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Les Colocs (The Roommates) were a Quebec rock band formed in Montreal in 1990 by singer-songwriter André "Dédé" Fortin. Known for their energetic performances and eclectic fusion of musical styles, they blended rock with folk, swing, blues, and world music. Their lyrics, written in Quebec French, addressed social themes such as poverty, homelessness, HIV/AIDS, and consumerism while maintaining a lighthearted and humorous public image, which contributed to their widespread appeal.
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Quebec single-handedly keeping the Canadian entries interesting. Like hmmmmm do I want more identical fucking emo post-punk and slow alt-rock out of Toronto? No, I do not. I want something like this, that's actually trying to do interesting stylistic work, getting adventurous with things.
Terrific listen! I spent a lot of time in Montreal in years past and loved hearing some Quebeçois music. Lost of interesting things happen in that music scene. Glad to have had the chance to hear something that would not normally have been heard in my neck of the woods.
Dehors Novembre is the second studio album of Quebec rock band Les Colocs. I don't know why it is also mentioned as Senegalese music as it does not sound in any way related music from that country (Baaba Maal, Youssou N'Dour, Touré Kunda or Orchestra Baobab). It is a much Senegalese sounding music as hiphop artist MC Solaar. This band is more inspired by 1990s world music alternative rock bands like Les Négresses Vertes and Mano Negra. Roots, blues, gypsy and reggae combined to get an organic music mix. In that genre this is a nice album.
I enjoyed this a lot. Good music transcends language. Now I hope I don’t find out it’s super racist or something 😂
Before reading Wikipedia article: "What a fun funky album, not sure what he's saying but it's a vibe!" After reading Wikipedia article and doing some research: "...Oh."
This a bit of a weird album. It has some reggae, some blues, some rock. Some English, but mostly French. Quite fun though
Très québécois
Québécois “issues” music showing a mesmerizing repertoire of genres and instruments. Thanks for showing me this!
Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Belzebuth, Pissiomoins, Tout seul
3/5
Alternative rock, blues, swing revival, Senegalese music. Ni fu ni fa.
This is alright, interesting at times, forgettable at others. 3 stars.
Alternative rock, blues, swing revival, Senegalese music. Ni fu ni fa.
I knew this was Quebec music when they started singing. I've listened to a bunch of Quebecois music and enjoy it but this was just okay. I'm sure a good Quebecois band should be on here I just don't know which. My personal rating: 3/5 My rating relative to the list: 3/5 Should this have been included on the original list? No.
Fine
Ew French
At first I was angry because of the French but this album has a lot of fun styles across it that kept my attention
This was fine, pretty basic middle of the road alt rock.
It was ok
Montreal, Canadian Alt Rock Another album with no Wikipedia page... The album cover is nice, unique, interesting. The music is in French, so lyrics.... I have no idea, but the music is very nice to listen to. I enjoyed the album as a whole and would listen again. Rating: 3/5
Dehors Novembre is weird, obviously doesn't help that I don't speak Quebecois French but the style is all over the place too, sometimes it's indie, sometimes it's reggae-adjacent, sometimes it's vaudeville, sometimes it's radio pop, and I don't think it does any of it well. 2.
More strange Canadian indie/alt. This time in French.
Decent rock album, didn’t hate it but there wasn’t really anything that stood out enough for me to want to come back to it. Maybe some of the appeal is lost on me because I don’t speak French.
This is really 3rd rate puerile stuff. If it had been from 1980 you could say it was ahead of it's time but it's just copying a bundle of genres. Awful.