July 31st, 2023
werner's weekly
Wernerâs Weekly (week 31)
This is Wernerâs 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:
- Belot – VIP
(Wildcard this week) - Beach Riot – Tell Me Iâm Wrong (Wildcard last week)
- Elle Coves – Summer
- Lapel – I Lose Myself
- Middle Kids – Highlands
- Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers – I Used To Be Fun
- Wet World – Wassup
Listen to each of the tracks via the Wernerâs 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 30)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Bash! – Captain Sensible indie | pop | rock
- Cheap Escape – Come Clean indie | rock
- The Coral – Thatâs Where She Belongs indie | pop
- Elle Coves – Summer indie | pop
- Noga Erez – Quiet
hip hop | pop - Kula Shaker – Waves indie | pop | rock
- Lanks – Floating electronic | indie | pop
- Lapel – I Lose Myself indie | pop
- Matilda Lyn – Wait For Me
indie | pop - Middle Kids – Highlands indie | pop | rock
- Moving Into Tucson – Moving Into Tucson
indie | pop | rock - PĂ€ter – Nicotine Hallelujah
indie | pop | rock - Philippine – Bleu
disco | indie | pop - Grace Potter – Lady Vagabond indie | pop | rock
- RĂȘve – Contemporary Love electronic | pop
- Romy – The Sea indie | pop
- Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers – I Used To Be Fun indie | punk | rock
- Zia Victoria – â05 Baby indie | pop
- Wet World – Wassup indie | pop | rock
- Yonaka – By The Time Youâre Reading This rock
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
Follow (click ââ„â) 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.
single track, wildcardWildcard (week 30):
Wildcard (week 30):
Belot – VIP
Maya Belot, professionally known as Belot, doesnât only like huge glasses. More importantly, sheâs fond of big tunes. Following her debut EP Electric Blue (2020) and last yearâs EP Harmless Fun, sheâs entered phase 3 of her career.
This year, the London-based talent released Cool Whip and Get This (co-written by Oscar Lang). But third timeâs definitely the charm. VIP is an energetic example of her âawkward popâ sound, and the title might as well prove to be prophetic. Influenced by the likes of Dr. Dre, 50 Cent and Eminem, VIP is an upbeat fun track. Belot explains it’s about âglitz, glamour, success, redemption. It just had to be. The story of becoming the biggest artist one could beâ.
Clocking in under the 2-minute mark, itâs quirky, bright, catchy and groovy. Following support slots with CBM favourites Ellie Dixon, Pip Millet, Caity Baser and others, this is the track thatâll have her stand on her own feet. Sounds like a hit to me!
VIP by Belot is the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. That means itâll be featured prominently at the top of the blog for a whole week.
Follow Belot on Facebook | Instagram | Spotify
In the Wildcards 2023 playlist youâll find all of this yearâs 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
Wernerâs Weekly (week 30)
This is Wernerâs 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:
- Beach Riot – Tell Me Iâm Wrong (Wildcard this week)
- Grace Potter – Good Time (Wildcard last week)
- The Beaches – Me And Me
- Gayle – Butterflies
- Shannen James – Headlights
- Lime Garden – Nepotism (Baby)
- Mackenzie – Ordinary
Listen to each of the tracks via the Wernerâs 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 29)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Akine – Colours
indie | rock - The Beaches – Me And Me indie | pop | rock
- Belot – VIP electronic | indie | pop
- Gayle – Butterflies rock
- Shannen James – Headlights indie | pop
- Lime Garden – Nepotism (Baby) indie | pop | rock
- Mackenzie – Ordinary indie | pop
- Speak Easy Circus – Gros Michel indie | pop | rock
- Hayes Warner – Dead To Me indie | pop | rock
- Holly Wild – Hard To Love indie | pop
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
Follow (click ââ„â) 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.
single track, wildcardWildcard (week 29):
Wildcard (week 29):
Beach Riot – Tell Me Iâm Wrong
Cami Menditeguy and Rory OâConnor are Brighton fuzz pop band Beach Riot. They released their debut album Sub Atomic Party Cool in 2021. Since then, they built up steady radio support and played major festivals like Reading & Leeds and The Great Escape. Now, itâs time for the next chapter.
