Interview with Built to Spill: ‘I have no affection for 90s culture at all’
Ah, if I had been told, one day in March 2010, that the creation of Still in Rock would lead me to have a long phone conversation with Doug Martsch, the leader of Built to Spill, a band that has been so important in my construction, one day in May 2020, while we would be […]
DUMB: I agree with what everyone else has said
DUMB is one of the kings of the 2010s. DUMB is the creator of two flawless albums, making a rockn’n’roll somewhere between slacker and post-skate music. DUMB is the band on which I place my hopes for the 2020s. DUMB is the future. In this interview, we talked about beers and pizza, the C
PINCH POINTS: Post-skate is a reaction against the rise of slacker punk
PINCH POINTS is one of the post-skate scene leaders, a band from Melbourne that has been releasing only hits since day one. I had quite a lot to ask, about its hometown, the Australian surroundings, the lack of diversity in the scene, and the death of (white) slacker music. The band also curate
PRIORS: Fidlar is one of the worst bands
PRIORS he is one of the leaders of the post-skate movement which, as you probably know, is the subject of my latest obsession. Having recently decided to interview the main bands in the scene, I started with the author of New Pleasure. Its leader, Chance Hutchison, answered my questio
Interview Still in Rock: TH da Freak (Thoineau Palis)
(photo Nicolas Bauclin) FRENCH version English below ***** Lorsque vient le moment pour moi d’évoquer TH da Freak, je ne manque plus désormais de sortir ma formule préférée : “le meilleur groupe français de l’histoire”. Ouais, TH est meilleur que Dutronc, meilleur que F
Interview Still in Rock: Mike Krol
ENGLISH VERSION (French below) Mike Krol is the king of trash bubblegrum, what he calls American Lo-Fi Power Pop. Here’s the idea: take some great pop melodies from the 70s, add the trashy-trash of Nobunny’s garage scene and mix it all up to get your Mike Krol. The drink is unique in the
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 : Cut Worms
English version (french below) After the last of the mohicans, here’s the last of the romantics. In the footsteps of Goethe, of Beethoven’s dissonance and Rubbens, Cut Worms makes this artistic movement the latest trend in terms of bedroom pop. Or should I say martian pop. Cut Worms is n
Interview Still in Rock : ORB
English version (french below) ORB is the new gem in stoner, the creator of 2017’s strongest album, and, above all, the assurance of a better life. The band will soon be performing on the best stages in the world and I thought, before he even had a first show planned in France, to ask him [&he