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Our Lady Peace (feat. Pussy Riot) – Stop Making Stupid People Famous
‘Stop Making Stupid People Famous’. I won’t mention any names, but we all know them. And it looks like they won’t go away. Even though they’re overtly encouraged to do so. I mean, you can find this slogan everywhere. On billboards along the highway, sprayed on walls in the city, printed on T-shirts or mugs… But it hasn’t really helped yet, has it? Hopefully Our Lady Peace can help solve the problem…
With over 5 million albums sold worldwide, OLP is one of the most successful Canadian bands today. This new track only confirms how good they are. Stop Making Stupid People Famous is their first single since the release of their 2018 album Somethingness.
In an interview with website American Songwriter, singer Raine Maida says: “I was just so inspired politically and just felt like ‘God, what have we done to ourselves?’. I trace it all the way back to Paris Hilton, not her specifically, but the inception point for reality TV, of building up people, giving them this platform and fame. What is the ROI? What are we getting in return, besides a diversion from reality.”
He also explains he didn’t want this song to be some dumb male rock. That’s why he invited Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova as a counter to the song’s subject at hand.
Just like the remainder of Our Lady Peace’s upcoming 10th album, Stop Making Stupid People Famous was produced by TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek.
Follow Our Lady Peace on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify
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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 23)
Not all, but only the best new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- The Beaches – Perfect 10
indie | pop | rock - Belle & Sebastian – It Only Takes One Lion
indie | pop - Bérénice – Everybody Loves Italian Girls
indie | pop - Buhos x Leire Martinez – No Hi Ha Pla B
indie | pop - Cut The Wire – The Friction
indie | rock {AI} - Bradley Denniston – No Saving You indie | pop
- Lizzo – Happy 2 Be (album track) pop
- Weston Loney – Proud Again
indie | rock - Pussy Riot feat. Avenged Sevenfold – Candy Dopamine
indie | rock - Radio Free Alice – Lunch Money
pop | rock - Sébastien Tellier & Juliette Armanet – Attraction
electronic | pop
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
Add it to your library (click ‘+’) to hear the best new music first.
Partly selected via input by Musosoup. Submit your music here. #sustainablecreators
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Your ‘All-Time’ 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 – often female (fronted) – artists from all over the world. As I explained yesterday, Carte Blanche Music is entering a new era. One in which I’ll focus my efforts on my constantly updated Spotify playlist.
For sure, that doesn’t mean the blog is closing down. It’ll continue to be the home of my ‘best of’ collection (Werner’s Weekly) on Monday mornings (CET) and my favourite new track (the Carte Blanche Music Wildcard), every Wednesday morning. Also, I’ll 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 ‘All-Time’ Favourites, a chart compiling the 500 most popular (as in best-read) Carte Blanche Music recommendations from 2017 to 2022. You’ll find the Top 25 below, but click through for the full list. My original recommendations are behind the links. If you’re an artist, don’t be shy and search (Ctrl+F) to find out if you made the list. You might be surprised…
Enjoy and thanks for joining the ride so far. Follow the Carte Blanche Music playlist (click ‘♥’ in Spotify) for many more recommendations to come!
Your ‘All-Time’ 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 – Toukassé
- Japanese Breakfast – Paprika
- Saint Motel – A Good Song Never Dies
- IBE – Table Of Fools
- Angèle – La Loi De Murphy
- Wildcard (week 22): Håkan Hellström – Alla Drömmar Är 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 Håvik – The Sun Always Shines On TV (MTV Unplugged)
- Angèle – 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 (2021)
My container playlist Carte Blanche Music 2021 doesn’t only include all of the 998 songs I recommended last year. It also holds the 100 best tracks in my opinion, the Carte Blanche Music Top 2021, which I published last week. But that’s only my selection. Isn’t it more interesting to see which of my recommendations you read the most? In other words: which of them were Your Favourites in 2021?
Apparently, the Carte Blanche Music blog has a strong archive function. A quarter of the Top 100 below consists of blog posts from earlier years, which you find via search engines. ‘Google is your friend’, as they say… Also, I think it’s wonderful to see young and upcoming artists like Angèle, Aili x Transistorcake, Mina Okabe, Eyjaa and Videoclub having more than one track amongst your favourites. These are acts to keep an extra keen eye on!
Thank you for being such loyal visitors of Carte Blanche Music. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and you won’t miss a single recommendation. You’ll find all of these brand-new songs and more in my daily updated Spotify playlist.
And now, enjoy last year’s greatest chart of all: Your Favourites 2021!
