Gojira - Fortitude

Monday, a new week and it's time to present "Record Of The Week".

"Fortitude" is the seventh full-length release for the French metal band GOJIRA, the album was released on 30 April 2021 through Roadrunner Records. The album was recorded at the band's studio in New York City and was produced by Joe Duplantier and mixed by Andy Wallace.

GOJIRA is the main French metal export that we have today, and it is with a warm welcome to receive their new creation "Fortitude" which slips into the mailbox with a big noise and heavy crash. And after a few spins can one immediately rejoice, that the sequel to "Magma" is undoubtedly a delight where they have continued to work around their creative integrity that has always been the groundstone of their work. "Fortitude" brilliance followup and sits like a slap in the face on this first real spring day of 2021.

"Fortitude" has eleven tracks with a playtime of fifty-two minutes. The album's title "Fortitude", is to inspire people to be the best version of themselves and to be strong no matter what. The cover art, which represents "the spirit of the album", was designed and painted by Joe Duplantier. His brother Mario brought him various paintings of warriors and knights and showed him Pallas Athena, an 1898 oil-on-canvas painting by Gustav Klimt, and Knights of the Round Table. As he wanted to represent an indigenous person, it ended with his own interpretation of all these elements.

With the two first singles "Born For One Thing" and "Another World" did we get the GOJIRA which we are more familiar with, heavy riffs by Christian Andreu, tight bass licks by Jean-Michel Labadie, excellent spiral vocals by Joe Duplantier and marvelous drumming by the genius Mario Duplantier. The groovy "Amazonia", with a progressive, post-rock approach in GOJIRA style, just love the African vibe, mouth harp with clouds of smokey chants, which talks about the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest (especially the 2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires), was released as part of a month-long fundraiser for a Brazilian indigenous rights charity curated by GOJIRA. A killer riff opens up "New Found" which is an excellent piece, same goes with "Sphinx" and "Into The Storm" which follows the more classic GOJIRA template.

That the band continues to experiment and expand their sound is something that I think is really good, shows that they want to develop and find new stones to stand on. That is something we get a lot on this album, something we need to get used to. Starting on the fourth tune "Hold On", where the tune starts off really softish with a big space, light riffs, and drums, almost chanting vocals, all in a beautiful and almost sad packaging. Until the heavy riffage starts almost two minutes in and the layout changes direction to a more angry, next to pissed off Joe, who after a while is "hold on" tight before he tears himself loose and goes berserk again. "The Trails" is a softer, mesmeric, and haunting piece that in its own beauty takes the band outside their normal comfort zone. The title tune "Fortitude" is a true curveball, with this campfire piece, heavy bass playing, light guitar, tambourine, and chanting vocals that continue on electric "The Chant", heavier with a bluesy alt-rock touch, very melodic and mesmerizing tune. The album closes up with a true bang of the "Grind", where all the leftover energy erupts in a riff Bonzai, amazing bass licks that you can headbang too until your hair falls off. The album is really excellent, technical, melodic, provocative, experimental, and full of memorable moments that are very enjoyable to listen to. I highly recommend this!

Joe Duplantier – vocals, rhythm guitar, production, arrangements, cover art

Christian Andreu – lead guitar

Jean-Michel Labadie – bass guitar

Mario Duplantier – drums

Sum: "Fortitude" shows a powerful and broad spectrum of GOJIRA

Today's tune "The Chant" is taken from "Fortitude", enjoy!



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Gojira - Amazonia

The French heavy metal band GOJIRA have just released their latest single, "Amazonia", taken from the upcoming album "Fortitude", set to be released April 30, 2021.

"Fortitude" stands is GOJIRA’s first album in five years and the follow-up to 2016’s Grammy nominated LP "Magma". Recorded and Produced by Joe Duplantier at Silver Cord Studio - GOJIRA’s Ridgewood, Queens, headquarters – and mixed by Andy Wallace (NIRVANA, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE), "Fortitude" is a collection of songs urging humanity to imagine a new world—and then make it happen. "Fortitude" continues GOJIRA’s career-long tradition of harnessing their music as a vehicle for environmental activism with songs like today's tune "Amazonia" and "Born For One Thing" not only surveying critical cases, but also catalyzing listeners to take action.

