The sunday song is becoming #Nowplaying ! Today under the spotlights, Memoria, the first extract from Indochine's forthcoming album that will be released on February 11th, 2013. Available from Wednesday on legal download platforms, this first single is loyal to the band, leading and captivating at the same time.
Indochine twelfth album, Black City, made between Paris and Berlin should include collaborations. The band co-wrote two tracks, one with Mathieu Lescop and the other with Tom Smith from Editors.
Who says new album, says also new tour. The fans won't be disappointed as Live Nation already promises the tour to be "the longest ever made by the band." From intimate venues to big stadiums, this tour should take place in three acts. The first 16 dates have already been announced, the Black City Tour 1 will begin at Nancy's Zénith on February 21st. Tickets will go on sale on November 26th at the price of 35€ only and more date are expected to come.
This week once more I'm sharing a song that I discover thanks to Xfm, it is Anna Sun by Walk The Moon. Yet this is not really a novelty since in 2011 the Esquire magazine put it among the "30 Summer Songs Every Man Should Listen To". She also figured in an episode of Vampire Diaries this year. A year elapsed, the band finally release their eponymous debut album, in June 19th. It is a catchy and lead song, at the first listen you can see why Esquire chose it among the songs of summer 2011.
Although The 2nd Law, Muse's new album will be released officially tomorrow (in France at least) it was possible to listen to this week, thanks to various radio stations that have offered it to their listeners. Have you listened to it? What did you think of it? Feel free to share your impressions in the comments section.
To celebrate this release, I chose to put Supremacy which opens the album under the spotlights. This is a song with heavy rhythms and where we can revive a Matthew Bellamy a bit garish, a nugget in all! For this I offer you a live version in addition to the studio version!
A few days before The 2nd Law was broadcasted on the radio, I had the privilege to attend the recording of a French TV show called Taratata where I met the band and I had a sneak preview of Follow Me and Sign O 'The Times a cover of Prince. I was very excited to see that the Muse I cherished (the one before The Resistance) was back. One thing is sure, concerts will be explosives once again! Besides the public has understood it, as Montpellier, Paris, Nantes and Strasbourg shows are sold out more than ever and that's not counting the concert at the Olympia in Paris! This week more than 50,000 people tried to get their precious sesame for this event. As only 2000 seats were available it was a real struggle and it made a lot of disappointed. After more than 10 hours of testing over the two days of the sale, I am one of the lucky ones. So we give ourselves an appointment on Tuesday for the show that promises to be exceptional and unreal and in the following days for a live report.
While waiting for Tuesday or for one of their upcoming concert, you can watch Muse tonight live from the iTunes Festival in London. For this, nothing easier than downloading the Festival app on iPhone or iPad festival or to directly connect to iTunes!
Last April I attended Angels & Airwaves's concert at the Bataclan. I did not write a live report because I was academically very (too) busy at this time. That night I made a pleasant discovery with Le Blorr which was opening, a duet from Florida composed by Chris Hess (Cookie) and Adam Winn (Hot Damm). It's a mix of psychadelic rock and electronic dance, lots of joy. I fell in love with a song, Grandview, but it was not yet available for listening on the Internet. I had almost forgotten it until this week to be honest. I don't know why but I thought about it and decided to look up if it was finally available and... I found it ! Therefore I offer you the chance to continue your summer listening to it.
It's been a month since I Will Wait, the new single from Mumford & Sons came out and I do not know about you, but I can't get tired of it ! So naturally, I decided to chose this song as the Sunday Song.
After 3 years of absence, the British band will released its second album, Babel, on September 24th. Perhaps you already had the opportunity to hear some of their new songs as they have tested some in concert. Now let's just wait a couple of days to be able to listen to Babel entirely !
In 2010 we discovered Two Door Cinema Club with their catchy hits Something Good Can Work, I Can Talk and Undercover Martyn. They are back this year with a second album entitled Beacon which is due for release on September 4th. This week they offered a free download of their new single Sleep Alone for 24 hours. Although this song has appeared last summer it's always an appreciated initiative. It is a light song, fun to listen and that is very similar to what they did with Tourist History. The cape of a second album is always difficult, especially after having been successful but they seem on track to meet the challenge. RDV at the end of the summer to be able to listen to more of their new songs!
Seeing Liam Gallagher singing Oasis' songs again last week almost made me forget Muse's come back. The English made the official song of the Olympic Games to be held from July 27 to August 12 in London. Survial will be played throughout the competition: Entrance of the athletes in the stadiums, medal ceremonies and it will be the official theme of international TV broadcasts. What do you think of it ? Do you like it ?
The 2nd Law, the sixth album of the band will be released on September 17th and they will be touring Europe this fall. I hope you have your precious tickets because needless to say that all the shows of the tour are sold out since they went on sale!
Rock en Seine 2009 marks a turning point for Oasis. You all know the story, I'm not going to say it again. Since then, Liam had drawn a line on the past by systematically refusing singing a few Oasis oldies on stage with Beady Eye, his new band. This, unlike his brother Noel who continues to play songs like Supersonic, Little By Little or Don't Look Back in Anger for the joy of all.
