is my music discovery of the day. A Walloon band who played tonight chez Bernard Lenoir. The concert was diffused on France Inter. Their music is partly drone pop partly melancholic songwriter stuff. There is a warm melodic aspect reminding me of American Analog Set. The drone parts also make me think of the early Dandy Warhols. The singer's voice isn't very pronounced. Sometimes it veers towards a non-annoying falsetto. The song Flavour which was heavily relying on a bass figure from PJ Harvey's Victory was the noisiest thing they played. I had the impression I was back in 1991/92. This is the kind of eclecticism I love. Tomorrow the concert should be streamable here. In my little music universe Girls in Hawaii have taken the place of dEUS who used to be the best Belgian band up until today.

Stream all the rare and unreleased Cocteau Twins tracks (altogether 25) from here. My fave, an edited version of Heaven or Las Vegas (via largehearted boy).

P.S. Somehow I find the sound of the Cocteau Twins which was so innovative and breathtaking in the 80s didn't age well. It's a pity as I still like the idea of it.

Sehe gerade, dass es außer unserem Antville Minima Moralia Weblog noch einen Ort im Internetz gibt, wo der olle Adornotext momentan diskutiert wird. Im Forum der Popmusikzeitschrift Spex. So sehr weit sind sie da noch nicht (bei Aphorismus 7 oder so), dafür scheint dort mehr los zu sein. Mal sehen, vielleicht kann man die Teilnehmer ja überzeugen bei uns mitzumachen, um unsere Diskussionen etwas anzuheizen. Heute morgen habe ich übrigens gerade 109 L'inutile beauté reingestellt. By the way, die Diskussion zu 108 Prinzessin Eidechse war (und ist?) recht aufschlussreich.