"Amazonia" proceeds from the song will benefit The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) who advocate for environmental and cultural rights of indigenous tribes in the Amazon who have suffered immensely - victims of deforestation, land loss, forced labor, violence, and harassment. A tune that brings the feel of SEPULTURA’s "Roots" into the 2020s. The band use indigenous folk instruments on “Amazonia,” adding another layer of activism upon Duplantier’s lyrics.

Pre-order: http://gojira.lnk.to/fortitude

Enjoy today's tune "Amazonia", taken from the upcoming album "Fortitude".

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Gojira - Another World

The French metal band GOJIRA is back with the first official release since 2016, the one-off single is an animated visual video of the tune "Another World".

The animated music video directed by Maxime Tiberhgien and Sylvain Favre. Check it out below.

“Another World” was produced by GOJIRA's own Joe Duplantier and mixed by Andy Wallace. “It is with great excitement that we’re presenting our new track ‘Another World,’” Duplantier said in a press release. “Ferdinand Magellan once said: ‘It is with an iron will that we’ll embark on the most daring of all endeavors, to meet the shadowy future without fear and conquer the unknown.’ Is humanity doomed, or will we survive nature’s wrath? Take a glimpse into our shadowy future by watching our take on 1968’s Planet of the Apes... Another World!”

Enjoy today's tune with GOJIRA and the track "Another World", available now on Roadrunner Records: https://gojira.lnk.to/AnotherWorld



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Guerilla Poubelle - Le Casse Du Siècle

Saturday, time to wake up your French skills with the French punk band GUERILLA POUBELLE.

The band was formed in 2003. The name translates to "Dustbin (Garbage Can) Guerrilla" in English.

Their lyrics are based on anarchist and existentialist beliefs and the band are DIY enthusiasts, lead singer and guitarist Till being behind the record label and concert promoter Guerilla Asso founded in 2004.

The band formed as a four-piece, following the break of ska-punk band LES BETTERAVES. The band originally incorporated a painter who painted and provided backing vocals during shows. Their debut album, entitled Il Faut Repeindre Le Monde… En Noir (The world Must Be Repainted… In Black) was released in 2005.

The have released numerous splits and EPs, as well as four albums, releasing music on their own Guerilla Asso, Asian Man Records and Crash Disques. The band has toured widely (France, Europe, Japan, Canada, USA) and played over 1 000 live shows.

GUERILLA POUBELLE has consistently refused to register with the French royalties collection society SACEM, in line with their values, despite selling a significant number of records for an independent band. The band have remained consistent over the years in playing mostly fast, short punk rock songs sung in French, with Till Lemoine's vocal delivery urgent and gritty.

GUERILLA POUBELLE are:

Till : guitar and vocals

Antho : bass

Paul : drums

Till says: "(We) do not want our music consumed like yogurt. I want people to be open-minded and not to swallow every word I pronounce... Too many in the French punk scene act this way and for me, they are just slaves."

"When you tell people to recycle, they tell you "oh thats great, how good of you!" It's not great or nice, it should be fucking normal."

Today's tune "Le Casse Du Siècle" is taken from the bands latest release "L'ennui", 2020. The tune translates to "The Heist of the Century", and is about the gap between the ruling class and the stockholder is getting smaller every day. In France and everywhere else those partners in crime are emptying our welfare funds and breaking our public services up. The economy is trying to justify this but it’s all about profit for a chosen few. We should be working for us.

The clip is filmed at la Maroquinerie on 30.01.20, enjoy!



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Alcest - Spiritual Instinct

Monday, time to introduce "Record Of The Week".

"Spiritual Instinct" is the sixth full-length release for the French blackgaze duo of Neige and Winterhalter in ALCEST. Once again these lads have given us a breathtaking piece of music - a gateway to the otherworldly.

