Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In 2004, a young woman named Mélanie Pain inadvertently found herself fronting a French concept band with the oddball idea of ...

There may not be a more aptly titled band in pop music at the moment than Nouvelle Vague. In French, the moniker means “new wave.” In Portuguese, the title translates to “bossa nova.” Combined, these ...

Bossa Nova = Nouvelle Vague = New Wave. This transliteration was the starting point for Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux’s unique project, which, by appropriating the punk and post-punk cannon and ...

Now [Nouvelle Vague] (comprised of Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux) has gone for something even more improbable. For “3,” they take songs created by everyone from the synthy Soft Cell to the ...

Chrissie Hynde has been quite active recently. In the past two years, the lead singer and leader of (whoever she decides are currently) the Pretenders released her first solo album, “Stockholm,” and ...

A sugary sweet cover of a snarling punk anthem is by no means a new concept. But Nouvelle Vague‘s version of the Dead Kennedys‘ “Too Drunk to Fuck” is anything but your run-of-the-mill makeover. Upon ...

The veteran French cover band Nouvelle Vague have announced their first full-length album since 2016. It’s called Should I Stay Or Should I Go? and is dropping in February. Along with today’s ...

On record, Nouvelle Vague feels like a lazy sunny day. Light and breezy covers of songs that – with the band’s trademark Brazilian bossa nova filter – make the perfect summer soundtrack. But the ...

Nouvelle Vague’s “I Could Be Happy” adds the novelty of self-written tunes to the band’s usual relaxed covers from superior rock and pop catalogues. Songs from The Ramones, The Cure and others get ...

Nouvelle Vague the renowned bossa nova project founded by Marc Collin, a skilled musician, composer, and producer along with the late Olivier Libaux (Les Objets and Uncovered QOTSA), announce their ...

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