Every week, the WECB France team offers you its selection of the best albums to listen to – Week of January 30, 2026.
In the age of streaming, it has never been easier to listen to new music, but with thousands of new titles added every day to streaming platforms not counting physical releases in stores, we can get lost. WECB offers you a selection of albums released today.
This week, we have selected albums from Lucinda Williams, Komodor, Eric Bibb, The Molotovs, Sébastien Tellier, Roberto Fonseca / Vincent Segal, Lonely Dear, Francis Rossi, Dirty Sound Magnet, Michelle Blades, Pi Ja Ma And Buzzcocks.
Lucinda Williams – World's Gone Wrong
In 2026, America is bursting with bills and a president is cutting back on social services to support his billionaire friends. Perfect timing for World's Gone Wrongthe new album by Lucinda Williams. At 73, she released an angry record, a rootsy mix of country, blues and rock.
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Komodor – Time & Space
Four years after Nasty Habits, Komodor is making his comeback with Time & Space, putting his experience at the service of his love for the 70s, whether it be psychedelic sounds or energetic riffs that Wayne Kramer would not have denied.
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Eric Bibb – One Mississippi
Bluesman Eric Bibb once again sets down his suitcases in Mississippi and delivers a powerful and intimate record, without forgetting to pay homage to the greatest, even if it means leaving the impression of having stolen a few vocal cords from Mark Knopfler or JJ Cale by evoking the subject (the title track, or even “Muddy Waters”).
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The Molotovs – Wasted on Youth
The young Londoners from The Molotovs are ready to break everything with Wasted on Youth, a fiery, varied and terribly endearing first album. This record wonderfully synthesizes several decades of British rock with just enough youth to freshen it up.
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Sébastien Tellier – Kiss The Beast
Sébastien Tellier presents 360° pop nourished by great symphonic melodies as well as electronic impulses. A pop that calls for escape despite the ambient alienation, while recalling simple joys, such as love and family.
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Roberto Fonseca / Vincent Segal – Parisian night in Havana
After years of friendship, the two musicians sat down in the studio and etched in stone this long and swirling musical conversation, rich in atmospheres and contrasts, a sublime stroll imbued with classicism, between refined world music, Cuban rhythms and subtle jazz. Bewitching.
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Loney Dear – Making Friends Is Easy
Album after album, Emil Svanängen continues to confuse us with the delicacy of the melodies and atmospheres that he refines more or less alone with Loney Dear. No room here for laugh bars and gaudriole, but always this cottony universe which has no equal.
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Francis Rossi – The Accidental
It would be both delicate and indelicate to criticize Francis Rossi for his solo escapades as they have been rare (four or five albums in 30 years). However, he decided to finalize this record, with a few nods to the catchy boogie that made Status Quo's heyday and the adrenaline rush even more striking.
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Dirty Sound Magnet – Me and My Shadow
It is said that the Swiss would adapt quite well to the term “indomitable group” which is often attached to them. If a nice handful of French dates (six) next April will be an opportunity to verify the adage firsthand, this desire to pull a little in all directions is already having its little effect here.
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Michelle Blades – Where To?
Recorded live in just nine days in La Bergerie, in the south of France, this sumptuous fourth album by musician and singer Michelle Blades blurs the lines between classical influences and purer, more intimate soundscapes.
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Pi Ja Ma – Magnetofille
With Magnetofille, Pi Ja Ma signs a record that is both liberating and luminous, which we welcome with open arms in these uncertain times. This means that the album exudes letting go and a gentle, almost contagious joy! Accompanied by her collaborator Hugo Pillard, Pauline de Tarragon expands her DIY pop without losing its soul.
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Buzzcocks – Attitude Adjustment
The pioneers of punk rock come back in force with a return to their roots Attitude Adjustmenta twelfth studio album full of energy, mixing the group's instinctive punk brilliance with unexpected touches, almost bordering on a Motown vibe.
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