French Films

French Films played NYC Popfest & Glasslands w/ The Secret History who have a new LP (pics, video)
One of the best new bands I saw at NYC Popfest last weekend was Finland's French Films. Their set was easily the highlight of Sunday's all-day Littlefield show, bringing a needed rock n' roll element (and youthful energy) to a day that leaned more towards the precious...
What’s going on Monday?
today in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * Brain Cloud @ Barbes * Chicha Libre @ Barbes * Diane Birch @ Joe's Pub * Tony Scherr @ Living Room * C. Spencer Yeh @ Roulette * Robert Glasper @ Gramercy Theatre * The Campilongo Trio @ Living Room * Lissie, Vance Joy @ Bowery Ballroom * The Bats, Wild Carnation @ Maxwell's * The Stranglers, Mike Marlin @ Highline Ballroom * Nils Frahm, Heathered Pearls @ Le Poisson Rouge * French Films, Alpaca Sports, Azure Blue @ Cake Shop * Pedrito Martinez Group, John Medeski @ Brooklyn Bowl * Reverend Vince Anderson and His Love Choir @ Union Pool * Hands, Landlady, Old Monk, Indian Rebound, Shmns @ Pianos * Slow Warm Death, Honeydrum, Mannequin Pussy @ Paper Box * Redfoot, Little Children, The Tarantula Waltz, Janet Labelle @ Glasslands * Wyatt Cenac, David Cross, Seaton Smith, Eliza Skinner, Karl Hess, Nimesh Patel @ Littlefield * Angela McCluskey, Melissa Ferrick, Margaret Glaspy @ Rockfood Music Hall * Francisco The Man, The Can't Tells, Teen Girl Scientist Monthly, Adult Dude @ Mercury Lounge * Ornament, Mail The Horse, RIPS, The Chickenhawks, Countdown To Love, Gowanus Mutant Commandos @ Death By Audio If you missed NYC Popfest over the weekend, a few of the bands are still around...
French Films releasing ‘White Orchid,’ making U.S. debut at NYC Popfest (full schedule, individual shows on sale)
As mentioned, the 2013 Popfest (May 30 - June 2) announced their line-up last week which includes a stellar array of vintage names (Monochrome Set, Close Lobsters, The Bats) as well as a nice crop of new bands (French Films, The School, Ringo Deathstarr) as well...
The Bats, Close Lobsters, The Wolfhounds, The School, Flowers and more playing 2013 NYC Popfest (line-up, tix on sale)
We already knew that The Monochrome Set would be performing at this year's NYC Popfest (May 30 - June 2) but now the rest of the line-up has been announced and it's pretty great with appearances from New Zealand Flying Nun legends The Bats, two bands who featured on NME's legendary C-86 cassette (Scotland's Close Lobsters and London's The Wolfhounds), and long-running California band The Orange Peels; plus newer bands like Wales' The School, UK group Flowers, Hobbes Fanclub and Tigercats, Sweden's Alpaca Sport and Azur Blue, Norway's Making Marks, and Spain's Zipper; and American groups Ringo Deathstarr, Math & Physics Club, Literature, Ski Lodge and more...