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New Wave

Nouvelle Vague - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Nouvelle Vague - The Killing Moon
Nouvelle Vague - Bela Lugosi’s Dead
Nouvelle Vague - Dance With Me
I’ve always thought Nouvelle Vague was the perfect band to listen to on hot summer days. How convenient that Bande à part, their new album, is being released when a heat wave is […]

Fad Gadget

Sylvain Chauveau - Never Let Me Down Again
Fad - Gadget - Back to Nature
µFad - Gadget - Collapsing New People
Up until a few years ago, I made it my duty to be on time to concerts. I wouldn’t have missed opening bands for the world. But then, I started hanging out with people who didn’t […]

Serge Gainsbourg

Elysian Fields - Les Amours Perdues
Mike Patton - Ford Mustang
On a recent post by Mel she questioned whether musicians she liked outside France state Serge Gainsbourg as an influence on the account that might be the only French music they know. Well, I believe Serge Gaingsbourg was France’s answer as a national playboy as Leonard […]

More covers

The Divine Comedy - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Apoptygma Berzerk - Shine On
Mel’s post featuring covers of Serge Gainsbourg songs mentioned the Inrockuptibles-fueled Smiths tribute album, “The Smiths Is Dead.”
So, I dug up some mix-cds I had made in college and found the Divine Comedy’s contribution — their version of the very […]

Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited

Jarvis Cocker and Kid Loco - I Just Came To Tell You That I’m Going
Serge Gainsbourg - Je suis venu te dire que je m’en vais
The Rakes - Just A Man With A Job
Serge Gainsbourg - Le poinçonneur des lilas
I’m always surprised to hear/read in interviews that my favorite English bands are Serge Gainsbourg worshippers. […]