L'édition française du magazine Rolling Stone n°43, paru le 20 avril 2012, consacre un article de 6 pages au grand retour du groupe Garbage, avec une longue interview de Shirley Manson. En fin de magazine, on retrouve la critique du nouvel album Not Your Kind of People.

Shirley Manson est en cover du magazine Block Mag , issue 26, de printemps / été 2012, avec une séance photos où Shirley joue les mannequins.  
Photographe: Kenneth Capello

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 L'édition russe du magazine Interview, d' avril 2012, contient une interview de Shirley Manson, dont l'interviewer est Debbie Harry (l'icone du groupe culte Blondie). Aucune photographie de cet entretien n'est publiée, mais des photos du groupe Garbage par le photographe Autumn De Wilde.

 photographe: Autumn De Wilde
stylislme: Marjan Malakpour
coiffure: Clyde Haygood
maquillage: Donald Simrock

SHIRLEY MANSON
by DEBBIE HARRY
The band Garbage is returning after a seven- year lull. In contrast to other heroes of the past that are chasing big dollars, this reunion is in earnest and for the long-haul.

For the 1990s generation, Garbage—the brain¬child of singer Shirley Manson and Butch Vig, pro-ducer of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album—was an em¬blematic, if not lethal hallmark. Girls tried their first taste of love to the songs “Stupid Girl” and “Melt” and opened a new, adult world for themselves, as so precisely defined in the soundtrack to the James Bond movie “The World is Not Enough”. On the eve of the release of the group’s new album, the red¬headed rogue Shirley Manson—the face, voice and style of Garbage—talked with Debbie Harry, the founder of legendary group Blondie, which was an inspiration for Shirley. It turns out that much unites the two singers.

