ON THE HORIZON: THE SOULFUL, MAJESTIC MADJO
In December, an email landed in my inbox from France with a gratuit MP3 from this unheard of singer. Free and French? Sign me up! Her voice shook me, akin more to North American songstresses of late than the likes of Camille, Charlie or Nolwenn Leroy. Madjo is an île of soul-infused
On the Horizon: Lawrence Arms + Methadones = Noise By Numbers
Ah the coincidence! Sitting in my flat today after French courses, I was reminiscing over old Lawrence Arms (Ghost Stories). Coming back from Place Verte in the 11e arrondissement, I discovered that their drummer/Swiss army knife, Neil Hennessy, joined up with members of Screeching We
ON THE HORIZON: SPINNERETTE BRINGS TOGETHER QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE AND THE EX-DISTILLERS
Running across this video by chance the other day, with its combination of artful, Liam Lynch-directed visuals and growling, soulful vocals sinks deep and holds you down like a tar pit. Spinnerette is the combination of The Distiller‘s (now disbanded) Brody Dalle’s versatile vocals and Queens
ON THE HORIZON: TRANSATLANTIC URBAN POP ARTIST, ZAHO
So in the last Qui? I wrote of a London-based folk group turning heads (and Saturn Vues). This time around, something a slightly different from every genre I’ve previously written about. It happened in Ninkasi Ampère in Lyon last year, over their artisanal beer and f