Ava Max, Idles, Gims ... Our weekend playlist

The soundtrack of Fractured England from Idles, the cutting flow of Gims, the aerial pop of Sufjan Stevens or the fiery free jazz of Horace Tapscott.

Discover our weekend playlist.

Idles is war

After two albums and a meteoric rise, Idles continues his crusade to update his committed messages against a backdrop of distorted guitar.

Naive for its detractors, mirror of an era for its fans, the group at least has the merit of not leaving the public indifferent.

Without constituting a break in the discography of the quintet from Bristol,

, their third effort slightly abandons the bitter second degree of singer Joe Talbot.

If a few good words persist here and there, the messages are clearer, more urgent, like the fractured social context across the Channel.

In short, the lyricist constantly walks on a thread, between tragic observation and hope.

On

, the music of Idles evolves, leaving a more significant place for experimentation, without forgetting the binary riffs which made the notoriety of the group.

The result is a successful, current and coherent album, which holds in this maxim taken from the track

,

.

Gims, back to basics

Long before making the crowds dance with an “urban pop” sung and calibrated for FM radios, Gims was already recognized in the rap world for his technicality, microphone in hand.

Here he sets the record straight with

, a straightforward and unadorned piece, which recalls how the artist is at ease in all the styles with which he rubs.

Hanged, beheaded, strangled, Gims is not spared in a dark clip not recommended for sensitive souls.

This release announces a future mixtape more hip-hop oriented, to be released in October.

For those who would like to discover the many facets of the character, a documentary dedicated to his tour "Fuego Tour" has just been released on Netflix.

Horace Tapscott & Michael Session

October 14, 1989, Avignon.

Horace Tapscott (piano) and Michael Session (saxophone) fill the Théâtre du Chêne Noir with their wild energy.

Improvised music is appreciated in this former chapel, invested in 1968 by the playwright who was an anarchist for a time, who remained in love with freedom, Gérard Gelas.

A little more than an hour, the spectators take full view.

Pieces which flirt with the quarter of an hour, lyricism, harmonic progressions singing on the piano and soaring on the sax 'marked by the spiritual turn of free-jazz of the 60s ... it is all sails out that they lead this concert.

The founder of the Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra hits the keyboard, sets his bass harmonies vigorously or embarks on a hopping and lame game à la Monk.

If the duo's songs have so much depth, it is also thanks to their sense of dynamics.

Horace Tapscott died in 1999, but he continues to shine through unreleased albums or regular releases.

Action Bronson back in the kitchen

Action Bronson travels around the world on the back of a dolphin.

His new album draws on reggae, jazz, soul or a funk bordering on kitsch ... and also brings us to Brazil or Mongolia.

Actor seen in

, the latest Scorsese, on Netflix;

TV personality on the Vice channel, where he holds cooking shows, the New York rapper is therefore returning to rap not without a certain cultural height.

This richness,

also owes it to the contribution of producers The Alchemist, Samiyam or Dj Muggs, able to sample the reggae of the British Blackstones or the groove of the brilliant New York group Harlem Drive.

The relaxed atmosphere ("

") and the nonchalant and regular way of declaiming ("

") remind memories of Action Bronson.

Sufjan Stevens, aerial pop

The eighth album of the American artist sounds - this is not a scoop - a bit desperate.

He walks us between the author's introspections and his worried observation of current American society (

).

Demanding,

deploys compositions to which the multiple layers and developments give the appearance of frescoes.

As in the past, Sufjan Stevens mixes aerial synthetic pop and electronic polyrhythms.

Producer hacks that have made him famous and without which his music quickly loses its interest.

Ava Max, between angel and demon

For

, her first album, Ava Max is already setting the bar very high.

Divided into two parts, the album offers an introspection of the American singer in 15 tracks.

The "Heaven" part explores her femininity and her independence.

"Hell", the second part of the album, is more aggressive in its melodies, all on lyrics evoking revenge, self-esteem and selfishness.

The title

serves as a purgatory, the rocking of a successful and powerful in-between.

Ava Max, who will undoubtedly please Lady Gaga fans, manages to make an impression with no less than four hits:

is the most successful.

Mr. Nov is experimenting

Far from the commercial success of the early 2000s, French-speaking R'n'B continues its path with enthusiasts of the genre, transforming itself according to the musical trends of the moment.

It is in this experimental and accessible niche that

, the latest project of Monsieur Nov

, fits.

With original soul tones, resolutely modern productions are mingled, marked by roaring 808 bass, all carried by the voice mesmerizing 34-year-old artist.

The fusion works on all 8 tracks of the EP which could well contribute to put back on the front of the stage a quality urban soul.

Marina Kaye, the heart has its reasons

After

,

and

, Marina Kaye returns with a fourth single titled

.

The French singer, in English in the text as usual, returns with a very personal piece.

The title explores doubt when a relationship ends.

Leaving his marriage or trying to save the furniture even if it means suffering?

In a rather slow pace,

differs from previous tracks by its melancholy sweetness and easily relates to the singer's recurring dramatic themes.

Bigflo is Jeanjass, Oli is Caballero

Present on

, the Belgian duo's last album released in April, the very colorful track

finally has a clip.

Here, the "young" BigFlo and Oli are found in the body of the "old" Caballero and Jeanjass and vice versa.

With all that that implies.

The former are infantilized, do not drink, do not use drugs, but are more popular with the general public.

The latter are more underground, have made texts on cannabis their business and collaborate more easily with other rappers of this generation.

As with a certain Orelsan who, a few years ago, would have refused a feat to the Toulouse brothers ...