I think this is one of the best albums I've heard in a long while, French or otherwise:

bomb

Edit: If anyone can make me some tapes of this band if you have their records I will pay.

Kap Bambino are the best live band I have seen in my life:



Trisomie 21 are fabulous:



And Indochine are super:

flyinghouses wrote: Sat Nov 20, 2021 10:06 pm No one has mentioned Sloy?

I love Sloy! Have seen them live in Paris in 1995 (we were the opening band called Ashtray hearts)))

Got this reasonably priced compilation recently: https://www.discogs.com/master/2068258- ... on-ToitEtc

Nice to have a clean transfer of "Chica Chica Bongo" now, plus some Stinky Toys stuff, etc. A good primer of sorts.

I am 99% sure a member of this band was on the old forum, but regardless, I adore this record.

Also belongs in the thread for dancing.

Unless my search skills are even worse than I thought, no-one's mentioned l'Histoire de Melody Nelson yet. An album, not a band, but the OP mentioned they were interested in French music in general. l'Histoire de Melody Nelson is a masterpiece, and L'Enfant Assassin des Mouches is not far behind it. Discussed here, along with the property of Slintiness.