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Maria Mena – Not OK
Iâve always had a weak spot for Maria Mena. Five years after her album Growing Pains, sheâs finally back with new music. Yes, itâs totally new, but thankfully, itâs totally trademark Maria Mena as well.
From the first piano notes, quickly followed by her characteristic vocals, itâs clear Not OK is a potential new classic. Itâs strong, passionate, epic, honest, intense, empowering and beautiful. Just like her hits Just Hold Me, Miss You Love and All This Time.
I’m not sure this will get her new fans, but her admirers will be delighted by her return. Iâm looking forward to her new album They Never Leave Their Wives, which will be out in the autumn!
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 10)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added this week (alphabetically):
- Milii Austin – Ultraviolet
indie | pop - Caity Baser – Pretty Boys
pop - Em Beihold – Roller Coasters Make Me Sad
pop - Blondshell – Disappointment indie | pop | rock
- Boxteles – Hindsight indie | pop | rock
- Buckcherry – Good Time indie | rock
- Edurne – Fresas Y ChampĂĄn
indie | pop - Hannah Grae – Propaganda punk | rock
- Highwayves – Plastic indie | rock
- Nabihah Iqbal – This World Couldnât See Us indie | pop
- Demi Lovato – Still Alive pop | rock
- Mal De Mer – You Said indie | pop | rock
- Maria Mena – Not Worth It
pop - Modern Love Child – Diet Cokes indie | pop
- Patio Gas – Digging Your Own Grave indie | pop | rock
- Samskara Rad – Wake Up Snow White indie | pop
- Dan San – The Unknown
indie | pop | rock - Seaside – Weâre On Fire indie | rock
- Sego – Tandang indie | pop
- Sunfruits – End Of The World indie | pop | rock
- Suzi – At Least My Dog Still Loves Me [2023 Version] indie | pop | rock
- Betty Taylor – Glitter indie | pop
- Young Gun Silver Fox – Moonshine indie | pop | soul
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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Your âAll-Timeâ Favourites (2017-2022)
The last six years, starting in 2017, I posted 10 musical recommendations per week on this blog. A total of well over 3.000 tracks, mostly by upcoming â often female (fronted) – artists from all over the world. As I explained yesterday, Carte Blanche Music is entering a new era. One in which Iâll focus my efforts on my constantly updated Spotify playlist.
For sure, that doesnât mean the blog is closing down. Itâll continue to be the home of my âbest ofâ collection (Wernerâs Weekly) on Monday mornings (CET) and my favourite new track (the Carte Blanche Music Wildcard), every Wednesday morning. Also, Iâll post the latest additions to my playlist on Saturdays. For updates, follow me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
No better way to round up the last six years than by publishing the Your âAll-Timeâ Favourites, a chart compiling the 500 most popular (as in best-read) Carte Blanche Music recommendations from 2017 to 2022. Youâll find the Top 25 below, but click through for the full list. My original recommendations are behind the links. If youâre an artist, donât be shy and search (Ctrl+F) to find out if you made the list. You might be surprisedâŠ
Enjoy and thanks for joining the ride so far. Follow the Carte Blanche Music playlist (click ââ„â in Spotify) for many more recommendations to come!
Your âAll-Timeâ Favourites (2017-2022)
- Videoclub – Roi
- Wildcard (week 7): Drew Sycamore – 45 Fahrenheit Girl
- Aili x Transistorcake – Dansu
- Wildcard (week 13): Placebo – The Prodigal
- Super db – Wait For Me
- Wildcard (week 12): Shanguy – ToukassĂ©
- Japanese Breakfast – Paprika
- Saint Motel – A Good Song Never Dies
- IBE – Table Of Fools
- AngĂšle – La Loi De Murphy
- Wildcard (week 22): HĂ„kan Hellström – Alla Drömmar Ăr Uppfyllda
- Rick Astley – Every One Of Us
- Friedberg – Go Wild
- Wildcard (week 26): Videoclub – En Nuit
- Agnes – Here Comes The Night
- a-ha feat. Ingrid Helene HĂ„vik – The Sun Always Shines On TV (MTV Unplugged)
- AngĂšle – Libre
- Temples – Paraphernalia
- Lola Le Lann – Portofino
- Pixey – Free To Live In Colour
- Eliza & The Delusionals – Just Exist
- Videoclub – Enfance 80
- Izzy Bizu (feat. Chris Martin) – Someone That Loves You ’19
- Mina Okabe – Miss Those Days
- Just – Walk Slow Smile More Read More →
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Your favourites (2020)
My container playlist Carte Blanche Music 2020 doesnât only include all of the 994 songs I recommended last year. It also holds the 100 best tracks in my opinion, the Carte Blanche Music Top 2020, which I published yesterday. But thatâs only my selection. Isnât it more interesting to see which of my recommendations you read the most? In other words: what were your favourites in 2020?