This year, the band started releasing their first new material. Previous single Tramlines is now followed by an even stronger song, Tell Me Iâm Wrong. As fuzzy as ever, this is an infectious, heavyweight power-pop track, made to jump along to. It was engineered by Peter Hutchins (Royal Blood, Foals, Gang Of Youths).
Commenting on the single, the band said:Â âAll we wanna do is take this song onto the stage and be the soundtrack to peopleâs summer. Itâs such a fun, hooky singalong song to play and we canât wait to join everyone in the sun for this one.â
Tell Me Iâm Wrong by Beach Riot is the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. That means itâll be featured prominently at the top of the blog for a whole week.
Follow Beach Riot on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify
In the Wildcards 2023 playlist youâll find all of this yearâs 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
Wernerâs Weekly (week 29)
This is Wernerâs 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:
- Grace Potter – Good Time (Wildcard this week)
- Goodnight Sunrise – This Is Yours (To Make) (Wildcard last week)
- Birdy – Paradise Calling
- Dead Anyway – Donât Stop, Go!
- ellakate – Dry
- RenĂ©e Rapp – Talk Too Much
- Shed Seven – Kissing California
Listen to each of the tracks via the Wernerâs 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 28)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Beach Riot – Tell Me Iâm Wrong indie | rock
- Birdy – Paradise Calling pop
- Rye Catchers (feat. Nikki Simmons) – Creeping On Me indie | pop | rock
- Cyn – Where Do All The Diamonds Go? indie | pop
- Dead Anyway – Donât Stop, Go! indie | industrial | pop | spoken word
- Deadletter – Degenerate Inanimate indie | rock
- ellakate – Dry indie | pop | soul
- The Horn – Too Many Moments indie | pop
- Katherine Nora – Church Lane indie | pop
- RenĂ©e Rapp – Talk Too Much pop | rock
- Shed Seven – Kissing California indie | pop | rock
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
Follow (click ââ„â) 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.
single track, wildcardWildcard (week 28):
Wildcard (week 28):
Grace Potter – Good Time
American singer-songwriter Grace Potter took four years to come up with a worthy follow-up to her 2x Grammy-nominated album Daylight. The new long-player, her third, is titled Mother Road and will come out on 18 August. Just like itâs predecessor, it was produced by her current partner Eric Valentine. He worked with the likes of Third Eye Blind, Smash Mouth, Queens Of The Stone Age, Good Charlotte and The Wombats before.
If that wasnât enough name-dropping, the album features contributions from a host of top-of-the-bill musicians. How about guitarist Nick Bockrath, bassist Tim Deaux, drummer Matt Musty, pedal steel guitarist Dan Kalisher and keyboardist Benmont Tench? They drenched the 10 original songs in soulful rock, roots, funk, country, and R&B.
Are you a fan of Sheryl Crow and do you still listen to Rocks by Primal Scream and Take Your Mama by Scissor Sisters on repeat? Make sure not to miss out on Grace Potterâs new single Good Time then. It melts all of the ingredients above into an anthemic new, groovy tune.
Now a 40-year-old, she says about her latest track: âWhen I was writing Good Time, I was thinking about all the times when there were no boundaries between me and the world at large. As you get older, thereâs this expectation that you need to fall in line, that you canât keep living a fantasy your whole life. But I donât know about that â maybe we can.â
Good Time by Grace Potter is the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. That means itâll be featured prominently at the top of the blog for a whole week.
Recommended as well:
Back To Me (feat. Lucius)
Follow Grace Potter on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify
In the Wildcards 2023 playlist youâll find all of this yearâs 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
Wernerâs Weekly (week 28)
This is Wernerâs 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:
- Goodnight Sunrise – This Is Yours (To Make) (Wildcard this week)
- The Cat Empire – Money Coming My Way (Wildcard last week)
- Altered By Mom – Gwendolyn
- Another Sky – A Feeling
- Barry Canât Swim – Dance Of The Crab
- Andrea Grau – Otro Verano Sin Verte
- morgxn – Young And In Love
Listen to each of the tracks via the Wernerâs 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.
