La Plage du Glazart

Another great summer outdoor program, La Plage du Glazart is a leafy outdoor venue, with sand underfoot!, near the périph, boasting a great international line-up of gigs and DJs, with the season highlight probably being George Clinton & Funkadelic/Parliament performing on Wed 4 Aug. Buy your tickets at the Fnac, or on the door. [...]

Apple Store Opéra

A second Apple Store opened on Saturday, two steps from Opéra, 18 months after the brand’s first Paris store opened in the Carroussel du Louvre in Nov 2009. A larger space, the new Apple Store is located in a former bank and spreads out over 3 floors and 1,200 m2.
12 rue Halévy, 9th.
www.apple.com/fr/

New Prince album free in this week’s Courrier International

France gets the world exclusive on Prince’s 27th studio album this week. The weekly international news mag Courrier International will include the new 10 track album 20ten for free in its 8 July edition this Thursday. From 10 July, the rest of Europe will get access to the album in the same original manner, with [...]

La Bazarette Fooding and Days Off

This summer, Le Fooding is taking a producer market around France to feed the hordes at a couple of the summer’s best music festivals. First stop, Paris, tomorrow!, for the new festival Days Off. There’ll be an acoustic gig from excellent local act Lilly Wood and the Prick, plus graphic design duo Change is Good [...]

Crazy Horse by Arty Dandy

Our favourite arty knick-knack store Arty Dandy is setting up shop inside the Crazy Horse, which since the appointment of choreographer heavyweight Philippe Découflé, continues building its artistic credibility. Arty Dandy will be bringing their astute selection of designer objets to the cabaret,  as well as developing a selection of sexy pieces branded Crazy Horse [...]

‘Add Suv’ clip from Uffie album ‘Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans’

Everyone’s talking about Uffie’s first album, released this week on Ed Banger, and featuring the talents of a bunch of top electro producers: Feadz, Mr. Oizo, Mirwais, SebastiAn, J-Mat. The clip for this single ‘Add Suv’ is by Nathalie Canguilhem and features a guest appearance from Pharrell Williams.
www.uffie.tv

The Batofar, restaurant and plage

The Batofar – aka the floating institute of good times – got an overhaul late last year and is looking better than ever. The renovated space now includes a quality restaurant serving a short menu in the evening of simple, flavoursome dishes by Romuald Sanfourche (Aubrac steak with home-made chips, 18€; fillet of bream with [...]

Eurostar Records Launch

Eurostar launched a record label Eurostar Records last night with a showcase of their first signings at the recently overhauled club the Bus Palladium. (Brands come to the rescue of the music industry.) The up-for-it crowd discovered 3 London bands: Fiction and their arty multi-instrumentalism; Man Like Me and their energetic hybrid sound kinda like [...]

Le Renard restaurant karaoke

A new, unique late-night spot has just opened in Paris, down the street from the Centre Pompidou. Occupying a former art deco cabaret, Le Renard is an upscale restaurant-karaoke! serving Asian cuisine, and open till 4am! Find them on Facebook.
Open Tue-Sat, 8.30pm-4am.

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© Franklin Azzi Architecture

© Franklin Azzi Architecture

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