DEBBIE: Gosh, we haven’t seen each other in six years!
SHIRLEY: Yes, the last time we were in the same room was at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, when you were inducted—in 2006, I think.
DEBBIE: And you gave me the best speech in history. So sweet!
SHIRLEY: I think that if anyone on this planet deserves to be immortalized, it’s you. You know, I still have a portrait of you above my bed. I wake up and go to sleep with you.
DEBBIE: Outstanding. Where have you been hiding all this time?
SHIRLEY: Well, I decided to crawl from under my little shell and after seven years take another swing at this thing. 
DEBBIE: Why did you want to come back?
SHIRLEY: A feeling of not being done, like I have something left in the tank. 
DEBBIE: A lot of people are already shaking with anticipation. What direction do you think your music is taking?
SHIRLEY: I guess our current music resonates with the energy of early Garbage. Some people who have heard the new album said that it reminds them of our first record. We took so much time off that over these years we were able to regenerate. There are moments when you realize that there’s nothing else to be done. But the record label wants you to make a new album even if you’re not ready. We balked at that pressure, came off the road, and decided to simply live. 
DEBBIE: Yeah, but then that crative itch appears... I knew that you were working on a solo project and then I lost contact with you. But I al¬ways knew you wanted to continue to do music. You have something to say, and people want to hear you.
SHIRLEY: I was surprised to take so much time. I thought my seat at the rock-n-roll table would al-ready be filled. It’s not a positive place to be but that’s how I felt. But then I was surprised to find that no one had replaced me. When I was growing up, there were so many rebellious women singers like yourself, Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders), Pat¬ti Smith...I grew up with that music. In the last de¬cade very few women have verbally rioted against pop music. I love pop music, don’t get me wrong, but balance is important. 
DEBBIE: I agree, it’s not an easy time for rock. The market is oriented toward pop, lots of girls per-forming now more resemble showgirls than artists.
SHIRLEY: Yes, it’s like watching a Broadway show. Like I said, I grew up with punk. 
DEBBIE: OK, girl, are you ready to be punking it out?
SHIRLEY: Well, I am not a pony and I’m not a showgirl. I will only do what I know how to do.
DEBBIE: You were always rebellious, but I like to describe it as inquisitive or strong-minded.
SHIRLEY: I am ready to be disagreeable, but that’s the role of any artist. The showgirl performers today, they work hard, smile, dance, sing, in some ways they are unstoppable. But this is small-mind- ed—it leaves no room for fear or melancholy.
DEBBIE: Then I want to hear some heavy stuff from you!
SHIRLEY: At least the new Garbage record is very guitar-driven. It’s a rock record, there’s no mis-taking that.
DEBBIE: During childhood, did you think you would play in a band?
SHIRLEY: No way! I was an ordinary girl who sang in a choir, went to ballet class, and then acci-dentally drifted into this alternative universe.
DEBBIE: Before Garbage you sang in the band Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie, right?
SHIRLEY: Do you remember, we toured with you in Europe! Meeting you was like touching a godly rock star. I remember we were stuck in a lift together in Liverpool, before our first concert.
DEBBIE: Gosh, I remember that too!
SHIRLEY: The elevator doors opened, you walked in, and I thought I was going to fall on the floor. I was so freaked out! You greeted me, and I couldn’t utter anything. But from that moment you began to support me.
DEBBIE: All my life I’ve been meeting people in elevators. Once I met Jimi Hendrix in an elevator, and believe me, I was the speechless one.
SHIRLEY: In Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie I played keyboards and sang back-up vocals. And Gary Kur- furst (Blondie’s manager.—Interview) came to me and asked: “Have you ever thought about fronting a band?” I was like: “No!” But it planted the seed in my head.
DEBBIE: He always had a great ear for rock. Gary could listen, he had impeccable taste, and he spoke very highly of you. He always said that you’re one of the most talented singers on the planet.
SHIRLEY: He also advised me to learn from you, to try to be like Blondie. He always believed in us.
DEBBIE: We all struggle with low self-esteem, so support from others is important. Are you strong¬ly affected by criticism now?
SHIRLEY: As I’ve gotten older, I realized that it was a dreadful waste of time. It’s very easy to feel like you’re not worthy. Today I can say that I’m good enough. And this really motivates me.
DEBBIE: Oh, that's so great. Sometimes you need to take a step back and have perspective.
SHIRLEY: It’s weird, when we came off the road seven years ago, I decided that Garbage was done. Time passes and you begin to understand who you are and what you need. I read Patti Smith’s book “Just Kids” and that triggered some¬thing in me. Patti is really all about not giving up. About that true connection to art. She fired me up, so now I am ready to say the hell with it and start again. And I’m not afraid of anything. Our new album is called “Not Your Kind of People”, and it is about our entire careers. We were outsiders. Insiders, hipsters never accepted us. Kind of like Blondie, I think...
DEBBIE: Perfect name! “Not Your Kind of People” sounds like Velvet Underground. Trust me, at the time, no one wanted to be like them.
SHIRLEY: I’m also a little worried about the heavy physicality of touring. I did it since I was 15 and never stopped, always took it for granted. But you really have to be fit to do this. It’s a hard job.
DEBBIE: Yes, it’s very athletic for sure. Speak¬ing of, you did some modeling? I remember seeing you on billboards.
SHIRLEY: To make money I used to model for art school students. When Garbage became success-ful, Calvin Klein called me and asked me to do an advertising campaign with him. But that’s part of the fun, when after hearing your music people begin to want you. Suddenly, everyone dreams of seeing you in their films and TV shows.
DEBBIE: Not everyone could agree to it. You acted in the series “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”.
SHIRLEY (laughs): That was more at the ab¬surd, rather than brilliant end of my career. I had no idea what I was getting into. I definitely have more respect for actors now. It’s extremely hard work. I said yes to that TV show before I knew what I would be experiencing.
DEBBIE: But you were in drama group as a child, right?
SHIRLEY: Do you remember your first acting job? It’s terrifying. Was it “Hairspray” for you?
DEBBIE: No, my first serious part was in “Union City”, and I had loads of cameos before that. It’s nerve-wracking, but if you’re sure of yourself, you’ll manage.
SHIRLEY: Everyone’s creative path is defined by actually not being afraid to look like a fool in a particular moment. That’s the key to any good career. Are you willing to take that risk of falling?
DEBBIE: Indeed...Did your religious upbring¬ing help you overcome many of these obstacles?
SHIRLEY: My dad was a Sunday school teacher.
DEBBIE: Gosh, I didn’t know that!
SHIRLEY: He was extremely religious, strongly bound to the church. He was ready to have philo-sophical debates with his eleven-year old daughter. He had the courage to disagree, and taught me to be curious. And what is more, to respect others’ beliefs. I’m not religious, but it’s good to know how to be empathetic.
DEBBIE: This sounds preposterous, I know, but I think that music is a lot like religion.
SHIRLEY: Yes, it’s a form of communal prayer. If you fall in love with a musician, a song or an album, then it’s forever. You never fall out of love with it.
DEBBIE: That’s right. You said that you were touring since you were 15. You had reason to take your recent break—you are not Superman after all. You simply have to recharge your batteries, lie on the beach, right?
SHIRLEY: I think that I had a fear of becoming irrelevant. Then I realized that I needed to get off this train and go home. It’s empowering to know that you can get back on that train. I don't care if we sell a billion or ten records.

