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Middle Kids – R U 4 Me?
18 months have passed since Australian guitar-pop trio Middle Kids released new music. Now, the band around lead singer and songwriter Hannah Joy is back with R U 4 Me? Itâs faster and more furious than before, but as catchy as ever. As always, it combines infectious melodies with raucous, arena-worthy indie rock. But this time, thereâs more of an edge to it, probably courtesy of producer Lars Stalfors (St Vincent, Cold War Kids, Soccer Mommy).
Explaining the inspiration for the song, Joy says: âI was at university once and there were all these signs on the walls saying âBE NICE ITâS NOT THAT HARD.â The tone of the message itself actually wasnât very nice or kind⊠We are always looking around at other people thinking âare you on my team?â. I think this just results in us all feeling lonely.â
Middle Kidsâ new single comes with a moving music video, focusing on a young boy who struggles to fit in. It tells a story of youth, peer pressure, social isolation and the joy of finding a place to belong.
Recommended as well:
Middle Kids – Beliefs And Prayers
Middle Kids – Real Thing
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
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Middle Kids – Beliefs And Prayers
In preparation of their upcoming six-track EP New Songs For Old Problems (out on 24 May), Middle Kids release a third teaser. Following Salt Eyes and Real Thing, the Australian indie rock trio just put out Beliefs And Prayers.
Just like its title, the song is built around two sections. The first half is up-tempo and catchy, with swirling guitars and driving drum patterns. Hannah Joy puts a lot of variety in her vocals, before launching into a soaring chorus. In the second half, things slow down considerably, before building back up to the sweeping chorus.
Based on the singles, the new EP is very unlikely to disappoint.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
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Middle Kids – Real Thing
Only a year after their debut album Lost Friends, Australian indie rock trio Middle Kids have an all-new mini album ready. New Songs For Old Problems will be out on 24 may, and is set to include six tracks.
One of those, Real Thing, is released as a teaser single. A melancholic, yet catchy and accessible slice of power pop, that puts Hannah Joyâs beautiful voice in the limelight.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
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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.
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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.
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Dancer – Fears
After publisher Snowhill Songs did a great job putting Aussie quartet Dancer on the map, a label stepped in to â hopefully â finish the job. Mirror Records is part of Mirror Group, who manage Gang Of Youths and launched the career of Middle Kids. Sounds like a good home for the lads.
As happens more often, the label decided to start from scratch and pull all available music from the streaming platforms. Recently, it re-released last yearâs Dreamer as the bandâs official debut single with them. Dancerâs second single however, is brand-new. In line with its title â Fears â it has a frantic, almost hypnotic beat that adds suspense to the song. Lyrically, it explores the themes of fear and the relationship our world has with the concept.
Both Dreamer and Fears will appear on Dancerâs debut EP, which is due out on 3 December. Itâll contain a total of 6 tracks. One of these is a new version of last yearâs Show Me The Way, which also disappeared from the internet since I wrote about it.
Recommended as well:
Show Me The Way
Dreamer
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For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
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Wernerâs Weekly (week 12)
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:
- Hawke – Pinch Me (Am I Dreaming?) (Wildcard this week)
- Monowhales – He Said/She Said (I Wait) (Wildcard last week)
- Japanese Breakfast – Be Sweet
- Lucy Spraggan – Heartbreak Suites
- Madame Monsieur – Coeurs AbĂźmĂ©s
- Montaigne – Technicolour
- You Am I – The Waterboy
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: DaĂ°i Freyr, Inhaler, Middle Kids, Saint Motel, UNKLE, and more.
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Carte Blanche Music Top 2019
Ahead of your favourites among this yearâs Carte Blanche Music recommendations, which I publish on New Yearâs Day, I round off 2019 with my personal choices.
The last year, I introduced you to 979 great new songs via my container playlist Carte Blanche Music; almost 57 hours of music. Exactly 500 of those translated into a written endorsement through this blog. In other words: only one out of each 10 suggestions (and one fifth of all of my posts) made it onto the Carte Blanche Music Top 2019.
Just like the recommendations you can find here every day, this year-end list differs largely from the majority of charts youâll find. The Top 100 below is filled with the finest pop and rock; and a much larger percentage of rock than youâll hear on the radio. Most tracks were independently released by upcoming artists from all over the world, and feature female vocals. Just a few statistics:
- 60% of the tracks are sung by women (up from an already impressive 58% in the Carte Blanche Music Top 2018)
- 53% of the tracks is guitar-based (10% more than last year)
- Apart from British and American acts, my list contains artists from Australia (14 of them!), France (9), Canada (5), the Netherlands (5), Norway (4), Ireland (3), Belgium (3), Spain (2), Sweden (2), Denmark (2), Germany (1), Israel (1) and Brazil (1)
- As a result, youâll not only hear lyrics in English, but also in French, Spanish and Swedish
- Apart from Dua Lipa and Lizzo, you wonât find any hits in this chart. Itâs a great way to discover artists, some of which I expect to break through in the years to come
The Carte Blanche Music Top 2019 features 100 tracks. You can listen to them via the Spotify player. As compiling the list was hard enough, the songs are sorted alphabetically. Just use the shuffle button if you prefer another order đ.
Meanwhile, you can read my original recommendations through the links below.
- Alex Lahey – Isabella (*)
- Ali Barter – January
- Alice Merton – Learn To Live
- The Allergies feat. Andy Cooper – 2 Much!