"Spiritual Instinct" is an atmospheric journey through light and darkness, exploring to find the Spiritual Instinct. The album was written in bursts both during and after a prolonged period of touring in support of 2016’s hugely successful "Kodama". "Spiritual Instinct" follows the same path as their precursor, a record full of spontaneity and greatness.

The album opens up with the breath-taking pace of "Les Jardin De Minuit", a real beauty with excellent vocals and guitar playing so the saliva starts to drip until it rolls over to the first single and the melancholy piece "Protection". This continues with a slow methodical pounding in "Sapphire" where Winterhalter shows his skills in drumming. The darkens fall over us in the dramatic and epic number "L’Île Des Morts" and the emotional piece "Le Miroir" where all the emotions will bubble in your body. The album closes up with the title tune "Spiritual Instinct" where the lights and darkness finally find it's meaning or does it?

The band has undoubtedly crafted one hell of an album. It's a massive piece that will take a few spins to get a grip on, but one you do, you will discover its hole beauty. "Spiritual Instinct" was released by Nuclear Blast on October 25th, the album was produced by Benoît Roux.

Musicians:

Stéphane “Neige” Paut / Lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass

Jean “Winterhalter” Deflandre / Drums, percussion

Sum: The blackgaze pioneers ALCEST have once again created a stunning masterpiece, you need this!

Today's tune "Sapphire" is taken from "Spiritual Instinct", enjoy!



To celebrate their release of "Spiritual Instinct", they made a video "La Lumière Autant Que L'ombre", the making of the album, filmed by William Lacalmontie. William spent a lot of time with Benoît Roux and ALCEST at Drudenhaus Studio in order to capture their moods, as well as glimpses of the long journey that was this recording process. "Protection (Acoustic Instrumental Version)“ is played in the background.

Catch ALCEST on tour with
BIRDS IN ROW and KÆLAN MIKLA.

06.02. F Audincourt - Le Moloco
07.02. F Tourcoing - Le Grand Mix
08.02. F Lyon - Ninkasi Kao
09.02. D Munich - Technikum
10.02. D Cologne - Kantine
11.02. D Hamburg - Gruenspan
12.02. D Leipzig - Täubchenthal
13.02. D Berlin - Heimathafen
14.02. D Hanover - Capitol
15.02. DK Copenhagen – Pumpehuset
16.02. SE Stockholm - Fryshuset Klubben
18.02. FIN Helsinki – Tavastia
19.02. LV Riga - Melnā Piektdiena
20.02. PL Warsaw - Klub Proxima
21.02. PL Krakow - Klub Kwadrat
22.02. A Vienna - Szene
23.02. H Budapest - A38
24.02. RO Cluj-Napoca - Form Space
25.02. RO Bucharest - Quantic Club
26.02. BG Sofia - Mixtape 5
28.02. SLO Ljubljana - Kino Šiška
29.02. I Parma - Campus Industry Music
01.03. CH Lucerne - Schüür
02.03. D Stuttgart - Im Wizemann
03.03. B Brussels - Orangerie @ Botanique
05.03. UK Manchester – Gorilla
06.03. UK Bristol - The Fleece
07.03. F Paris - La Machine du Moulin Rouge

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The Necromancers - Of Blood And Wine

Monday, a new week and it's time to shake some life in the "Record of The Week".

"Of Blood And Wine" is the second full-length from the French melodic doom quartet THE NECROMANCERS.

The album is a six-track, 44-minute long buffet with mixed melodic doom and classic heavy metal from the past, garish and whiskey drenched vocals, galloping heavy riffage with a stench of the 70's hard rock, springled with SABBATH with a layer of NWOBHM.