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Damon Albarn revient le 7 mai 2012
avec un nouveau projet: Dr Dee

> The Marvellous Dream, premier extrait de l'album:

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Give Me All Your Luvin’ est le premier single du dernier album de Madonna: M.D.N.A. paru en mars 2012. Sur ce titre, Madonna est accompagnée de Nicki Minaj (chanteuse et rappeuse) et M.I.A. (auteure, chanteuse et productrice) qui ont d'ailleurs aussi collaborées à l'écriture de la chanson, avec le français Martin Solveig (producteur de l'album) et Michael Tordjman pour la composition. Une version demo est d'abord dévoilée sur internet le 8 novembre 2011, créant ainsi le buzz sur la toile, mais le single est sorti dans les bacs le 3 février 2012. Avec cette chanson, Madonna opère un retour de ses années de gloire, les années 80, avec un son très pop acidulé. Ce titre deviendra son 38ème top ten dans le Billboard Hot 100. La Madonne a interprété le titre en live pour la première fois au show qu'elle assurait durant la mi-temps du Superbowl, le 5 février 2012.

Le clip vidéo est réalisé par Megaforce, un collectif d'artistes de réalisateurs de clips vidéo et de publicités français fondé en 2008. Ils mettent en scène Madonna entourée de footballeurs américains qui la porte et la protège et de pom-pom girls (fortement inspiré du 'Hollaback Girl' de Gwen Stefani). Elle est la vraie star du clip, se trémoussant en body noir et tenues hyper moulantes à plus de 50 ans. On y trouve un clin d'oeil à Marilyn Monroe (avec un look très Marilyn: robe blanche de la rappeuse, une Madonna aux cheveux blonds frisés et grain de beauté). Mégaforce a révélé que dans ce clip, d'un budget de 1,5 millions de dollars, Madonna maîtrisait tout, y compris certaines prises de vues dans lesquelles elle tenait à ce qu'on la voie en exergue; ils n'ont d'ailleurs pu écouter la chanson au préalable, uniquement dans l'appartement parisien de Martin Solveig, car la chanteuse craignait que son titre soit téléchargé par des hackers, ce qui n'empêcha pas la fuite de la démo dans les médias, qui a finalement facilité le travail des réalisateurs! Le clip a été tourné en trois jours, dont un en l'absence de Madonna, qui devait faire des shootings pour la pochette de son album "MDNA".

Artiste: Madonna
 Titre: Give Me All Your Luvin'
Réalisateur Video: Megaforce
Année: 2012
Extrait de l'album: MDNA 

[Couplet 1]
L-U-V Madonna
Y-O-U You wanna
I see you coming and I don’t wanna know your name
L-U-V Madonna
I see you coming and you’re gonna have to change the game
Y-O-U You wanna

Would you like to try?
Give me a reason why
Give me all that you got
Maybe you’ll do fine
As long as you don’t lie to me
And pretend to be what you’re not

[Refrain]
Don’t play the stupid game
Cause I’m a different kind of girl
Every record sounds the same
You’ve got to step into my world
Give me all your love and give me your love
Give me all your love today
Give me all your love and give me your love
Let’s forget about time
And dance our lives away

[Couplet 2]
L-U-V Madonna
Y-O-U You wanna
Keep trying don’t give up, it’s if you want it bad enough
L-U-V Madonna
It’s right in front of you, now tell me what you're thinking of
Y-O-U You wanna

In another place, at a different time
You can be my lucky star
We can drink some wine
Burgundy is fine
Let’s drink the bottle every drop

