Next shows in Paris for February 2012

Feb 09:
Liz Green @ Fnac St Lazare 6:00pm (free show)
AM + Shawn Lee @ Gibert Jeuneon Bd St Michel 6:00pm (free show)
Big Deal @ Fargo Store 6:30pm ( Free show)

Feb 11:
Gilby Clarke (Ex-Guns N Roses) @ L'Empreinte in Savigny Le Temple
Feb 12:
Nick Lowe @ New Morning
Feb 13:
Keren Ann @ Le Trianon
Feb 14:
Nada Surf @ Bataclan
Phoebe Killdeer + Lisa Portelli @ Fleche d'Or ( free show)
Feb 15:
Les Inrocks Award @ Alhambra
Feb 16:
The Subways @ Alhambra
Feb 21:
Mark Lanegan @ Album de la Semaine (TV show, Invit' Only, bookings will open a few days before the show)

Juliette Gréco @ Théatre du Chatelet, Paris Feb 08 2012

Juliette Gréco @ Théatre du Chatelet, Paris Feb 08 2012

Last of her three shows @ Théatre du Chatelet for this French legend of St Germain des Pres.
Serge Gainsbourg wrote "La Javanaise" for her and she had a love affair with Miles Davis.
She's 85 years old and she's still active, maybe her voice is not as strong and melodic as it used to be and she can still deliver but most of all the passion is still there.
She played her most famous songs including songs by Jacques Brel ("Bruxelles, " Mathilde"..) , Serge Gainsbourg ("L'accordéon", "La chanson de Prévert" &" La Javanaise") or Léo Ferré.
She ended her 90 min set with "Le Temps des Cerises"
Nice

It's not very rock but she's a legend of St Germain des Pres

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Check our reviews (with setlist, Pics & video) of OZZY Live @ Paris Bercy on sept 20 2011 last year
Heaven & Hell @ Casino de Paris on June 24 2009

Skip the Use @ L'Album de la Semaine, Paris Feb 07 2012

Skip the Use @ L'Album de la Semaine, Paris Feb 07 2012

setlist

French electro-rock band Skip the Use is recording famous Canal+ tv show L'Album de la Semaine to promote their latest album.
They do have a single that is played very often on french radios that sounds like Gorillaz, in fact they do sound more like a dancing and heavier version of Bloc Party with a bit of Shaka Ponk.
The singer's giving it all on stage running from one side of the stage to the other and dancin' like a maniac. He's singing in English and considering the music that they are playing they could go international, which doesn't really happen very often (read "never") with french bands.
Each song is a potential hit with some nice hooks and chorus to sing to.
Lots of up-tempo songs , they are the perfect band to see in festivals.
For the last song, the singer ask the audience to join him on stage, cool.
Musically it's not our favorite style but they've kicked asses.
Looking forward to see them on a real stage in front of a few thousands people.

Mark Lanegan's recording @ L'Album de la Semaine is on Feb 21st.

Michael Kiwanuka @ L'Album de la Semaine, Paris Feb 06 2012

Michael Kiwanuka @ L'Album de la Semaine, Paris Feb 06 2012

British soul artist Michael Kiwanuka is in Paris to promote his first album "Home Again" to be out on March 24th. For the moment there's only an EP to listen to that is more acoustic.
He's doing lots of promo and his English tour in clubs starting next week is sold-out.
From the songs he played tonight, you can hear that there's talent, songs are simple & great.
Between folk & soul à la Richie havens & Bill Withers, most of his songs are very laid back and we have to say we prefer when it's less acoustic and more soulful with 70's arrangements like the song "Tell me a tale" (video below).
Nice performance but we need more up-tempo songs.

Recording of Skip the Use @ L'Album de la semaine on Tuesday (Feb 07)

Arts asiatiques @ Musée Guimet & Damien Hirst @ Gagosian galerie, Paris , Feb 05 2012

Arts Asiatiques @ Musée Guimet

Great museum by the Trocadero in Paris

For information Palais de Tokyo is closed from Jan to April 2012 to be expanded, it will triple its size.

Spot Paintings:

Damien Hirst @ Gagosian gallery in Paris

Yes this dude is making millions with that crap !!!

