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Translation of “A” by Vulgaires Machins

September 7, 2011

Yesterday I pointed you in the direction of the new release from Vulgaires Machins, an album of eleven acoustic songs, available for the donation of your choice from their website. I’ve listened to the album half a dozen times since downloading it and I love it – I don’t need to review it for you [...]

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Translation of Lap Dance by Ycare

June 28, 2011

I had been looking forward to Ycare’s second album, Lumière Noire for several months. His first album, Au Bord Du Monde is a great record and I had expected more of the same from his follow up, released on June 6th. On first listen, I was disappointed. Au Bord Du Monde was loaded with clean [...]

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Translation of L’effaceur by Incry

April 22, 2011

Incry’s first album, Face au Mur, is one of the heavier, and better, rock albums to be released recently in the French language. Incry produce what you might call a heavy, melodic rock which hits me right where I live, although I realise this may be slightly heavier than most people stumbling across this page [...]

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Translation of Jouer Dehors by Mademoiselle K

January 24, 2011

To celebrate the fantastic new album from Mademoiselle K, here is another translation from it. Having listened to this album fairly solidly for the last few days, I think it’s my favourite release since Babylon Circus’s La Belle Étoile. The song translated here is the title track Jouer Dehors, the vampiric video for which can [...]

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Translation of Aisément by Mademoiselle K

January 21, 2011

A week late, I’d forgotten about the release of Mademoiselle K’s latest album, Jouer Dehors (Playing Outside), on January 14th. I picked it up today from the Amazon MP3 store, and I can tell you that it’s a real good’un. A bit less rocky and a bit less punky than the previous two albums, a [...]

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Translation of Petite Soeur by Ben L’Oncle Soul

December 7, 2010

Ben L’Oncle Soul, December 2010Le Pigalle Club, Piccadilly On Friday I had no idea that Ben L’Oncle Soul was due to appear alongside Puggy in London last night. I only found out thanks to a competition on French Radio London. I was beyond excited to be going to see this guy live. I’ve been a [...]

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Translation of Lalalove You by BB Brunes

November 22, 2010

BB Brunes premier EP en anglais was released on November 15th and if you listen to the extracts on their album preview page – after listening to the really rather good sounding acoustic version of Battle Lost and Won – you will notice that track four So far so long is in fact Lalalove you [...]

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Translation of Banal Killer by Le Vilain Volatile

November 2, 2010

Le Vilain Volatile are a fantastic French rock/ska band whose first and only album is, as far as I’m aware, available for MP3 purchase only at Xtrib.com. How such a great band is not more widely known, I can only guess. This song, Banal Killer is my favourite track on the album. An upbeat ska/rock [...]

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Translation of Le Fils Caché Du Pape by Babylon Circus

October 23, 2010

I’m surprised I didn’t take advantage of the Pope’s visit to my home town last month to post a translation of this song from my favourite French album. Le Fils Caché Du Pape, written for the group by Mickaël Furnon (Mickey 3D) is one of the slower, creeping songs on La Belle Étoile, perhaps not [...]

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Translation of La Rage by Keny Arkana

October 19, 2010

This is a translation of a rap track from Ken Arkana’s first album Entre Ciment Et Belle Etoile. Given the current tense situation in France over pension reforms, the reference in Keny Arkana’s first single La Rage to the civil unrest in France in 2005 has some pertinence. The quality of rap & hip-hop coming [...]

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