[Refrain]
Don’t play the stupid game
Cause I’m a different kind of girl
Every record sounds the same
You’ve got to step into my world
Give me all your love and give me your love
Give me all your love today
Give me all your love and give me your love
Let’s forget about time
And dance our lives away

[Nicki Minaj]
Give me all your love boy
You can be my boy, you can be my boy toy
In the nick of time, I can say a sicker rhyme
Cause it's time for change, like a nickel or a dime
I'm roman, i'm a barbarian, i'm conan
You was sleeping on me, you were dosin'
Now move, im goin' in

[Bridge]
You have all the L-U-V
I gave you everything you need (now move!)
Now it’s up to Y-O-U
Are you the one, shall we proceed?

[M.I.A.]
Me it. Licks. I'm so swag sh-t
Glad, no one gave you this
It's super sonic, bionic, uranium hit
So I break 'em off tricks
Let's pray that it sticks
I'mma say this once, yeah, I don't give a sh-t

[Refrain]
Don’t play the stupid game
Cause I’m a different kind of girl
Every record sounds the same
You’ve got to step into my world

Give me all your love and give me your love
L-U-V Madonna
Give me all your love and give me your love
Y-O-U You wanna
Give me all your love and give me your love
Give me all your love today
Give me all your love and give me your love
Let’s forget about time
And dance our lives away

Quelle superbe photographie en couverture du magazine américain Vaga, issue 3, A Romantic Revolt, paru le 19 mars 2012, avec ce gros plan de Shirley Manson, toujours aussi photogénique et sublime.

Modèle: Shirley Manson
Photographe: Mason Poole
Mode: Marjan Malakpour |Margaret Maldonado Agency|
Assistants de Mode: Sheena Annikki Templeton, Marnika Weiss
Coiffure: Clyde Haygood |Margaret Maldonado|
Maquillage: Donald Simrock |Margaret Maldonado|
Manucure: Jamayka Hamilton
Post-production: Kate Gashvvv
Vêtement: Valerj Pobega

The Shoes est un groupe électro composé de Guillaume Brière et Benjamin Lebeau. Connus pour leurs vidéos originales, le groupe a trouvé le moyen de se distinguer et de faire parler de lui, à travers leur nouvelle vidéo choc illustrant leur chanson Time to dance et qui met en scène un serial killer, interprété par l'acteur américain Jake Gyllenhaal. En escrimeur, le fleuret au poing, en tenant un marteau, ou tout simplement à mains nues, le tueur solitaire n'a aucune pitié pour ses victimes. La violence va crescendo et la vidéo se transforme en séance d'abattage à la chaîne. Le titre figure sur l'EP de The Shoes intitulé Buy The Time To Dance, disponible depuis le 12 mars 2012 en téléchargement. 

Artiste: The Shoes
 Titre: Time to dance
Réalisateur Video: Daniel Wolfe
Année: 2012
Extrait de l'EP: Buy the time to dance 

/!/ Attention, le clip comporte des scènes d'une grande violence, susceptibles de choquer. 

Le magazine Bullett volume 6, du printemps 2012, consacre un article et publie des photographies exclusives de Shirley Manson.

Photography Matt Irwin
Text by Michael Ruffino

SHIRLEY MANSON

Almost two decades and over 12 million albums after Garbage barreled into the heart of alternative rock with their self-titled debut album, the fiery frontwoman returns to the spotlight armed with a new set of killer songs. From a firing range in Los Angeles, between hitting bull's-eyes with a walther p99, she takes aim at everything from tabloids to twitter.

    Styling by Gena Tuso
Dresses: Olima Atelier, Thom Browne

Le magazine V n°75, de janvier 2012, consacre un article et publie des photographies exclusives de Shirley Manson.

SHIRLEY, MADLY, DEEPLY

 The poster girl for ’90s Alternative Rock is ready to reclaim her reign—and the radio—with a new record from her iconic band, Garbage. Don’t call it a comeback, Shirley Manson is a classic

Photography Daniele & Iango
Text T. Cole Rachel

With nostalgia for the ’90s currently running at an all-time high, it would only make sense that one of that decade’s most quintessential bands—Scottish alt-pop darlings Garbage—would be primed for a comeback. Led by flame-haired front woman Shirley Manson, Garbage has sold over 17 million albums since releasing its self-titled debut back in 1995. Aside from possessing an uncanny ability to craft airtight rock songs, much of Garbage’s success is due to Manson’s undeniable charisma. Equal parts smart and chic, she remains the perfect antidote to the aggressive brainlessness of so much contemporary pop music. With Garbage set to release its first new studio album in six years this spring, there couldn’t be a better time for an intelligent, outspoken redhead to reclaim the spotlight. The world needs more Shirley Manson.

T. COLE RACHEL Garbage will be hitting the road again in 2012. What have you missed the most after being away for a few years?

SHIRLEY MANSON I’ve missed doing the one thing that I know I’m really good at. There’s something remarkable about that feeling, when you know you’re good at something and you’re able to go out and do it. Being on top of something is a great feeling. It’s taken me a long time to feel that way. I miss singing, too. I’m a very noisy person—in general—and the past five years or so I’ve been pretty quiet.

TCR You’ve been playing in bands since you were a teenager, but when Garbage became a big success you suddenly became the focus of a huge amount of attention. Was that a shocking thing to get used to?

SM It was shocking. I don’t quite know how it happened. It took me a long time to actually accept it. It wasn’t until we did our second world tour that I really accepted that I was actually the lead singer in a really successful band. I lived in this constant fear that I’d be found out—that people would realize that I didn’t know what I was doing. I never felt as good as anybody else. I mean, I was crazy! I was really young and insecure. It took me a long time to settle in to that position. I think that’s fair enough. You have to play a million shitty clubs before you really learn how to stand onstage and own your role as the master of ceremonies.

TCR Do you think of yourself as a fashionable person?

SM It’s funny, I never thought of myself as particularly fashionable. I always looked at what everybody else was doing and wanted to do the opposite. I always wanted to stand apart from everybody. I think that has defined pretty much every choice I’ve made. I was a middle child, you know? I had two other sisters, so I was always afraid of never being seen or heard—of having my identity swallowed up by something else—so I never wanted clothes that spoke for me. I wanted to be the one who spoke.

TCR That’s interesting. Were you a wild child as a teenager?

SM Yeah, around the age of 17 I was definitely a wild child. I remember that I’d been caught smoking, so I didn’t get an allowance—or what we called “pocket money” in Scotland—so I never had money for clothes. Luckily I had a very stylish mom, so I’d go rifling through her closet when I needed something to wear. She had lots of stuff from the ’60s, so I was rocking a pretty cool wardrobe, but only by default. I’d find an orange crew neck cashmere sweater in my mom’s trunk and wear that with my sister’s kilt and a pair of my mom’s suede boots and my dad’s old funeral coat. I wore that look for nearly a year straight. I remember playing the wicked witch in The Wizard of Oz when I was in school—my hair was straightened and I had black eye makeup on—and I remember that it was the first time I ever looked in the mirror and felt beautiful. The black eye makeup has stayed with me ever since!

TCR So what does “style” mean to you?

SM Style is what you have to say and what you think. Anyone can wear an amazing designer’s outfit, but it doesn’t make you stylish. As an artist and as a woman, I feel duty-bound to say that. Style is about who you are and how you live your life.

TCR So many young women in bands that I’ve interviewed over the past couple of years have cited you as an inspiration. Who were the women who inspired you to play music?

SM First of all, to hear you say that, you just have no idea how much it means to me to hear that there are people who have watched the way I’ve conducted myself and have taken some kind of inspiration from that. The women that played that sort of role for me in my life still remain touchstones for how I want to live, especially at a time when the culture is still so tricky for women to navigate. For example, I grew up madly in love with Chrissie Hynde and Patti Smith and Siouxsie Sioux. Those women spoke to me then and continue to speak to me now. If someone asked me who of all the women in the world I most admire, I would say Patti Smith. What an uncompromising, elegant, graceful career she continues to have. When I look at magazines aimed at women, so much of it is still all about getting Botox and plastic surgery. Women are still just constantly bombarded with those ideas. Then you read Just Kids by Patti Smith and all of a sudden you feel like you’re not the only person in the world who feels like what you have to say and what you do in life—and who you are as a person—is way more important than how you look. She’s blazed a trail, and women like her are really the compass by which people like me can navigate the world, which, particularly at my age—45 years old—can be perplexing. You know, it doesn’t matter how beautiful you are, if you don’t have anything interesting to say then you’re still boring.

