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RE: https://piaille.fr/@leratsurlacorde/117217870589237852

Vous faites quoi vendredi prochain et/ou dimanche prochain ?
#FeteHuma2026 #ConcertRock #LeRatSurLaCorde #RockFrançais #FrenchRock

In the proliferating bustle of the AMG promo bin, citing Elder, King Buffalo, and Slift as comparable artists will absolutely grab my attention. Hence, I seized The Curse of Nephtar, the third album from French psych-rockers Pelegrin, with much excitement. Thus Spoke, however, tempered my enthusiasm with her Mixed review of the band’s previous outing. While Thus enjoyed Ways of Avicenna (2023) for its groovin’ riffs and hooky choruses, she found these to be fleeting moments on an incoherent album.1 In their press sheet, Pelegrin promise that The Curse of Nephtar ups both the catchiness and heaviness factors. Meanwhile, the album’s narrative arc—an allegory about the tragic influence of fossil fuels on the Middle East and the world at large—suggests attention to cohesion.

The aforementioned acts sonically capture The Curse of Nephtar, though a hint of originality comes through. Here’s the elevator pitch: Pelegrin sounds like Elder, King Buffalo, and Slift collaborating on the Dune soundtrack. The latter two bands stand as especially apt comparables, seeing as Pelegrin is also a power trio. In his role as guitarist, François Roze deals in mixed-mode melodies, metal-adjacent chuggery, and psychedelic solos (“Eons”). Bassist Jason Recoing possesses a rattling tone that initiates grooves (“Sun and Blood”) and builds bridges (“Price to Pay”).2 Rounding out the trio, drummer Antoine Ebel establishes the album’s chill vibe, propelling the heavier riffs with a peppery swagger when needed (“Plenty”). Seasoning Pelegrin’s Middle Eastern tonalities with what they describe as ‘a dash of Arabian spices’ are guest vocals from Halima Joy and sound effects from Mathieu Houeix. Couched in organic, airy production, Pelegrin submits a unique enough entry into the contemporary pantheon of heavy psych rock with The Curse of Nephtar, even if the album isn’t as heavy as the band wants it to be.

In his role as vocalist, Roze vacillates between vibe-setting and hook-sinking on The Curse of Nephtar. His voice sits in a lower-to-upper middle range, sinking into the musical sand and then surfacing to attack. On standout song “In the Company of Stars,” Roze amplifies tasty psych grooves and key shifts with a catchy chorus, powered by bluesy undertones and riveting high notes. Other verses and choruses on The Curse of Nephtar, however, fail to reach these heights. Sometimes, it sounds like Roze is searching for a stable hook and not quite finding one. Because the music of Pelegrin isn’t overtly proggy, or heavy, or jammy, the vocals need to carry more memorability than they do. Still, Roze’s is not a bad performance by any means—his voice fits the psychedelic aura Pelegrin is going for.

Like its vocals, The Curse of Nephtar’s narrative generally satisfies while leaving this listener wanting more. That striking black orb on the equally striking album cover is Nephtar itself, ever-so-slowly surfacing from a prehistoric ocean to subdue all living things on earth (humans included). Initiating the narrative, “Eons” overlays voiceovers that collide with the harmonization of the irresistible main riff, conveying a sense of grandeur.3 The shift from the upbeat “In the Company of Stars” to the doomier “Drawn to Nephtar” nicely veers the narrative into sinister terrain. Meanwhile, some songs don’t live up to their narrative station. “Price to Pay” serves sweet melodies, heavy riffs, and proggy tempo shifts, but Roze doesn’t quite convey the unleashing of chaos with his vocals. The same can be said for the epic closer, “Break the Omen”; it deals out delectable riffs and wah-wah solos, but Roze doesn’t vocally bring it home. The Curse of Nephtar clocks in at a somewhat svelte 43 minutes, which is a good and bad thing here. Pelegrin should be applauded for broaching a timely eco-political concept in a timeless, economical manner. Still, a little more time and space would suit this eons-in-the-making narrative.4

In the end, The Curse of Nephtar counts as a positive step forward for Pelegrin. The band has struggled on past efforts with the meandering temptations of psych rock, but their third album feels more immediate and impactful. Still, it’s hard not to hear Pelegrin’s latest as more potential than payoff, especially in the vocal department. In a year where Elder and Slift5 have released high-quality albums,6 The Curse of Nephtar sits below these stalwarts. But Pelegrin possess the tools for greatness, and I’ll definitely be keeping tabs on them.

Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Ripple Music
Websites: Instagram | Facebook
Releases Worldwide: September 4th, 2026

Laxisme + Liiek

KvU, Saturday, September 19 at 07:00 PM GMT+2

BOAH EH, MACHSTE NISCHT!

Scho widder Gonsert! Diesma mit:

🫀 Laxisme (punk/ french rock /leipzig/ @phantom__records )

>>> https://laxisme.bandcamp.com

🫀 Liiek (postpunk /ADK /berlin/ @mangelrecords )

>>> https://liiek.bandcamp.com

'\|__ღ˘◡˘ற 🧃

19.09. // 19h Doors, 20h Start

KvU // Händelallee 22

U Hansaplatz // S Tiergarten

https://berlin.askapunk.de/event/laxisme-liiek

🎶 "Je n'arrête pas de dire que je peux faire mieux"
🎶 "Il n'y a qu'un pas à faire moi j'en fais deux"
🎶 "Invité à suivre les règles du jeu"
🎶 "Je m’adapte si bien que j’en deviens eux"

Extrait du titre "Sous dialyse" en live, une des compos qu'on teste en ce moment avec mon groupe #LeRatSurLaCorde 🐀

#PouetRadio #LiveMusic #AltRock #FrenchRock #CestFrançaisMonsieur

Les Vulves Assassines - Notre Programme

#frenchrock #france #politique #musique

Video: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=MJo1r7d5xQk
Hard Blues Shot | Laura Cox https://open.spotify.com/track/082X4mWlnX4Ik1zpnaMyqf #music #countryrock #hardrock #bluesrock #frenchrock #southernsrock #top

Шукайте всі радіо-ноти і музикальні хвилі ефіру в signal (анонімно): https://tinyurl.com/signal-music-wave
І в цьому плейлісті: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/77XRJFwwbaZ0zur8aUhIrh

#RedCloud fait son come back avec un nouveau non-album !

https://redcloud.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-not-an-album

#Rock | #HardRock | #FrenchRock | #ClassicRock
#Album | #Nouveauté | #New | #PouetRadio

Les Rita Mitsouko perform Marcia Baila in Munich Germany, 1994

French group formed by Fred Chichin and Catherine Ringer. Chichin passed away in 2007.

#lesritamitsouko #fredchichin #marciabaila #catherineringer #singer #frenchpop #frenchrock #livemusic #music #musichistorycorner #französischeMusik #musique #musik #musiquefrançaise #musica

|♥︎K| M☆E☆R☆C☆I☆ @legrandmix et massive big up aux @naivenewbeaters pour les vibes de ouf that got us Rising Above ♡ #coeurkaijulive #coeurkaiju #naivenewbeaters #liveband #frenchpop #frenchrock #legrandmix #concert #artpop #artrock #indiepop #indierock #newwave #funkwave #gigs #bandontour #timplacenti #jeremycuvelier #thomasberthelot #concert #viewfromthestage
@timfplacenti @j_cvl @thomasberthelot_drums

SpaceAce Sunday | Jacques Dutronc – Jacques Dutronc (1966, France)

The next album our dearly missed friend submitted to the project is number 1047 on The List.

As mentioned in our spotlight last week on Mission of Burma, I recently started a new listening project of going through entire discographies (well, studio albums) of artists, particularly those other Mastodonians have recommended. After Mission of Burma I went through Roxy Music’s discography, and then, as I was craving a different vibe from either of those two bands and wanted to listen to someone I wasn’t familiar with at all, I decided to start in on Françoise Hardy’s studio albums. All 32 of them. Wowzers. After listening to about 10 albums (and falling in love with Hardy), I started reading the Wikipedia entries on Hardy and each album, and realized that she had been married to Jacques Dutronc, whose self-titled 1966 album just happened to be our next SpaceAce pick. Funny how things go.