The album opens up with a soundtrack guitar riff, first thoughts lands on an early Frankenstein, until the shape changes and "Join The Dead Ones" starts for real, the vocals, melody flirts with GHOST, until the chorus comes and the vocals gets turbid and wheezy, an occult doomish wibe lies over the track. The next tune "Erzebeth" is a 13-minute epic piece and really stands out, dual galloping riffs that throw us back in time, floats out like an octopussy and fingers a bit here and there, wonderful, a true beauty. The tunes have a pretty long playtime except for the title track, just under three minutes which spins low-melted through as an interlude. Halfway through the album, it's time for the catchy "Secular Lord", full of hormone-induced musicians that just bubbles of crazy but well-thought creations that end up in excellent tune. "Lust" is a half pace tune that flows nicely until it half burst out in the middle and shifts direction in the end. The album closes up with the epic chanting tune "The Gathering", where an occult sacrifice ceremony takes place in the backyard, a gloomy landscape opens up and you wonder where the hell you are, say hey to the devil, you have just been sold. To summarize the album its highly majestic release and a superb follow-up to "Servants Of The Salem Girl".

Tom - Vocals & Guitar

 Rob - Lead Guitar 

Simon - Bass 

Ben - Drums

“Of Blood And Wine” was released on October 5th, 2018 via Ripple Music!

Today's tune "Secular Lord" is taken from "Of Blood And Wine", enjoy!


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Celtic Frost - Tristesses De La Lune

Ce soir la Lune rêve avec plus de paresse

Ainsi qu'une beauté sur de nombreux coussins

Qui d'une main discrète et légère caresse

Avant de s'endormir le contour de ses seins

Sur le dos satine, des molles avalanches

That's part of the lyrics of the poem of the Sunday classic.

"Into the Pandemonium" is the third studio album by Swiss extreme metal band CELTIC FROST, released in 1987. The album is more varied than CELTIC FROSTs past LPs, with unlikely covers (Wall of Voodoo's "Mexican Radio"), emotionally charged love songs, the album's recurring industrial-influenced rhythmic songs of demons and destruction, traditional FROST-styled songs about dreams and fear, and a dark, classical piece with female vocals.

Some of the lyrics are silently borrowed from other sources. For example, significant portions of Inner Sanctum are directly quoted from Emily Brontë poems, while the lyrics to "Tristesses de la lune" are borrowed from the poem of the same name in Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal. The lyrics to "Sorrows of the Moon" are an English translation of the same.

The cover image is a detail from the right (Hell) panel of The Garden of Earthly Delights, a triptych painted in 1504 by Hieronymus Bosch, now part of the permanent collection at the Prado in Madrid.

Enjoy today's classic "Tristesses De La Lune", that is a classical composition sung in French by a female vocalist, who I don't know, couldn't find anything about it, does anyone know, please tell me.



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Glowsun - Behind The Moon

The French trio GLOWSUN did release their third studio album "Beyond The Wall Of Time" on June 26, 2015. The also released a video for the tune "Behind The Moon", see it below. I just love the spherical sound and tone on the new album, between enormous atmospheric compositions with pure rock riffs and psychedelic melodies perfectly intertwined into this scenery, it perfectly fits into the instrumental psychedelic rock realms.

On Saturday the 14th of April, they play live at Le Farmer, LYON France, with DUCKTAPE + HYPNOTIC DRIVE

GLOWSUN consists of:

Johan Jaccob (Guitar & sing)
Ronan Chiron (Bass)
Fabrice Cornille (Drums)

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Alcest – Eclosion

"Kodama" with the French blackgaze band ALCEST reaches the 3rd place on the Tune Of The Day's TOP 100 album list of the Best Albums 2016.

"Kodama" is a return to form for ALCEST. After indulging their poppier tendencies on 2014’s Shelter. "Kodama" (Japanese for "tree spirit" or "echo") is the fifth studio album by French rock band ALCEST. It was released on September 30, 2016 via Prophecy Productions. It is a concept album about "the confrontation of the natural world and the human world", inspired by Hayao Miyazaki's film Princess Mononoke. Musically the album is a return to the band's earlier blackgaze style, due to Neige's feeling that he "needed to go for something more punchy, darker, and more personal too." "Kodama" is also the first ALCEST album to feature Indria Saray performing on bass, though he has played with the band live for many years.

Today's tune "Eclosion" taken from "Kodama", the clip is filmed live in CCO Villeurbanne 07/11/2016, enjoy!


