Modulator II: ‘Full blast, no rules’
EN: Modulator II is patient zero. The band’s noisy & psychedelic garage rock is the best in the world, it’s both primitive and incredibly composite. Its first album literally blew up in 2020, and that’s just the beginning. Modulator II will kill the entire decade. That’s
Delusions of March 2021 – Part 3
Every Monday morning, Still in Rock begins the week with an article featuring a bunch of recent releases. I dedicate a playlist to the very best of these articles at the end of each month (link). Make sure you don’t miss anything, join Still in Rock on Facebook (here), WhatsApp (here), and Instagr
The French Scene
EN: For several years already, I wanted to launch a series dedicated to the French scene. Rather than embarking on an “empirical” analysis that would consist in underlining the omnipotence of Rennes in the years 12-14′, then Paris, then Bordeaux, I am going to put everything on a f
Delusions of March 2021 – Part 1
Every Monday morning, Still in Rock begins the week with an article featuring many recent releases. I dedicate a playlist to the very best of these articles at the end of each month (link). Make sure you don’t miss anything, join Still in Rock on Facebook (here), WhatsApp (here), and Instagram (he
Delusions of February 2021 – Part 1
Every Monday morning, Still in Rock begins the week with an article featuring many recent releases. I dedicate a playlist to the very best of these articles at the end of each month (link). Make sure you don’t miss anything, join Still in Rock on Facebook (here), WhatsApp (here), and Instagram (he
Dans la tête de TH
Revoilà enfin TH. Après lui avoir dédié mille articles et une vidéo (ici), je me suis longtemps questionné sur la forme que devait prendre cet article. Je voulais trouver un moyen de rendre hommage à l’étendue de son nouvel album—Party Flub, paru le 30 décembre dernier. Je vou
Delusions of March 2020 – Part 2
(photograph by Marceau Guehl) Volage – Strangers EP, Howlin Banana Records, 28 February 2020 [indie pop] EN: I’m not sure whether or not Strangers is Volage “back to basics” EP, as it has been said. I see it more like a step forward, a combination of Heart Heal
Le groupe doit être une dictature
Le groupe doit être une dictature (mais sans les morts, hein) Dans un documentaire intitulé « What is A Group », Ian Svenonius y défend l’idée d’une entité communiste qui ne peut réussir que dans le partage, que dis-je, l’atomisation. Pour cette raison, Ian habille toujours
Delusions of January 2020 – Part 3
Royal Trux – Quantum Entanglement LP, Fat Possum Records, 29 November 2019 [Indie rock] EN: Not having spotted Quantum Entanglement before the 2019 rankings is (for now) my biggest mistake. Royal Trux is a mythical band from the 1990s that is now engaged in publishing the most&n
Delusions of January 2020 – Part 2
Culotte – Pas Chère EP, Of Bits & Pieces, 6 October 2019 [french garage-punk] EN: Culotte is Knickers’ side project, a band from Switzerland who made a name for itself last September with the release of Bored. Culotte sings in French. Culotte likes post-punk. Cul