To celebrate two decades since he released his first album, La Fossette, Dominique A is pulling out the stoppers. Along with remastered editions of his eight albums and a new album due out in March, he’ll be re-creating his seminal minimalist pop opus on stage, in partnership with Paris’s Théâtre de la Ville. One of France’s most unusual singers shares his thoughts on past and present.

 

Yann Tiersen hits the heights with Skyline, a strident seventh album with a spacey indie-pop sound verging on post rock. The composer of the Amélie soundtrack embellishes his familiar outlandish soundscapes with some brilliant instrumental and vocal choices.

Christophe Miossec is about to release Chansons Ordinaires. In his usual red herring style, the Brest-based singer has severed links with Yann Tiersen and immersed himself in the younger rock scene of another Breton town, Rennes. The result is eleven songs pondering lost friendships, disenchanted observations and ironic nostalgia set to a noisier, sharper guitar backdrop. Interview.

Through her well-crafted songs, Le Prince Miiaou reveals her shadows and bright sides. The third, ambitious rock album from the young Maud-Élisa Meneau, Fill the blank with your own emptiness, outlines her world and opens up the doors to a wider public.