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Gojira - Silvera

"Magma" is the sixth studio album from French metal band GOJIRA, reaches the 5th place on the Tune Of The Day's TOP 100 album list of the Best Albums 2016.

The album was released on 17 June 2016 through Roadrunner Records. The album was recorded at the band's studio in New York City, and was produced by Joe Duplantier, mixed by Johann Meyer, and mastered by Ted Jensen. The album sold almost 17,000 copies in its first week of release in the United States, charting at number 24 on the Billboard 200, making Magma the band's highest sales and chart debut to date. The album has been noted as a stylistic departure from the band's previous albums, featuring a more accessible atmospheric sound and more prominent use of clean vocals. The album is nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2017 Grammy Awards and that is something we hope they will achieve.

Today's tune "Silvera" is taken from the album "Magma", enjoy!



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Les Discrets - Virée Nocturne

Let's continue in the same steps as the "Record Of The Week", LES DISCRETS is a French shoegaze/post-rock project created and led by Fursy Teyssier as a "platform gathering music and art". Teyssier was the sole member of the band until 2009. Since then they have released two albums, in 2010 and 2012, respectively and the third is in the pipeline.

Fursy Teyssier's art is amazing, he have created album covers for ALCEST, MORBID ANGEL, EMPYRIUM, AGALLOCH, THE OATH, WOODS OF YPRES among others, check it out here!

The 4-track EP "Virée Nocturne" heralds LES DISCRETS third album "Prédateurs" (due out in early 2017). Four years after the last studio effort, "Ariettes Oubliées", Fursy Teyssier departs from his blend of atmospheric metal and post rock, influenced by such artists as AGALLOCH, ANATHEMA or early ULVER and returns with a reinvention of LES DISCRETS. Drawing inspiration from acts like PORTISHEAD, MASSIVE ATTACK, LANA DEL REY, PINK FLOYD or BLONDE REDHEAD, he keeps his musical core with a calmer version of LES DISCRETS, maintaining the inherent the melancholy and melodics.

"Virée Nocturne" is not only a new start in terms of music, but also on the visual level. For the first time, Teyssier collaborates with another graphic designer on the visual appearance of a LES DISCRETS release. The British artist Chris Friel combines painting with photography in a unique way, a huge inspiration for Teyssier and even the guideline for the music.

Besides the title track that will also be featured on "Prédateurs", the EP features the exclusive song "Capricorni. Virginis. Corvi", a demo version of another new song ("Le Reproche") and a remix of "Virée Noturne" by progressive hip hop artist Dälek.

Available editions:

- 12' vinyl EP (black) incl. printed inner sleeve (400 copies)
- 12" vinyl EP (clear) incl. printed inner sleeve (90 copies and exclusively available at Prophecy Fest 2016)
- CD Digipak

Today's tune is the title track of the latest EP "Virée Nocturne", 2016



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Alcest - Kodama

Monday, time to introduce "Record Of The Week"

"Kodama" (Japanese for "tree spirit" or "echo") is the fifth studio album by blackgaze band ALCEST marks the French duo's ferocious return to the epic and contrasted style of its early works while continuing the band's relentless pursuit for fresh ideas. Combining poetic elements with darker ones, that were not present in ALCESTs earlier works, "Kodama" manifests as an intense album, featuring a more organic, punchy sound and showcasing impulses from an array of different places. This concept album is about "the confrontation of the natural world and the human world", inspired by Hayao Miyazaki's film Princess Mononoke. "Kodama" picks up on the fate of its protagonist and, at its core, deals with the sensation of not belonging; of living in between worlds, be it city and nature, the physical and spiritual one. By giving the album a cultural, stylistic and compositional narrative, Neige and Winterhalter keep "Kodama" from just being the latest improvement on the ALCEST sound and instead make the album a most rare and exciting thing: a vital, relevant record from a front runner that not only upholds the band's trailblazing legacy, but actually makes you want to see where they go next.

Musically the album is a return to the band's earlier blackgaze style, due to Neige's feeling that he "needed to go for something more punchy, darker, and more personal too." Kodama is also the first ALCEST album to feature Indria Saray performing on bass, though he has played with the band live for many years.

