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Blitz Vega (feat. Johnny Marr) – Strong Forever
Blitz Vega (feat. Johnny Marr) – Strong Forever
*SONG SNACK*
Andy Rourke (ex The Smiths) and Kav (ex Happy Mondays) team up with Marr to great effect.
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Johnny Marr – Day In Day Out
Johnny Marr is an all-round musical hero, and as prolific and versatile as they come. He was in The Smiths, The The, Electronic, and Modest Mouse, and worked with artists as diverse as Jane Birkin, Pet Shop Boys, Crowded House, The Cult, Girls Aloud and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds. He also released four solo albums.
His most recent album, Call The Comet, came out in June. The Tracers, Hi Hello and Walk Into The Sea have been released as singles, but my best-loved album track is Day In Day Out (not the David Bowie song, by the way). Perhaps because of its close resemblance to a classic Smiths track. Exactly halfway it breaks down, only to build back up again into a soaring guitar solo. Sure to become a live favourite.
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Wildcard (week 3):
Wildcard (week 3):
Nile Marr – Only Time Can Break Your Heart
Nile Marr has the talent to write catchy pop songs and infectious (guitar) melodies running through his veins. You won’t be surprised to learn he’s the son of Smiths guitarist and successful solo artist Johnny Marr. His first name is a homage to one of his father’s musical heroes, Chic’s Nile Rodgers. But when asked for his influences, he’ll mention Broken Social Scene, Fugazi and Elliott Smith.
Following a 6-year stint as a founding member of indie trio Man Made, Marr Jr. released his solo debut album Are You Happy Now? in 2020. The now 29-year-old artist’s new single, released via Bandcamp and on vinyl, is brand-new. It features How We Drift on one ‘A-side’, and Only Time Can Break Your Heart on the other. Marr recorded both tracks in a studio he built during the COVID-19-induced lockdown. The latter song is by far my favourite.
Jangly and upbeat, Only Time Can Break Your Heart will go down well with fans of bands like The Byrds, R.E.M., The La’s and Big Star. These were bands that made him want to write songs when he first heard them as a kid. “It doesn’t have to be shouty, it doesn’t have to be loud”, he explains. “It’s singing because I like it, it’s melody because I like melody. It’s liberating.”
Only Time Can Break Your Heart by Nile Marr is the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard, so it’ll feature prominently at the top of the blog for a whole week.
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In the Wildcards 2022 playlist you’ll find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far.
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JohnnySwim – First Try
JohnnySwim is the stage name of singer-songwriter duo Amanda Sudano and Abner Ramirez, who married in the process. When you listen to their songs, you’ll soon enough discover Sudano is more than Donna Summer’s daughter alone (at many of her mother’s concerts she sang backing vocals).
First Try is JohnnySwim’s latest single. The song has been buzzing around for almost a year now. In October 2016 it was one of the tracks on their second album Georgica Pond and it stood out immediately. It’s a gospel-like song, full of soul, which features a piece of humming that is equal parts Let It Be and Lean On Me.
The track has been on my Carte Blanche Music playlist since last May, but has only now been remixed for its release as a single, accompanied by a video that features footage from the duo’s recent tour.
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 40)
Not all, but only the best new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Ozark Henry – Dreamer
indie | pop - Luvleelou – Sugar Poisoned
indie | pop | rock - marguerite – Un Peu Beaucoup
pop - Johnny Marr – Beyond The Rain
indie | pop | rock - Leire Martinez – Quédate En Su Voz
pop | rock - Miss The Heart – Don’t U Dare indie | pop | rock
- Vernis Rouge feat. Jok’air – L’Amour Est Une Garce 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 26)
Not all, but only the best new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- The Aces – You Got Me
indie | pop - Rye Catchers (feat. Drew Tyler) – Prisoner indie | pop | rock
- Disco Mary – Proof indie | pop | rock
- Efecto Pasillo & Maruja Limón – Qué Será De Mí pop | latin
- Emmit Fenn feat. Elle Eyre – You Got Me dance | drum & bass | indie | pop
- Franz Ferdinand feat. Johnny Marr – Build It Up indie | pop | rock
- Flo Gallop – Famous indie | pop | rock
- Lockyer Boys – Uh Huh! indie | pop | rock
- Seafret & KT Tunstall – Five More Seconds indie | pop | rock
- Vistas – Next Year indie | rock
- The Wild Things – Knock Down, Drag Out indie | rock
- Yukon Blonde – Adore You indie | pop | rock
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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Wildcard (week 50): Cyn – The Smiths
Wildcard (week 50): Cyn – The Smiths
Rihanna’s 2006 hit SOS was obviously based on a sample from Soft Cell’s Tainted Love. What’s long been less clear, is that the song’s second verse entirely exists of song titles from other ‘80s hits by a-ha, Cutting Crew, Tears For Fears, Kim Wilde/Diana Ross & The Supremes and Michael Jackson. Check this:
Take on me (uh-huh), you know inside you feel it right /
Take me on, I could just die up in your arms tonight /
I melt with you, you got me head over heels (over heels) /
Boy, you keep me hanging on, the way you make me feel.
Cynthia Nabozny (the full name of singer and composer Cyn) pulls the same trick on her new single. In fact, the title of the tune already gives it away. The song references several songs by The Smiths, like Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now, This Charming Man, The Queen Is Dead and There’s A Light That Never Goes Out. The Smiths being her ex’s favourites, the song depicts how a bad experience can ruin your relationship with a band. Just ask Morrissey and Johnny Marr…
Musically, the track has ‘80s written all over it as well. Not only The Smiths, but Pretenders and even The Cure shine through as well, so what’s not to like? Still, the song sounds very contemporary overall. It’s one of three new tracks on the ‘Extended Edition’ of Cyn’s album Valley Girl, which was released on Katy Perry’s label UnSub Records.
The Smiths by Cyn is the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. It will be prominently displayed at the top of the blog for an entire week.
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In the Wildcards 2024 playlist you’ll find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far.
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Your favourites (November 2022)
Below, you can find all 10 of your favourites in the month of November; my recommendations that you read the most during this month. Great choices!
The links bring you directly to the original posts. Each of those features a player that allows you to listen to the track via the platform of your choice. Enjoy!
- Placebo – The Prodigal (WC)
- Housewife – I’m Spent
- Pyro – Wiser
(WC) - Gintronix – Get Up And Dance
- Blitz Vega (feat. Johnny Marr) – Strong Forever
- Angèle – Libre (WC)
- Angèle – La Loi De Murphy
- Videoclub – Enfance 80
- Hanni – See Through
- Rick Treffers – Add Some Fun
(WC) = ex Carte Blanche Music Wildcard
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Werner’s Weekly (week 48)
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:
- mazie – Girls Just Wanna Have Sex (Wildcard this week)
- Black Honey – Heavy (Wildcard last week)
- ainheeky – Hard Sell
- Blitz Vega (feat. Johnny Marr) – Strong Forever
- Last Dinosaurs – Hanson Ghost
- Loveta – All We Got
- spill tab – Crème Brûlée
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: Champs, Ronniee, Trunky Juno, and more.
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Werner’s Weekly (week 46)
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:
- Foals – Wake Me Up (Wildcard this week)
- Smith & Thell – Pixie’s Parasol (Wildcard last week)
- Dual – Wipe Your Tears Away
- Teenage Dads – Piano Girl
- The Ramona Flowers feat. Nile Rodgers – Up All Night
- Thunder Fox – Head In The Clouds
- Who Parked The Car – Candle Dance
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: Johnny Marr, Stereophonics, The War On Drugs, and more.
