April 29th, 2023
playlist
Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 17)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Bad Manors – Dreams Run Dry
indie | rock - Belle & Sebastian – When You’re Not With Me
indie | pop - The Boo Radleys – How Was I To Know indie | rock
- Chromeo feat. La Roux – Replacements
indie | pop - Chuey – Aura dance | electronic | indie | jazz | instrumental
- Dagny – Heartbreak In The Making
pop - L Devine – Push It Down pop | rock
- Lottie Gray – The Wide, Wide World indie | pop | rock
- Jinks – Poison Lover indie | pop | rock
- Malu – Comfort Zone
indie | pop - Only The Poets – Jump! pop | rock
- Emma Steinbakken – Home pop
- Jessie Ware – Freak Me Now disco | pop
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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single track, wildcardWildcard (week 17):
Wildcard (week 17):
Sofi Tukker – Jacaré
You can leave it to Sofi Tukker to heat up the dance floor, and their new single is further proof of that.
Jacaré contains elements the American duo (consisting of Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern), incorporated to great effect before. The track is dripping with a latin-inspired beat, a ‘caliente’ piano and a horn(y) section. The lyrics are entirely in Portuguese. All in all, a tune that perfectly fits Sofi Tukker’s well-documented affinity with Brazilian culture.
The song title means ‘alligator’ in Brazil, but it can also define a woman in a sexual relationship. You’ll understand when you watch the accompanying video, which is as steamy as the song itself, and gives a supportive nod to the LGBTQ+ community.
The timing for this infectious stomper is impeccable, as the days are getting longer in Europe, the temperatures are rising and the sun is coming out more and more.
Jacaré by Sofi Tukker is the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. That means it’ll be featured prominently at the top of the blog for a whole week.
More Sofi Tukker @ Carte Blanche Music
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In the Wildcards 2023 playlist you’ll find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far.
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
werner's weekly
Werner’s Weekly (week 17)
This is Werner’s Weekly, your guide to the best new music, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Jessie Ware – Begin Again (Wildcard this week)
- Oscar Lang – A Song About Me (Wildcard last week)
- Kita Alexander – Queen
- Jodie – I’m Not Your Fool
- Kehli – Dead Body
- Parliamo – You’re An Animal
- Venice Heath – Different
Listen to each of the tracks via the Werner’s Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
playlist
Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 16)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Aistè – What’s Going On
indie | pop | soul - AJR – The Dumb Song
pop - Kita Alexander – Queen pop
- Liam Barrack – Bulletproof indie | pop | rock
- Foo Fighters – Rescued rock
- Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Council Skies pop | rock
- Alex Harry – Sometimes indie | pop
- Jealous Of The Birds – Beginner’s Luck pop | rock
- Jodie – I’m Not Your Fool indie | pop | rock | soul
- Kehli – Dead Body indie | pop
- Kingfisher – Stand Back In
– indie | pop | rock - The Lottery Winners feat. Frank Turner – Letter To Myself indie | pop | rock
- Parliamo – You’re An Animal indie | pop
- Pony – Sucker Punch indie | rock
- Niko Rubio – See Me Now pop
- Sofi Tukker – Jacaré dance | indie | latin | tropical
- Venice Heath – Different indie | pop | rock
- Wies – Blijf Weg
indie | pop | rock
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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single track, wildcardWildcard (week 16):
Wildcard (week 16):
Jessie Ware – Begin Again
Jessie Ware is about to release her fifth album. That! Feels Good! (which is also the title of the record, that comes out on 28 April). The long-player was preceded by two singles already, Free Yourself and Pearls. Now, there’s track #3, and it really brings out the sun. The song, Begin Again, has a bossa nova vibe, inspired by the British singer’s time spent in South America. In places, it reminds me of Stillness In Time by Jamiroquai, which can only be a good thing.
“Begin Again is where this album started”, Ware explained. “On a miserable afternoon during lockdown, (producer) James Ford zoomed (co-writers) Shungudzo and Danny Parker in Los Angeles. They were just waking up, it was already dark in London. Frustrated yet completely focused, we set about writing in a new – and unnatural – way over the internet.”
She continues: “Dreaming of human touch, escapes to Brazil, beach bodies, holiday romances, all of it! I absolutely adore this song and I’m so excited for you to hear it, to hear the beautiful production by James and horns by Kokoroko, it’s the song that I knew I wanted to make as soon as I finished (2021 single) Remember Where You Are.”
Begin Again by Jessie Ware is the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. That means it’ll be featured prominently at the top of the blog for a whole week.
Follow Jessie Ware on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify
In the Wildcards 2023 playlist you’ll find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far.
