Eugene, from Arlo Parks
Centerpiece of Collapsed in Sunbeams, debut album by Arlo Parks, a young British sensation of barely 21, Eugene is a brit-pop pearl, with trip-hop and Radiohead accents. A declaration of love to a teenage friend, in a relationship with a certain Eugene. “You make him play albums that I showed you, you read Sylvia Plath to him,” she laments. I thought it was our thing. ”
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Collapsed in Sunbeams, from Arlo Parks
drivers license, by Olivia Rodrigo
Out of nowhere last January, Olivia Rodrigo caused a tidal wave on listening platforms with her first success, drivers license. Its catchy melody, its well-crafted lyrics and its crescendo, which culminates in a masterful musical bridge (we still haven’t recovered from “I still f ****** love you babe”), have made it a classic instantaneous. Pure pop genius.
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SOUR, by Olivia Rodrigo
Boca Chica, by Munya
We played it again and again, just to listen to the aerial voice of Saguenéenne Josie Boivin, which transports us as far as this galaxy from which the song’s Suzie greets us … But also for her pop tunes on a synthesizer that punctuate the verses and that we don’t even want to try to get out of our heads at the end of the day.
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Travel to Mars, by Munya
Move your thang, by Clay and Friends
This summer bomb is aptly named. Because every time she plays, we obey. It’s funk, soul, disco, hip-hop and, above all, irresistible. The kind of hit in power that makes you want to scream a hysterical “This is my toune! After two notes.
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Move your thang, by Clay and Friends
Nightflyer, Allison Russell
One of the great Montreal albums of the year came from a musician who lives and builds a career in Nashville. Outside Child, by Allison Russell, describes vividly (and a few passages in French) how this child from Montreal survived years of family violence to rebuild herself through music. We recognize our city in its sensitive poetry which names its wounds while remaining on the side of the light. A dive into her personal story that revealed her to the world: selected for the Grammy awards, her song Nightflyer is on Barack Obama’s year-end playlist.
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Outside Child, Allison Russell
I Don’t Live Here Anymore, by The War on Drugs
When departure becomes the only answer, how should we approach the last moments before leaving? With serenity, claims The War on Drugs on I Don’t Live Here Anymore. This song which brilliantly deals with the theme of resilience – we refer to the journey of migrants, but also to hearts in pain of love – becomes a powerful hymn whose musicality reminds us of Bob Dylan and … glam synth from the 1980s. A success in every way.
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I Don’t Live Here Anymore, by The War on Drugs
All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version), by Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift fans were pampered in 2021 with the re-release of two albums enhanced with unreleased tracks. First of all Fearless, in the spring, then Red which, when released in 2012, was our singer’s favorite opus. Among the 30 songs (!) Released in the fall, the long version ofAll Too Well stands. Melancholy, the song inspired by a love breakup experienced by Taylor Swift is, in our opinion, the ballad of the year.
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Red (Taylor’s Version), by Taylor Swift
I still hope that somewhere the waiting ends, by Lou-Adriane Cassidy
In less than two minutes, Lou-Adriane Cassidy sets fire to her old, gifted but rather wise designer clothes. Dazzling rock lesson, fireworks of liberating euphoria, encrypted ode to imminent orgasm; the inaugural song of his second album is an explosion of serious joy, full of that intoxication proper to self-discovery. To listen I still hope that somewhere the waiting endsis to hear live a woman find the key to her superpowers.
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Lou-Adriane Cassidy says to you: Good evening, by Lou-Adriane Cassidy