So, Jacques Dutronc, husband of Françoise Hardy. I would so have loved if SpaceAce had written this spotlight, I’d have loved to hear what he had to say about this dynamic duo. Like, the two met the year after this album, Dutronc’s first of many, came out, and Hardy was already 8 or 9 albums in. Can you imagine the amount of music flowing through that house?

Anyway, we’ll revisit Hardy in another spotlight as we have her self-titled 1971 album on The List. For now, I hope you’ll give this album a spin because it is fucking fantastic. Like Hardy, Dutronc was an important figure in the yé-yé movement, with this album being in the beat/garage rock genres (I think?), with maybe a touch of mod (think Bob Dylan meets the Beatles, but, you know, in French), plus whatever wonderful nonsense is going on in the second-last track “La compapade”. So nice, I listened to it twice.

Thanks, dear SpaceAce, for leading us towards such a great rabbit hole. I may even figure out what exactly yé-yé is soon.

• Songlink: Jacques Dutronc – Jacques Dutronc
  • Note on the album title: Similar to Hardy’s albums, the majority of Dutronc’s albums were released being self-titled, and then came to be known under the title of one of the singles or most popular songs on the album. This one might be titled Et moi, et moi, et moi (as the Songlink has it), Les play boys, or Les Cactus, depending on where you get your albums from.
• Discogs: Jacques Dutronc – Jacques Dutronc

#1001OtherAlbums #1960s #FrançoiseHardy #France #FrenchRock #garageRock #JacquesDutronc #ListenToThis #music #musicDiscovery #Musodon #SpaceAceSunday #YéYé

@lisaaudilla 's mini-EP is now available, and published by Verveine Records!

See you at the upcoming Fall gigs if you want to get one! 😉

- 20 sept: MJC Pichon (Nancy)
- 16 oct: Les Disquaires (Paris)

#newrelease #ep #altrock #indierock #cd #french #frenchrock

🚨ALERTE: NEW SINGLE! 🚨
🎸New track in collaboration (production + instruments) with @lisaaudilla !
Enjoy!🤘

https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/track/0uOrwcwiXVVtucZiKc2L2E?si=2b67f36a11a547ec

#IndieRock #alternativerock #guitar #NewSingle #FrenchRock

🗓️ 🎥 Two weeks before the release of our new music video!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kbI_xNi5HQY

#alternativerock #indierock #frenchrock #paris #musicvideo

✨ My rock band's latest album is out today: New Horizons ✨

Basically a mixture of rock and science-fiction. I hope you'll like it

https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/album/5nTX6Gy6ivhCStwSL2xTu9?si=LiSsMIy0SFK9U28QRS4Jfg

#redshift #theredshiftempire #rock #frenchrock #hardrock #astronomy #inouie #vinyl

#WaybackWednesday a double-shot #review from 1997 of the second #Cos album (1976) "While maintaining the same overall sound as their first release, Viva Boma displays a greater abundance, variety, and quality of musical ideas, along with a much more sophisticated sense of song development." #ProgRock #FrenchRock #Zeuhl http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/cos-viva-boma-6.html

I miss Pleymo but I'm glad No One Is Innocent is still kicking around #frenchrock https://open.spotify.com/album/2cxf8nOJFSicBZ4bAWwytn?si=mP2aBDcuSTWqQREzCcnrAA&utm_source=copy-link

#MMRplaylist #PunkRock #SpanishRock
#FrenchRock #Paris80

Avant la Mano Negra (1987), il y avait les Hot Pants.

"Rosamaria"
Hot Pants. 1986

https://video.liberta.vip/w/cnHTeLNXsaaSsGD7AYnL3q

#MMRplaylist #nowlistening #chansonfrancaise #frenchrock #drugsongs

Pour moi, c'est la version française de #WaitingForMyMan, avec plus d'émotion.

