Intimate discussion with Eric Clapton
After his concerts at the Royal Albert Hall were canceled in May 2021, Eric Clapton reunited his band in the countryside of West Sussex, England.
Together, they got down to recording an ultra-intimate acoustic set.
Between blues, country and rarely heard original tunes, the legend of rock and blues guitar offers with
The Lady In The Balcony: Lockdown Sessions,
a wonderful retrospective of his career.
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Rosalia's big comeback
La Fama
, the first single from Catalan singer Rosalia's new album, sees the R'n'B star The Weeknd accompanying her with rather rough Spanish. A symbol of change in mainstream pop and of a new balance of power between Anglo-Saxon and Latin pop. Since the emergence of J Balvin and other Bad Bunnies, hearing Spanish on an international hit is no longer just a sign of a summer hit. And the Americans have understood this well. Less ambitious than the ritornelles at the crossroads of pop, hip-hop and flamenco that made her famous on her previous album
El Mal Querer
,
La Fama
is an effective first single, with an unstoppable riff and chorus, from those who 'insert into your ear and stay there for weeks,even months.
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Courtney Barnett's small world
It is in the solitude of the various confinements that the Australian musician thought of the future.
And especially his own, which Courtney Barnett continues to portray in her songs.
With
Things Take Time, Take Time
, she signs her fourth album, by far the most intimate.
Accompanied by her guitar, she sings about her life, her friends, her joys and her sorrows.
On a playful tune,
If I Don't Hear From You Tonight
, is an ideal hymn to love to forget the cold of winter.
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Beach House, eternal levitation
From the Beach House, always from the Beach House. If many observers scrutinize the new releases of their artists through the prism of an eternal artistic renewal, the Beach House group is immune to this trend. The Baltimore duo return at regular intervals for a new round of dream pop and inimitable shoegaze, each time touched by unspeakable grace. This time around, Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand are doing things a little differently. The band's new album is coming in February, but by then they'll be releasing four tracks a month,
“chapters”
. These first four songs have all the ingredients of a great record, another one, like this
Through Me
.
Weightless synths, the hoarse voice of Victoria Legrand, an arpeggio flowing in our hearts like a fine November rain and always this incomparable melancholy.
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Placebo is coming back strong
After having tested the waters by unveiling the track
Beautiful James
last September, the British duo announced the release of their eighth studio album, entitled
Never Let Me Go
, to be released on March 25, 2022. Before a world tour awaiting the formation, with four dates for France. The charismatic Brian Molko confessed during an interview on the English radio that the album was ready since ... end of 2019. Pandemic obliges, the group had to review its plans. So, Placebo lifts the veil a little more on the project by revealing a new title, the hypnotic
Surronded By Spies
. Its leader, Brian Molko, indicates that the theme comes from the untimely spying of his neighbors with nefarious intentions!
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Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak, the duo that makes you smile
The album could only be a dose of good humor. Bruno Mars unveiled on October 8, his birthday, the release date of the first album by Silk Sonic, the duo he forms with Anderson Paak. This Friday, the nine tracks of the
An Evening with Silk Sonic project
are on tap, combining both the R&B and funk genres.
Put On a Smile
, the sixth track of the album can only belong to the universe of Bruno Mars. Produced by the artist himself, the sad love song recalls titles like
Granada
,
It Will Rain
or
Just The Way You Are.
Success guaranteed for the duo if we remember that their single
Leave The Door Open
, which is also on the record, had hit 1 billion plays on Spotify this summer.
JG
Nilüfer Yanya, queen without crown
On his first album
Miss Universe
, Nilüfer Yanya had asserted himself as a jack of all trades, who behind a rock varnish, also knew how to cover his music with jazz, soul and trip-hop notes. On
stabilize
, the first single from her second album
PAINLESS
, she delivers a much more assertive rock, faster, bordering on math-rock.
“I thought about how our environment influences our perception of things. Much of the city is gray and concrete, there is no escape, ”she
explains. With these three minutes of sullen rock and string riff, she delivers the most direct title of her career, and confirms her status as the uncrowned queen of British rock.
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