Louie Cameron here has build a name for himself, playing dreamy melodies wrapped in almost movie dialogue-like lyrics and vocals. He just released a new single titled Canina Canoona off his upcoming debut EP that goes by Do You Wanna Go Out?

This new track is nestled on the more sensible, poppy and easily accessible end of the record that overall presents a remarkable diversity and creativity while maintaining a clear and coherent path forward, opening up an almost cinematic space for himself. The single comes with a charming video too, shot in crisp and sunny Hamburg.

He is celebrating the EP release with a show at Third Man Records / The Blue Basement in London, April 28, playing with a full band and a limited run of 10″ vinyl on scene.

You can also find this track – and many more – on the frequently updated official Poule d’Or playlist – available on Apple Music and Spotify.

Photo credits go to Cenia Zitter and Cenia Zitter only.

With a band name straight from the New York Times Games app, SSAANN here from Milwaukee speak right to the demographic that came of age in the fair old chillwave-era. The quartet relies on a background of classical music education and rallies around a keen setup of Korgs and Rolands to create a brilliant and mesmerizing iteration of dreamy shoegaze with orchestral depth.

Today, the group is releasing their debut album Higher, via the up and coming Broken Palace Records. The diving single Echo neatly showcases their wave length and is attached below at your convenience. You can also find this track – and many more – on the frequently updated official Poule d’Or playlist – available on Apple Music and Spotify.

They have two shows lined up right now, playing MKeUltra on Friday April 10 and Falcon Bowl on Friday April 24, both set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Scott F. Johnson here encourages you to take his seat side, to take your own side actually on his latest embracing single that is attached below. There is a concept called emotional sovereignty that is rooted in ancient stoicism and found various applications in modern psychology. It is supposed to help you assume complete governance for your own doings and feelings – understanding, managing, and making sense of them from within, instead of allowing outside situations to control what governs your actions and reactions. So, next time you find yourself cut off and annoyed, take a step back, and take your side.

S.F. Johnson meanwhile is one if not two steps ahead of this curve, having recently returned to the UK after spending a healthy line of years in Japan. Take My Side then is a crisp and dreamy banger fueled by this experience and comes with a bow and a Western handshake promise of more to come.

You can also find this track – and many more – on the frequently updated official Poule d’Or playlist – available on Apple Music and Spotify.

Main man Peter here from Gothenburg goes by the name of King Towel and has built a nice audience spanning Scandinavia all the way South to Australia. He produces some rather royal tunes these days: Skyline is his latest piece of recording and nicely moves around the jangly Swedish coastline, illuminating the silhouettes, floating like a butterfly while not stinging too much.

It’s out now, with a promise of more to come. You can also find this track – and many more – on the frequently updated official Poule d’Or playlist – available on Apple Music and Spotify.

Your happiness and good spirits can be a flakey state of affairs, one moment you might feel like you’re placed firmly in the driver seat of life, when a sudden turn of events tries to steal your mojo. Hold on to your wigs and keys then and it’s good to have a clean center of gravity, a natural point of rotation in those moments, for example a piece of music that speeds you back into orbit.

Délage here is a highly-skilled trio from Amsterdam supplying just that: Till Hormann on vocals and guitar, Carlijn Fransen on keys and vocals, and Marius Schwarz on bass and vocals. Together they come up with a fantastic blend of dreamy pop melodies and crisp post-punk riffs and loops. They just released a phenomenal self-titled EP last week with songs that showcase their creative radius. The engaging track Frühling is attached below, the EP is out now on cassette, via Hamburg’s own BBJTC label, part of the Bad Boy Jesus City Swimmers Club. It paves the way for their new album Another Day, to be released worldwide at the end of May.

The rather elusive super group of Domenique Dumont is set to play a few rare live shows across the European peninsula this month. Their sound connects the dots between the clear cut aesthetics of the Baltics and the savoir vivre of the Grande Nation while maintaining a sense of mystery about the exact coordinates. They are said to be a collaboration between multi-instrumentalist and producer Arturs Liepins, vocalist and ethnomusicologist Anete Stuce and (perhaps) an artist from France whose existence is neither confirmed nor denied. Exactly what they want you to think..

The group already lists three brilliant albums in their discography spanning more than a decade, and just added a fourth album last year, titled Deux Paradis, via Parisian power house Antinote. The album feels like a dreamy kind of crisp sunny morning in the tropics. Find the great track Bonjour Tristesse attached below – you can also find this track – and many more – on the frequently updated official Poule d’Or playlist, available on Apple Music and Spotify.

They are set to play Bordeaux, Stockholm, Tartu, Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Basel and Milano within the next few weeks – so buckle up and get ahead of this. All dates and venues are nicely listed below, and here on their website.

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