Saw Nouvelle Vague last week at Joe’s Pub (the perfect venue to see them — by candlelight, martini in hand). Armed with acoustic guitars, handclaps, and a Powerbook, NV put bossa nova twists on new wave hits like “I Melt With You” and “Just Can’t Get Enough.” (Remember Frente!’s “Bizarre Love Triangle”? It’s not too different than that.) A novelty act for sure, but hard to resist. During “Too Drunk To Fuck” the two sexpot singers ran through the audience and danced on the bar. Jess took some photos, but she’s on vacation so those’ll have to wait. In the meantime, stream the entire Nouvelle Vague album here (Windows-only).
UPDATE: Pics at One Louder!
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we’ve actually got some shots of that show up at one louder:
http://onelouder.blogspot.com/2005/04/nouvelle-vague-joes-pub-4.html
oh man. “too drunk to fuck” has been on repeat on my ipod for days now. so much hotness.
I coincidently heard that track in the shower the smorning, the version from oye’s dj-kicks. Such an amazing bassline, but I always find myself changing the track after the overly outrageous sexual lyrics get to me. It still however fits perfectly in that dj set.
shit, thats like the same song right, anyone?
apologies for the constant comments lately.
Different song, tom.
the nouvelle vague album made such an impact here in france. is it released in the us yet?
i’ve been suggesting this like maddd for a while now. it’s constantly playing in my car.
Wow. Vh1 still hasn’t figured out how to stream media to multiple platforms? How quaint.
blahhhhh
Did anyone catch Trabant at Joe’s Pub last week? Or at Pianos on Sunday?
you can download the song Tom was talking about here
Avenue D “2D2F”
http://new-black.blogspot.com/2004/12/avenue-d-2d2f.html
When I first heard about the Nouvelle Vague CD I definitely thought it sounded like a cute novelty concept, but after actually hearing it, I think it transcends novelty status. For one thing, they don’t seem to be mocking the original songs. It turns out to be a fairly honest bossa nova pop album.
i saw trabant out here in SF last friday…pretty entertaining.
i saw trabant at joe’s pub. they were weird. their audience was weird…but bjork did show up with a busted nose. cool.