different either….They do make me think of Louis XIV stripped of all the decadence, glamour and energy….And this is usually the problem of all these bands: they try to sound ‘English’…ça veut dire: like the British/American indie scene….but they lack the cultural background…because they are French….doh…
03 La pharmacie anglaise.mp3

I should mention Vanessa and The O’s...But they are just far too easy to forget and sound like…erm…nothing….Completely dull….I read about them in “Rock&Folk” where Busty was praising their music…Busty, honey…I thought you knew good music…being a Libertines fan and everything…
04 Something Is Calling.mp3

I’ve also seen some French acts opening for various bands I’ve seen live…Apple Jelly and Tatiannas(I believe that was the name) are two other examples of bad bad and oh-so-wrong music…Fortunately...I do not have any of their songs….Desolée…