mardi 8 décembre 2015

Tom Jones - I Wish You Would ( Audio track , 1955 Billy Boy Arnold's cover ) 2015


... classic rockin'blues song ... Chicago/Bo Diddley style ... enormous Welsh voice ... ( song also covered by Bowie on " Pin Ups " & many other version including The Yardbirds on their first single ,1964)  ..... Listen to it HERE !

samedi 5 décembre 2015

mercredi 25 novembre 2015

The Meters - Fire On The Bayou ( Audio track ) 1975


.... one of the finest funk band ever , from New Orleans .... they inspired many , many bands around the world .... produced by the legendary Allen Toussaint ( a musical genius ) who just died recently ... R.I.P. ...

dimanche 22 novembre 2015

Underworld - Born slippy (Nuxx) ( Dir : Michael McCool ) 2015

..... at last but not least  !  A proper music video for this masterpiece ( they used " Trainspotting " movie excerpts to promote it 'till now ) ... still a marvellous track ....

samedi 21 novembre 2015

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Dear Prudence ( Dir : ? ) 1984



.... shot in Venice ... Robert Smith was on guitar ... they were friends then ... wonderful voice & cover ... she's an incredible singer ... underestimated of my point of view ....

jeudi 19 novembre 2015

Andrew Stockdale - Long Way To Go ( Dir : Taylor Steele and Todd Diciurcio ) 2013

 .... great " greasy " rock sound .... rings , long hairs , SG Gibson & pretty babes ... Australian classic rock & catchy track ....
                                      Watch it HERE !

vendredi 13 novembre 2015

Persepolis - Out of the black ( Royal Blood's cover ) Live 2015


.... special  " friends at court " ! ..... recorded live at Rock n' Skate Festival , Tarnos ( Aquitaine , 40 , France ) Sept.26th 2015 .... Milo ( guitar ) & Robin ( vox & drums ) ..... tight musicians ...  17 ...( pfffff ......  ) !

dimanche 1 novembre 2015

samedi 31 octobre 2015

Other Lives - English Summer ( audio track from " Rituals " LP ) 2015



.... superb pop orchestral song with amazing vocals harmonies ....  Beach Boys/Kinks/National  ... americana  ..... melancholia ....

vendredi 30 octobre 2015

mercredi 28 octobre 2015

mercredi 21 octobre 2015

Heyrocco - Loser Denial ( Dir : Jenna Stebbins ) 2015


.... great track & attitude ! ... I love those self-confident teenagers who do it like if they had invented power-pop just yesterday ! ... rock is not dead ( but it's getting more & more difficult to do it right ) !

samedi 17 octobre 2015

Jan Dark - Thin Ice ( Dir : An Tôn That ) 2015



... very nicely shooted in Taipei & Saigon ( Hô-Chi-Minh City ) ... beautiful sounds , amazing voice , very moving  ...  Sylvian/Sakamoto/Bowie's connection .... a really interesting artist ... human & sensitive ... I'm a fan ! ( also :  http://leschicsclips.blogspot.fr/2015/05/jan-dark-im-all-around-dir-jan-dark-at.html )

vendredi 16 octobre 2015

jeudi 15 octobre 2015

Hamilton Bohannon - Bohannons' Beat ( Audio track ) 1975



..... hypnotic ( Booker T. & MG's like ) & repetitive .... so groovy it hurts ..... a gem of the " genre " .... pure funk beyond disco....
( see also , a very good " modern " Bohannon's remix ( 2005 ) :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwz2_rpWeDM )

mardi 13 octobre 2015

Cameo - Be yourself ( Live playback on US TV - Rythm & Rawls ) 1982


...... another of my fav' track by my fav' funk band ( see also : http://leschicsclips.blogspot.fr/2014/05/cameo-talkin-out-side-of-your-neck-dir.html ) .... mega syncopeted & slapped bass line ... catchy & fun ....( from LP " Alligator Woman " 1982 ) .... Atlanta , ( Georgia ) ... ( sorry for the poor visual Q , can't find any better ) Prince 's Doctor Fink lookalike on keyboards ????

vendredi 9 octobre 2015

Will Butler - Anna ( Dir : Brantley Gutierrez ) 2015



... Arcade Fire's leader goes solo ... catchy danceable track ... sensual star actress ( Emma Stone ) .... classic choregraphy ....

mercredi 7 octobre 2015

Liz Phair - Supernova ( Dir : Liz Phair ) 1994


..... Supa Sexy Super Nova ..... " you fuck like a volcano " ( censored by MTV , good old times ....! )

mardi 6 octobre 2015

vendredi 11 septembre 2015

Satellite Party - Wish Upon A Dog Star ( Dir : Ben Dickinson ) 2011


..... Great pop song by master pop Perry Farrell & super group/friends  ..... " it's time to shine .... "
Link to the vid : ( cannot embed it !! )  https://vimeo.com/25105901

dimanche 6 septembre 2015

vendredi 4 septembre 2015

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Can't Keep Checking My Phone ( Dir : Dimitri Basl, Cooper Roussel ) 2015



..... one of my fav' " new " band ( of the last four years ) is back in good shape ... beautiful dreamy & bizarre clip + a catchy "discoïdal " ( ?!? ) track .... luv this !