Justice for Coachella

A high-profile appearance in the American press for Justice, unquestionably one of the finest French

acts in recent years. 

They're playing Coachella tonight and ahead of that they appear on the cover of Billboard magazine.

Their album Hyperdrama comes out at the end of the month, and I'll be surprised if it's not on a few record-of-the-year lists come December. It's hard to think that it's actually only their fourth proper album

One Night/All Night and Generator have both emerged as clips, both showing Justice still able to startle with images as well as sound, while Incognito and Saturnine reveal an act that hasn't lost any of their sense of urgency.

They've got more dates in the USA ahead of them, and they've got dates lined up in Europe including a set at the We Love Green festival in Paris at the end of May, Glastonbury in June, Field Day in London in August and two nights at the Accor Arena in Paris in December

Justice will be served.

Justice: Fire

 A new clip by Justice, released a week after their much anticipated Woman album.

the new clip features Susan Sarandon, one of the more interesting Hollywood stars, in perhaps a homage to Thelma and Louise.

There's no Geena Davis in this version, Justice sharing the car with her instead, after they've given it a well deserved clean.

There have been mixed reviews of Woman, Pitchfork commenting it was "better suited to soundtrack a car commercial than to actively engage the listener".

Perhaps appropriate then that they have a video that plays a bit like an ironic 80s car commercial.

Mr Oizo - Stade 3

Great to see the return of French music icon Flat Eric

His career's been quiet of late, but he's obviously not been idle following his meteoric rise to celebrity status.

I imagine the French tabloids have been covering his absence with all kinds of lurid speculation about what our yellow friend has been up to.

So heartening to see him here, at the top of his game and not looking a day older than we remember him.

Maybe Eric's been working in his acting skills. His dialogue skills put him on a par with most of Hollywood's A list.

There's some music on the clip as well, by someone called Mr Oizo. He's worked with Eric before so he's probably quite good.

Oizo's released the soundtrack for this video, along with other tracks as a free download, hoping no doubt to share some of Eric's spotlight.

The seven-track Stade 3 EP is available free from Oizo’s website. oizo3000.com It's not a simple click-and-download affair, users have to navigate the website, Oizo describing it as "like a quest ! a shitty quest, but still, a QUEST."

Demand from users resulted in the site taking longer than it shoudl to run, leading to Oizo commenting on Twitter: "I'm actually happy about this BUG. it's like trying to find a record in a shitty shop. a SLOW shop."

So never mind the puppet, a new release by Mr Oizo and it's available free.