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ANNA - MAY'May', Anna's third album, follows the path that Martin Vidy initiated with his two previous records. Recorded entirely on tape, using various instruments laying around his bedroom, Anna's songs explore intimate pop, acid folk and lo-fi garage with continued ingenuity. |
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AVIONS - AVIONSAvions made their comeback in 2020 with '5 For Nacho,' three years after the album 'Loner.' Today, the trio signs its return with an album on Howlin' Banana. Despite the distance (the members are based in Paris and Lyon) and two years of Covid which have only strengthened ... read more » |
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BASTON - LA MARTYREAfter their debut album 'Primates', released in 2019, Baston presents their follow-up 'La Martyre'. The titles of the eight songs all refer to nightclubs in northern Finistère in Brittany, France. Far from the sunny garage pop debut, Baston continues to dig the ... read more » |
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BASTON - LA MARTYREAfter their debut album 'Primates', released in 2019, Baston presents their follow-up 'La Martyre'. The titles of the eight songs all refer to nightclubs in northern Finistère in Brittany, France. Far from the sunny garage pop debut, Baston continues to dig the ... read more » |
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BLONDI'S SALVATION - WISDOM WHISPERThe second full-length by Blondi's Salvation. Psych-folk from Nantes, France. |
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BLONDI'S SALVATION - WISDOM WHISPERThe second full-length by Blondi's Salvation. Psych-folk from Nantes, France. |
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BOOTCHY TEMPLE - CHILDISH BAZARThe second album by this French dream pop band features the same melancholic vibe as its previous record. However, this time there's a more a poppy twist, mainly influenced by the Paisley bands, the Flying Nun Records' catalogue and '90s indie Pop. As a result, 'Childish ... read more » |
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BOOTCHY TEMPLE - GLIMPSESBootchy Temple was formed in Bordeaux in 2012, inspired by US indie band from the '90s (Beat Happening, Yo La Tengo). This third album 'Glipses' comes after many jam sessies, unfinished songs, re-worked demos, moments of improvisations, selecting the songs and putting the ... read more » |
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BRACE! BRACE! - BRACE! BRACE!The debut album from this French band. Their 'weird pop' has influences from Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Metronomy to Blur and Dinosaur Jr. Fine songwriting has been combined with a good sense of disorder. |
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BRACE! BRACE! - CONTROLLED WEIRDNESS (10")Fluctuating between the fuzzy fragmented garage powering through Ty Segall's work ('Slow'), and a Mac Demarco-like laid-back psychedelic sound ('It's Okay'), Brace! Brace! builds -aerial- bridges between the cardinal points of contemporary electric music. A combination of ... read more » |
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CATHEDRALE - FACING DEATHAfter their release of their debut album, and a tour which even brought them to Russia, Cathedrale is back with their second album 'Facing Death'. The band from Toulouse is known for their catchy songs, which reminds of The Jam. The band definitively got their place in the ... read more » |
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COMBOMATIX - CHINESE SONGS FOR BAD BOYS2016 album by these French garage punkers. For fans of Oblivians, Magnetix and Gories. |
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COSMOPAARK - AND I CAN'T BREATHE ENOUGHBordeaux shoegaze band Cosmopaark likes to contrast introverted pop with massive walls of sound. Cradled by the Anglo-Saxon scene of the '90s (My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive), the group emerges with the facet of the current scene (DIIV, Froth). The group's first EP ... read more » |
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DOUBLE DATE WITH DEATH - L'AU-DELAFounded in Montreal in 2014, in full boom of the Californian garage scene, Double Date With Death took its first steps by their garage-punk, inspired by John Dwyer and Ty Segall. They began writing in English, but soon switched over to French lyrics. On this album, recorded ... read more » |
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EGGS - EGGS (10")Formed by members from other Parisian bands (Bootchy Temple, Joujou Jaguar), EggS releases its debut 10" EP. The four tracks featured here, recorded by Guillaume Siracusa, are a love letter to '80s and '90s indie pop. This will appeal to fans of Sarah Records, ... read more » |
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FOGGY TAPES - COGITO ERGO FOGActive since 2015, the Toulouse quartet Foggy Tapes brings sweet pop-garage, accompanied by crystal bright guitars, a lo-fi touch, a generous analogue cassette echo and vocal harmonies. Before they booked rehearsal studios, they perfected their three-voice vocal harmonies, ... read more » |
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HOORSEES - A SUPERIOR ATHLETEParisian indie rock quartet Hoorsees releases their second album 'A Superior Athlete.' The album paints a picture of the time spent since the release of their self-titled debut album in 2019. Of years spent in lockdown and rediscovering era-defining records to obtain fresh ... read more » |
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HOORSEES - A SUPERIOR ATHLETEParisian indie rock quartet Hoorsees releases their second album 'A Superior Athlete.' The album paints a picture of the time spent since the release of their self-titled debut album in 2019. Of years spent in lockdown and rediscovering era-defining records to obtain fresh ... read more » |
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HOORSEES - HOORSEESThe Hoorsees present and album with fine, well-crafted garage rock songs. A very 80's post-punk touch, guitars drenched in chorus and a bass which sometimes reminds of Peter Hook in his New Order days. |
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JOHNNY MAFIA - SENTIMENTALOn 'Sentimental', the French rockers of Johnny Mafia are moving a little further away from the garage rock from their early stages, as can be heard on the single 'I'm Sentimental', presenting a rounder, cleaner and more punchy sound. The album has clearly been inspired by ... read more » |
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KAVIAR SPECIAL - VORTEXThe third full-length delivery by this French garage-band, adding psychedelic flashes and sweet bits of bubblegum stickiness to the mix. |
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MADCAPS - HOT SAUCEThe Madcaps, hailing from Rennes, France, is a band that's obsessed with garage-laden, surfy sounding rock that harkens back to 'The Kinks', but with a modern kick of 'Shannon And The Clams' and a bit of 'Hinds'. Whatever they are, they're laid-back, poppy and usually full ... read more » |
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MADCAPS - MADCAPSRepress! The Madcaps, from Rennes, in western France, are pedlars of fast-paced adolescent punk, held together with tight beats and wrapped up in fuzzy guitar. Here the full-blown debut album, set to unveil a little more of their clear penchant for American garage, and the ... read more » |
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MADCAPS - MADCAPS EPLimited edition of 300 copies on yellow vinyl. The Madcaps are a brand new garage-pop band hailing from Rennes, France, featuring members of other local bands Les Spadassins, Kaviar Special and Catfight. Much like The Frowning Clouds, Allah Las or the early Black Lips, The ... read more » |
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MADCAPS - SLOW DOWNThe Madcaps continue to gouge out their own particular rock and roll groove while leaving behind the adolescent garage of their beginnings. The pop melodies are still there, but the songs are more stripped down and spacious, leaving room for horns, piano, organs, congas and ... read more » |
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