Smile, by Wolf Alice
Difficult to choose a single song to highlight on an album as successful as Blue Weekend. Catchy and nervous, Smile However, offers an excellent look at a collection of songs that casts a wide net while maintaining impeccable cohesion, confirming Ellie Rowsell and her band’s place at the top of British rock.
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Blue Weekend, by Wolf Alice
Chivalry Is Not Dead, by Hiatus Kaiyote
With his album Mood Valiant, Hiatus Kaiyote continues to redefine the limits of future soul. Inventive, sometimes experimental, but always supported by an irresistible groove, the songs of the Australian quartet have been sampled repeatedly by hip-hop artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Anderson .Paak, Chance the Rapper, Beyoncé and Jay-Z .
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Mood Valiant, by Hiatus Kaiyote
Born for One Thing, from Gojira
Thanks to Fortitude, the French group is asserting itself more than ever as one of the pillars of contemporary metal. From the outset, Born for One Thing shows all the unifying power of the quartet led by brothers Joe and Mario Duplantier, which for the first time allowed it to reach the top of the rock charts of Billboard.
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Fortitude, from Gojira
Aureole, of zouz
Stylish and dancing, Aureole shows the frostier side of zouz, which also offers on his first album, Dizziness, some much more biting pieces. However, from one piece to another, the young Montreal trio dares unorthodox and progressive formulas, while anchoring the whole to catchy and superbly tied melodies.
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Dizziness, of zouz
Typhoons, from Royal Blood
We can blame the British duo for relying on an agreed formula, but still knows how to lay irresistible rock hits. This is once again the case with Typhoons, an album that is both heavy and dancing, thanks to the funk and disco accents of Mike Kerr’s bass and Ben Thatcher’s drums.
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Typhoons, from Royal Blood
4 Ed Maten, by Delgres
What a great discovery that this improbable French trio who whips with their simply delightful Creole hard blues. 4 Ed Maten opens the ball in force, but the whole album keeps pace, with a warmth which is sometimes inspired by Guadeloupe, sometimes by Mississippi. With sub-bassophone as a bonus.
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4 Ed Maten, by Delgres
Tectonics, by Jorane
Highlight a single track from the album Hemenetset is counterintuitive for such an organic work. However, this is the best way to approach this 10e studio album by the singer-songwriter, a daring sound canvas developed over the past six years which nevertheless allows Jorane to be found with joy.
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Hemenetset, by Jorane