Every week, the WECB France team offers you its selection of the best albums to listen to – Week of April 24, 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 Foo Fighters, Glen Hansard, Matmatah, Bill Labounty, SixPenny Millionaire, The Milk Carton Kids, Metric, Skip The Use, John Corabi, Gia Margret, James K And Pop Crimes.
Foo Fighters – Your Favorite Toy
Dave Grohl and his band return with a newcomer among them: Ilan Rubin on drums. With it, they unveil a direct and powerful record, filled with hits made for the stage.
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Glen Hansard – Don’t Settle (Vol. 1 – Transmissions East)
The Irish artist revisits his entire career, whether it's The Frames, The Swell Season or his solo work, in a sincere and skin-deep live album.
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Matmatah – L’Embardée
The Breton alternative rock group features 20 diverse and varied artists in a brand new album released by surprise. Between hits and rare nuggets, enjoy a disc that is as generous as it is astonishing.
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Bill Labounty – Love At The End Of The World
After 12 years without releasing an album, the American soft rock artist returns with a record in which he reinvents himself, surrounding himself with talented artists, while retaining his writing finesse.
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Six Penny Millionaire – Bad Rep
The time for the first album has come for the SixPenny Millionnaire doublet. And with it the opportunity to recall, even transcend, the principles of the house, namely an assumed desire to make its rhythms slam while making the riffs of its guitars redden in parallel and to sprinkle everything with hip hop scansions.
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The Milk Carton Kids – Lost Cause Lover Fool
We like to say about certain people that they do not cause melancholy. It's almost the opposite with Milk Carton Kids, but in the literal sense of the word. With them, Los Angeles, their stronghold, has never sounded so… foggy English countryside to better and momentarily put the chaos of the world on hold
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Metric – Romanticize the Dive
Pillar of Canadian indie-rock, the group shows here that it does not focus on the present for nothing, occasionally spicing up its propensities for catchy melody – reinforced by the racy voice of Emily Haines – with escapades into electro terrain which also suit its complexion.
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Skip The Use – Love & Anxiety
Lille are back in force and are not abandoning their crazy stylistic mixture. All musical styles collide and unite in a concept album which crystallizes the fears and passions of the quartet. An explosive mixture performed brilliantly.
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John Corabi – New Day
The Dead Daisies frontman is not reluctant to new adventures and is now going solo. In a sunny atmosphere, he aligns his 60s and 70s influences with pleasure and application.
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Gia Margaret – Singing
This sound magician, who for several years built a reputation by producing minimalist and instrumental music (following an injury to her vocal cords), presents this first opus sung since 2018 as a rebirth, almost a new beginning.
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James K – Friend Remixes
The American producer prodigy, who gave us the memorable Friend last year, presents this disc of remixes, containing reinterpretations signed by pioneers of electronic music.
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Pop Crimes – Bright Lights
Three years after a scintillating first album on the underground rock scene, Pop Crimes is back at it again with a more settled, mature second opus. The record has this more “alive” and spontaneous electric paste.
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