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Le french indie?

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  • 04-09-2009 5:55pm
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    FredBaby!
    Registered Users Posts: 182 ✭✭


    can anyone reccomend good french band/singers or people who just sing in french for me?

    i guess i'm into indie/alternative, a little bit of shoegaze and indie-electro...

    Favourite include Los Campesinos, The Smiths, Passion Pit, Ladyhawke, Be Your Own PET,Asobi Seksu, Belle and Sebastian...

    Merci in advance!


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    flyswatter
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    Check out Malajube, they're a Canadian art-rock band who sing in French.





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    flyswatter
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    Also try Phoenix.




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    DigiGal
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    Try UFFIE, she is French/American but has some songs in french, kind of electro pop indie.

    +1 To Phoenix


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    larrykinney
    Registered Users Posts: 107 ✭✭larrykinney


    You should check out Stereolab, I was listening to them today actually. The singer, Laetitia Sadier, is French, she sings mainly in French. The compilation 'Serene Velocity' is probably a good place to start.

    Electrelane, on their album 'The Power Out', do a few songs in French. I think the lyrics of some of the songs are the poetry of Siegfried Sassoon, it's a great album. :pac:


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    Davie_m
    Registered Users Posts: 104 ✭✭Davie_m


    you should also check out coeur de pirate
    another Canadian who sings all in French while playing piano..
    more of an acoustic sound off her..

    http://www.myspace.com/coeurdepirate



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    sineadgalway
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    I just got this album from Wagram recently...Paris Lounge..the second cd has some really good indie tracks on it and cd1 is more electronica. Its really good.
    There are a few albums with the same name so link below...

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Paris-Lounge-2CD-Various-Artists/dp/B001MK013S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1252173526&sr=8-1


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    Alan Noir
    Registered Users Posts: 102 ✭✭Alan Noir


    Francoise Hardy. Not exactly indie, but if you like B&S and don't like her you're just not right.


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    cinnamon girl
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    Autour de Lucie


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    Hamiltonion
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    Not so much a band but check out Kitsune records. They have quite a few french electro/indie artists signed, every now and again they have a showcase tour, saw the Maison tour last Xmass in the Button fac and was brilliant, Autokratz, riot in belgium, punks jumo up, heartz revolution, YLHCSD etc


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    Joe_Dull
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    I'm a huge fan of Christophe Willem, winner of the French version of Pop Idol, Nouvelle Star. He now has two albums out ("L'inventaire" and "Caféine") and both are nice electropop/ballad records made even better by his very unique vocals.

    If you're looking for something more upbeat Babylon Circus are a fantastic ska/rock 10-piece who played the Dun Laoghaire Festival of World Cultures recently - their latest is called "La Belle Étoile".


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