well see there's me (philippe), and that's it. I guess we're a small band.
Influences
not really 'influences', but 'bands i've been listening to a lot at some poinbt between the age of 3 and 29, or possibly a lot lately, and that I would gladly put on the stereo today'. mostly pop rock folk, i guess.
aimee mann
aretha franklin
bach
the beatles
the beach boys
beck
the bee gees
ben harper
bessie smith
big bill broonzy
bob dylan
cat stevens
cypress hill
daft punk
damien jurado
david bowie
death cab for cutie
DJ shadow
the doors
ella fitzgerald
elliott smith
elvis presley
eminem
fat boy slim
fiona apple
george harrison
georges brassens
godspeed you black emperor
iron and wine
the jackson 5
jeff buckley
jimi hendrix
john lennon
joni mitchell
the kinks
led zeppelin
leonard cohen
lou reed
louis armstrong
mark kozelek
marvin gaye
michael jackson
modest mouse
neil young
nick drake
nico
nine black alps
nirvana
ol' dirty bastard
pedro the lion
pj harvey
quasi
radiohead
red house painters
rjd2
robert johnson
rufus wainwright
serge gainsbourg
the shins
skip james
stevie wonder
the strokes
suzanne vega
tim buckley
the white stripes
I guess all I wanna explain here is why we are called The Army Of The Dark Unicorns, which we write like that because Capital Letters are cool. We like it because we figure that no band could have a darker band name that has army and unicorns in it, let alone an army of unicorns. Also, noone calls us that, so don't use it, we're just a couple of folks who spend too much time at café léa. And ok, maybe most of the time, I'm on my own, but it's not my fault if drummers always go awol. But we could have been called that. And I just said awol which makes me laugh inside.
Hey Phil! Where can we sample thine tunes? (t'es vraimment né le 11 sept?) btw, we are gigin' on oct 30th lest you should be so inclined... -the drunk drummer von rue Blaise
Philippe! I feel rage when I think of how you are not in Portland. And how I am not in Paris. But it's happy rage. Sean and I are buying a house! Will you come visit then????
tres interessant comme musique. minimaliste et low-fi mais le petit quelquechose est la... Dommage qu'on ne se voit plus, on aurait pu faire de belles choses en commun!
oops i left my bag of choc on yr bookshelf (put it there because mr kitty decided he wanted to play in the bag at about 6am!) well i'm not coming back to paris to get it, so i hope you find it edible!..x
and i shall warn you now, i may be speaking in a funny mexican way throwing random spanish phrases about. i can't seem to help it at the moment.
but
i certainly won't be speaking a word of french because i CAN'T. even if i remember anyfink at all (and i probably don't) i just can't utter a single thing in the language. it hurts.
Hard time for turkeys these days... Have a little thought for them while listening to my Xmas song ! it's only available on my myspace page...
Les temps sont durs pour les dindes... Une nouvelle chanson en forme d'hommage et pour fêter Noel joyeusement est disponible exclusivement sur ma page !
