Nouvelle Vague

This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums from A Girl Called Eddy, Holy Fuck, The Chap and Whyte Horses, plus the deluxe 30th anniversary edition of Pale Saints' The Comforts of Madness.

Manchester UK collective Whyte Horses, a band of sorts that mix various strains of '60s psych and French pop, exotica, krautrock, glam and more into one groovy sound. You can listen to two songs off 'Hard Times' now.

"The story of the album is like this, moving from the arcane drums to the treble and harmonics and light in my voice," says Camille. "All the voices are telling a story, and I am all the voices."

Also: Waxahatchee/Kevin Morby, Pond, Kool Keith, Deep Purple/Alice Cooper, Xibalba, and more.

The Parisian group's new LP also features bossa nova covers of songs by Cocteau Twins, Brian Eno, Ramones, The Cure, and Richard Hell.

Raspberry Bulbs at Saint Vitus, August 2013 (more by Caroline Harrison)

Crusty metal/punk outfit Raspberry Bulbs put out their second album, the gruff ripper Deformed Worship, over the summer...

There was little to indicate that an actual musical was being performed. The many wardrobe changes and monologues that pontificated on death and sexual debauchery and were delivered by young men in fabulous suits did little to create a narrative or establish any dramatic structure...

via @gmsharpteeth

Tickets for The Weeknd shows at Terminal 5 at Paradise Theater go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Tame Impala shows at Webster Hall and MHOW go on sale today at noon...

After teasing folks with a few names here and there -- like Run DMC most recently -- Austin's annual Fun Fun Fun Fest (Nov 2 - 4) has revealed it's full line-up, including Public Image Ltd, De La Soul, Superchunk, Santigold, Refused, X peforming Los Angeles, and lots, lots more...

"Nouvelle Vague show, Webster Hall. French bossanova pop. Wasn't too sure coming in, so far, very impressed. (Hot singers too.)" - Scott Bleicher

Saw Nouvelle Vague at Webster Hall in NYC last night...