Why borrows road rock Because the festival is one of the most demanding and pioneering summer pop and rock. And because its HQ, fort of St. Malo, which date from the 18th, is ideally comfortable framework to discover new sensations of the moment. With the Palace of great offshore to the most intimate experiences and its beaches for more festive concerts, it is a real weekend of tourism rock & roll which is proposed until Sunday to the visitor.
Attention, Vanguard does not mean Hermeticism or snobbery. François Floret, its Director, insists on the artistic requirement that the need to please the public fans of indie rock are not sad sires! It is as well as four large "alternative" figures are called to thrill the crowds. First, both groups stars Scottish: Franz Ferdinand, happy "boys band" punk, square pop-rock songs staged a little smooth so far, it has, it seems, crossed the sound barrier at the recent Festival of Benicàssim in Spain; and Belle & Sebastian (name inspired by the unforgettable drama canine and Alpine in the 1960s) and its air pop. But for the US, Calexico should taste the subtle nuances of its melodic folk of the spaces. And French, the great Katerine in the sticky side rose bonbon, good news his fans with his retro-futuristic disco.
The road to rock also promises its batch of discoveries. And first TV on the Radio. Everyone scrambles this Brooklyn group, who will orchestrate the next disc of Massive Attack and presumably that of David Bowie (he sang on a title of their latest album, "return to cookie mountain"). The strength of this mixed training is a mix of melodic virtuosity and sound bold in marrying brilliantly pop and electro, she invents a its new. Another highly anticipated appointment: the provision of The Spinto Band, flying yankee pop Sextet, barely twenty years of average age: energy, tone, song-writing unstoppable... They urge the joy of "living" this music scene.
But the joy of living will not be the dominant colour of the festival. François Floret recognizes that its overall tone will be a little dark, with underground groups such as The Liars, Radio 4 or Mogwaï, melancholic singer as the English Stuart a. Staples (ex-Tindersticks) or the Texan Micah P. Hinson and the folk diva Cat Power... Franz Ferdinand, Katherine or even The Pipettes (Ronettes News!) should just serve as an antidote to this beautiful melancholy concentrate.
If techno (with Chloe) and hip-hop (with Why) only are available this year almost that in the singular, is following a finding of failure. "I listen to every day with fun these styles of music disk, but on stage with a few large exceptions, the result is often very disappointing", said François Floret. There is more often in effect a simple DJ set, dealer machines, with rap groups, a more or less charismatic tchatcheur sucking the microphone. Saint-Malo is more than ever trend pop-rock; and as the poster of his "summer collection 2006" (La Route du rock is also declined the winter now, or two editions per year), the pop is not dead Pop is not dead. " Aficionados will have three days to check.
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