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Laure Briard follows up last year's lovely Révélation with the sublime and classic-sounding lead single from her forthcoming new LP, recalling the '60s golden age of vintage French pop. Sur la Piste de Danse is out June 24th on Paris label Midnight Special. Video by Michelle Blades. You can check the album's closing track "Laure" (shades of Gainsbourg et Birkin) below as well:

Light in the Attic continues their recent run of brilliance (sup, Lizzy Mercier Descloux reissue) with this: the label will reissue the five albums that iconic French singer Françoise Hardy released from 1962-1966: Tous Le Garçons Et Les Filles, Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour, Mon Amie La Rose, L'Amitie + La Maison Ou J'Ai Grandi...

Here's some elegant new French pop from Toulouse's Laure Briard: "Peut-Etre" + "Ca Va Aller" are perfect breezy Sunday afternoon jams that recall both the poppier side of Stereolab and classic Françoise Hardy vibes, taken from Laure's new full-length Révélation, out today on limited 12" via France's 2000 Records...

Thanks to Yumi Zouma for the heads up this afternoon on their "new favourite band", Paris' Juniore, and their elegant, haunting '60s French pop-noir vibes, which have been described as sounding like "...Françoise Hardy met le pied dans un western spaghetti... Read More ...

After making a brief appearance in the trailer, this one will officially appear on Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom soundtrack. Full tracklist here.

White Hinterland auteur Casey Dienel will follow up her beautiful, wintry Phylactery Factory LP with an adventurous exploration of '60s French avant-pop on her essential new Luniculaire EP. The 5-song EP consists of three extremely ambitious and inspired covers of genre classics, and two outstanding new originals from Ms...