Mon Côté Punk
(Mon Cote Punk)
Formed in 2003, Mon Côté Punk usurps its name in form, borrowing from a wide
musical palette, but not in the spirit of its protagonists Mourad Musset,
Olivier Leite, Fathi Oulhaci and Loïc Lantoine, who hail from French alternative
rock. Turning to jazz, Balkan music, flamenco, raï and musette, the group
enhanced its songs with committed lyrics on the self-produced EPs of the early
days and the albums Anawah (2007) and Le Passeport (2011), separated by a live
album(Mon Côté Punk Live, 2009). Six years pass before they return to the studio
for the album Picaflor (2017), whose vari...
