Melbourne
© Julie Zan MELBOURNE EN: A thousand times I’ve mentioned Melbourne these last few months. It reminds me of 2011-2012 when all the best bands came from Brooklyn. And then it was L.A. Just two months ago, I published my shaky analysis of the Australian scene of the 2010s. The article (availabl
Delusions of April 2020 – Part 1
Ty Segall – Segall Smeagol EP, Drag City, 31 March 2020 [glam rock] EN: On May 21, 2017, I wrote a dithyrambic article on the account of Nilsson (read), “one of the greatest American composers of the 20th century“. On March 31, Ty Segall published six covers of him. The result
Delusions of March 2020 – Part 5
The Shifters – Open Vault Demos, 24 March 2020 [garage pop] EN: Just a few days ago, the Shifters decided to release no less than 26 tracks on their Bandcamp. The package is composed of “unreleased studio material, early demos, live 4 track, live iPhone, covers and solo home demos”
Etude chiffrée sur la scène garage rock
Je crois qu’il n’est un secret pour aucun lecteur Still in Rock que mon obsession pour la scène garage (au sens large) m’a poussé à consacrer plus de la moitié de mes publications à cette dernière. Elle m’obsède, elle me définit. Pas plus tard que la semaine dernière
L’amicale des coiffeurs rock’n’roll
FRENCH version English below *** Une première version de cet article est parue en septembre 2016 sur Sill in Rock. Il s’agit là d’une version actualisée. *** Montre-moi tes cheveux, je te dirai ta musique. Dois-je préciser d’entrée de jeu que cet article est fondé sur des don
Delusions of February 2020 – Part 3
WORLD PREMIERE Double Cheese – “Mast Potatoes“ & “The Ants“ 7″, Cheap Trash Tapes / Le Cèpe Records, 21 February 2020 [garage rock / slasher] EN: There are only two bands in the whole world who know how to produce great slasher rock: Total
Delusions of February 2020 – Part 2
Bad Pelicans – Underground EP, Chrysanthem Records, 7 February 2020 [dark punk] EN: The Bad Pelicans, nicest bad boys of the French garage scene, are about to amaze you. Far from their early attitudes, they are coming back with a new EP that should knock out Jean-Luc Delarue and othe
Delusions of February 2020 – Part 1
Johnny And The Rotten - Down The Rabbit Hole LP, Burger Records, 1 February 2020 [psych garage rock] EN: I already told you about Johnny And The Rotten last January (link). I promised you I’d come back to it, so here I am. Last Saturday, Johnny released his first album via Burger Records. I
Delusions of January 2020 – Part 1
Wyatt Blair – For the First Time EP, Lolipop Records, 13 December 2020 [glam rock] EN: Wyatt Blair is the 2010s King of glam rock music. On December 13th, he released a new EP which, following the theme of his last few LPs, ends up making us want to go and smile on all the passers-by [&he
Thigh Master, from post-skaters to indie-rockers
Ouaiiiiiiiiis, r’voilà post-skate ! Enfin, presque. Si mon premier article sur Thigh Master, paru en février 2017, ne relevait pas l’appartenance du groupe au genre des années 2020s, je me rattrapais à l’occasion d’un article dédié à ce style musical du futur