Mick Clarke fréquente avec sa guitare les scènes britanniques et mondiales depuis les années 60 et continue à sortir des disques portant haut la flamme du blues. Il fait partie de ses musiciens qui font la gloire de la scène blues et rock du Royaume Uni. Il a accepté avec enthousiasme et modestie de répondre à nos questions. Dire que nous en sommes honorés est un euphémisme.   Mick Clarke Web   Taste question: Which artists have influenced you the most, and what examples can you tell us about this influence? Who is the artist you dislike and why will he/she never influence you?  When I was first starting as a musician I was lucky because it was the 1960s in London and I was able to see some of the great British blues guitarists in small clubs.. Clapton, Green and Jeff Beck. And then I got to tour with the great Freddie King, so I learned the American blues first hand. And I also loved the playing of BB King, Albert King and particularly Otis Rush. Tho...

  Space Jaguar (en fait Marc Grassick) bénéficie de la complicité amicale d'Andrew Taylor (Dropkick ...) pour nous proposer un rock foisonnant de guitares affutées et bénéficiant de mélodies prenantes. Ils se placent ainsi dans la brillante lignée des grands anciens de la scène indie des années 90 que cite d'ailleurs Mark dans son interview (Fountains Of Wayne, Connells, Teenage Fan Club, Matthew Sweet..) Nous sommes donc ravis que Mark ait accepté avec enthousiasme de répondre en nos questions. Taste question: Which artists have influenced you the most, and can you tell us examples about this influence? Who is the artist you dislike and why will he/she never influence you?
 A friend once said that your music taste stops developing when you leave university. I’m living proof of this. Most of the bands I love either existed in the 90s or sound like they did. The records that I was listening to most while I wrote and recorded our debut were Teenage Fanclub’s Grand Prix, Gin Bloss...

It had been a while since we last talked about DARTS , and yet they deserved it! Bertrand Tappaz reminded us of this by playing their latest track on his show “VOIX DE GARAGE” (an excellent show, by the way, we highly recommend it)... So we picked up our pens and contacted Nicole, their singer, to find out more. Go see them in March, their show is really worth it! Photo by Tina Gross Could you tell us what has happened with the Darts since we last spoke at the end of 2023?   Nicole: So much has happened, it is hard to know where to start! We put out the album Boomerang which sold out multiple times, and toured a massive European, UK, and US tour in support of it. We even recorded two new singles in Lyon, France. At the end of that Boomerang tour though, it was clear that the hard touring were taking their toll on the touring lineup. There was a lot of difficulty developing on many levels and sadly it just was not working well towards the end for any of us. I was also ge...

  Si la récente reprise de Let's Pretend des Barracudas a été plébiscitée par les membres du blog, le reste de la production de Gene Champagne est vraiment excellente. Il nous propose un rafraîchissant et addictif mélange de power pop et de punk Suite à notre sollicitation, il a accepté de bonne grâce de répondre à nos questions pour notre plus grand plaisir.    Taste question: Which artists have influenced you the most, and what examples can you tell us about this influence? Who is the artist you dislike and why will he/she never influence you? I would say and handful of bands really shaped me. I was influenced by bands that were local growing up. Oddly enough the bands that inspired me were never huge bands but rather club bands and one of those bands is Teenage Head. They were a big part in my record collection and played a huge role in my musical journey. I have been playing drums with them for the last decade.( If only my 15 year old self could see into the future). ...

  Voyant la composition du groupe: Peter Greenberg (DMZ, Lyres, Barrence Whtifield & The Savages etc...), Jake Starr (Adam West, Delicious Fullness...),  Mike Lewis (DMZ, Lyres, A-Bones, Zantees etc...), Sean Crowley et Nathaniel Osgood (tous ex Delicious Fullness et Hall Monitors), l'annonce de la sortie de l'album de Starr and The Czars nous faisait saliver d'avance. L'écoute de l'album nous a comblé, à tel point qu'il a été classé N°1 de notre  Top Monstres  de rentrée. C'est peu dire que nous sommes particulièrement honorés que Jake ait a ccepté de répondre à nos questions. Taste question: Which artists have influenced you the most, and can you tell us examples about this influence? Who is the artist you dislike and why will he/she never influence you? Jake Starr : Well, I was lucky to grow up in a house full of music. My dad liked classical, jazz, and rock-n-roll. My mother loved Motown, Stax, and doo-wop. So, I was exposed to music as a baby. Plus...