- Drew Sycamore – 45 Fahrenheit Girl (WC)
- Aili x Transistorcake – Dansu (2020)
- Super db – Wait For Me
- Japanese Breakfast – Paprika
- Just – Walk Slow Smile More
- The Blue Stones – One By One
- Saint Motel – A Good Song Never Dies (2020)
- Mina Okabe – Miss Those Days
- Håkan Hellström – Alla Drömmar Är Uppfyllda (2020) (WC)
- Agnes – Here Comes The Night
- Pixey – Free To Live In Colour (2020)
- Laura Mvula – Got Me
- Angèle – La Loi De Murphy (2017)
- Temples – Paraphernalia (2020)
- Who – Hey! Get Out The Way (WC)
- Julietta – Not Today
- Lola Le Lann – Portofino (2020)
- a-ha feat. Ingrid Helene Håvik – The Sun Always Shines On TV (MTV Unplugged) (2019)
- Eyjaa – Don’t Forget About Me
- Indochine x Christine & The Queens – 3Sex (2020)
- Me & My Toothbrush – Funking Around (2020)
- Jealous Of The Birds – Something Holy (2020)
- Saint Motel – Preach (2020)
- Izo FitzRoy – Red Line (2020) (WC)
- Videoclub – Enfance 80 (2020)
- Therapie Taxi – Eté 90
- Christopher – Fall So Hard
- Isaac Dunbar – Fan Behavior
- Mina Okabe – Walk Away
- Alfie Templeman – Things I Thought Were Mine (2020)
- Danilo – Bringing It Back
- Negramaro – Ora Ti Canto Il Mare
- Videoclub – En Nuit (2019) (WC)
- Good Health Good Wealth – Guinness
- Ivan & The Parazol – Mást Vártam
- Placebo – Beautiful James
- Super-Hi x Neeka – Following The Sun
- Trunky Juno – Daddy’s Gone For Cigarettes
- Shanguy – Toukassé (2019) (WC)
- Del Amitri – Close Your Eyes And Think Of England
- Raffaella – Ballerina (2019)
- Ali Barter – You Get In My Way
- The Roop – Discoteque
- Izzy Bizu (feat. Chris Martin) – Someone That Loves You ’19 (2019)
- Fear Of Tigers – Tiger Blood
- Grand Corps Malade – Pas Essentiel (WC)
- Olivia – Can’t Break A Broken Heart
- The Bamboos – Ride On Time
- Angèle – Balance Ton Quoi (2019)
- The Vices – In And Out (2020)
- The Academic – Not Your Summer
- Gotts Street Park feat. Flikka – Favourite Kind Of Girl (2020)
- Aili x Transistorcake – Pari Pari
- Mélodie Lauret – À Quoi Tu Penses Quand Tu M’adores ? (2020)
- Eyjaa – The Wrecking Crew
- Dubstar – Tectonic Plates
- Tom Jones – Talking Reality Television Blues (WC)
- AKA George – Manic Machine
- You Am I – The Waterboy
- Grand Corps Malade – Des Gens Beaux
- The Vices – Looking For Faces
- Kuzko – My Mama Says
- Alessia Cara & The Warning – Enter Sandman
- L U – Liquid Gold
- Ruby Waters – Blow
- IBE – Table Of Fools (2019)
- Banji – Listen
- Moby feat. Gregory Porter & Amythyst Kiah – Natural Blues [Reprise Version]
- Rori – The Same Way
- Gracie Abrams – Friend
- Said The Whale – Honey Lungs
- Clara Luciani – Respire Encore (WC)
- Papooz – Theatrical State Of Mind (2019)
- Lou Hayter – Time Out Of Mind
- Mia Nicolai – People Pleaser
- Why Don’t We – Slow Down
- Miss Machine – Regarder Les Choses
- Sitting On Stacy – Chest Hair
- Devon – Warning Signs
- Videoclub – Roi
- Kristiane – Wish I Could Be Your Girl (2020)
- Laura Mac – Garage Full Of Dreams (WC)
- Dopha – The Game (2020)
- Maty Noyes – New Friends
- Bugs – Old Youth Feeling
- Kailee Morgue – This Is Why I’m Hot
- Calby – Burnout (2019)
- Dry Cleaning – Scratchcard Lanyard
- Our Lady Peace (feat. Pussy Riot) – Stop Making Stupid People Famous
- Eelke – Too Much Too Soon
- Troi Irons – She Loves Me Not
- Niko Rubio – Bed
- Aly & AJ – Don’t Need Nothing
- Luz – Counting Houses
- Son Mieux – 1992
- Valeras – Rita
- Amen Mustang – (The Shit You Say) When You’re High
- Angèle – Libre (*)
- Milo – What’s The Matter
- The Hisunz – CNTRDCTNS
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Your favourites (July 2021)
Below, you can find all 10 of your favourites in the month of July; my recommendations that you read the most during that month. Great choices!
The links bring you directly to the original posts. Each of them features a player that allows you to listen to the track via the platform of your choice. Enjoy!
