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Naïm Amor, Marianne Dissard, Eux Autres

Fans of Serge Gainsbourg and Mellow’s soundtrack to the movie CQ unite! It’s not often that an event seems tailor-made for you, but the presentation of “A Night of French Avant-Pop and Neo-Loungecore,” featuring seductive brooder Naïm Amor, postmodern chanteuse Marianne Dissard, and American brother/sister duo Eux Autres, channeling sixties French pop with songs about soccer and Spanish imperialism, should certainly fit the bill. Known primarily for collaborations with John Parish and Joey Burns of Calexico, Amor and Dissard craft lovely Franco-pop gems that evoke the seductive essence of a mythical Paris, awash in dark romance. On the flip side, Eux Autres, whose first record, Hell is Eux Autres, was recorded by Jeff Stuart Saltzman and Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney, approach garage rock with an addictive, light-hearted, AM-pop sensibility infused with precious French lyrics and call-and-response vocals. All three acts are stylized and urbane, but never rely on gimmicky tricks learned in the Big Bad Voodoo Daddy school of retro-futurism. As they may say in France,“allez-y!”

Monday, June 19 at 9pm. Soundlab, 110 Pearl St. (440-5907); $6