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Following on from their much lauded debut ‘Blonde Comme Moi’ in 2009 (platinum and also a prestigious Victoire de la Musique for ‘groupe révélation scène’), Fran...

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Following on from their much lauded debut ‘Blonde Comme Moi’ in 2009 (platinum and also a prestigious Victoire de la Musique for ‘groupe révélation scène’), France's BB Brunes receive abundant limelight once again since the start of the year. Their new album ‘Nico Teen Love’ is a gem that reminds one of the best rock ‘n’ roll from both sides of The Channel. Or rather, a cross between Babyshambles and Jacques Dutronc. Following 3 previous, sold-out ABconcerts (Club, Box and Main Hall), we're pleased to welcome these 4 young French fellows back to our great stage.

Plasticines is a French girl-group that debuted with ‘LP1’ but only broke through just recently with the release of ‘About Love’. On it we find the hit-singles ‘Barcelona’ and ‘Bitch’, odes to the guitar-work of The Strokes and The Libertines but, equally, the The Kinks. In the meantime they've become real indie fashion icons in the United States. You can already discover them this summer at the Les Ardentes festival.

Boston Tea Party are two sweethearts who present mad noise-pop with only a distorted acoustic guitar, a homemade stompbox (driven by a pair of flamenco shoes on speed) and their voices. Somewhere along the way, Boston Tea Party bumped into a wildly enthusiastic Tim Vanhamel (now fan and friend) who dragged them along to dEUS' Vantage Point Studio to produce their debut album ‘Little Trouble Kids’.

‘Dé shit!’ (Tim Vanhamel)
‘Nul héritage crampesque ou jonspencerien à l'horizon, pourtant : pour peu, on croirait même entendre le Bloc Party des débuts joué par un groupe indie des années 90; Blonde Redhead, par exemple. Ca n'en reste pas moins du tapage énergique et catchy, qui vaut effectivement le détour!’ (Focus/Le Vif)