I think itâs funny to see the Carte Blanche Music blog has a strong archive function. Thatâs apparent from the number of older posts you still like to visit (and which you find via search engines). A good example is the best read article this year: ToukassĂ© by Shanguy. It stems from 2019, just like 24 other entries in the list below. Even more impressing is La Roi De Murphy, Belgian songstress AngĂšleâs debut single from 2017 (also her break-through), which is still among the 20 most read blogs in 2020.
Thank you for being such loyal visitors of Carte Blanche Music. Don’t miss a single recommendation by following me on Twitter, Facebook or, new for 2021, Instagram! Iâll do my best to make sure those accounts will soon be your favourites too, just like the tracks below:
- Shanguy – ToukassĂ© (2019) (WC)
- Saint Motel – A Good Song Never Dies
- Dopha – The Game
- Rick Astley – Every One Of Us
- Lola Le Lann – Portofino
- DaĂ°i Freyr & GagnamagniĂ° – Think About Things
- Pyro – Come Back For You
- Rat Boy – Brave New World
- HĂ„kan Hellström – Alla Drömmar Ăr Uppfyllda (WC)
- Gotts Street Park feat. Flikka – Favourite Kind Of Girl
- Raye – Natalie Donât
- Liela Moss – Atoms At Me
- Friedberg – Go Wild (2019)
- Lola Lennox – Back At Wrong
- Fixkes – Dardennen
- Eliza & The Delusionals – Just Exist (2019)
- AngĂšle – La Loi De Murphy (2017)
- Just Jack (feat. Melissa Jo Heathcote) – Long Grass
- The Magic Gang – What Have You Got To Lose
- Videoclub – En Nuit (2019) (WC)
- Jealous Of The Birds – Something Holy
- Casey Lowry – Psycho
- IBE – Perfect Storm
- IBE – Table Of Fools (2019)
- Lilly Hiatt – Brightest Star
- AngĂšle – Balance Ton Quoi (2019)
- Izzy Bizu (feat. Chris Martin) – Someone That Loves You ’19 (2019)
- Saint Motel – Preach
- Videoclub – Enfance 80
- The Wannadies – Canât Kill The Musikk
- Tout Va Bien – This Is How We Say Goodbye
- The Mountain Goats – Get Famous
- Izo FitzRoy – Red Line (WC)
- Temples – Paraphernalia
- Inhaler – My Honest Face (2019)
- Kristiane – Wish I Could Be Your Girl
- Miss Machine – Tout Autour
- Calby – Burnout (2019)
- Child Of The Parish – Relic Of The Past
- Zola – Crystal Floors (2019)
- Raffaella – Ballerina (2019)
- Gin Wigmore – HBIC
- Calby – The Everyday Bit (2019)
- Elsa Birgitta Bekman – All âbout Love
- Just – Dark Days
- Pixey – Free To Live In Colour
- boy pablo – 50 Souls And A Discobowl (2019) (WC)
- Merci, Mercy – Fucked Myself Up
- Royal & The Serpent – MMXX
- The Vices – In And Out
- The Radar Station – Subtle Science [2020 Version]
- Charles – Far Gone
- Semisonic – Basement Tapes
- Parov Stelar feat. Muddy Waters – Soul Fever Blues (2019)
- The Black Keys – Shine A Little Light (2019)
- Papooz – Theatrical State Of Mind (2019)
- Jaguar Jonze – Kill Me With Your Love (2019)
- Esteban – Suburban Paradise
- Pet Shop Boys – Monkey Business
- Sitting On Stacy – Chest Hair (2019)
- Grace Farriss – All The People (WC)
- MĂ©lodie Lauret – Ă Quoi Tu Penses Quand Tu Mâadores ?
