NRJ Rock

NRJ Rock is the loudest corner of French commercial radio, and it doesn't pretend otherwise. The playlist runs from Téléphone and Noir Désir through to Gojira's heavier end, with American and British rock padding out the hours in between. Mornings lean accessible: Foo Fighters, Muse, a bit of Indochine for the parents in the car. Later, the guitars get dirtier. That's the good stuff. There's a distinctly French thread running through it. Louise Attaque, Trust, Noir Désir again, the stuff that filled stadiums here in the '90s and still does. Presenters talk fast, joke often, and treat rock as s…