In a post-heatwave mood, here is our mid-year discography overview for the first half of 2026, before the usual back-to-school season, crammed to the brim.
Rafael Bauduret Ibanez
1. Rockie Rode Rockie (AM Radio)
2. Feeble Little Horse Bitknot (Saddle Creek)
3. Trinity Ace Learning to Be a Cowboy on the Horse That Broke My Arm (Trinity Ace /Community Music)
4. Olivia Rodrigo You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love (Geffen Records/Universal)
5. Underscores U (Mom + Pop Music)
Carole Boinet
(In no particular order)
Sam Quealy Jawbreaker (Music and Craft/Idol)
Danny L Harle Cerulean (XL Recordings/Wagram)
Robyn Sexistential (Yung/Wagram)
Kim Gordon Play Me (Matador/Wagram)
White Fence Orange (Drag City/Modulor)
Rémi Boiteux
1. Julien Gasc Pearls, Corals & Sharks (Prohibited Records/Kuroneko)
2. My New Band Believe My New Band Believe (Rough Trade Records/Wagram)
3. James Blake Trying Times (Good Boy Records/Virgin Records/Universal)
4. Danny L. Harle Cerulean (XL Recordings/Wagram)
5. Olivia Rodrigo You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love (Geffen Records/Universal)
Vincent Brunner
1. Flea Honora (Nonesuch/Warner)
2. Boards of Canada Inferno (Warp/Kuroneko)
3. Les Louanges Alouette ! (Bonsound)
4. Lee “Scratch” Perry & Mouse on Mars Spatial, No Problem (Domino/Sony Music)
5. Gilb’r L’École de la nuit (Versatile Records)
Maxime Delcourt
(In no particular order)
JeanJass Les Champs de sacs plastique (Double Hélice Otoro/Demain/PIAS)
Kate de Rosset It Will Turn (Kate de Rosset)
Iceage For Love of Grace & the Hereafter (Mexican Summer/Virgin Music Group/Universal)
Vince Staples Cry Baby (Section Eight Arthouse/Loma Vista Recordings)
Gener8ion Love & Tears (Iconoclast Music/Virgin Music Group/Universal)
Théo Dubreuil
1. Jeune Morty Jeune Morty Vol.1 (JetSetFarot/AHP)
2. Username Overtime (Likewise)
3. DJ Ramon Sucesso Sexta Dos Crias 2.0 (Lugar Alto)
4. Bloodz Boi & Jackzebra Bloodzebra (Bloodzebra 血斑马)
5. Fcukers Ö (Ninja Tune/PIAS)
Arnaud Ducome
1. Boards of Canada Inferno (Warp/Kuroneko)
2. Iceage For Love of Grace & the Hereafter (Mexican Summer/Virgin Music Group/Universal)
3. Dorian Pimpernel Flowers Too (Born Bad Records/L’Autre Distribution)
4. Luke Haines Izzy Wizzy Let’s Get Bizzy (Cherry Red Records)
5. Fabiano do Nascimento Vila (Far Out Recordings)
Valentin Gény
1. Boards of Canada Inferno (Warp/Kuroneko)
2. Aldous Harding Train on the Island (4AD/Wagram)
3. White Fence Orange (Drag City/Modulor)
4. Tara Clerkin Trio Somewhere Good (World of Echo)
5. Ulrika Spacek Expo (Full Time Hobby/PIAS)
Alexis Hache
1. Neurosis An Undying Love for a Burning World (Neurot Recordings)
2. Boards of Canada Inferno (Warp/Kuroneko)
3. Jill Scott To Whom This May Concern (Blues Babe Records/The Orchard)
4. Slift Fantasia (Sub Pop/Modulor)
5. Isaiah Rashad It’s Been Awful (Top Dawg Entertainment/WEA)
Briac Julliand
1. Samba Jean-Baptiste +3 (AM Radio)
2. Joshua Chuquimia Crampton Anata (Joshua Chuquimia Crampton)
3. Boards of Canada Inferno (Warp/Kuroneko)
4. Loraine James Detached From the Rest of You (Hyperdub)
5. Actress & Suzanne Ciani Concrète Waves (Werkdiscs)
Noémie Lecoq
1. Pigeon Outtanational (Memphis Industries/Bertus)
2. Gildaa Gildaa (Gildaa/Grand Musique Management/PIAS)
3. The Telescopes Static Charge (Tapete Records/Bigwax)
4. White Fence Orange (Drag City/Modulor)
5. JJerome87 The Canyon (Mushroom Music/Virgin Music Group/Universal)
Louise Lucas
1. Lime Garden Maybe Not Tonight (So Young Records)
2. Not For Radio Bloom EP (Atlantic Records/WEA)
3. Kneecap Fenian (Heavenly Recordings/PIAS)
4. Dry Cleaning Secret Love (4AD/Wagram)
5. LinLin Disco Inferno (Punk Records)
François Moreau
1. Boards of Canada Inferno (Warp/Kuroneko)
2. Fcukers Ö (Ninja Tune/PIAS)
3. Rockie Rode Rockie (AM Radio)
4. White Fence Orange (Drag City/Modulor)
5. Sylvie’s Head Everything Is Free (Welfare Sounds & Records)
Juliette Poulain
1. Shortstraw. Coinstar (Our House Online)
2. Lime Garden Maybe Not Tonight (So Young Records)
3. Iceage For Love of Grace & the Hereafter (Mexican Summer/Virgin Music Group/Universal)
4. Requin Chagrin Décollage (KMS Records/Sony Music)
5. Ear Rumspringa (Ear)
Jérôme Provençal
1. Lutèce Lockness Le Châ (Pan American Recording)
2. La Sécurité Bingo! (Mothland/Bella Union/Believe)
3. Lucie Antunes Silence (Bell/Bye Bye Records)
4. Memorials All Clouds Bring Not Rain (Fire Records/Kuroneko)
5. Pigeon Outtanational (Memphis Industries/Bertus)
Xavier Ridel
(In no particular order)
YHWH Nailgun Magazine (4AD/Wagram)
Underscores U (Mom + Pop Music)
Mori El Niño Bola (Rusia-IDK)
Wallace Cleaver Marcel (Boro/Epic Records/Sony Music)
Feeble Little Horse Bitknot (Saddle Creek)
Sophie Rosemont
1. James Blake Trying Times (Good Boy Records/Virgin Records/Universal)
2. Angine de Poitrine Vol.II (Angine de Poitrine)
3. Kim Gordon Play Me (Matador/Wagram)
4. Yael Naim Solaire (Mouselephant/Kuroneko)
5. Sébastien Tellier Kiss the Beast (Because)
Patrick Thévenin
1. No You No You (VP Texi)
2. Octo Octa Sigils For Survival (T4T LUV NRG)
3. Seefeel Sol.Hz ((Warp/Kuroneko)
4. Boards Of Canada Inferno (Warp/Kuroneko)
5. Robyn Sexistential (Young/Wagram)
Franck Vergeade
1. James Blake Trying Times (Good Boy Records/Virgin Records/Universal)
2. WU LYF A Wave That Will Never Break (Lyf Recordings)
3. Morrissey Make-up Is a Lie (Sire Records/Warner)
4. Chassol Funny How? (Ludi Magister/Créature/Bigwax)
5. The Sophs Goldstar (Rough Trade Records/Wagram)
