Indie-pop

DELGRES & IDLES, political art for conscious masses

In life, there are first times that leave their mark. I like rock, I like blues, I like both together too. I was lucky enough to combine two concerts for that special review, two bands on top of their art in a one week stretch. And this one review is going to be special: for a first-timer, it was a revelation, two bands, two worlds, two audiences, two attitudes of closeness and devotion to the public, two bands with a political point of view. Music as a link between human beings. Music as a unifying proposition in movement, rhythm and symbiosis, a vision of sharing and letting go, of disconnection, of soft consciousness of important political topics that need to be put on the table. The French trio DELGRES and the mighty indie powerhouse that is IDLES around the world nowadays. One goal : describing the world and its complexities in a succession of powerful songs.

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Music from the cold seas

In the subdued halo of the Docks de Lausanne, Yann Tiersen makes his entrance dressed like a sailor in a rising tide, ready to adjust, not without difficulty, his digital hitch that will tip him into electro a little later. A hint of humor gleams in his espiegles eyes when he suggests that he could apply the […]

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PETER HOOK DE JOY DIVISION : « NOUS AVIONS PERDU L’AMOUR DE NEW ORDER »

Ma femme me le dit « tu rentres à la maison avec un grand sourire sur le visage… tu n’as jamais cette réaction quand tu reviens d’un concert de New Order… » Jouer avec les gens qui te procurent cette sensation, ça me rend heureux et je suis capable d’aller sur scène et de jouer ces chansons que j’aime. Je mourrais pour ces chansons.

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