Category Archives: France

Phoenix Says

Napoleon Says by Phoenix (download here) (Buy from Amazon) Most people jumped on the Phoenix bandwagon with their latest album but their best work is actually on It’s Never Been Like That and this is my favorite track off of that album. It’s piercingly great.

Posted in 2006, France, Pop | Leave a comment

Little Bit of Soul

A Little Bit of Your Soul by Kid Loco (download here) (Buy from Amazon) A mellow and smooth tune by Kid Loco – a French producer and DJ. He’s worked a bunch with Pulp and Mogwai. Happy Monday.

Posted in 2001, France, Indie, Pop, Smooth | 1 Comment

My Sharona Mash

Do You Want My Sharona by DJ Zebra (download here) This is a good song that mixes a Franz Ferdinand song with My Sharona. It really jams and something that’s good for a running or riding mix. It’s actually a pretty great Franz song too.

Posted in 2006, France, Jam, Mashup, Party, Rock | 1 Comment

French Phoenix

North by Phoenix (download here) (Buy from Amazon) I’m going to see Phoenix play tonight and I thought i’d use this chance to post one of their lesser-known songs that i really like. It’s pretty chill and an instrumental but still quite awesome. Just so you know, these guys are French and the lead singer [...]

Posted in 2006, Chill, France, Indie, Instrumental, Smooth | 4 Comments

Jammin Sports Song

Sexual Sportswear by Sébastien Tellier (download here) (Buy from Amazon) This is an awesome instrumental. Let me quote the artist, “In my own sexual fantasies I always think about women in sportswear. I wanted to make music that would sexually excite people in an Italian or Latin sense of sexual music; the big seducer with [...]

Posted in 2008, France, Indie, Instrumental, Workout | 3 Comments

French Goodness

Ta Douleur by Camille (download here) This song was voted one of the top 100 songs in Australia in 2006. I’m surprised you haven’t heard of it. You don’t track Australia’s top 100 from 4 years ago? No? Well, here it is then. Camille got started working with Nouvelle Vague but is way better

Posted in 2006, France, Indie | Leave a comment

Smooth Instrumental

La Femme d’Argent by Air (download here) This is on the album Moon Safari which is listed in the book titled 101 albums you must listen to before you die, and for good reason. It’s a good song to chill out to.

Posted in 1998, Chill, France, Instrumental, mp3 | 1 Comment