2010 is here, so it’s about time to wrap up 2009 with a micro-panorama of the albums which, according to me, defined that year.
As always, I call bullshit on people who pretend that no good music is released anymore. Here is my own subjective proof, in the form of a 2009 top 10 albums [...]

Incense was burning at the front of the stage while two sharp green laser rays cut through the thick fog, pulsating along the sinister, industrial purring of “If I had a Heart” that preceded Fever Ray’s arrival, last Thursday at Shepherds Bush Empire. The electronic festivities perfectly blend with the odd decoration on stage — [...]

Petite escapade nocturne vendredi, après le pub avec les collègues, pour aller voir Max Tundra à Cargo, à deux pas de mon bureau à Londres. Entrée gratuite pour le concert de l’auteur d’un de mes albums préférés de 2008, Parallax Error Beheads You, dont j’avais déjà parlé ici. A déguster d’urgence.

Max Tundra @ Cargo, [...]

Comme chaque année, l’excellent Bon pour les oreilles, blog musical helvète et pointu de Christophe Schenk, a invité ses lecteurs à s’adonner au jeu de l’album préféré de l’année. Des coups de coeur à découvrir, auquel j’ai modestement participé avec
ma critique du délicieux album Parallax Error Beheads You de Max Tundra.
De quoi faire le plein [...]

The Hype Machine challenged bloggers to post their Top 10 music albums from 2008, and I thought it’d be a fun ride to comply, going through all I’ve been listening this year to pick what I most preferred, or expect to come back to in the future…
10. Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours (Modular)
An uptempo [...]

Unforgettable concert by Cat Power last Saturday, at the small but cozy Kilbi Festival in Düdigen (FR), Switzerland. Building on the intimate ambiance and a backing band of excellent musicians seemingly teleported right from an Alabama bar from the 70’s, Chan Marshall was as unpredictable as expected, but in a magical way. Trading smiles and [...]