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Wildcard (week 18):
Wildcard (week 18):
Hooverphonic – Romantic
Belgian band Hooverphonic started in 1995 as trip hop act Hoover, but they needed to change that name to avoid legal issues with the vacuum cleaner company of that name. Since then, the name of that company collected more dust than the devices that once made them famous.
Ever since the beginning, Hooverphonic has two constants: bassist/programmer Alex Callier and guitarist Raymond Geerts. Their choices for vocalists have always been outstanding, although most of them didn’t last long. After five female singers – Esther Lybeert (1995-1996), Liesje Sadonius (1996-1997), Kyoko Baertsoen (1997), Geike Arnaert (1997-2008) and Noémie Wolfs (2010-2015) – they tried some male vocalists for the first time on their 2016 album In Wonderland. But now, they’re back with their success formula, presenting their sixth front woman. One that the Belgians among you may already know…
17-year-old Luka Cruysberghs won The Voice Van Vlaanderen in 2017, where she was part of team Alex Callier, who happened to be one of the show’s coaches. She even sang the band’s Mad About You during the competition.
Romantic is the first Hooverphonic song with their new leading lady. A typically melancholic, orchestral pop song with ‘James Bond’ written all over it. Cruysberghs’s voice blends beautifully with Callier and Geerts’s symphonic backdrop. It once more underlines the duo’s great talent to find the right singer, time and time again. Let’s hope this trio will last for many years.
Hooverphonic is one of my favourite bands of all time. Listen to their Best Of album to hear why. Their new single Romantic is this week’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcard, all of which you can find in the Wildcards 2018 playlist.
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 37)
Not all, but only the best new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Bailen – Send Me Off
indie | melancholic | pop - Dove Cameron – When In Rome electronic | pop
- Hembree – Options indie | rock
- Hooverphonic & Jasper Erkens – Second Life
pop - The Joy Hotel – May Queen
indie | pop | rock - The Linda Lindas – Gotta Get Out indie | pop | rock
- renforshort – Kingpin
indie | pop | rock - Rondé – Running Away
pop - Vlads – Amaze
indie | pop - Warhaus – Simple Pleasures indie | pop
- Ycare – Vesoul
chanson | indie | jazz | pop
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 39)
Not all, but only the best new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Circa Waves – Old Balloons indie | pop | rock
- Creeper – Prey For The Night indie | rock
- ellakate – Love’s Liability indie | pop
- Fuzzy Teeth – Two Feet indie | rock
- Jim Gardner – Don’t Leave Me Because I Love You indie | pop
- Juliana Hale – Collateral Damage indie | pop
- Hooverphonic – Vinegar And Salt [Live with Strings] live | orchestral | pop
- Kings Elliot – Whiskey And Wine pop
- Alice Merton – Ignorance Is Bliss
indie | pop - Nea – Unaffected
pop - Portugal. The Man – Mush indie | rock
- The Temper Trap – Giving Up Air indie | pop | rock
- Cindy Wilson – Man Of The People indie | pop | rock
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 12)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Edurne – Nada
indie | pop - FjeLizi – Heaven indie | pop
- Hooverphonic – The Best Day Of Our Life pop
- Jen – Nuages folk | indie | pop
- Olivia Lobato – En Katt Som Jag pop
- Päter – 4-7 Company indie | melancholic | pop
- renforshort – Hurt Like It Should indie | pop | rock
- Olivia Rodrigo – Obsessed rock
- Santa – Recommence-Moi pop
- Talisco – Forknox indie | pop | rock
- Walk Off The Earth & Luminati Suns – Beautiful Things indie | pop | rock
- Wallows – Calling After Me pop | rock
- Remi Wolf – Cinderella pop
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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Werner’s Weekly (week 19)
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:
- Clypso – On Our Way (Wildcard this week)
- Lissie – Hey Boy (Wildcard last week)
- Don Diablo presents Camp Kubrick – Whatchu Do
- mags – I Can’t Get Over You
- Milo – What’s The Matter
- Moby feat. Gregory Porter & Amythyst Kiah – Natural Blues [Reprise Version]
- Willow feat. Travis Barker – Transparent Soul
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: Coldplay, Hooverphonic, Jake Bugg, Modest Mouse, and more.
