No offense to the fellas and your multi-platinum rock bands, chart-topping hip hop and country albums and ill-advised racist anti-racist collaborations; but when it comes to innovation, envelope pushing and flat out excitement, the ladies have you beat.
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They say you can't escape your past, and for Heavenly's Record Store Day trip across the Channel to celebrate France's Disquaire Day, that means retracing an excellently outlandish trip they took Paris-wards with their 1991 roster of Manic Street Preachers, Saint Etienne and Flowered Up! back then.
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When I walk in to the bar, Jonny Cola is finishing his dinner.
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Heavenly Films are starting a monthly programme, Heavenly Films Presents, with a screening of Saint Etienne's ace 2002 film Finisterre next Thursday, April 4.
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Back in October of last year, I finally got to see UK band Saint Etienne live in Toronto.
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Can a song be so perfect, so successful, that it eclipses its creator?
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It seems over the course of the past year the distorted drone and layered grouch of a hefty guitar rift of the patented sound of 60-psychedelia has influenced or at least heavily imprinted itself onto the creative music sphere.
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Serafina Steer plays a harp and sings in a dew-fresh style that lends itself well to storytelling.
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The truth, in fact, is almost the opposite: the reason Ocean's revelation caught the imagination of so many was that Channel Orange was such an enrapturing piece of work with a hint of "Paisley Park".
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Today I present to you the first in a series of posts covering our top 50 albums of 2012.
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Each year I shun Christmas music like it's the plague.
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The latest attempt to turn Woody Guthrie songs into modern day standards did not come from Jeff Tweedy and Billy Bragg but this time from Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, and Yim Yames.
Read More"I feel too little and think too much" – the central lyric that loops around the dance grooves of Seattle foursome Beat Connection's Think/Feel encapsulates the song's laid-back regret perfectly.
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I've got a friend who I go trudging off with quite regularly.
Read MoreOpen Letters Monthly examines author Anthony Burgess's early music ambitions.
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The abiding image of the silent movie accompanist is that of the lone pianist improvising on the spot to a flickering projection.
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For the pop music fan, i.e. someone who demands more from the whole experience than just an album's worth of songs every year or so, Saint Etienne are a dream come true.
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On Monday 23rd November 1992, Factory Records – the Manchester home to New Order and Happy Mondays and owners of the Haçienda club – went into administration with debts of over £2m.
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"The substance of Ill Manors – its righteous storytelling, its propulsive undercarriage – is more gripping than the title track implies. I Am the Narrator may dash busily through a string of sonic cliches – police sirens and the like – but its blend of warped fairytale strings, dub bass and antic Dr Dre swagger persuades the ear. The percussion rolls even harder on Drug Dealer, the album's standout. Offset against beats that seem to be made out of punched walls, guest singer Takura (Chase and Status) provides a wise, sad dancehall chorus."
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Today we present a midweek installment of our ongoing mixtape series, this time featuring Saint Etienne.
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Saint Etienne's eighth album, Words and Music by Saint Etienne, starts with singer Sarah Cracknell — transported back to a time before adult autonomy — admiring kids with the daring to question authority.
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Much of the current wave of aggressive, pop-oriented dance music can be traced to 2005.
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Saint Etienne's Words and Music By Saint Etienne was quite a bit more than the long-awaited return of the much-loved British pop band.
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Saint Etienne reach the end of their back catalogue reissue/deluxe edition series with the release of Casino Classics, available alongside a re-release of Sarah Cracknell 's solo album Lipslide.
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The Wolf Gang show at U Street Music Hall ranks up there as one of the most difficult ones I've ever had to cover.
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It's been ten long years since London group St. Etienne last graced our fair city, so you could imagine the excitement that was brimming from my friend Josh 's face when St. Etienne chanteuse Sarah Cracknell, dressed in a sequined dress and a fluffy white boa emerged from the darkness at the Opera House.
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Long-running London pop trio Saint Etienne played Webster Hall on Friday (10/26), their first NYC show in nearly seven years.
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Brighton-based outfit Dark Horses ' debut long-player, Black Music, doesn't contain too many recognisable hooks.
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Frank Yang So after a five year layoff, following the almost-simultaneous implosion of all my bands, I've begun picking up the guitar again on a regular basis.
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They Say It's Your Birthday celebrates an artist's special day with other people singing his or her songs.
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Inspired to pursue pop music after discovering the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds , Margo Guryan , a schooled jazz pianist, crafted brilliant pop gems that were recorded by artists ranging from Mama Cass, Astrid Gilberto and Julie London to Glen Campbell, Bobby Gentry and beyond.
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It's been six long years, but British pop trio Saint Etienne will return to the U.S. for a tour in support of Words and Music by Saint Etienne.
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In October, UK dance-pop outfit Saint Etienne will embark on their first North American tour in six years, supporting their first album in seven, Words and Music by Saint Etienne.
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There are outsider musicians, and then there is Lawrence.
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Obama's AMA probably did more to clog those tubes yesterday – but for a certain demographic, an interview Neil Halstead gave to MTV Hive certainly registered as a major event.
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A year after the sudden passing of Amy Winehouse , Q Magazine dedicated an issue to looking back at her life and music.
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To celebrate the release of their new single 'Idaho' on 27th August, British rock institution Feeder are gearing up to perform an exclusive live show at BT London Live in Hyde Park on 10th August, as part of the London 2012 Olympic celebrations.
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