La Pompe Adjani

Wanna hear and see somethin' really funny? Click on play. It's these guys again. Original version here.
UPDATE: The video was deleted, alas. Lucky for us, the mp3 is still up.
La Pompe Moderne - Pull Marine

Carla in VF

American magazine Vanity Fair publishes a lenghty interview with mme Sarkozy in the upcoming September issue. With nice pics by Annie Leibovitz. You can read the loooong story here (thanks taylor). Some quotes: "And I was never officially Mick’s girlfriend. I was never into his family and all that." (On Jagger). "I never slept with him, not even a minute." (On J-P Enthoven) "My Internet went down, and we found he had chewed all the cords!"(On her pet chihuahua) "He had seduced many women, and she was a kind of seductress. When two like this meet, it can be good."(Karl Lagerfeld on Nicolas and Carla). Oh, and apparently Carla makes music too.

Maud, Miss

What I like most about les filles fragiles are the highly imaginative songs, and the fairytale atmosphere most singers try to establish. Take Maud Lübeck (pictured) for instance. An unsigned (!) singer from Paris (and Antarctica, apparently) who has a nice husky voice, and creates with a few instruments a pastelcolored world, that is both childlike and very grownup. Listen to Maud's songs here or here, or download the two she send me.
Miss Lilly likes Emily Simon, Björk and Camille, and it shows. Very delicate, very fragile, pretty electronics, pretty voices. Speaking of which: the voiceplay is maybe a tad too much like Camille or Claire Diterzi, Lilly needs to find her own voice some more. Still: a talent to watch.

Miss Lilly - Ne Dis Rien
Miss Lilly - J'en ai marre
Maud Lübeck - Je t'aimais trop
Maud Lübeck - Le Balançoire

Bardo State

Almost two years ago, I posted this chillingly beautiful track by Dutch duo Bardo State (vocals by Belgian sirène Jo Lemaire). Next month, the album (classical music meets lounge) by Bardo State is released. One of the guys made a video for Paradis, using scenes from iconic eighties movie Betty Blue (or 37,2 Degrees, Le Matin, if you like). See it below.

Muzikelles

The third anniversary of this blog in September is celebrated in France by a special festival: Muzikelles. Only bands with female singers are performing, ranging from Anne Sylvestre and Suzanne Vega to Amelie les Crayons, Daphné and Soha. Also playing: a few unknown bands, like duo Piuma, singer Charlie, and Lola Lafon. If you're in the neighbourhood (Meaux, France), stop by! See full program details here. (merci rené)

French Wishing: Room 11, Melody Gardot

We kicked off this year with the French Wishing-project, featuring (guest-)posts about fragile girls, nót singing in French. But oh, how lovely it would be if they did. We booked one big success: Ladyhawke re-recorded her Paris is Burning-smash in French. Hopefully, the supersexy blonde singer of Dutch popjazz-band Room Eleven will do us a favour to by recording a French song. On Lalala Love, from their sophomore album Mmmm....Gumbo? she mumbles a few French words. Listen carefully, you might miss 'm in this lovely Billie Holiday-stylish singalongsong.
American singer Melody Gardot has a name that makes us French music lovers sit up straight: a tribute to Serge and Brigitte? As far as I know, it's her real name. She has an incredible story: after an accident, her doctor insisted she try and write songs, so that her cognitive impairment would heal quicker. She makes jazzy music, somewhere between Feist and Norah Jones, and utters a few French lines in the smokey Goodnite. Could be more. Way more.



Room Eleven - Lalala Love
Melody Gardot - Goodnite

New Camille video