Each nomiya (drinking place) is vastly different to the next, themed to punk rock, French Nouvelle Vague cinema or old Nintendo video games.
Covering new wave and punk songs in a French-tinged, bossa nova-infused style, Nouvelle Vague takes classic songs to new places.
But it's the album's first song that best applies the sensuous nature of Nouvelle Vague to a song that benefits from the treatment.
Like many Nouvelle Vague reinventions, the lyric for "The Killing Moon" is delivered in a girlish deadpan, removing the song from its sad sentiments.
The term soon entered the critical lexicon, with the filmmakers of the French nouvelle vague (New Wave) proudly wearing it as a badge of honour.
The death of Rohmer will be particularly noted by the contemporary filmmakers who owe him -- and other members of "La Nouvelle Vague" -- a debt.
Losing the campy sound effects and adding a rich bossa nova touch, Nouvelle Vague makes "Master and Servant" more deeply sexy than Depeche Mode could have imagined.
Jaymay's move to the UK should build her already established anti-folk fan base since she will support Teddy Thompson, Nouvelle Vague and The Bird and The Bee on their respective UK tours.
La Jetee, named after the 1962 Chris Marker sci-fi film, is a gathering place for disciples of French cinema and the Nouvelle Vague movement, while at Bar Plastic Model, punters can wear Mario hats and play old Nintendo 64 video games.
There's never a wink and a nod to suggest that this might be a big joke though the Broadway-ready take on Billy Idol's "Dancing With Myself" on Nouvelle Vague's second album, Bande a Part, comes close to executing a full-on two-eyed blink.
Jones and her collaborators Jesse Harris and Lee Alexander carried out a clever vision, beating acts like Nouvelle Vague to the punch by several years: they collected standards by Hank Williams and Hoagy Carmichael, wrote new songs that bridged the gaps between the classics, and then recorded the results in a lounge-music style, almost as if they were covering themselves.
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