ARCHIVE Controlling crowds

Le style musical qu'emprunte Archive est né avec le trip hop sur les deux premier albums. Désormais, le groupe propose une superbe musique fusionnant l'électro au progressif, au rock et à l'ambient.

Archive are a Rock band collective, originating from London, UK, but based in Paris, France for many years where they enjoy a much bigger following. They are signed to Warner Music France.Archive was formed by Londoners Darius Keeler and Danny Griffiths in 1994 and began as an eltronica project. At the beginning, they mixed Bristol-style like Massive Attack. The first album of the band, Londinium so perfect in 1996 (with Roya Arab and Rosko John as guest vocalists).
Rosko John is back in the band for this record so , let's go!!!

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FILTER the very best things

Hello à tous, je suis rentré de LONDRES la semaine dernière. Depuis je bosse comme un fou. Pour me détendre et retrouver de la force je me suis cherché un peu de rock qui déménage et voilà un best of de FILTER!

C'est du bon du raide et ce groupe est un peu trop sous estimé, n'est ce pas?

C'est quand même le groupe qui a sortis ''Hey man, nice shot''!

et puis le design est toujours aussi efficace!

Hello my friends I returned from LONDON last week and since I work like a crazy man also to slacken me and find force I sought myself a little rock'n'roll which moves and here is a best of of . it is a good stuff and this group -estimated make it so ggod no? it is nevertheless the band which have made' ' Hey man, Nice shot' '!

and then the design of the sleeve is always great!

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PHOENIX Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009)

Oui, j'avais vu ce groupe à Paris, il y a quelques années avec AIR il me semble! J'ai toujours gardé de l'affection pour ce groupe serieux et talentueux. J'avoue que leur succès commercial m'a beaucoup surpris peut-être à cause de la fragilité de la voix du chanteur et peut-être des titres des chansons que je trouve des fois ridicules! Mais la musique et l'imege qui va avec me séduisent toujours alors glissé une oreille sur cet album c'est très accrocheur et agréable sur plusieurs écoutes!

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Phoenix are set to release their eagerly-anticipated new album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, on May 26th, 2009. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is the follow-up to 2006's critically acclaimed It's Never Been Like That, and a release between Glassnote Records and the band's own newly-formed imprint Loyaute.Born out of restlessness and a steady hunt for inspiration, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is a career-defining album, filled with the band's signature melding of synthetics and organics, sharp, danceable rhythms, infectious choruses with a considerable dose of aural panache, and candy-colored pop sensibilities. These songs are some of their most exuberantly playful, yet also some of the most complex they've recorded, more layered and intensely propulsive than previous efforts. Indeed, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is nothing short of elative, creating what is sure to be the soundtrack to late-night summer adventures all over the globe. Staying true to what makes Phoenix so special, a sense of whimsical breeziness envelopes these songs, as if they've sprung fully-formed from the band's collective creative hands in a state of utter pop perfection.While starting to make Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, however, perfection eluded them, as the band – comprised of Thomas Mars (vocals), Laurent "Branco" Brancowitz (guitars), Christian Mazzalai (guitars) and Deck D'Arcy (keyboards) – seemed initially unable to find an environment to provide them with sufficient inspiration. After a triumphant worldwide tour behind It's Never Been Like That, Phoenix came back to Paris and tried to figure out where to go next - literally. From attempting to work on a houseboat in the River Seine, to camping out at New York City's Bowery Hotel, to eventually retreating to the Montmartre house of friend Philip Zdar of Cassius to record in his studio, the band constantly challenged themselves to write the album they knew they had in them, but couldn't seem to find, no matter where they went. With Zdar, who co-produced the album (a first for the band, who previously worked with little help from others, hence the undisturbed precision of Phoenix's universe), they focused on the idea of greatness, determined to create something that would be exciting not only to their rabid fanbase, but to themselves. And thus, after a solid year and a half of tedious reworkings and endless going-back-to-the-starts, the record clicked. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, a tongue-in-cheek title meditating on the idea of "classic and upstart," was born.

POMEGRANATES Everybody Come Outside

Pomegranates Everybody, Come Outside, is a conceptual album, telling the tale of a man who leaves home, only to be lost in time as he is abducted by a time traveler.

Everybody, Come Outside! is a shimmering and dreamy new album from this Cincinnati art-pop denizens. This Cincinnati quartet broke on the scene last year with their debut full length, Everything Is Alive--an album that garnered immediate attention and support from music lovers and taste-makers alike. KEXP and WOXY, among others, fell for the band's quirky and charming blend of pop rock, and listeners followed suit, blogging the band up to 11 on Elbo.ws blog aggregate. The band also caught the attention of their peers. Artists such as French Kicks and Islands responded to Pomegranates' dynamic live set by inviting them out on the road. Everybody, Come Outside! shows a marked improvement both creatively and sonically from its predecessor, channeling influences that range from Talking Heads and Brian Eno, to French Kicks and Fela Kuti.

Each of the 11 tracks of ECO! add to the mystique, as well as reveal a bit more about this unusual tale.Pomegranates is Jacob Merritt (drums, percussion), Joey Cook (vocals, guitar, keys, bass), Josh Kufeldt (bass, electric guitar) and Isaac Karns (guitar, bass, sampling, vocals, keys).

You really get the feeling that this record means something, rather than just possessing a collection of catchy riffs and hooks.

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Pomegranates Everybody, Come Outside, c'est un album concept qui raconte le voyage d'un anti heros. C'est original trés pop and à la fois pleins de candeur et d'esprit. A écouter absolummment en intégratlité c'est un must!!!