29/02/2012
Following this month's column on The Quietus featuring Cocoon aka Christophe Demarthe (a founding member of cold wave/industrial group Clair Obscur), Rockfort presents a full transcript of the interview. read more...
09/01/2012
Performing with Fránçois & The Atlas Mountains in Brighton as part of the Vive La France festival on 26 January, the Tours-based artist talks about her experiences with the London-based Decorative Stamp collective and finding her own sound. read more...
27/07/2011
Some of the highlights of this year's festival in pictures. read more...
27/07/2011
David McKenna takes in the sights and sounds of this year's Les Francofolies de La Rochelle festival, bumps into Ségolène Royal, muses on Simon Reynolds' Retromania and catches a David Guetta downpour. read more...
28/03/2011
For a little over 30 years, on and off, Patrick Blain has been Charles de Goal. He released a first album of atmospheric post-punk - synths, drum machines and stabbing guitars - in 1980 that made a significant impression both in France and beyond. Now with the revival of interest in the French Cold Wave scene, the self-effacing Blain has found his stock rising again. read more...
09/02/2011
Caen's Manatee were one of the French highlights of Les Trans Musicales 2010 in Rennes where, live, the neo-shoegaze sound of their debut EP 'Like a Small Animal' became an irresistible sugar rush. Rockfort spoke to them about putting in the hours, work vs music and the status of the artist in France. read more...
01/02/2011
Rockfort talks to Parisian duo Ray Bartok, who have followed up their excellent 'No Panic' EP with an eponymous debut album that expands on their pulp-y, highly visual style. read more...
18/01/2011
In the second and concluding part of our interview, the Laureau brothers talk more about their label, the influence of World music and Steve Reich and being brothers in a band. read more...
17/01/2011
Rockfort presents the first of a two-part, career-spanning interview with brothers Nicolas and Fabrice Laureau who, as the core members of avant-rockers Prohibition and exploratory instrumental group Nlf3, have been making music together for the past 20 years. read more...
05/01/2011
Rockfort talks to Kate Fletcher, English singer with Rennes-based, post-rocky minimalists La Corda. read more...
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