{Nouvelle Vague plays at the King Cat Theater on Thursday, February 4 with Backnbloom; all ages.}

Playing other people’s music is always a risky venture, to be sure. You’re playing music that is (usually) familiar but the comparison to the original composition is always there and can often be unfavorable. With French band Nouvelle Vague, they rearrange songs from punk, post-punk and new wave eras to often bossa nova pop to the point where only the lyrics remain recognizable. Not coincidentally, “Nouvelle Vague” translates from French to English as “new wave” and to Portuguese as “bossa nova”.

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See what's in the stars -- and the record stores -- for you for June 2006, featuring reviews of the latest releases from the Court & Spark, Nouvelle Vague, Conner, the Village Green, CSS, and more.

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We saw some great shows, and we have loads of great shows to tell you about, including Augustus Sweetheart, Izabelle, Nouvelle Vague, and loads more.

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Do you remember meeting the first person who loved the Cure as much as you did? Can you image that same feeling, occurring again twenty years later?

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See what's in the stars -- and the record stores -- for you for August 2005, including reviews from Suffering and the Hideous Thieves, Jim White, Swimmers, Broken Spindles, the Black Halos, and more.

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