Let's get straight to the point: if post-2000 French rock needed a defibrillator shock, it was Frustration that pushed the button.

Well, I did say strictly underground only. But what can you do? When a band as iconic as The Young Gods releases an album this powerful, rules go right out the window! Join me as we rediscover the band's history, along with a custom selection of their best tracks on Appear Disappear

"Hailing from the underground scene, Night in Athens is the post-punk / darkwave solo project led by the artist Anji. Based in London but steeped in her Greek roots, she breathes a raw and introspective energy into contemporary electronic music."

The SoapGirls are a defiance of mathematics. This punk-rock outfit, fronted by sisters Noémie and Camille Debray alongside drummer Daniel Ryan, is a wild fusion of raw rock attitude, modern pin-up magnetism—the kind that breaks boundaries without falling into cliché—and onstage contortionism that electrifies the crowd. A bit much? Perhaps. But it’s exactly this excess that defines the Debray sisters.