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Concert Tue Apr 29 2008
French Electropop in Logan Square
French pop music that makes its way to America often has an electronic tint to it, with Daft Punk and Justice representing the most recent success. Tonight, francophiles can see another example of how the french do it better with 25 year-old Yelle performing in Logan Square. Yelle is a MySpace product that got her break back in 2005 when she posted a song poking fun at the lack of fun poking she got from Cuizinier, a member of the French hip-hop group TTC. When that song made the rounds, she teamed up with producer GrandMarnier to polish her tribute to Cuizinier and complete a debut album. Out of that collaboration came Pop-Up, a testament of the Tecktonika scene featuring singles "À cause des Garçons," which has been featured in everything from video games and runway shows to an episode of The Hills, and the insanely catchy despite the language barrier "Je Veux Te Voir," which appeared in an episode of Entourage and made the top five singles chart in France.
Despite her success in France, Yelle has only received praise in the US from bloggers and the aforementioned media crossovers. Not to worry, fans of jumping and flailing about will soon be hip to her when she expands her tour to more than the few cities she has scheduled in the new world. She played Coachella over the weekend, but so did a lot of other people, so maybe she knows tonight is an important night in her effort to win over America's heartland.
Yelle plays the Logan Square Auditorium tonight (2539 N. Kedzie 773.252.6179), not as previously thought at The Mansion, at 8pm. You can get tickets here. Codebreaker opens.