Arctic Monkeys + Miles Kane @ Olympia, Paris Feb 03 2012

Arctic Monkeys + Miles Kane @ Olympia, Paris Feb 03 2012

See ya...in front of your computer here on Arte TV tonight for the live broadcast
Setlist Arctic Monkeys above (sorry too lazy to write it down)

SETLIST Miles Kane:

1. Better Left Invisible
2. Counting Down The Days
3. Rearrange
4. The Responsible
5. King-crawler
6. Telepathy
7. Quicksand
8. My Fantasy
9. The first of my kind
10. Inhaler
11. Come Closer
12. Standing Next To Me (Last Shadow Puppets with Alex Turner)
    

The end of Miles Kane's set with Last Shadow Puppets:

Streaming of Miles Kane 's set here on arte live

Streaming of Arctic monkeys' set here on arte Live

Letz Zep @ Olympia, Paris Feb 01 2012

Letz Zep @ Olympia, Paris Feb 01 2012

More and more cover bands are playing big venues, specially in England or in the USof A.
We don't really have this over here in France.
I mean who's willing to pay between 50 & 80 euros to see a cover band they could see for free in a bar ?
I guess a lot of people and I was quite shocked to see that the Olympia is full for Letz Zep, it's all seated but packed with 40 something old geezers.
Hard to believe that a cover band is filling up a 2000 capacity theatre in Paris.

As tickets are very expensive I hope that it's worth every penny.
Great start with "Rock'n Roll", we're talking first league here... it's like seeing Led Zeppelin on stage, unbelievable, the singer looks like Robert Plant and sings like him, same for "Jimmy Page" & "John Paul Jones", only the drummer doesn't look like John Bonham at all.
The musicianship is high, the lightning is beautiful and the sound loud & clear.
All the songs are played perfectly with all the jams and medleys that Led Zeppelin used to do when they were performing.
The guitar player is terrific, nice look and the guitar playing is amazing.
Maybe the singer is sometimes a bit annoying trying to sing so high but he has all the famous stage moves.
They've played almost two hours over two sets with a intermission. Second set starting on acoustic with "Gallows pole" and a few more ...
Setlist was perfect: "D& C", "Stairway", "Kashmir"," baby I'm gonna leave you", "No quarter","Whole lotta love", ...

I never thought that it would be so good.
Great gig !

Arctic Monkeys + Miles Kane @ Casino de Paris, Jan 31 2012

Arctic Monkeys + Miles Kane @ Casino de Paris , Jan 31 2012

Arctic Monkeys & Miles Kane are playing a sold -out French Tour including 3 shows in Paris @ Casino de Paris tonight, @ Olympia on Feb 03rd & @ Zénith on Feb 04th.

Tonight is the smallest show on the tour in this beautiful theatre, no more than 1500 people.
Miles Kane is opening on all these gigs and is on stage very early @ 7:30pm sharp.
Once again he performed a great gig , his music is much more lively and rock than on his solo record, so don't get fooled by the album it's not too pop on stage.
He was in Paris not so long ago for the Inrocks Fest in November of last year and before that in August @ Rock en Seine festival.(Click for review Pics & video) and he will be back in the French capital @ Cigale on April 30 for his own headlining show.
Hard to Miss. If you haven't seen him yet I guess you're doing it on purpose and you're wrong as he has one of the best album of 2011 and this young lad from Liverpool is rocking on stage.
Great 40 min set with a Jacques Dutronc cover and a new song here on video.

The audience & merchandising

SETLIST Miles Kane

1. Better Left Invisible
2. Counting Down The Days
3. Rearrange
4. The Responsible
5. Kingcrawler
6. Telepathy
7. Quicksand
8. My Fantasy
9. My Kind
10. Come Closer
11. Inhaler

A new song by Miles Kane:

Lots of girls tonight in the audience, the theater is packed for the Arctic Monkeys.
On stage @ 8:50 pm the beginning of the set is terrific with "Don't sit down" & "Teddy Picker", it's a bit too loud from where we are standing at the balcony, the stage is very simple and they are all dressed in black.
We've seen them many times and we've always been disappointed, the stage is not their element which is a shame for a rock band.

I guess things have changed now, they seem to enjoy what they're doing better than they used to.

Alex is in good spirit : talking, acting & headbanging like I've never seen him before, he's no Angus Young but it's getting close, well almost.

Probably one of the best show I've seen them performed.
Don't miss them they are improving.
Now they they semm to enjoy being on stage they should get to the next level and play a longer song as they left @ 10:10 pm.
80 min is still a bit short after 4 albums.

Alex Turner is da Man

Arctic Monkeys & Miles Kane for the last song (here on video)

Time schedule, Merchandising, setlist & venue

Check our reviews of Arctic Monkeys @ Rock en Seine 2011, @ Cigale on June 16, @ L'Album de la Semaine on June 15 2011 & @ Zénith in 2009

Check also Check our reviews of The Last Shadow Puppets @ Olympia on August 26 2008 & @ Album de la Semaine for Canal+ the day after.