New Yelle single

Just sound, no video. But still. Album’s out later this month, and is produced by Dr Luke, the genius (well, according to some) behind hits of Katy Perry, Pink and Britney Spears. A thing that makes you go hmmm, hmmm?

Noémie

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Noémie (no, not the singer of Hooverphonic) has it all: a sensual, husky voice not unlike that of Emilie Simon (listen to that little hiccup!), top-collaborators (Adrienne Pauly, Luce, Christophe, The Shoes’ Benjamin Lebeau) and a video with images from the movie L’Effrontée starring a young Charlotte Gainsbourg. Her EP’s out now, an album will be released later this year. Enchantée.

Vanessa Contenay-Quinones

A new album’s coming up by one of the most gorgeous neo-yeye chanteuses, Vanessa Contenay-Quinones. The first single is a winner: fuzz guitars, tambourines, phat drums and that husky voice of V. Listen:

Want more? In the coming days, new tracks are posted on Vanessa’s Soundcloud.

Banda Magda

a0006192612_10They’re from New York, New York but they have Greek, Japanese and Argentinian roots. Magda Giannikou is the lead singer (hence ‘Banda Magda’) and they play colourful, upbeat music with Greek, Brasilian and French influences. A new album is about to be released, with this easy-on-the-ears track already listen- and downloadable:

New Brigitte video

Duo Brigitte is back! New album in November, this is the first single:

Clara Yucatan

New kid(s) on the block: Clara Yucatan. From the homepage: ‘Clara Yucatan, c’est une fille, son frère et un chauve qui sourit/Clara Yucatan, c’est une voix, du groove et des claviers rafraîchissants.’ Well put. They released two EPs and an album in their three years of existence, quite impressive. This single does have nice claviers and a cool groove:

Also pretty nice, their L’Amour a la Plage cover:

Listen to more tracks on Soundcloud