pop music
Alina Orlova, free atom on Lithuanian indie music scene
In the shadows of a nuclear station, an artistic proton was born in the outskirts of Vilnius. No, she's not a mutant; she's a 23-year-old musical 'ice bomb', as the French media has called her
pop music, nuclear energy, lithuania, brunch, artistes, art, independence
Electronic music duo Fuck Buttons: is this music?
From Worcester via Bristol to the world, schoolfriends Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power are fiddling with some old machines across a table in order to make some music. The universal sound goes by ‘drone, pop, noise’
pop music, technology, fuck buttons, united kingdom, electronic music, brunch, paris
Music in December: Sally Shapiro, Empire of The Sun and Múm
Featuring: album of the month from Polish rock-turned-pop star Agnieszka Chylinska, favourite disc of the month from an Australian award-winning electronica duo and a tracklist from Paris to keep you warm this winter
The Wankin' Noodles, four boys from Rennes who sing about girls
Romain, Regis, Jean-Sylvain and Guillame went from being graphic design, cinema, information technology and literature students, to being backed by big names as France's latest post-teenage kicks band. Quick catch up with the twelve-eyed foursome at the Transmusicales festival in their hometown
pop music, interview, rennes, men and women, students, youth, france
Nostalgia: Sweden's top of the pops in the nineties
Swedish hits had the whole world bopping around from 1989 to 1999 thanks to artists such as Neneh Cherry, her brother Eagle Eye, Ace of Base and The Cardigans: a selection of the best Swedish music videos from the end of the 20th century
pop music, cultural agenda, vídeo clip, eurogeneration, youtube, sweden, bands
The Russian music rundown
As the Eurovision song contest 2009 final takes place in Russia on 16 May, we check out the pop, hip hop and even central Asian choirs marking its music scene today. Music videos
pop music, russian federation, label, rock, eurovision, hip hop, eurovision song contest
Music editors pick: Mogwai, Disco Drive and Maria Peszek
Spanish pop, Scottish post-rock, Franco-American bluegrass, Italian punk experimental and Polish sex scandal songs - the editorial team's soundtrack of 2008
pop music, fuck buttons, electronic music, best of cafebabel.com, music, culture calendar, album
Iva Bittová: ‘Czech politicians only think about becoming famous’
But the violinist, singer and actress loves Obama. Daughter of a Slovak mother and Moravian father, she recently moved to New York from the Czech Republic. At fifty, she embodies a type of music which is sophisticated, warm and popular
pop music, repubblica ceca, folk music, iva bittova, brunch, new york, women
Music in July: Carla Bruni, E-Quad, Ari Koivunen
French First Ladies, Dutch idealists, Italian poets-cum-abrasive rockers and Finnish 'Rock Idols' – it's Europe's monthly music picks
pop music, e-quad, ari koivunen, carla bruni, bands, music, my own parasite