"Kodama" is a strikingly pretty and graceful record, a tasteful homage to the music and culture that inspired it. The record starts with the natural bittersweet title track, a wonderful piece exactly a tune that I remembered that ALCEST should sound like. Where the flow just rasps your skin and the melody signs in your brain, the blood flows fast in your vain almost like you will explode. The second piece "Eclosion" follows the same road, keeps the warm blood stream on it's course to the heart that blows more red than ever. When "Eclosion" fades away the grande "Je Suis D’Ailleurs" takes over by overwhelmingly rich layers of tingly chords, by now you are lost, the compass is failing and you are totally disoriented. When the tremolos and blast beats of "Oiseaux de Proie" takes control you will race your hands to the sky and fall down on you knees and scream out loud until the short instrumental piece "Onyx" ends the album with a great march.

Sum: Kodama delivers on all accounts an excellent and very emotionally powerful album, you need this.

Today's tune "Oiseaux de Proie" is taken from "Kodama", was released on September 30, 2016 via Prophecy Productions.


Date Venue Location

Oct 30 Gebäude 9 Koln, Germany Sold Out
Oct 31 Jubez Karlsruhe, Germany
Nov 01 Salzhaus Winterthur, Switzerland
Nov 02 Circolo Magnolia Milan, Italy
Nov 03 Mostovna Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Nov 04 Locomotiv Bologna, Italy
Nov 05 Init Roma, Italy
Nov 06 Spazio 211 Turin, Italy
Nov 07 Centre Culturel Oecuménique Villeurbanne, France
Nov 08 La Maroquinerie Paris, France Sold Out
Nov 09 Talking Heads Southampton, United Kingdom
Nov 10 O2 Academy 2 Birmingham Birmingham, United Kingdom
Nov 11 O2 Academy 2 Leicester Leicester, United Kingdom
Nov 12 Classic Grand Glasgow, United Kingdom
Nov 13 Brudenell Social Club Leeds, United Kingdom
Nov 14 Gorilla Manchester, United Kingdom
Nov 15 The Globe Cardiff, United Kingdom
Nov 16 The Marble Factory Bristol, United Kingdom
Nov 17 Electric Brixton London, United Kingdom
Nov 18 VK Brussels, Belgium
Nov 19 013 Tilburg, Netherlands
Nov 20 P60 Amstelveen, Netherlands
Nov 21 Uebel & Gefährlich Hamburg, Germany
Nov 22 Lille Vega København V, Denmark
Nov 23 Pustervik Göteborg, Sweden
Nov 24 Parkteatret Oslo, Norway
Nov 25 Debaser Strand Stockholm, Sweden
Nov 26 KB Malmö, Sweden
Nov 27 BiNuu Berlin, Germany
Nov 28 B90 Gdansk, Poland
Nov 29 Firlej Wroclaw, Poland
Nov 30 Szene Wien, Austria
Dec 01 Durer Kert Budapest, Hungary
Dec 02 Tabacka Kosice, Slovakia
Dec 03 Rockstadt Brasov, Romania

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Blues Pills - Gypsy

I head across the country, looking for Mexico
I got stuck in Kansas with no place to go
Oh I'm a gypsy, that's what I am
Uh, I'm a gypsy, and I don't give a damn
Somebody took my load
And I got no place to go
But I'm trying to find my mind
Yes I'm trying to find myself

That's the first verse from the song "Gypsy" by the Swedish rock act BLUES PILLS.

The band formed back in 2011 when Elin Larsson, Cory Berry and Zack Anderson, all just in their early twenties, formed a group which should quickly become one of the most acclaimed and interesting bands in music. Behold the birth of a new musical experience, an experience we thought was long gone, lost in time and space. Behold the birth of BLUES PILLS.

The young American-Swedish-French quartet create a very unique, intense and extraordinary rock atmosphere while at the same time having a major mainstream appeal that takes you right back to the time of BLUES PILLS’ ancestors Aretha Franklin, THE ORIGINAL FLEETWOOD MAC, LED ZEPPELIN, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and CREAM. Driving bass lines, grooving drums and guitar solos from another planet by the only 18 year old Dorian Sorriaux, harmonized and tied together with such easiness, such delight, by Elin’s incredible voice.

