Delusions of April 2020 – Part 1
Ty Segall – Segall Smeagol EP, Drag City, 31 March 2020 [glam rock] EN: On May 21, 2017, I wrote a dithyrambic article on the account of Nilsson (read), “one of the greatest American composers of the 20th century“. On March 31, Ty Segall published six covers of him. The result
PRIORS: Fidlar is one of the worst bands
PRIORS he is one of the leaders of the post-skate movement which, as you probably know, is the subject of my latest obsession. Having recently decided to interview the main bands in the scene, I started with the author of New Pleasure. Its leader, Chance Hutchison, answered my questio
PLAYLIST Still in Rock – March 2020
Every month, Still in Rock publishes a playlist with the best of Monday’s Delusions articles. Here is the one for March 2020. // Chaque mois, Still in Rock publie une playlist avec le meilleur des articles Delusions publiés chaque lundi. Voici celle de mars 2020. March 2020 – Part
Delusions of March 2020 – Part 5
The Shifters – Open Vault Demos, 24 March 2020 [garage pop] EN: Just a few days ago, the Shifters decided to release no less than 26 tracks on their Bandcamp. The package is composed of “unreleased studio material, early demos, live 4 track, live iPhone, covers and solo home demos”
Films et musique pour confinement
(Ferris Bueller) Alors que nous sommes tous enfermés à domicile, Corona oblige, je me questionne sur la paresse et ses vertus. J’ai contesté en effet que mes sorties du lit se faisaient sans grand dynamisme tandis que mes soirées finissaient souvent dans un élan de léthargie dont je subi
Delusions of March 2020 – Part 4
Pinch Points – LIVE at RRR Live, 20 March 2020 [post-skate] EN: One of the very best representatives of the post-skate scene, Pinch Points recently had the terrific idea of releasing a live album. If we know all the tracks by heart, it’s impossible not to get caught up in the cathar
Etude chiffrée sur la scène garage rock
Je crois qu’il n’est un secret pour aucun lecteur Still in Rock que mon obsession pour la scène garage (au sens large) m’a poussé à consacrer plus de la moitié de mes publications à cette dernière. Elle m’obsède, elle me définit. Pas plus tard que la semaine dernière
Delusions of March 2020 – Part 3
(photograph by Marceau Guehl) Canshaker Pi – Okay Decay LP, Excelsior Recordings, 31 January 2020 [indie rock] EN: I thought that Okay Decay would be released for 31 March 2020! Should I’d realized that it was due at the end of January, I would have talked about it much earlier
Post-skate: an updated playlist
POST-SKATE ENGLISH: The post-skate scene is still growing. While Aborted Tortoise has just released a new EP that propels the genre in front of slackerism, I thought it was time, one year after having published a first ironico-article on the subject, to release an updated soundtrack honoring the gen
Delusions of March 2020 – Part 2
(photograph by Marceau Guehl) Volage – Strangers EP, Howlin Banana Records, 28 February 2020 [indie pop] EN: I’m not sure whether or not Strangers is Volage “back to basics” EP, as it has been said. I see it more like a step forward, a combination of Heart Heal