Les Inrockuptibles a French music magazine that kicks the collective derrière of major US titles, but is sadly little-known here, because, well, it’s in French, launched their annual festival yesterday. Festival des Inrocks runs through November 14, with a cavalcade of shows in not one, but five cities – Paris, Lille, Nantes, Bourdeaux and Strasbourg -bringing le rock to the country of pop and Serge Gainsbourg-like chanson. The bulk of the shows are in Paris, at venues from the legendary l’Olympia, to the Elysée Montmartre in louche Pigalle. Fittingly, human narcotic Pete Doherty and his band The Babyshambles are scheduled at the Elysée; start placing bets on whether Doherty will actually make it on stage now. Other headliners include cross-pond hype machines TV on the Radio and Lily Allen, Jarvis Cocker of Pulp, post-punk heros Gang of Four, and, to keep things local, French lo-fi crooner Etienne Daho. (via Gridskipper)
Posted on Nov 09, 2006 04:18 PM by kristin