Garbage’s fifth studio album is available in Spring 2012

Manicure Bernadette Thompson for the Bernadette Thompson Nail Collection
Photo assistants Jason Geering and Dean Dotos  
Stylist assistants Taylor Kim and Eyob Yohannes
Makeup assistant Junko Kioka
Hair assistants Gonn Kinoshita and Mari Watase  
Location Canoe Studios, New York
Retouching Didier Luk for +852
Special thanks the Seabrooke family

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Le 21 février 2012 se tenait la cérémonie des Brits Awards qui récompensent les artistes de la scène musicale britannique de l'année écoulée (cad l'équivalent de nos "Victoires de la Musique" en France). Sans surprise, la chanteuse Adele a remporté le prix de l'artiste féminine britannique; Coldplay celui du groupe britannique. Rihanna est partie avec le prix de l'artiste féminine internationale et Bruno Mars celui de l'artiste masculin international. Les Foo Fighters et Lana Del Rey ont aussi été récompensés. A vrai dire, on s'en fiche un peu de tout ça, ce qui nous intéresse surtout (enfin je veux dire 'moi', ce qui m'intéresse), c'est que la cérémonie récompensait le groupe Blur en leur remettant un prix spécial pour l'ensemble de leur carrière. Et cerise sur le gateau, le groupe a interprété un mini concert de 15 minutes, enchaînant les titres "Girls & Boys", "Park Life", "Song 2", "Tender" et "This is a Low", servant de prestation de clôture. Résultat: le groupe connaît une hausse de 2700% de ses ventes de disques en Angleterre !! Du jamais vu ! Il s'agissait de la 3ème apparition publique de Blur depuis 2009, depuis que le groupe s'était séparé en 2000.

 >  Girls and Boys et Song 2

> Parklife - avec Phil Daniels

> Tender

 > This is a low

La cérémonie a permis aussi aux éternels rivaux Blur et Oasis de se réconcilier! "C'est amusant de penser que Blur était ici il y a 17 ans, quand nous étions de grands rivaux. Ce n'est pas marrant de voir comme on s'est adoucis après toutes ces années? On a enterré la hache de guerre" a déclaré Damon Albarn à The Evening Standard. Noel Gallagher a même annoncé qu'il envisageait de travailler avec le leader de Blur pour son prochain album !

>  Blur sur le red carpet (source: brits.co.uk)
  

>  Photos du live de Blur
 

Cette prestation live sert d'expérience avant le grand retour du groupe, actuellement en préparation d'un nouvel album, très attendu par les fans (comme moi!). Ce week end dernier, le groupe a même dévoilé un nouveau morceau appelé "Under The WestWay" lors du concert War Child, le 19 février dernier à Londres. Damon Albarn au piano, lisait les paroles sur son ipad, pendant que Graham Coxon l'accopagnait à la guitare.
A noter: Blur se produira en clôture des Jeux Olympiques de Londres 2012 le 12 août à Hyde Park.  

> Under the WestWay
 

Par ailleurs, Damon Albarn, jamais à court de projets et d'expérimentations, a monté en parallèle un nouveau groupe qui s'apelle Rocketjuice & The Moon. Il s'agit d'un trio avec ses amis Flea, bassiste des Red Hot Chili Peppers, et Tony Allen, batteur de légende de l'afro-beat et de Fela Kuti. Un album, enregistré dans le studio 13 de Damon Albarn à Londres avec des ajouts à Paris, Berlin et Chicago, devrait atterrir dans nos casques le 12 mars 2012. Comme pour Gorillaz, une belle brochette d'invités est de la partie: la chanteuse américaine Erykah Badu, la musicienne malienne Fatoumata Diawara, le rappeur sud-africain M.Anifest, et le Hynpnotic Brass Ensemble (ensemble de cuivres). 2012 sera donc une année très chargée pour Damon Albarn !

> Rocket Juice and the Moon: Poison
Fiesta du Sud, Marseille, 30/10/2011