Narcis - "Shining"

Quite good mixture of grunge, punk, metal & pure rock (6/10) Narcis, groupe alternatif de la scène alsacienne, a écumé bon nombre de concerts dans l'Est, se forgeant une solide expérience (première partie d'Eiffel à la Laiterie, festivals divers) avant de s'éteindre en 2002... Il était formé de Manu (Guitare-chant), Nico (Basse-chant) et Sam (Batterie)... Cette page Jamendo est donc pour vous, auditeurs, afin que ce groupe ne tombe pas dans l'oubli, et qu'il garde une trace sur la toile de son activité à travers les deux albums proposés ci après. Le premier, eponyme (surnommé le "poisson rouge"), date de 1999, le second, Shining, est beaucoup plus abouti et montre les reelles orientations du groupe, entre Smashing, Nirvana et autres groupes des 90's... Quite good tunes. One thing I didn't like much, were vocals, especially on track no. 2, which is almost unlistenable. But all the others are definitely worth listening. I would especially recommend tracks 01 (really great riff here) & 08 (instrumental, with a catchy semi-oriental melody). SUPPORT INDEPENDENT ARTISTS If you like this album and you can afford it, consider supporting the artist by making a donation on this page - use the button "Donate" in the upper left corner.

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TriFace - "3 Saucisses Dans Une Bulle"

A little better than the first album (6/10) Formé en décembre 2003, composé de musiciens ayant fait leurs "preuves" dans diverses formations, TriFace, "trio hardcore" plus bruyant qu’un quintet, propose une musique radicale, souvent très rapide, parfois lourde et puissante mais malgré tout mélodique. TriFace s’articule autour de la réelle complicité entre ses trois membres : Cédric Tam (guitare/chant), Thomas Boncour (basse/chant) et David "TMX" Grousset (batterie/chant). Les textes sont simples, drôles si l’on s’arrête à leur premier degré, mais à reconsidérer pour certains si l’on prend le temps de s’y intéresser. Loin des stéréotypes inhérents à ce genre de musique, TriFace dégage une énergie positive et sincère sur scène, amenant un public toujours plus nombreux et plus diversifié à les soutenir. TriFace se revendique "hardcore" mais ne réserve pas sa musique à des initiés. This album is a little better than the first one, but most of the tracks still lack any features that could make them truly memorable. They are nothing more than regular fast and loud rock songs, like so many others being recorded each day. The only tune that stands out of the crowd is "02 - New Bitch".

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Procesor Plus - "Histeria" [SP]

Dull electro punk (4/10) Procesor Plus is a one-man electro-punk project, functioning since 1999. Its founder is Grzegorz Feingold whose music is truly thrilling: it combines a quick beat and deep electronic sounds with resolute texts and a noisy vocal. The new Procesor Plus album "Katalepsja" features electronic sounds complemented by looped guitar and drum motifs as well as overdriven bass. contact: procesorplus@wp.pl Procesor Plus - "histeria" - is electro punk single which promotes the new LP called "Gen-Era-Tor". The LP will be released in 1st of March by Trujaca Fala. Dull electro punk. Primitive melodies and sounds, ugly vocals. Not recommended. The album has been released by the 49manekinow.net netlabel and is available for downloading at archive.org in mp3 format.

[Artist's Myspace]

Stiff Richards - various tracks

A few good tracks from a mediocre band

A rock band from the United States. Mostly they play standard rock influenced by punk, ska and sometimes even blues. They have quite a few songs available at archive.org - most of them not interesting. But five stand out of the crowd:

Stiff Richards - Halibut (7/10)



Interesting blues rock. A humorous approach of the artist reminds me of Les Claypool's sense of humour.

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Stiff Richards - Markie Mark (6/10)



Standard rock, but quite a catchy tune.

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Stiff Richards - Not From Here (8/10)



Very good catchy rock song with a ska feeling. Energetic and fun to listen to.

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Stiff Richards - Julian's Jealous (6/10)



Quite interesting rock ballad - nothing breathtaking, but a nice tune. Plain and silly, but catchy.

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Stiff Richards - Sound Pressure (7/10)



Catchy rock/ska song. Nothing groundbreaking, but energetic and fun.

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