Monday, December 08, 2008

Best of 2008 : Songs (4/4)

The 2008 best songs
Today #05 to #01

#05 Berry - Mademoiselle





#04 Portishead - Machine Gun




#03 Moriarty - Jimmy




#02 Coeur de Pirate - Comme des enfants



#01 Emiliana Torrini - Hold Heart


Friday, December 05, 2008

Best of 2008 : Songs (3/4)

The 2008 best songs
Today #10 to #06


#10 Sebastien Tellier - L'amour et la violence





#09 Claire Diterzi - Je garde le chien
Here is the video of "La vieille chanteuse"




#08 Elsa Lunghini - Oser




#07 Loane - Comme si quelqu'un
here is a live session of "Danser"




#06 Etyl - J'me fais mal

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Best of 2008 : Songs (2/4)

The 2008 best songs
Today #15 to #11


#15 Adele - Hometown glory





#14 Bost & Bim feat. brisa Roché - Jamaican boy




#13 MGMT - Time to pretend


#12 Julien Doré - Acacias




#11 Joseph D'Anvers feat. Money Mark - Kids


Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Best of 2008 : Songs (1/4)

The 2008 best songs
Today #20 to #16


#20 Camille - My home is where it hurts





#19 Arnaud Cathrine & Florent Marchet - La chanson du DRH




#18 Coralie Clément - La reine des pommes (Lio cover)
here the video of "C'est la vie"




#17 Marina - Tout me revient




#16 Emily Loizeau - Sister


Best of 2008 : Albums


01. Emiliana Torrini - Me and Armini (Iceland)
listen buy

02. Coeur de Pirate - Untitled (Canada)
listen buy

03. Claire Diterzi - Tableau de chasse (France)
listen buy

04. Barbara Carlotti - L'idéal (France)
listen buy

05. Moriarty - Whiz but this is a lonesome town (France)
listen buy

06. Chris Garneau - Music for tourists (USA)
listen buy

07. Loane - Jamais seule (France)
listen buy

08. The Do - A mouthful (France / Finland)
listen buy

09. Alain Bashung - Bleu pétrole (France)
listen buy

10. Elsa lunghini - Untitled (France)
listen buy

11. Camille - Music Hole (France)
listen buy

12. Portishead - Third (United Kingdom)
listen buy

13. Adele - 19 (United Kingdom)
listen buy

14. Vincent Delerm - Quinze chansons (France)
listen buy

15. Arnaud Cathrine & Florent Marchet - Frère animal (France)
listen buy (NB. This is a musical novel)

SOM radio: December playlist is online!!

The new playlist is online.
A new Emily Loizeau's song, Emiliana Torrini , Alex Beaupin, Florent Marchet, Nina Morato, Barbara Carlotti...

A good introduction before a post of the 15 songs and albums of the year...

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

French: Even this cowgirl gets the blues

The good news of the day: Melanie Pain, singer of the bands Nouvelle Vague and Villeneuve has just finished her first solo album!!! Here is a splendid avant-goût, in English s'il vous plait !

Illustration: Dominic Bellamy
Mélanie Pain
France (Folk / pop)

The SOM exclusive track :
Mélanie Pain - Little Cowboy

Stupid Operation :
French baguette + Western = Mélanie Pain

News about Mélanie Pain :
Mélanie is in tour with Nouvelle Vague all around Europe (Portugal, Spain, Roumania, United Kingdom, Belgium, France). If you are in Paris, you are lucky guys. Mélanie will sing her new songs taken from her first solo album she has just finished. She will play @ China Club and @ L'International.

One song to buy :
"Ever fallen in love" (from Nouvelle Vague's "Bande à part")

One video to watch :
Melanie covering "Love will tear us apart" (Joy Division Cover)
Myspace Nouvelle Vague
Myspace Villeneuve

Buy Nouvelle Vague music :
Amazon ITunes

Buy Villeneuve music :
Amazon ITunes