- Super db – Wait For Me
- Drew Sycamore – 45 Fahrenheit Girl (WC)
- Japanese Breakfast – Paprika
- Who – Hey! Get Out The Way (WC)
- Laura Mvula – Got Me
- Our Lady Peace (feat. Pussy Riot) – Stop Making Stupid People Famous
- Just – Walk Slow Smile More
- Bloom de Wilde – Garden Of The Sun
- Aili x Transistorcake – Dansu
- Håkan Hellström – Alla Drömmar Är Uppfyllda (WC)
(WC) ex Carte Blanche Music Wildcard
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Werner’s Weekly (week 27)
This is Werner’s 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:
- Slothrust – Once More For The Ocean (Wildcard this week)
- Lauran Hibberd – Bleugh (Wildcard last week)
- Joy Crookes – Feet Don’t Fail Me Now
- Leoniden (feat. Pabst) – Freaks
- Máni Orrason – Change The World
- Our Lady Peace (feat. Pussy Riot) – Stop Making Stupid People Famous
- Roe – Cruel
Click the links for more info and 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. Also added last week: Fear Of Tigers, joan, The Reytons, and more.
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Carte Blanche Top 2016
Is there a better way to introduce myself and this new music blog than via a year-end chart? Last year in my Carte Blanche radio show I played over 800 new tracks, all of which you can find in this 2016 container playlist (subject to availability). Only 100 of them made it to the Carte Blanche Top 2016.
Some random statistics:
- After the usual suspects – Great-Britain (34) and United States (19) – the Netherlands deliver most entries (9), followed by Sweden (8), Belgium (6), Australia (5), Norway and France (4 each)
- 42% of all lead vocals are sung by women, which is unique compared to other radio stations
- There are more rock tracks in (the upper regions of) the Carte Blanche Top 2016 than in your average year-end chart
- The same goes for acts that were already successful 10, 20, even 30 years ago, proving they are still relevant today
If you want, you can listen to my radio show (in Dutch) containing the Top 30 of my year-end chart. Meanwhile you can browse through the complete list below. Enjoy!
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Werner’s Weekly (week 44)
Sinds een paar weken stel ik Werner’s Weekly samen. Op maandagochtend presenteer ik je de muzikale hoogtepunten van deze week; een samenvatting van mijn uitgebreidere Spotify-playlist Werner Tipt, die ik dagelijks aanvul. Daarbij oordeel ik onbevooroordeeld, wat een lekkere diverse lijst oplevert, waarvan de volgorde overigens volstrekt random is.
De enige uitzondering is de nieuwe Carte Blanche Remschijf, die trapt de lijst af. Komende week is die voor de Australische multi-instrumentaliste en allround creatieveling Heidi Maree. Haar Nederlandse debuutsingle Caterpillar Shoes doet een beetje Kate Nash-achtig aan en klinkt dus vrolijk en tongue in cheek. Heerlijk radioliedje!
De Finse Alma scoorde een half jaar geleden een Remschijf met Karma. Die werd toen niet opgepikt, maar inmiddels is zij een van de eerste artiesten die zijn aangekondigd voor Eurosonic Noorderslag 2017. Hopelijk vergaat het haar nieuwe single Dye My Hair beter. Die past muzikaal gezien namelijk prima in het nieuwe straatje van 3FM.
Pussy Riot heeft ruim een jaar in een Russisch strafkamp gezeten vanwege hun openlijk politieke teksten. Dat heeft hen echter niet de mond gesnoerd, want hun aanstekelijke nieuwe single Make America Great Again is een anti-Donald Trump-nummer. De clip is niet voor tere zieltjes.
Heel tof is ook het Zweedse duo Felin, bestaande uit een singer-songwriter en een fotograaf. Het is dan ook niet alleen een muziekproject, maar ook kunstproject. Qua ‘attitude’ doet het me een beetje denken aan The Ting Tings en hun single Bored is heerlijk.
Een paar jaar geleden werd Milly Pye in Manchester als straatmuzikant ontdekt. Inmiddels is ze 19 jaar is heeft ze haar debuutsingle uitgebracht, voorzien van een New Order-achtig baslijntje. Het nummer heet Too Many People.
Een ander heel interessant debuut is dat van de 22-jarige Harlea. Behalve dat ze uit Noord-Londen komt, is er weinig over haar bekend, maar haar single Miss Me gaat over de vage grens tussen liefde en obsessie. Intrigerend!
En wie nu denkt dat er alleen goede nieuwe singles worden uitgebracht door vrouwen, moet Suzanne van Creeper even beluisteren. Al helemaal als je benieuwd bent hoe het klinkt als Meat Loaf het refrein zingt in een nummer van The Offspring 😉
Check voor alle 11 nummers Werner’s Weekly op Spotify. En in mijn lijst Werner Tipt kom je ook nog o.a. The Avalanches, DNCE, The Shins en een singlesuggestie van Crystal Fighters tegen.
Happy browsing!