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Werner’s Weekly (week 10)
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:
- Kalie Shorr – Amy (Wildcard this week)
- MBG – This Time (Wildcard last week)
- Coach Party – Everybody Hates Me
- Good Health Good Wealth – Love Hangover
- renforshort – Virtual Reality
- The Reytons – Broke Boy’s Cartel
- The Roop – Discoteque
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: Hooverphonic, Ladyhawke, Walk Off The Earth, and more.
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Noémie Wolfs – Lonely Boy’s Paradise
Some people may still refer to Noémie Wolfs as ‘a former singer of Hooverphonic’, but that’s ancient history by now. Exactly one year ago, the Belgian singer released her second solo album Lonely Boy’s Paradise. In celebration of this anniversary, the record’s stand-out track is released as its fifth single.
Lonely Boy’s Paradise is the long-player’s monumental title track. It opens in a mysterious, somewhat sinister fashion with dark drums and dramatic strings. The further the song enrolls, the more prominent the strings. After a tribal-like mid-section, they even take over completely for a full dramatic effect. Fans of Lana Del Rey will love this.
The video has been a year in the making, as COVID-19 kept messing up the recording schedule. However, the resulting short movie, where Wolfs turns up blonde, is as wonderful as the song itself.
Recommended as well:
Noémie Wolfs – Let Me Down
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For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
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Werner’s Weekly (week 9)
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:
- The Magic Gang – Think (Wildcard this week)
- Egoism – You You (Wildcard last week)
- Deluxe – I Love You
- Larkins – Hit And Run [2020 Version]
- League Of Wolves – On The Run
- Raphael Gualazzi – Carioca
- Young Gun Silver Fox – Kids
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: Alanis Morissette, Biffy Clyro, The Fratellis, Hooverphonic, Roachford, Sparks, and many more.
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Werner’s Weekly (week 37)
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:
- Agat – I’ve Done It Again (Wildcard this week)
- Lush Puppy – Ms. Grey (Wildcard last week)
- Citizen Kay – Ego
- Miss June – Anomaly
- Simple Creatures – Thanks, I Hate It
- Skylar Grey – Shame On You
- Superbird – Super Superior
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: Camila Cabello, Editors, Elvis Crespo, Foster The People, Hooverphonic, The Allergies, and many more.
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Carte Blanche Music Top 2018
Ahead of your favourites among this year’s Carte Blanche Music recommendations, which I publish on New Year’s Day, I round off 2018 with my personal choice.
The last year, I introduced you to 1104 great new songs via my container playlist Carte Blanche Music; over 65 hours of music. Exactly 500 of those translated into a written endorsement through this blog. In other words: only one out of each 11 suggestions (and one fifth of all of my posts) made it onto the Carte Blanche Music Top 2018.
I’m very proud of this year-end list, as it differs largely from the majority of charts you’ll find. Just a few statistics:
- 58% of the tracks feature female lead vocals (up from an already impressive 43% in the Carte Blanche Music Top 2017)
- 43% of the tracks are guitar-based (rock is dead? Think again!)
- Apart from British and American acts, my list contains artists from Australia, Norway, the Netherlands, Canada, Spain, France, Belgium, Ireland, Estonia, Germany, Sweden, Hungary and South Korea
- By consequence, you’ll not only hear lyrics in English, but also in French, Hungarian, Spanish, Portuguese and Korean
- Needless to say, my year-end list contains no proper hits whatsoever 😉
The Carte Blanche Music Top 2018 features 100 tracks by 100 different artists. As making that choice was hard enough, the songs are sorted alphabetically. Just use the shuffle button if you prefer another order 😉.
I hope you enjoy listening to the list via the Spotify player. Meanwhile, you can read my original recommendations through the links below.
