Keyword results: French
Leavain Bakery
A bread lovin' friend of mine said to me not so long ago ‘once you go Leavain, you never go back'. It's true, all the way to the crusts and back. I sometimes find myself in a bit of a pickle if I haven't got a loaf of Leavain on hand - in which case I'll just make the sandwich sans the bread - some people say that's not a sandwich - but if you haven't had a sandwich on Leavain - you really haven't had a sandwich.
Micmacs
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's films are often called ‘whimsical', but there is nothing arbitrary or insubstantial about his impeccably filmed sight gags, eccentric characters and domino-effect setpieces. Micmacs references everything from '40s cinema to Toy Story, but its mischievous hilarity serves a very contemporary political satire.
Bistrot Bistro
Maybe you still have trouble spelling it, maybe you still get tongue-tied when you talk about it, but when you do manage to get it out, I'll bet that you're saying good things about it.
Unless you've been living under a rock (or hiding inside the nearby Clem 7 steam tower) for the last few months, you'll know that Woolloongabba is the talk of this town for all the right reasons.
The French Kissers
France's answer to American Pie- Tarte Française, perhaps? - is adorable, excruciating fun, with a much more edgy indie feel than its trans-Atlantic counterpart. Director Riad Sattouf is a comic-book illustrator whose best-known work is The Secret Life of Youth, and his debut film's original French title was Beautiful Kids.
Les Cahiers Purple
‘Niche' magazines generally refer to topic-specific titles about cars, interiors, fashion, pets, helicopters, or pets flying helicopters in amazing fashion. This kind of niche is for people that know what they want and don't want to have to look too hard to find it.
Then, thankfully, there is the other kind of niche publication, like Les Cahiers Purple, which is much harder to find and is about an approach to content and not just the content itself.
Two
Let's face it - there are electronic performers out there who are just... so damn cool Daft Punk won't touch them. Ever since establishing herself (along with Michel Amato, aka The Hacker) at the front of the electroclash guard with 2001's First Album and Felix Da Housekat collaborations, both Miss Kittin (nee Caroline Herve)'s subsequent opuses - 2004's I Com and last year's brilliant Batbox - have been brimming with snappy electro beats, icily detached vocals and tongue-in-cheek lyrics and tunes like ‘Professional Distortion' and ‘Kittin Is High' were everything a synthpop fan could wish for.
Svensson (FRA)
What:
Svensson (FRA)
Where:
The Step Inn, 186 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley
When:
Thu Apr 2 from 8pm
How much:
$10 on the door
Description:
Southeast Queensland has been recently undergoing a French artist invasion of sorts, with M83 and The Dø having both performed at the V Festival on the weekend and at The Zoo this week (where they ruled). This time it's the turn of fellow Francophones Svensson, who bring their brand of sonorous, violin-led folk-rock to The Step Inn this Thursday, with support coming from Brisbane's own moody electric folkers Mt Augustus and post-rock boy wonders Nikko.
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