CATHEDRALE
2018. After their release of their debut album, and a tour which even brought them to Russia, Cathedrale is back with their second album 'Facing Death'. The band from Toulouse is known for their catchy songs, which ..
BOOTCHY TEMPLE
2018. Bootchy Temple was formed in Bordeaux in 2012, inspired by US indie band from the '90s (Beat Happening, Yo La Tengo). This third album 'Glipses' comes after many jam sessies, unfinished songs, re-worked demos,..
BRACE! BRACE!
2018. The debut album from this French band. Their 'weird pop' has influences from Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Metronomy to Blur and Dinosaur Jr. Fine songwriting has been combined with a good sense of disorder...
VOLAGE
2018. Melodic garage folk-pop for fans of Woods and Quilt. Volage's 2018 eight-track release is both fresh and intense, making it the perfect companion for the first proper days of spring.
VOLAGE
2018. Melodic garage folk-pop for fans of Woods and Quilt. Volage's 2018 eight-track release is both fresh and intense, making it the perfect companion for the first proper days of spring.
KAVIAR SPECIAL
2018. The third full-length delivery by this French garage-band, adding psychedelic flashes and sweet bits of bubblegum stickiness to the mix.
SAPIN
2017. The third LP by French band Sapin, hailing from Rennes, contains 12 cuts of excellent country-garage. The style can be compared to f.i. Regal and Black Lips.
BOOTCHY TEMPLE
2017. The second album by this French psychedelic pop group features the same melancholic vibe as its previous record. However, this time there's a more a poppy twist, mainly influenced by the Paisley bands, the Fly..
BRACE! BRACE!
2017. Fluctuating between the fuzzy fragmented garage powering through Ty Segall's work ('Slow'), and a Mac Demarco-like laid-back psychedelic sound ('It's Okay'), Brace! Brace! builds -aerial- bridges between the c..
MADCAPS
2017. The Madcaps continue to gouge out their own particular rock and roll groove while leaving behind the adolescent garage of their beginnings. The pop melodies are still there, but the songs are more stripped ..
ANNA
2017. 'May', Anna's third album, follows the path that Martin Vidy initiated with his two previous records. Recorded entirely on tape, using various instruments laying around his bedroom, Anna's songs explore intima..
WILD RACCOON
2016. "Many a garage-psych band knocks out the same song ten times in a row, calls it an album and then repeats the trick for its follow-up. Not the ever-literal Mr. Raton Sauvage of Wild Raccoon. Hes a one-man..
BLONDI'S SALVATION
2016. The second full-length by Blondi's Salvation. Psych-folk from Nantes, France.
COMBOMATIX
2016. 2016 album by these French garage punkers. For fans of Oblivians, Magnetix and Gories.
BLONDI'S SALVATION
2016. The second full-length by Blondi's Salvation. Psych-folk from Nantes, France.
MADCAPS
2017. The Madcaps, from Rennes, in western France, are pedlars of fast-paced adolescent punk, held together with tight beats and wrapped up in fuzzy guitar. Here the full-blown debut album, set to unveil a little mo..
VOLAGE
2014. The debut-album from French four-piece Volage offers some very enjoyable, noisy, flowery garage pop. Echo, fuzz and flowers are the cornerstones of this debut album. Volage's unique vision on garage, pop and p..
DEPARTURE KIDS
2014. Limited edition of 500 copies on coloured vinyl. Departure Kids are four youngsters from Marseille, France, who play cool, laid-back power pop, inspired by f.i. The Nerves and The Raspberries. This is their a..
MADCAPS
2014. Limited edition of 300 copies on yellow vinyl. The Madcaps are a brand new garage-pop band hailing from Rennes, France, featuring members of other local bands Les Spadassins, Kaviar Special and Catfight. Much ..
VOLAGE
2013. Volage is a four-piece band based between Tours and Paris, playing noisy, flowery garage pop. Their sold-out self-released debut cassette is now being reissued on Howlin Banana Records on 10-inch white vinyl, ..
SIXTY SECOND SWINGERS
2013. The 60 Second Swingers are a garage-punk band formed in 2007 in La Rochelle, France. This single for Howlin' Banana Records contains a pair of garage stompers like their own song "Lonely and Blue" wi..