Angels & Airwaves @ Cigale, Paris Jan 30 2011

Angels & Airwaves @ Cigale
Paris Jan 30 2011

After being @ Oliver Peel session we went straight to the Cigale theatre in the red light district and we were just on time for the beginning of American band Angels & Airwaves.
I don't know if it is sold -out tonight but the pit is crammed and it's hard to find an empty seat at the balcony.
If you don't know this band it is the side project of that guy from Blink 182 so I expected a kind of new power -pop American Punk band and ... absolutely NOT.
First: It's the better than expected. Second : It sounds like a new power pop "Prog" band.
"Prog": Yes sir, like those old geezers of "YES", many atmospheric mid tempo songs and a few faster ones.
The singer has some funny stage moves and has a sens of humour as he introduced the drummer as the best one in the world and that " He (the drummer) shit on John Bonham's grave" Immediately saying that he was joking just in case someone missed the joke.

Songs tend to sound a bit the same in the end but cool show , very short set as they only played for 80 min with no Encore.

merchandising

Thanks to Miss CK for the tickets xxx

Composer John Barry dead at 77, RIP

English composer John Barry just died of a heart attack at age 77
He composed the music for many James Bond movies, Midnight Cowboy with Dustin Hoffman and tv series including the very famous The Persuaders ( Amicalement Votre en francais)
He was also the first husband of English singer Jane Birkin

Jae + General Bye Bye @ Oliver Peel session, Jan 30 2011 5:00pm

Jae + General bye Bye @ Oliver Peel session #34
Paris Jan 30 2011

Jae (far left) & D'Artagnan is getting ready to rock (far right)

Part of the audience

General Bye Bye

Jae live @ Oliver on video soon

Rockers Kulture presents "The French Rockabilly Scene #2" @ Boule Noire, Paris Jan 28 2011

Megatones + Jezabel Rock + Hot Chicken + Easy LAzy "C" & his Silver Slippers

Rockabilly evening @ the tiny Boule Noire with french Band only.
We were there a bit late so we only saw the last 4 bands. There were probably 7-8 others before.
Each one of them was playing 3 songs except the last one who played 5-6 songs ending this Festival @ 11:00Pm sharp.
Many well dressed rockers and a few very beautiful girls all dressed up as well.
Lively atmosphere, good quality bands playing mostly covers maybe they should make an effort to sing a better English, sometimes it was laughable.
Very pleasant Rockab' Fest.

Hot Chicken

Easy LAzy "C" & his Silver Slippers

Sarah Rumer @ L'Album de la Semaine, Canal+ Paris Jan 28

Sarah Rumer @ L'Album de la Semaine, Canal+

Paris Jan 28 2011

setlist

English female singer Rumer is playing tonight @ L'Album de la Semaine for Canal+ with her band ( 7 musicians & 2 girls on backing vocals) to promote her debut album "Seasons of my soul".
I was a bit afraid after the first song which was very soft and I said to myself "Fuck Here's the new Norah Jones" Well one is enough , we don't need another she's so boring.
In fact No the second song is more up-tempo , Rumer is playing typical English 60's pop with a bit of soul & jazz, a modern version of PP Arnold, Liza Strike or Dionne Warwick before she turned into a disco queen.
He softer songs are a bit too soft for us but the rest sounds really great.
She ended her set with Smokey Robinson's " you really got a hold on me".