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
werner's weekly
Werner’s Weekly (week 16)
This is Werner’s Weekly, your guide to the best new music, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Oscar Lang – A Song About Me (Wildcard this week)
- Lottie Gray – Get Lost (Wildcard last week)
- Alta Falls – Tried To Forget About
- Emiline – Oh, Honey
- Hallie – Cut It Off
- Lucky Lo – Yes To Myself
- Oh Land – Bleeed
Listen to each of the tracks via the Werner’s Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
playlist
Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 15)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Alta Falls – Tried To Forget About indie | pop
- Bailen – Nothing Left To Give indie | pop
- Blood Donor – Baby No More indie | pop | rock
- The Cope – Back On My Bullshit
dance | electronic | indie | pop - Madison Davenport – Lucky indie | pop
- Emiline – Oh, Honey indie | pop
- Erobique – Verkackt indie | pop | soul
- Evade – Roll The Dice indie | pop | rock
- Grichu – Ma Ma dance | electronic | indie | jazz
- Hallie – Cut It Off indie | pop | rock
- Hoshi – Mauvais Rêve hip hop | indie | pop
- The Linda Lindas – Too Many Things indie | punk | rock
- Tilly Louise – Make Me A Robot indie | pop | rock
- Lucky Lo – Yes To Myself indie | pop
- Sarah Mickey – Without indie | rock
- Miss Caffeina – Shanghái Baby
pop - Miss Molly – 21 Flaws
indie | pop - Oh Land – Bleeed pop
- Sharl – Entitled indie | pop
- Vice Killer – The Red Sky indie | pop | rock
- Vistas – Last Together indie | pop | rock
- Jessie Ware – Begin Again pop | latin
- Waterparks – 2 Best Friends indie | pop | rock
- Yeah Nah Yeah – Will We Really Let It End Like This? indie | pop
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
single track, wildcardWildcard (week 15):
Wildcard (week 15):
Oscar Lang – A Song About Me
First emerging in 2017, London-based Oscar Lang has produced numerous EP’s and two full-length albums already. All of them of the same high quality. By the sound of his new single, the talented multi-instrumentalist has no intentions of lowering his standards.
A Song About Me is a classic pop tune in more ways than one. It’s timeless and drenched in beautifully arranged strings. All in all an ambitious piece of art. Lyrically, it’s a song about lost love.
Lang says about the track: “A Song About Me is a break-up song that is honest and open but self-aware. I wanted to write in a similar world to You’re So Vain by Carly Simon or Love Song by Sara Bareilles. A break-up song for all the people that have had their hearts broken, it’s got bit of bite but at the end of the day means well. I took influence for the sound from classic songwriters like Billy Joel, Paul McCartney and mixed them with a bit of ‘90s Britpop a la The Verve and Oasis.”
A Song About Me was produced by Rich Turvey (The Coral, Blossoms). It’s the first track to be taken from Lang’s forthcoming album Look Now, which is scheduled for release on 21 July.
This week, A Song About Me by Oscar Lang is the Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. That means it’ll be featured prominently at the top of the blog for a full seven days.
Recommended as well:
21st Century Hobby
Get Out
Apple Juice
Follow Oscar Lang on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify
In the Wildcards 2023 playlist you’ll find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far.
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
werner's weekly
Werner’s Weekly (week 15)
This is Werner’s Weekly, your guide to the best new music, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Lottie Gray – Get Lost (Wildcard this week)
- Jesse Hite – How Did I (Wildcard last week)
- Pip Blom – Tiger
- Chris Corey – Baby Steps
- MisterWives – Out Of Your Mind
- Stellie – Softly
- Yuksek feat. Voyou & Láura – Hypra-Sensorial
Listen to each of the tracks via the Werner’s Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
playlist
Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 14)
It certainly was a Good Friday for great new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Altered By Mom – Everygirl indie | rock
- Pip Blom – Tiger indie | pop | rock
- Callisto – Surf Blood indie | rock
- Champs – Things I Don’t Know About indie | pop
- Ciel – Somebody indie | rock
- Chris Corey – Baby Steps indie | pop | rock
- The Covasettes – Duvet Thief indie | rock
- Dizzy – Open Wide indie | pop
- Lou Elliotte – Single pop
- Go-Jo – Mrs. Hollywood indie | pop
- Oscar Lang – A Song About Me indie | orchestral | pop | rock
- MisterWives – Out Of Your Mind indie | rock
- Yoyo Nagase – I Hate My Roommate indie | pop
- Jacob Reddy – Wear The Crown indie | rock
- Saibh Skelly – Superficial indie | pop
- Sophisticated Dingo – Radio On indie | rock
- Sorry Girls – Aftermath indie | pop
- Stay Lunar – Distance indie | pop | rock
- Stellie – Softly indie | pop
- Stone – Left Right Forward rock
- Ten Tonnes – Dancing, Alone indie | pop | rock
- Yuksek feat. Voyou & Láura – Hypra-Sensorial indie | latin | pop | tropical
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
Follow (click ‘♥’) to hear the best new music first.
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
