Mainly Rock

Sonic Youth are coming to Paris and are playing at Le Nouveau Casino on April 20th.
The show was announced yesterday and tickets went on sale today. I was lucky, as I got tickets and, surprise, it seems to be sold out now…
The Nouveau Casino is a really small club with a capacity of 300-400 people [...]

In the latest number of Magic was an ad from Alias Productions (their Website is dead) which announced a Jeff Tweedy solo show in the Nouveau Casino on April 28th. It was also confirmed by Les Inrocks. I was pretty exited, as I have never seen a Jeff Tweedy solo show, but (obviously) a couple [...]

Since the success of The White Stripes, two people bands with guitar and drums seem to be a new genre with quite a number of great bands: The Black Keys, The Evens and now Two Gallants.

I’ve always had weak spot for bands from Scandinavia and Sweden in particular. In recent years band like The Hives and The (International) Noise Conspiracy have done a good job of keeping the Swedish reputation high. So when I came across the Shout Out Louds, I must admit that I had high hopes.

Howl Howl [...]

Everybody must know, that The Arctic Monkeys are a total music industry sensation, as they managed to create such a buzz, partly by giving away free mp3’s of their demos on their website, that they eventually sold over 360,000 copies of their album in the first week in the UK.
With all this, people overlook, that [...]

I was planning to see The Go! Team tonight at the Trabendo, but I have just received a Text Message from France Billet, to inform me that the show is rescheduled to May 10th.
Whereas the cancellation of the show tonight is not really great news, I must admit that the service provided by France Billet [...]

Taylor Hawkins, the drummer from the Foo Fighters, is preparing the release of his first solo album. He already wrote and sang one song, Cold Day in The Sun, on the last Foo Fighters album, and even got to sing it on the last Foo Fighters tour. You can check out one song in full [...]

This somehow slipped underneath my radar-screen (aka NME.com).
I don’t like Muse much, but Arctic Monkeys are cool, and considering the success they’ve been having in the UK, it should probably be quite an event. Pearl Jam fills the slot for the “old” band this year. Last year it was Iron Maiden. I guess it’s bettter [...]