The lovely Hesta Prynn who shared a song for the first Poule d’Or Compilation (see left side bar) has a new video online for her song Can We Go Wrong. Great song, sounds a bit like New York’s Ladyhawke.
Last Thursday, Anh Phi and the Poule interviewed Jack Savidge -the drummer of Friendly Fires- at the Colette Offices in Paris. He was in town for a DJ set at Social Club the night after. Funny guy, here is the result. (For a french version, see Voluume.fr)
The Poule just got back from Paris and had the greatest time! Met so many wonderful people, special shout-out to Jack, the infamous drummer of Friendly Fires (interview coming soon), the super fly Anh Phi who set up the interview with Jack (check out his webzine Voluume.fr), the lovely Teresa who flew in all the way from the US to see The Fruhstucks (read her cool music blog Relentless Noisemaker), Camille and Sarah (les filles sympas of the beautiful photo blog Le Charivari) and last but not least the most genuine and nice guys you can imagine Sutja and Miguel: the phenomenal Fruhstucks. [continue reading…]
The opening track of Poule d’Or #4 (see left side bar) got visualized. Cool.
2009 presented us avid listeners with some really enjoyable albums and at the beginning of each new calendar it’s common habit to take one nostalgic look back and re-capture the greatest additions to our iTunes libraries in various best-of rosters. The new year however quickly produces fresh music waiting to be discovered and only few of the just-praised actually make it through the next summer proving their intrinsic values. These 6 pieces of art still rotate frequently on the Poule’s record player and are hence worth being listed in a best-of list that is concluded with the needed distance and judgment to safely say: those are the albums that made the difference in 2009! [continue reading…]
