New Acts: Aquila - Paths

Some dreamy indie pop from Aquila, a very fine sounding band with some very distinctive vocals.

The five piece band comes from Chambéry in the Rhône-Alpes region of the south east and have been playing live since 2012.

You can listen to their four track EP can be heard on their soundcloud page

Their music at times touches on jazz, classical, progressive, indie and rock. They are the kind of band that you'll want to hear more of, that's for sure.

They play live at La Bobine in Grenoble on February 28.

New Acts: My Summer Bee - Lover Lover

One of the bands that attracted some attention at December's Transmusicales festival was My
Summer Bee, who took to the stage of the L'étage venue during the showcase event.

The act who originate from Caen,  have so far released one EP, and are expected to release their next project some time in Spring 2015.

Influenced by UK electropop, the video for the track Lover Lover was released in December 2014.

They played at the Transmusicales festival in Rennes and earlier in 2014 supported Jungle.

So far they've released on EP, with five tracks including three versions of the song Time's Running Out, in November 2013.

They have the track Rosemary available as a  free download from their Facebook page, yours for a simple 'like' of their page.

New acts: Stokolm

Some very fine indie rock from Brest-based act Stokolm.

The band are poised for the release of their debut album at the end of this month, to be entitled In the Echo Chamber.

Stokolm  have actually been around since 2010, when they released their debut EP entitled Stranded.

The band recruited a new drummer in 2012, and say that since then they have become more electric, more influenced by bands like Joy Division and the National.

Since then a seven inch single Moon/The Tide has been released by the band, in a limited edition that still has some copies available. Check their bandcamp site for details

Echo Chamber is available from February 23.