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Wildcard (week 26):
Wildcard (week 26):
The Cat Empire – Money Coming My Way
As a big fan of The Cat Empire, I’m really looking forward to 25 August. That date has been set for the release of the Australian band’s ninth album Where The Angels Fall. Finally, I might add, as their latest album came out in 2019. In the meantime, much has changed for the band. Most importantly, the original sextet, which was often supplemented by a horn section, was stripped down to a duo. Only founding members Felix Riebl (vocals, percussion) and Ollie McGill (keyboards, backing vocals) remained on board. However, they still enlist other musicians to help them out. This is also the case on their new single Money Coming My Way.
It’s an absolute party track with many elements that really show what The Cat Empire is all about. The track includes blitzing horns, Cuban-infused piano riffs, thumping drums and bass, and a great vocal hook. They also threw in some extra party-starting elements this time, in the form of Melbourne legends Horns Of Leroy, a string orchestra, and the 40-pice Heidelberg Wind Ensemble.
Riebl comments: “This song’s got a big tongue in cheek, and in many ways, it harks back to some of the first album antics. Who can afford the cost of living these days? Everything is so expensive! Really, we just wanted to have some fun with this one. After that, we added some crazier details. (…) There’s a part where our producer Andy Baldwin acts out the part of a NYC police officer on the squad car radio announcing a robbery which happened spontaneously and caused raucous late night studio laughter.”
Money Coming My Way by The Cat Empire is the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. That means it’ll be featured prominently at the top of the blog for a whole week.
Recommended as well:
Into The Night
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In the Wildcards 2023 playlist you’ll find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far.
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The Cat Empire – Into The Night
The Cat Empire – Into The Night
With their cocktail of jazz, ska, funk, rock and Latin music, Australian outfit The Cat Empire creates a unique sound. A sound, as you can imagine, that brings down the roof when played live. Especially with six musicians on stage, often supplemented by a horn section. That’s The Cat Empire as we’ve known it for the past 20 years, but things are going to change. This line-up will play another three final concerts, and then, founding members Felix Riebl (vocals/percussion) and Ollie McGill (keyboards/backing vocals) will continue the band in a new form. ‘With a re-imagined, vibrant, cross-cultural, and joyful collective of musicians and artists’, as they say themselves. New music is planned for 2022. Hopefully they’ll keep the musical mix intact.
Ahead of this drastic change, the band released six farewell songs. The two last ones, Sparrow and Into The Night are out now. I like the latter best. It’s got that wonderful live energy you’ll remember if you ever attended one of the band’s gigs.
Riebl says about it: “I guess it’s an unashamed fist in the air anthem that celebrates the exuberance and live music and coming together and sharing germs and spreading an infecting love and just being in that space where you can let loose whether that’s at a live show, your living rooms or wherever you are. (…) I won’t hide the fact that this is a nostalgic song. It’s about looking back and realising that you made all sorts of mistakes, but if you can be together on one night, then there’s cause to celebrate music, and that’s all.”
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 41)
Not all, but only the best new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Berthaju – Get To Work
indie | rock - Buttermello – Heroes And Knights
indie | pop | rock - The Cat Empire – Rocket indie | pop
- Kaleb Cohen – Famous
indie | pop - Fake Suede – Turn It Up indie | pop | soul
- Levante – Ruggine (album track)
pop - Louane – Mode Avion
indie | pop - Jamie T – Waist 36 Leg 32
pop | rock
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 43)
Not all, but only the *best* new music from a massive release week. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- The Allergies – Knock Me Off My Feet indie | pop | r&b | soul
- The Awkward – Killer Whale indie | pop | rock
- The Cat Empire & Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Blood On The Stage [Live] indie | live | orchestral | pop
- Customs – New Galaxy / Rise Again
indie | pop - Flat Moon – A Moon’s Bouche funk | indie | jazz | rock
- Goodnight Sunrise – Jealous (Of My Friends)
indie | rock - Hoshi – Mauvais Rêve [28 Ans] hip hop | indie | pop | rock
- HotWax – She’s Got A Problem indie | rock
- Madame Psychosis – Lucky indie | rock
- Manic Street Preachers – Hiding In Plain Sight pop | rock
- Declan McKenna – Champagne pop
- Mobley – Y’r Ghost indie | pop
- Lenny Monsou – Idolizer pop | rock
- Maren Morris – People Still Show Up pop
- Rykarda Parasol – Like Maria Callas indie | pop | rock
- Slow Pilot – Falling Off The Earth indie | melancholic | pop
- They Might Be Giants – Doctor Worm [Live] indie | live | pop
- Underworld – Techno Shinkansen dance | pop
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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Werner’s Weekly (week 51)
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:
- Alice Ivy – Wildlife (Wildcard this week)
- Trunky Juno – Death On TV (Wildcard last week)
- Bad Nerves – Antidote
- Bruses with Pale Waves – She’s So Cool
- The Cat Empire – Hello [Anniversary Edition]
- Alanna Malkoc – Goodbye
- Scarlett Woolfe – Poor Suzy
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.
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 50)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Bad Nerves – Antidote indie | punk | rock
- Bruses with Pale Waves – She’s So Cool indie | rock
- The Cat Empire – Hello [Anniversary Edition] indie | jazz | latin | pop
- Alanna Malkoc – Goodbye indie | pop
- Night Talks – Running On A Cloud electronic | indie | pop
- Romy – She’s On My Mind disco | indie | pop
- Scarlett Woolfe – Poor Suzy indie | rock
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 31)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- The Bamboos – Ex-Files funk | indie | pop | soul
- The Cat Empire – Owl indie | pop
- Dylan (feat. Bastille) – Liar, Liar electronic | pop
- Giant Rooks – Somebody Like You pop | rock
- Holy Holy feat. Sumner – Ready electronic | pop
- Miles Kane – One Man Band indie | pop | rock
- Jamie Lawson (feat. Laky) – Napoleon Dynamite pop
- Leith – Good Time indie | pop | rock
- Molly Millington – Foreign Accent indie | pop | rock
- Sunny Luwe – I Got A Thing For You indie | pop
- Nadia Sheikh – Don’t Give It Up
indie | pop | rock - Slo Cheetah – Loner indie | rock
- Janelle Sy’mone – Good Girl indie | pop | r&b | soul
- Kate Westwood – Hollywood indie | pop | rock
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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werner's weekly
Werner’s Weekly (week 28)
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:
- 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 Can’t Swim – Dance Of The Crab
- Andrea Grau – Otro Verano Sin Verte
- morgxn – Young And In Love
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.
werner's weekly
Werner’s Weekly (week 27)
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:
- The Cat Empire – Money Coming My Way (Wildcard this week)
- Lily Moore – Summer (Wildcard last week)
- Dead Anyway – Crocodiles
- Georgia Gets By – Easier To Run
- Päter – Four Walls
- Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
- Vistas – I Know I Know
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.
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 25)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Aurora Silvana Estrada – Cure For Me [Live]
pop - The Cat Empire – Money Coming My Way indie | pop | rock
- Nena Daconte feat. Carlos Jean – Vacaciones De Verano indie | pop | rock
- Charlotte Lawrence – Boys Like You pop
- Louis The Child with Claire Rosinkranz – Walls electronic | pop
- Luka – When You’re Drunk indie | pop
- Lewis OfMan feat. Empress Of – Highway indie | pop | rock
- Peach Cooler – You Talk Too Much indie | pop | rock
- Grace Potter – Good Time funk | indie | pop | soul
- Soup & Cigarettes – British Summertime indie | pop | rock
- Ed Struijlaart – Move On indie | pop | rock
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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