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Hushpuppies
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October 27, 21:00
B2 Club 
 French indie rock combo Hushpuppies originally started out as Likyds, a locally known group that bandmembers Olivier Jourdan (vocals), Cyrille Sudreaud (guitars, backing vocals), Wilfried Jourdan (keyboards), and Jean Pompidor (drums). The band originated in Perpignan, a nice and sunny town in southern France and also a Mecca for the sound of the sixties and the Mod culture in France. The four members of the group belonged to a circuit of garage bands touring all over the southern regions of France and being praised by the regional press and the increasing number of their fans. Their hit record "Marbu Dorada" is an example of the group's original style- a mixture of 60's garage and psychedelic sounds. In the early 2000s the kids moved to Paris, where they were joined by an old friend, Guillame Le Guen, who the band referred to as "the best bass player in Bordeaux" - and thus Hushpuppies were born.
 Equally fascinated by the wild unpredictability of punk rock, angular melancholy of post-punk, hypnotic precision of Krautrock, and plain good old noise-making of rock music in general, Hushpuppies allied themselves with singer and musician Benjamin Diamond, who is better known as the performer of Stardust's "Music Sounds Better with You," a big European dance hit of 1998, was also conveniently the owner of the independent label Diamondtraxx. The label issued their debut record, "The Trap", in 2005; it was released in more then 20 countries and became an independent hit in France, selling more than 20,000 copies. In support of the record, Hushpuppies played more than 100 gigs all across Europe, as well as in Russia and Japan. Their sophomore record, "Silence Is Golden", recorded with producer Peter Deimel was released in 2007 and preceded by the single "I Want My Kate Moss". In 2011 on releasing their latest album titled “The Bipolar Drift” which immediately conquered the tops of the French charts, the band set off on a world tour. More info
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