- boy pablo – 50 Souls And A Discobowl (WC)
- Alphabeat – Shadows
- Baker Grace – Sad Summer (WC)
- Barrie – Drag
- Barry Moore – The Tide (WC)
- beabadoobee – She Plays Bass (WC)
- Billie Louise – Like Machines (WC)
- The Bird & The Bee (feat. Beck) – Hot For Teacher
- Bishop Briggs – Champion
- The Black Keys – Shine A Little Light
- boy pablo – 50 Souls And A Discobowl (WC)
- Calby – The Everyday Bit
- Call Me Loop – Self Love (WC)
- Charli XCX feat. Christine & The Queens – Gone
- Circa Waves – Jacqueline
- Citizen Kay – Ego
- Clara Luciani – Ma Soeur
- Client Liaison – The Real Thing
- Con Brio & Lyrics Born – Mistakes
- Corine – Je Danse Le Mia
- Countless Numbers – Twice As Hard (WC)
- Cyn – Terrible Ideas
- Deacon Blue – City Of Love (WC)
- Devon – I Don’t Want 2 B Ur Friend (WC)
- Donât Bring Stacey – Changed My Hair
- Dua Lipa – Donât Start Now
- Eliza & The Delusionals – Just Exist
- Elliphant – To The End
- Enter Shikari – Stop The Clocks
- Evil Edna – Isle Of Dogs
- Field Music – Only In A Manâs World
- Fitz & The Tantrums – I Just Wanna Shine
- Frank Turner – Sister Rosetta (WC)
- Gemme – Sweet Harmony
- Georgia – About Work The Dancefloor (WC)
- Georgia – Never Let You Go (WC)
- Grace Lightman – Repair Repair [2019 Version]
- Grace Potter (feat. Lucius) – Back To Me
- Halie – Good Kids (WC)
- Hayley Mary – The Piss, The Perfume
- Hazel English – Shaking
- Hemliga Klubben – Asshole
- IBE – Table Of Fools
- Inge van Calkar – Get Out Of My Way
- Inhaler – My Honest Face
- Jaguar Jonze – Kill Me With Your Love
- Jain – Gloria (WC)
- Jara – Donât Drop The Funk
- Jay Som – Superbike (WC)
- Jealous Of The Birds – Blue Eyes
- Jonas BrĂžg – That Feeling
- Jon Tessier – For A Little Eye Candy (WC)
- Julie Zenatti – Tout Est Plus Pop (WC)
- Kakkmaddafakka – Baby (WC)
- K.Flay – Sister (WC)
- Lauran Hibberd – Hoochie
- Lily Moore – Over You
- Lizzo – Good As Hell / Remix feat. Ariana Grande (WC)
- Lizzo – Juice (WC)
- Lola Marsh – Echoes
- Lorelei – Skylight
- Lucy Spraggan – Today Was A Good Day
- Lush Puppy – Ms. Grey (WC)
- Madame Psychosis – Kapow
- Maggie Lindemann – Friends Go / Remix feat. Travis Barker (WC)
- Mat Kerekes – Diamonds
- MĂ©lodie Lauret – 23h28 (WC)
- Middle Kids – Beliefs And Prayers
- Miki NĂșñez – CelĂ©brate (WC)
- Nancie Schipper – Take Out The Trash
- Nicolah – Holiday (WC)
- Nikki’s Wives – Real Girl
- Owl Eyes – You And I / Le Soleil
- Palaye Royale – Hang On To Yourself (WC)
- Pet Shop Boys – What Are We Going To Do About The Rich? (*)
- Ride – Jump Jet
- Sebu – The Secret Is Out [Lucas Vidal Arrangement] (WC)
- Shanguy – ToukassĂ© (WC)
- Sheila & The Kit – Mike (WC)
- Sigrid – Donât Feel Like Crying (WC)
- Skunk Anansie – What You Do For Love
- Skylar Grey – Shame On You
- SofĂa Ellar – La RevoluciĂłn
- Spacey Jane – Head Cold
- Stats – The Family Business (WC)
- Suns Up – Just Because (WC)
- Superbird – Cola Bottle Fizz
- Tape Toy – Sad Girl (WC)
- Terouz – Outstanding (WC)
- The Heavy – Fighting For The Same Thing (WC)
- The Heavy – Last Man Standing
- The Howl & The Hum – Hall Of Fame
- The Howl & The Hum – Human Contact (WC)
- The Mowgli’s – Fighting With Yourself (WC)
- Videoclub – En Nuit (WC)
- Zuzu – Get Off [2019 Version]
(WC)Â Â Â ex Carte Blanche Music Wildcard
(*)Â Â Â Â Â Â album track
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Hayley Mary – The Piss, The Perfume
So, I was in Australia the last month. A great country/continent, with a great music scene. A lot of bands from down under have graced these pages already, and I will continue to ask your attention for them.
One of Australiaâs most popular bands is The Jezabels. With the group on hiatus since 2017, it was only a matter of time before frontwoman Hayley Mary went solo. Her debut single The Piss, The Perfume was produced by Scott Horscroft (Silverchair, Middle Kids, The Presets). Part punk, part classic American rock, the track doubles as both a love song and an ode to the singer-songwriterâs hometown Sydney.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
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Wernerâs Weekly (week 19)
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:
- The Cheap Thrills – Smile When You Sleep (Wildcard this week)
- Jain – Gloria (Wildcard last week)
- Magdalena Bay – Only If You Want It
- Middle Kids – Beliefs And Prayers
- Nikki’s Wives – Real Girl
- Winnetka Bowling League – Diane
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: Bastille, Fitz & The Tantrums, Heather Nova, The Kooks, Vampire Weekend, and many more.
