Belgian singer Anaïs MVA has another tender beauty to share!
Ooh la la, Francoiz is spoiling us with yet another brilliant single, one with some heavy Stereolab vibes. An ode to spring, if I’m understanding it correctly. On her Facebook, she says about this track: ‘Joy joy joy of the sprouts, of the strength of the root under the bitumen. May the spring give us strength!’
Beautiful, heartfelt, intense new ballad by Leslie Medina:
Project Gemini = producer Paul Osborne. First album The Children of Scorpio (2022) is a dazzling world of folk rock, psych soundtracks and hazy cinematic funk.
On his upcoming second album, two tracks are blessed by the sultry, smokey French vocals of Wendy Martinez, ‘Extra Nuit’ and ‘Entre chien et loup’. The former echoes Paul’s love of classic French psych-pop from the late ’60s and early ’70s and artists such as Laurance Vanay, Calcium, Leonie, and Serge Gainsbourg. You can hear the Serge-reference immediatly in that fat, plopping bass-sound. Love this a lot. (Wendy was featured here before, see?)
Funny video, exciting pop song. Cool combo:
Second album by Utrecht-based, Dutch retro-duo Donna Blue. In the new songs (in French and English) you still hear ye-ye and sweet 60s pop (Nancy & Lee), but in this interview (in Dutch) they say jazz, more specific bossa jazz (Laurindo Almeida, who made a FANTASTIC album with Stan Getz in 1966, one of my all time favorite records) is an influence. Not that much in the two French songs, of which the dreamy ‘Mains de l’amour’ a real gem.
Second feature on French duo Barbara Rivage (Roxane Argouin, Vivien Tacinelli). The debut album ‘Tout sera beau’ is out, and it’s a cool one. Fresh, bit dark, danceable. I hear Les Rita Mitsouko as much as Françoise Hardy (as Clara Luciani, with lesser disco input), but these two aren’t copycats, no sir. Love Roxane’s low voice, the funky basslines, the electronics. Two examples of their greatness:
Canadian duo Bibi Club are on my radar for quite some time, but oddly enough, I never posted about their upbeat indiepop on this blog. The duo formed by Adèle Trottier-Rivard and Nicolas Basque, they can be tender, emotional and very very joyous. It’s modern day pop music, with electronics, guitars, beats.
New single:
Francoiz never fails. So many features already, all good. This GORGEOUS new single is such a gem: