Serge Gainsbourg Night 2012

Francophones and chanson devotees gather on Sunday evening for a tribute to the late Serge Gainsbourg, whose legacy of pop perfection and drunken lechery still endures over two decades after his death. The lineup ranges from insufferably bland pop singers like Elect-Link to acts who better capture the demented energy that animated Gainsbourg's best recordings; look out in particular for astral gypsy-troubadour Katan Hiviya and a collaboration between Japanese Brigitte Bardot impersonator Baguette Bardot and unhinged jazz ensemble Hihokan.