Thursday night Beady Eye was performing at Warrington in Britain and to everyone's surprise they performed a new song title AND two Oasis songs: Morning Glory and Rock'N'Roll Star. While the Oasis page seemed definitely turned in Liam Gallagher's life, he has shown us that it was not the case yet. Perhaps we can continue to expect a band reunion someday. Even if it is only to celebrate the 20 years of (What's The Story) Morning Glory in 2015 as were saying rumors last year.
Therefore this Sunday I propose you to discover what I would describe as an historical moment, Beady Eye performing Morning Glory:
And to the glory of Oasis, a live from the V Festival in 2005:
Under the spotlights this sunday, Little Talks by Of Monsters And Men, a new band from Iceland that i've recently discovered on the English music radio Xfm. They released their debut album My Head Is An Animal at the end of April and if you like Little Talks, I highly recommend it to you. To me, one of the ablums to listen to this summer ! As a bonus, know they will be present at Rock en Seine Festival in late August.
Lots of new good albums this month: The Temper Trap, Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros and Gas Coombes to name but a few !
This Sunday I chose to put under the spotlights the one made by the ex-leader and guitarist of Supergrass, out since May 21st. Talented, Gareth Michael Coombes played all the instruments during the recording of Here Come The Bombs. He was in Paris yesterday and this evening he will be at the Europavox Festival in Clermont-Ferrand. I let you discover or listen again to Hot Fruit, Here Come The Bombs's first single:
We are now in the spring and we set the summer time last night, so what is better than a song with a light spirit ? Well, we are lucky because this week was marked by the come back of the Australian band, the Temper Trap. So I suggest you to discover their new single, Need Your Love. What do you think of it ? Know that their new album self-titled will be released on May 19th in Australia / New Zealand and will be available on May 21st in Europe (on June 5th in the USA).
This week was released Happy To You, the 2nd album of the Swedish band Miike Snow (and yes it is a band contrary to what their name could let think). I thus decided to celebrate that by putting in the the spotlight Bavarian #1 (Say You Will) this Sunday! Devil Work and Paddling Out had been available to listen to last January, I wanted to make you discover another song of this album. If you love Miike Snow as I do, you can see them at Reading and Leads Festival on August 24th and 26th !
This sunday I chose to present Chapel Song by We Are Augustines, an indie band from Brooklyn. Their debut album, entitled Rise Ye Sunken Ships was released last year in the US (march 5th in UK). It's a song that I discovered a couple weeks ago already and once more it was thanks to Xfm. I hope you'll appreciate it as much as I do. Their album is worth the listening, you should try it if you like Chapel Song ! They were touring in Europe earlier this year and they're gonna be touring in the US this spring if you're interested. Hope they'll come to Paris too someday. This week, taken back of the blog's activity with Snow Patrol's gig in Paris. Stay tuned and have a nice week !
Today, it's not just one song that I propose to you but two, the honor goes to Blur !! I found their Brits Awards performance astonishing this week ! They'll be in Hyde Park this summer to give a concert for the Olympics and there are rumours that they may do some festivals too. I hope that it is going to tempt them to come back on the musical scene because I would really like to see them live someday!
Please accept my apologises for the lack of updates, I have been quite busy but I did not forget the blog ! On this sunday I have the pleasure to present you Went Away, the new single from The Maccabees that we can currently hear on the radio in UK. Once again it's an English band that I discovered thanks to Xfm. They stoped by Paris a couple days ago to give a sold out show at La Maroquinerie. Unfortunately I wasn't in Paris this day, otherwise I would have gone ! If you were there, don't hesistate to give your impressions !
On this last sunday of January I chose to present Wind Song by a young French band called Revolver. The song will make you feel happy even with this bad and cold weather ! Not enough new articles last week, but it was the calm before the storm because I'm gonna see Ben Howard, Indochine and Miles Kane + Arctic Monkeys this week. Stay tuned !
I took the time to travel the world through iTunes this week. I visited at least Canada, UK, Irland, USA, Korea, Japan and Australia to see what they are listening to these days. I have to say that they have some hits in common with France's top 10 songs (Foster The People, Coldplay, Adele, Goyte, Lana Del Rey...). I discovered a very cool singer from Australia, Matt Corby who became famous with Australia Idol in 2007. He doesn't have an album yet but he released 4 EPs that you can listen to. Here is Brother, his last single and also the song I fell in love with at the first listening. Hope you'll enjoy it !
This sunday I chose to present to you Pioneers by Bloc Party. I'm currently watching (one more time) The OC and this song was in one of the episodes I saw this week. I had put Bloc Party somewhere in my head and It made me wanna listen to them again. Have a good week !
As you can see I finally set up a proper English version of my French blog, aLive. It allows you to read my articles instead of just watching the pictures. I hope it's gonna be usefull for you. As I've said on the right sidebar, my english may not be perfect all the time, please be comprehensive. I'll do my best to avoid making mistakes.
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I decided to propose you a different song every Sunday. It's gonna be a song that I listened all week, a song that marked me or even a song that is totally new.
Today, let's start with My Delirium by Ladyhawke. It's not a new song but I discovered it this week when I heard it on Xfm, an English radio. So here it is:
