Music [Monocle]

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Rob Bound dons his wellies for a music festival of thoroughly Swiss fare. Monocle checks out how Swiss/French quarter achieves its eclectic music line up and mellow atmosphere. 12.08.11

Despite years of turbulence between Taiwan and China, this island's pop culture leaves the mainland standing. 27.03.09

A band that share a few of Monocle’s own city-centric obsessions, St Etienne have mined the rainy pavements, smoky cafés and sweaty nightclubs of London to tell cinematic stories of life, love and iconic architecture. 13.10.08

Not all rock festivals involve fans having to live in conditions that the UNHCR would deem unfit for human habitation. Japan's annual Fuji Rock Festival is a pop event with a difference. 24.08.07

Just when you thought all the fun and sugar had been stripped from the pop video along comes 'Summer Time Love' from m-flo's new album 'Cosmicolor'. 18.04.07

Music videos from Kuntzel+Deygas, featuring St Germain, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Bertrand Burgalat and Dmitri from Paris. 15.03.07

CULTURE BRIEFING

Art market

This month, Sotheby's will host its inaugural auction of Turkish Contemporary Art in London. In the mid-1990s, Sotheby's tried a handful of Turkish art sales.

CULTURE REPORT

Friends eclectic - Los Angeles

LA’s KCRW sounds like the future of radio.

MY WORKING LIFE

Going solo - Paris

Frida Hyvönen is a singer-songwriter with an intimate understanding of the grand piano and the great outdoors. Monocle went backstage with the Swedish chanteuse in Paris as she prepared to play songs from her new record, 'Silence is Wild'.