The lovely Tess, proud to call her my friend, released a new single. She’s a gorgeous singer who keeps the old style (with new insights, I must add) chanson very much alive.

The lovely French-Canadian Laurence-Anne made a diamond of a new single:

The queen has returned.

Spotify says the bandname is Sahara Pop, on their site they just say Sahara. Either way, Jeremy and Blondine are a very interesting new duo, making sunny, synthesized bossa nova pop, and more electronica driven, darker songs.

Been raving about this Canadian singer for a while now. Her first album is out, and it’s a beauty. Her sunny, psychedelic view on 60s French YeYe is very catchy.

Lots of 80s vibes in this one (a long video, film noir and comedy), referring to Les Rita Mitsouko, Allez Allez and 80s disco. Melody Walter is the singer, Thomas Defaux on guitar.

Earlier, they made a spacey cover of a David Bowie classic:

She’s 14 years old, she’s from Paris and she makes electronic music that’s not unlike early Yelle songs. Hiphop-influenced, TikTok-friendly. Great.

80s flavoured synthipop (think Lio, think Niagara) never lost its attraction. This is new:

Soleil Blue = Lou Lesage & Arthur Jacquin. Lou was mentioned on this blog ten years ago, when her first (English) album came out. Somehow, we seem to have missed Soleil Bleu. All their singles are great. Sexy synthi-duets. This is the most recent one:

Lost track of Pauline, but this groove heavy track fits her characteristic breathy voice very well