Unplugged | – |
Cover band | – |
Members | – |
May / 2016 | • | Novomax | Le Novomax, Quimper, FR | |||
May / 2016 | • | Les 4 Écluses | Dunkerque, France | |||
Dec / 2014 | • | La Blogotheque New Year’s Eve | Paris, France | |||
Jun / 2014 | • | Aucard de Tours Festival | Tours, France | |||
May / 2014 | • | Bananada Festival | Goiania, Brasil | |||
May / 2014 | • | Teatro Vorterix | Teatro Vorterix, Buenos Aires City, AR | |||
Jul / 2013 | • | Madame Moustache | Brussels, Belgium | |||
Jun / 2013 | • | Rondavelle | Saint Leu, Reunion-Island | |||
May / 2013 | • | Residencia | Valencia, Spain | |||
May / 2013 | • | Dalverme | Roma, Italy | |||
May / 2013 | • | Queen Kong Club | Neuchatel, Switzerland | |||
May / 2013 | • | Blah Blah | Torino, Italy | |||
Apr / 2013 | • | Faena | Madrid, Spain | |||
Apr / 2013 | • | Mogambo | San Sebastian, Spain | |||
Apr / 2013 | • | Sonic | Lyon, France | |||
Apr / 2013 | • | Northern Lights Lounge | Northern Lights Lounge, Detroit, US | |||
Apr / 2013 | • | Under The Couch | Atlanta, USA | |||
Apr / 2013 | • | Club K | Baltimore, USA | |||
Apr / 2013 | • | Comet Ping Pong | Comet Ping Pong, Washington, US | |||
Apr / 2013 | • | Conundrum Music Hall | West Columbia, USA | |||
Apr / 2013 | • | Secret Project Robot | Secret Project Robot, New York, US | |||
Mar / 2013 | • | Schlafly Tap Room | Saint-Louis, USA | |||
Mar / 2013 | • | Garden Of Miracles | Chicago, USA | |||
Mar / 2013 | • | Hexagon | Minneapolis, USA | |||
Jun / 2012 | • | Mod Club | Saint-Pertersburg, Russia | |||
Jun / 2012 | • | Museon Park | Moscow, Russia | |||
May / 2012 | • | Hafenklang | Hamburg, Germany | |||
May / 2012 | • | T-Keller | Gottingen, Germany | |||
May / 2012 | • | Chameleon | Nottingham, UK | |||
May / 2012 | • | Mello Mello | Liverpool, UK | |||
May / 2012 | • | Night and Day | Manchester, UK | |||
May / 2012 | • | Bloc | Glasgow, UK | |||
Apr / 2012 | • | Poste à Galène | Marseille, France | |||
Jan / 2012 | • | Casino de Paris | Paris, France | |||
Jun / 2011 | • | Zhuankou Sport Centre | Wuhan, China | |||
Jun / 2011 | • | Yugong Yishan | Yugong Yishan, Beijing, CN | |||
Oct / 2010 | • | Koko | KOKO London, London, GB | |||
Apr / 2010 | • | Lades | Copenhagen, Denmark | |||
Apr / 2010 | • | Schokoladen | Schokoladen Mitte, Berlin, DE | |||
Apr / 2010 | • | Falanster | Wroclaw, Poland | |||
Apr / 2010 | • | Chapeau Rouge | Praha, Czech Republic | |||
Apr / 2010 | • | AKC Medika | Zagreb, Croatia | |||
Apr / 2010 | • | Cultural Center Grad | Belgrade, Serbia | |||
Apr / 2010 | • | Fluc | Vienna, Austria | |||
Mar / 2010 | • | SXSW Festival | Austin, USA | |||
Mar / 2010 | • | Empty Bottle | The Empty Bottle, Chicago, US | |||
Mar / 2010 | • | Rancho Relaxo | Toronto, Canada | |||
Dec / 2009 | • | Logo | Shanghai, China | |||
Dec / 2009 | • | Yugong Yishan | Yugong Yishan, Beijing, CN | |||
Nov / 2009 | • | Era | Tokyo, Japan | |||
Nov / 2009 | • | Shelter | Tokyo, Japan | |||
Nov / 2009 | • | Sunsui | Osaka, Japan | |||
Nov / 2009 | • | Hidden Agenda | Hong-Kong, China | |||
May / 2009 | • | Patronaat | Amsterdam, Netherlands | |||
May / 2008 | • | All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival, curated by Explosions In The Sky | Minehead, UK |
Label / Release | Type | Year | |
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Collectif Effervescence | |||
‘The Beginning And End Of Now’ | Album | 2008 | |
'Papier Tigre' | Album | 2007 |
Murailles Music / Africantape | |||
'Recreation' | Album | 2012 |
Africantape / Sickroom Records | |||
Untitled | EP | 2013 |
Function Records (UK) / Murailles Music (France) | |||
'The Screw' | Album | 2016 |
Their music is firmly entrenched in the tradition of inventive and challenging rock music (think Minutemen, This Heat). They are constantly pushing the limits of their unusual line-up (drums, two guitars, vocals, percussion) when they are not playing with La Colonie de Vacances and numerous other projects (Room 204, The patriotic sunday, Al Von Stramm, Seilman Bellinsky).
On their new album « The screw », the band has matured into devastatingly efficient unit, with instruments and ideas bouncing off each other in and audible culture of creativity. The 9 songs are an impressive account of PAPIER TIGRE’s ability to balance different atmospheres, original rhythmic patterns, minimalist melodic lines and distinctive vocal hooks. They understand that a song being intelligent and complex need not exclude it from having a raw, danceable energy.
If you have heard them before, the band you will come back to is now a cacophonous tour de force: wilder, avidly literate; fiercely melodic, yet eagerly restrained. If you haven’t heard them, here's your chance. They probably will be the best thing you’ve never heard !