- AKA George – Bad For You
- Joel Stoker (The Rifles) – Stuck Inside
- Ethel – Rubikscube (2019)
- The Big Moon – Barcelona
- Inge van Calkar – Spinning Around
- Lux Lyall – Mad With The Moon
- League Of Wolves – On The Run
- Charmless i – Superhero
- Maria Mena – Not OK
- Alex The Astronaut – Caught In The Middle
- Rhea – Under My Skin
- Helmut Fritz – Ăa MâĂ©nerve [2020 Version]
- Donât Bring Stacey – Waiting For It
- Nana Adjoa – Sheâs Stronger
- Stuck On Planet Earth – Ghosts On The Radio
- Sheppard – Kiss My Fat Ass (2019)
- The Man Who – Give Me Something (2019)
- Lead Pony – Soul Sucker (2019)
- a-ha feat. Ingrid Helene HĂ„vik – The Sun Always Shines On TV (MTV Unplugged) (2019)
- Barry Moore – Hey Now (2019)
- Ellie Dixon – Space Out!
- Catherine Anne Davies & Bernard Butler – Sabotage (Looks So Easy)
- Gracie Abrams – Friend
- Roads To Roam – Firework
- Baxter Dury – Iâm Not Your Dog
- Alfie Templeman – Things I Thought Were Mine
- Sunbather – Softly Spoken
- Eliza & The Delusionals – Swimming Pool
- Pyro – Your Love
- Aili x Transistorcake – Dansu
- Marble Waves – Caught In A Current
- Me & My Toothbrush – Funking Around
- Corine – Je Danse Le Mia (2019)
- Raye – Love Of Your Life
- Michelle David & The Gospel Sessions – Victory!
- Some Sprouts – At Full Capacity
- Papooz – Figs And Gorgonzola
- Fickle Friends – Pretty Great
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Wernerâs Weekly (week 20)
This is Wernerâs Weekly, your compass to the music that matters, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Shade – Morningmaker (Wildcard this week)
- MisterWives – Rock Bottom (Wildcard last week)
- Be Charlotte – Lights Off
- Chvrches – Forever [Separate But Together]
- Maria Mena – Not OK
- Razorlight – Burn, Camden, Burn
- White Denim – I Don’t Understand Rock And Roll
Click the links for more info and 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. Also added last week: The 1975, Blanche, Hayley Williams, and many more.
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Wernerâs Weekly (week 18)
This is Wernerâs Weekly, your compass to the music that matters, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Grand Corps Malade – Effets Secondaires (Wildcard this week)
- Dive In – Give Me A Reason (Wildcard last week)
- Inge van Calkar – Spinning Around
- Julian Velard – Half Done
- Michelle David & The Gospel Sessions – Victory!
- Picture This – Troublemaker
- Smallpools x morgxn – Slowdown
Click the links for more info and 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. Also added last week: The 1975, Hayley Williams, Maria Mena, Pet Shop Boys, and many more.
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Julia Michaels – Worst In Me
Julia Carin Cavazos is better known by her stage name Julia Michaels. She started writing songs for other artists in her late teens, until she wrote the track Issues. âIt was the first time I’d written a song that sounded so much like myself that I couldn’t picture anyone else singing it,â she says about it. Although apparently many big name artists fought for the song, she decided to keep the song for herself. A good decision, for it kickstarted her own career, becoming a worldwide hit at the beginning of this year. It was such a huge hit, that her second single Uh Huh could hardly be expected to follow in its footsteps. Which it didnât.
Both songs are on Michaelâs debut EP Nervous System, where youâll also find Worst In Me. A timeless track, that reminds me of Maria Mena, whose music I like a lot. This could be picked up by such a broad palette of radio stations and streaming playlists, that her second hit is undoubtedly on its way.
