Dance music without a beat is a hard sell. Its made all the more difficult when the drums and programming are replaced by an acoustic guita...
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Fredda Toutes Mes Aventures Published Mar 20, 2008Known for her one-off contributions to the Le Pop compilations, Toutes Mes Aventures is the debut album of Fredda. Neither Lolita-style char...
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Cali L'espoir Published Mar 20, 2008Cali is amongst the vanguard of French musicians redefining the "chanson movement. Unlike the cabaret or bossa-nova styles that fill Parisi...
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Science for Girls Science for Girls Published Mar 11, 2008"14 Days, the opening track of New Yorkers Science For Girls self-titled debut, teases the listener into thinking this could finally be th...
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Benny Sings Benny at home Published Jan 28, 2008As those on North American shores found out recently with the phenomenal success of Peter, Bjorn, and John, and going all the way back to th...
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Pierre Lapointe En Concert à la Salle des Fêtes Published Jan 28, 2008The artist nominations of Canadas "indie centric community for the Polaris Prize have been highly criticised. Nowhere is this more evident...
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Ana D Satélite 99 Published Jan 28, 2008Ten years ago, Ana D took the melodic warbling of twee pop and added the progressive, space-aged sounds of Stereolab and the exotic charm of...
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Vive La Fete Jour De Chance Published Nov 20, 2007The fact that in Vive La Fetes bio it says Karl Lagerfeld is their number one fan and they have played the chicest fashion shows in Europe...
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Pinker Tones More Colours! The Million Colour Revolution Revisited Published Nov 19, 2007The Pinker Tones The Million Colour Revolution was a refreshing breeze of Beck-inspired groove with a European dance sensibility that was o...
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Mexican Institute of Sound Piñata Published Nov 19, 2007Mexican Institute of Sound are not the school where Mexican artists learn to sell records in the U.S. but the one-man Latin lounge project o...
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Bonde Do Role Marina Gasolina EP Published Nov 19, 2007Although the jury is still out on whether baile funk will go the way of electro-clash, it has been the "in sound of indie dance parties for...
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Dick Rivers La Légende Published Oct 30, 2007With the rise in popularity of French Yéyé pop throwback nights, this greatest hits compilation from Dick Rivers is the perfect pre-outing m...
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Benjamin Biolay Trash Yéyé Published Oct 29, 2007Although North American audiences are likely better versed in his work producing and writing albums for younger sister Coralie Clément, Kere...
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Up Bustle & Out Mexican Sessions Published Jul 20, 2007In their never-ending quest to fuse traditional world sounds with dance floor-friendly grooves, the Mexican Sessions finds the UKs Up, Bust...
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Jose Conde y Ola Fresca (R)evolucion Published Jul 19, 2007Much like how Alex Cubas Aqua Del Pozo was a refreshing take on a new, more mature Latin musical mentality aspiring to combine the diverse...
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Various Le Pop 4 Published Jun 20, 2007Various Currently the French music scene is undergoing a refreshing and unique renaissance that is witnessing a number of small labels pop...
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Various A Tribute to Polnareff Published Jun 20, 2007Although arguably never achieving the fame of contemporaries like Serge Gainsbourg and Jacques Dutronic, Michel Polnareff still remains one...
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Richard Reagh Is This The Blues I'm Singing? Published Jun 20, 2007If you want to learn to play pop music, you have to go to the land of pop music. Although which country currently holds this title is always...
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Southerly Storyteller and the Gossip Columnist Published Jun 20, 2007Southerly is Portland-based multi-instrumentalist Krist Kruegers project of orch pop mixed with a kind of rootsy Americana. Like fellow Por...
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Alsace Lorraine Dark One Published May 23, 2007Naming your band after two regions in France is usually an open ticket to writing lovely little Euro pop ditties about summer love on the se...