Todays tune "Gypsy" is taken from the self-titled debut album, released on 25 July 2014. Recorded in Gothenburg with infamous producer Don Alsterberg (GRAVEYARD). The artwork is by the incredible artist Marijke Koger-Dunham and it was painted sometime in the late 60’s. The Video by Zack Anderson and Color by Filmgruppe Chaos.



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Dot Legacy - Kennedy

Today we say hello to four french youngsters in DOT LEGACY! A band that has not really decided which leg they should stand on. Absolutely nothing bad about it, but rather on the contrary, it immediately becomes very interesting, especially if you can deal with all the influences and styles, which these young gentlemen doing splendidly. They have a great attention to the details and arrangements to keep a solid rock base.

These rockers make you jump between Stoner, Noise and even Post-Rock, often using wild or sophisticated subgenres absolved from meaning whatsoever.

DOT LEGACY consists of:

Damien Quintard - Lead Vocals - Bass
Arnaud Merckling- Guitar - Keyboard - Back Vocals
John Defontaine - Guitar - Back Vocals
Félix Hie - Drums - Back Vocals

Yes, you can get this on Vinyl :)

Todays tune "Kennedy" is the first track from the debut album "Dot Legacy". The Videoclip directed by Guillaume L'Hôte and assisted by Philippe Schneider.



Upcoming Tourdates

Mar 27 Coq D'Or Olten, Switzerland
Mar 28 Museumskeller Erfurt, Germany
Apr 04 Le Mars Angoulême, France
Apr 09 Les Docks Le Mans, France
Apr 10 De Onderbroek Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Apr 11 Rockbox Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Apr 15 Rekorder Dortmund, Germany
Apr 16 Tiefgrund Berlin, Germany
Apr 17 Rockpool EV Halle, Germany
Apr 18 PSI Rock Festival Mannheim, Germany
Apr 19 Die Kellerperle Wurzburg, Germany
Apr 21 Mudd Club Strasbourg, France
Apr 22 Backstage Club Munich, Germany
Apr 23 LE BLOGG Lyon, France
Apr 25 Le Poulpe Reigniers, France
Apr 26 INVADER FEST Beach Invaders San Michele Al Tagliamento, Italy



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The Socks - Some Kind Of Sorcery

Some dudes just sound like they were born to do it, and listening to the classic heavy rock groove of The Socks, there can be no doubt it’s what they’re made for. They’re naturals. The double-guitar French foursome formed in Lyon in 2009 and did really made an impression on me with their first taste from the upcoming album.

You will spin like a Sock flying in the air when you hit play. The first thing I notice that this foursome gang really make a hell of a groove, full of energy, well played and really fun to listen to. If i should draw any parallel with something similar it would be the Swedish Graveyard. So what are you waiting for, hit play for god's sake.

The Socks are:

Julien Méret: lead guitar, vocals
Jessy Ensenat: drums
Nicolas Baud: rythm guitar, keyboard, background vocals
Vincent Melay: bass

Todays tune "Some Kind Of Sorcery" is taken off the upcoming self titled album by The Socks, out on Small Stone Records on March 18th.



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Alcest - Opale

Alcest is a French shoegaze band from Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France, founded and led by Neige (Stéphane Paut).

It began in 2000 as a black metal solo project by Neige, soon a trio, but following the release of their first demo in 2001, band members Aegnor and Argoth left the band, leaving Neige as the sole member. This marked a change in style, as Alcest's subsequent releases have more often been described as shoegazing mixing numerous rock and metal influences, including black metal and post-metal. In 2009 the ex-Peste Noire's drummer Winterhalter (now in Les Discrets) joined Alcest's studio line-up, after eight years with Neige as the sole full time member. Since its creation, Alcest has released four studio albums.

Todays tune "Opale" is taken from the fourth studio Shelter, which was released on January 17, 2014



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