"Au creux de ton bras"
Mano Solo. 1993

https://youtu.be/1UeQl95jVJU

#MMRplaylist #postpunk #frenchrock #Lyon #DroitALaParesse

"Congas et maracas"
#Starshooter. 1979

#CongasEtMaracas
Licencié je m'en fous
Ce soir je fais la malle,
Ce soir je suis gourou
Plus d'travail, patron plus m'engueuler
Ce soir tout oublier, demain je m'oublierai
Ce soir je serai noir, danseur néo-zazou
Whisky coca pour toutes,
J'ai des chèques en bambou
Demain moi plus pointer,
Je vais jeter mes clous
Sur la musique danser
Même si je fini au trou

Congas & maracas
Consommez, je paie tout
Ce soir on m'écoute,
Ce soir je suis gourou
Vêtu en dieu vaudou
Suivi par des zoulous
Dans la cité des coups
Capitale des loulous
On va danser partout
Sur les toits des autos
Dans la jungle des roues
Oublier les verrous
J'ai plus d'emploi du temps
J'ai plus d'emploi du tout
Mais! Demain par les égouts
Direct à Tombouctou

Congas & maracas
Licencié je m'en fous
Ce soir je fais la malle,
Ce soir je suis gourou
Demain moi plus pointer,
Je vais jeter mes clous
Sur la musique danser
Même si je fini au trou..."

https://youtu.be/EY6Qd9TndQ8

#MMRplaylist #nowlistening #ProtestSong #Mickey3D #FrenchRock #IlFautToujoursViserLaTete
#TropCestTrop

"Il faut toujours viser la tête"
Mickey 3D. 2005

"...La-bas y'a des gens qui disent qu'on est libres
Alors ils rêvent de nous rejoindre
Ils s'imaginent qu'un jour aussi ça leur arrive
De marcher dans les rues sans crainte

Mais comme personne vient les aider
Parceque la-bas c'est tellement loin
La moutarde commence à monter
Et ça leur fait serrer les poings

Et pour qu'on sache qu'il sont vivants
Ils ramassent des pierres et les jettent
Dans la figure de l'occident
Il faut toujours viser la tête

J'crois pas en dieu même quand j'suis raide
Mais ma foi je l'aime bien quand même
J'crois pas en moi j'suis bien trop faible
Mais ma foi je m'aime bien quand même
...
On est pas vraiment responsables
Ben parce que nous on a rien fait
Mais on se sent un peu coupables
A la place des gros enculés

Tous ceux qui se sentent pas visés
Qu'imaginent pas qu'on les arrête
Un jour ils vont s'faire dégommer
Car faut toujours viser la tête..."

https://youtu.be/BdkvsMTeP0Q

#noborders #nooneisillegal
#MMRplaylist #nowplaying #frenchrock #punkrock #LesTetesRaides #NoirDesir

"L'Iditenté"
Têtes Raides / Noir Désir. 2000

"Les clans des rues les clandestins
Les cris des chiens hurlent à la ronde
J'suis pas inscrit sur la mappemonde
Y a pas d'pays pour les vauriens
Les poètes et les baladins
Y a pas d'pays
Si tu le veux
Prends le mien

Que Paris est beau quand chantent les oiseaux
Que Paris est laid quand il se croit français

Avec ses sans-papirs
Qui vont bientôt r'partir
Vers leur pays les chiens
On a tout pris chez eux y a plus rien

De rétention en cale de fond
J'en ai même oublié mon ombre
Je promène moi dans vos décombres
On m'a donné un bout de rien
J'en ai fait cent mille chemins
J'en ai fait cent
J'en ai fait un

Un chemin de l'identité
L'iditenté, l'idétitan (Ni des tentés, ni des titans)
L'y tant d'idées à la ronde
Et dans ce flot d'univériens
J'aurai plus d'nom j'aurai plus rien
Dis moi c'est quand que tu reviens
..."

https://youtu.be/FwKZy6sIYKw