Lilly Wood and the Prick: Shadows

Some long-awaited new material by Lilly Wood and the Prick with the track Shadows.

The track follows their international success with the remix of the track Prayer in C by  Robin Schulz.

That track, reached number one in countries across Europe, including the UK.

The song originally featured on their Invincible Friends debut album which was released in 2010.

They went on to win a  Victoires de la Musique award the following year.

Since then they released their The Fight album in 2012, a collection that reached the top 20 in France.

Nili Hadida and Benjamin Cotto, the pair behind the band, have spent some time in Mali recently, where the new video was shot. It was directed by Benjamin Cotto.

Their new album, their third, is due out later this year.

Before that, Lilly Wood and the Prick have got live dates at festivals across France over the summer, including the Solidays and the Main Square festival.

H-Burns: Live at the We Love Green

A chance to catch the live set by H-Burns at the We Love Green festival in Paris the other weekend,
courtesy of the good people at Arte making the show available to watch online.

The show was held at the Parc de Bagatelle in the Bois de Boulogne on Saturday May 30. H-Burns were the opening band to play the event that also featured Christine and the Queens, C.A.R., Flavien Berger and other favourites of this blog.

It's great to see H-Burns playing in such a pastoral setting on such a beautiful day.  Can there be a better place for a show than in a park in Paris on a sunny afternoon?

H-Burns deserves to be massive, or at least well known as a cult act outside France. A listen and a watch of their set should convince you.

Their last album Night Moves was released in January this year and a special record store day release album of covers emerged since then.

Grand Blanc: Montparnasse

A new clip by vive le roq French music blog favourites Grand Blanc, with a big budget court métrage  style treatment for the song Montparnasse.

It's a slow burning and intense piece, confirming my suspicions that Grand Blanc are a band that have been touched by greatness.

The single, which also features the track Nord, is available later this month and is available to pre-order.

It follows the release last year of their four track Self titled EP. A debut album is expected next year.

Grand Blanc play festival dates in Montreal this month, and at the Solidays festival in Paris on June 27 and at the Les Eurockéennes festival next month.

Flavien Berger: Abyssinie

 An aquatic excursion for Flavien Berger with the track Abyssinie.

I featured Flavien Berger in April with their track Rue de la Victoire, this is another slice of electronica from a stanger place than most.

Berger's debutr album Léviathan, a 2LP set,  was released at the end of April on Pan European Recording, and if you're quick you might still be able to pick up a vinyl copy of it.

Abyssinie is one of the ten tracks on it, as is his last video Rue de la Victoire and the track La Fête Noire, another single from earlier this year.

Berger played the We Love Green festival in Paris at the weekend, and has other live dates ahead including an appearance at the Route du Rock festival in St Malo in August.

Thomas Dutronc: Allongés dans l'herbe

A new video by Thomas Dutronc for the track Allongés dans l'herbe, a song from his new album
released last week.

Éternels jusqu'à à demain is the third album by the son of Jacques Dutronc and Françoise Hardy, who despite his French music royalty status has established a musical reputation of his own.

Dutronc's last studio outing was 2011's Silence on tourne, on tourne en rond which reached number two in France.

His debut album, 2007's Comme un manouche sans guitare saw him win the  Victoires de la Musique award in 2009 for the best original song.

Dutronc  has a tour of arenas in France in October, November and December, playing the Zénith in Paris on November 25.

Fakear: Asakusa

A new EP emerges today by Fakear, one of Frances' most promising electro artists.

The new release entitled Asakusa includes the track Skyline.

He has released three Eps so far, Morning In Japan in 2013, Dark Lands from December 2013 and the seven track Sauvage last year.

Eash release has continued to cement his reputation as a real innovator in electonic music.

I saw him perform at the transmusicales in Rennes in 2013, and his work was striking in its incorporation of eastern sounds, painting with a more colourful audio palette than many of his contemporaries.

Fakear has along list of live dates over the summer, including a set at the Solidays festival in Paris on June 28, and a show at the Olympia in Paris on October 8.

Editorial: June 2015

It's June, so that means that the summer already here, although the weather conspires against us so
far.

While there will continue to be new releases throughout the month, as well as new acts worth bringing to wider attention, more musical activity takes place outdoors this month.

June of course sees the festival season get under way with some of France's biggest outdoor events held this month.

Hellfest sees metal hoards descend on the Clisson on the weekend from June 19- 21, the following weekend sees Solidays in Paris.

Don't forget to give a Facebook like to the French Music Podcast page on Facebook for plenty of listening suggestions from the team in your timeline.

As always, I can be contacted on johnkilbrideAThotmailDOTcom, with the appropriate punctuation.

I'm always pleased to hear from record companies, PR companies and promoters, so be sure to get in touch.

We're also on Twitter as @viveleroq or you can find me at @karnag

Thanks as always  to the good people at the French Music Office in London and to the Institut francais in London for their help and encouragement.

Merci et à bientôt

John K