Les Fossoyeurs

“C’est Tranquile” by Les Fossoyeurs, from Live à Springfield, Missouri:

Unlike, say, the combination of wet hair and lipstick or pre-9 1/2 Weeks Mickey Rourke, Les Fossoyeurs‘ beer-sloshing pub rock possesses no sense of je ne sais quoi. When the Parisian seven-piece digs its horns and axes into an eclectic live set of punk, ska, blues and rock laced with traditional French forms such as chanson and musette (i.e., naughty clarinet music), onlookers know exactly quoi the fuck is up.