Music For Ants — Francisco The Man play a type of sunny, post-punk guitar rock that’s all been all but absent from the indie rock scene since the early/mid-2000′s when bands like French Kicks, Rogue Wave, Snowden and SOUND Team were all the rage. The Los Angeles-... more info

Impose Magazine — August 31, 2002 @ the parking lot of 151 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY With: Lightning Bolt, Forcefield, !!!, Les Savy Fav, The French Kicks, Creme Blush, Natural History, Tyondai Braxton, The Holy Childhood, Televised Execution, Split Me Wide Open, Chees... more info

melophobe — Year end lists don’t come free, just ask our contributors. Sure, we look like a unified front in public, but getting to that place of collective agreement can be a hard road. Especially in a year like this, where the number of great albums far exce... more info

The Yellow Stereo — For those in Utah, the Twilight Concert Series for this coming summer has been announced, and the line-up is great. The venue has moved to Pioneer Park, which will mean more space (which was getting necessary as the acts playing these concerts have b... more info

Rock Sellout — The new album from Brooklyn-based trio The Jaguar Club is titled And We Wake Up Slowly and will be released on September 1st. The debut full-length was recorded at Marcarta Recordings with Kevin McMahon (The Walkmen, French Kicks, Die Die Die, Fright... more info

Rawkblog — A gem from the French Kicks’ undersung Swimming, an album that will certainly be on my 2008 Albums of the Year list if I ever get around to finishing it. (Odds on that: 3:1). More bands should play surrounded by colored paper streamers — if only ... more info

Pasta Primavera — Here in Baltimore don’t miss a fab night at the Zodiac with No Rule: Scottie B and Cullen Stalin.  Or for a completely different kind of evening you could head over to Rams Head Live to see the B-52s.  Down in DC DC9 has a good one with Frenc... more info

Rawkblog — The Beatles (!) and Phoenix dropped new tunes; I re-posted Elliott Smith’s complete live covers, hopefully for the last time. I saw and shot The Broken West, the French Kicks (pictured) and the One AM Radio, who told me some news about his forthcom... more info

Rawkblog — All photos by David Greenwald For better or wose, I’ve always considered the French Kicks indie rock also-rans, yet another early-aughts New York guitar act as identifiable as Dr. Phil at a mustache convention. Apparently I’ve been in the minorit... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sharon Jones @ the Beacon Theater last year (more) today in NYC * DANCE * Fashion Week * Easy Action @ Rehab * Lemonade @ the Shank * French Kicks @ Maxwell's * Paul Simon @ Beacon Theater * some... more info