PREMIERE: Vaguess wishes you A Good Summer, and you are so thankful
© David Fearn **** ENGLISH VERSION (french below) **** My first article on Vaguess is more than three years old, and I still remember the feeling. An artist, it seemed, was able to deliver a “patient zero” garage, without artificial additives, preservatives or colorings.
Interview Still in Rock: Idles
****** ENGLISH version Click here for FRENCH ****** Idles is one of the very best English bands around. In 2017, he released Brutalism, a first album that will leave a mark on his country’s decade. It’s violent and beautiful. I am very pleased to have met with Joe Talbot – singer o
Interview Still in Rock : Wand
ENGLISH VERSION (french below, click here) Wand is one of the pillars of the scene. Although we thought for a long time that he would be a pillar of the garage scene, we have since understood that he wishes to experiment with many styles, without paying particular attention to the way his albums are
Interview Still in Rock : Skegss
Skegss is one of the rising stars of the slacker scene, although he says he does not belong to it. Doing an interview with them made sense in this regard, but these guys do not talk much, and also, I’m not sure that they have a real vision about what they are doing. Accordingly, here […
Interview: Dream Machine (Doris & Matthew Melton)
Dream Machine is the new project of Doris and Matthew Melton. On May 19th, the band first LP will be released via Castle Face Records, and on this day, the independent scene will be rewarded with a seventies psych-based album with organ and power pop melodies in a style similar to Black Sabbath it d
WORLD PREMIERE: Vaguess – After X comes V
Vaguess is a band from Dana Point (California) which was created back in 2012. Vinny Vaguess, a great kingpin, is the charismatic leader of this band who has played with most of the best Californian bands around, to name a few, Together Pangea, Tomorrows Tulips, LA Witch, Mr Elevator & the Brain
The Courtneys : florilèges slacker
The Courtneys est un groupe originaire de Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada) que l’on connait bien pour avoir été de nombreuses fois chroniqué ici même ainsi que pour avoir réalisé un interview slacker à grand renfort de punchlines. The Courtneys s’est toujours illustr
WORLD PREMIERE: Dr Chan – $outh$ide $uicide
Je n’ai jamais caché mon intention de défendre certains groupes plus que d’autres. La presse se gargarise souvent de sa “grande et belle objectivité”, mais c’est un leurre qui me semble peu intéressant, parce que désengagé et mensonger. J’ai donc, au f
Ty Segall : retour à la case départ ?
Ty Segall, retour à la case départ ? Il y a presque 10 ans – en 2008 – Ty Segall faisait paraître son premier album via Castle Face Records. Intitulé Ty Segall, on y découvrait un artiste qui allait relancer le style garage dans la continuité de Jay Reatard. Aujourd’hui même
WORLD PREMIERE : Paul Jacobs – Pictures, Movies & Apartments (lo-fi-fuzz-a-go-go)
Paul Jacobs est un artiste canadien sur lequel j’ai de nombreuses fois écrit. Still in Rock avait été choisi pour dévoiler son dernier album en exclusivité, un I’m Into What You’re Into très noir, très post-punk, finalement. Rebelote avec son tout dernier essai, Pictures, Mo