Serge Gainsbourg

Oh! Pardon tu dormais... features a first for Birkin: songs written in English.

It features Serge and Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jay-Z, The-Dream, and more.

Including Animal Collective, Anohni, Belle & Sebastian, Neu!, Vashti Bunyan, Neutral Milk Hotel, Keith Hudson, Galaxie 500, Cornelius, Sun Ra, Vampire Weekend, Anti-Pop Consortium, Magnetic Fields, Cluster, El-P, The Fall, The Monks, Sharon Van Etten, Yo La Tengo, The Strokes, William Basinski, …

Birkin Gainsbourg: Le Symphonique at Beacon Theatre also featured Jane and Serge's daughter, Charlotte Gainsbourg. You can also watch Jane & Iggy perform "Elisa" on Fallon.

This week's picks include Destroyer, Jane Birkin singing Serge Gainsbourg, Dry Cleaning/Control Top, and more.

This week: reviews of records by Snapped Ankles, Tindersticks, TOY, Kelley Stoltz, Gramme, plus En Attendant Ana, and more.

Earlier this year, Jane Birkin brought her Le Symphonique tour, a tribute to her late husband Serge Gainsbourg featuring orchestrated versions of songs from throughout his career, to NYC. She's continuing to play 'Symphonic' shows and will be back in North America...

The Corpse Flower album's out in September but first single "On Top Of The World" is out now.

This week: The Goon Sax's terrific new 'We're Not Talking'; Baxter Dury teams with Etienne de Crécy for a new LP; plus Lake Ruth, French psych band Bootchy Temple, and two new 1968 compilations curated by Saint Etienne.

Last year, Jane Birkin released Birkin/Gainsbourg: Le Symphonique, a tribute to her late husband and collaborator, Serge Gainsbourg, which puts 21 of his songs to orchestral arrangements by Nobuyuki Nakajima. She brought the Le Symphonique tour tour to NYC last night, playing Carnegie Hall. Surprise…