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Dribble by 18-year-old @syccoworld (which is pronounced as ‘psycho’) is an irresistible, easy-going pop tune with an electronic arrangement at its core.

It also flirts with neo-soul, while Sycco’s smooth vocals flow on top of the beat. A huge talent! https://bit.ly/CBMsycco

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*Your* favourites among the Carte Blanche Music recommendations in July:
#Dopha,
@weareesteban1,
@LielaMoss,
@Fixkes,
@Shanguymusic,
@raye,
@roadstoroamusic,
@hakanhellstrom_,
#GraceFarriss,
#LolaLeLann.

Read more and listen via your platform of choice: https://bit.ly/CBMfav2007

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3 aug

In this week's Werner's Weekly, your compass to the music that matters:
@_TheMagicGang (@carteblanchemus Wildcard),
#Crimer,
@alfietempleman,
@bloxxband,
@E_E_,
@machinegunkelly,
@YoursTruly_Band.

Read more and listen via http://bit.ly/CBMweekly

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carteblanchemusCarte Blanche Music@carteblanchemus·
2 aug

This week, I'm proud to recommend new music by:
- @soaksoaksoak feat. #GemmaDoherty,
- @BLACKHONEYUK,
- @leonidenmusik,
- @lola_lennox,
- @deltaspirit,
- @Badflower, and
- @syccoworld,

Start discovering at https://www.carteblanchemusic.nl and listen via your platform of choice!

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31 jul

Off My Mind by @bloxxband is yet another great pop-rock song with a chorus as catchy as they come.

It comes with a clever video that sees singer Ophelia Booth jumping around between her band mates, who are all social distancing in their own, ehm, booths. https://bit.ly/CBMbloxx3

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carteblanchemusCarte Blanche Music@carteblanchemus·
30 jul

My favourite deep cut on @alfietempleman's EP Happiness In Liquid Form is Things I Thought Were Mine. A minimalistic, laid-back summer tune, based around a wonky synth melody and a funky guitar.

Templeman wrote, produced and mixed this one himself. https://bit.ly/CBMalfietempleman3

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carteblanchemusCarte Blanche Music@carteblanchemus·
29 jul

Brighton quartet @_TheMagicGang offer a wide range of musical styles. Personally, I like them best when they enter #TheStyleCouncil territory, like on their new single.

Make Time For Change is this week's Carte Blanche Music Wildcard! Read more & listen: https://bit.ly/CBMthemagicgang4

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carteblanchemusCarte Blanche Music@carteblanchemus·
28 jul

Sydney punk rock band @YoursTruly_Band released Together as their debut album’s second teaser track.

Filled with stomping beats, a groovy bass and soaring guitars, it sounds like an upbeat feelgood anthem. Lyrically however, it’s a different story. Read: https://bit.ly/CBMyourstruly2

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carteblanchemusCarte Blanche Music@carteblanchemus·
27 jul

In this week's Werner's Weekly, your compass to the music that matters:
#Crimer (Carte Blanche Music Wildcard),
@dovesmusicblog,
@FERRAROBAND,
@gracieabrams,
@oscarlangmusic,
@sam_and_sounds,
@the_go_team.

Read more and listen via http://bit.ly/CBMweekly

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carteblanchemusCarte Blanche Music@carteblanchemus·
26 jul

Carte Blanche Music may be on a short holiday, but I couldn't resist recommending great new tracks by @bloxxband, @alfietempleman and @YoursTruly_Band. Start discovering at https://carteblanchemusic.nl!

Meanwhile, check daily updates via the Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1PDB66AHkjIvASNIu17Vzf?si=g71CIqc9Rh6isE9M-w5Law

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Werner’s Weekly (week 29)

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:

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: James Bay, San Cisco, The Goo Goo Dolls, and more.

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Calogero – La Rumeur

It’s summer and I’m currently on holiday in France. Two events that come together perfectly in Calogero’s new single. Three years after his hit album Liberté Chérie, the French artist returns with a great tune. La Rumeur (‘the rumour’) is a pure pop song with the energy of a rock track. It’s insanely catchy, thanks to a chorus built around a horn part and an easy to sing along to ‘papapalapapa’. Towards the end, the saxophone player grabs the spotlights, giving the track an ‘80s feel.

La Rumeur marks a welcome return and appears to be the first cut off Calogero’s next album. Title and release date are still under wraps, though…

Recommended as well:
On Se Sait Par Coeur
1987
La Vraie Vie
Je Joue De La Musique

For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.

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Raye – Natalie Don’t

So far, Croydon, South London-based singer Rachel Keen (a.k.a. Raye) has been mostly successful as a featured artist. She worked with everyone from Jax Jones (You Don’t Know Me) to Regard (Secrets) and David Guetta (Stay (Don’t Go Away)), not to mention Charli XCX. But here is the song that’ll make her a star in her own right.

Raye’s new single Natalie Don’t is a desperate appeal to another woman to not steal her man. Speaking of the track, she says: “It’s about that feeling of panic you have when you know you’re losing someone. The song is beautifully hopeless because you know Natalie will do what she wants regardless.”

Natalie Don’t fits perfectly in the nu-disco world Dua Lipa helped shape. The track ends in crescendo thanks to a beautiful, I Will Survive-like string arrangement. It’s taken from a forthcoming seven-track music project exploring the cycle of grief.

For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.

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Saint Motel – Preach

Saint Motel came on my radar via their single My Type. The year after, 2015, they released the equally great track Cold Cold Man, and I’ve been a massive fan ever since. Currently, the band are recording their album The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, which will be the sum of 3 EP’s. The first, The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Pt. 1, came out last year. The second set of 5 songs, a.k.a. The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Pt. 2, will follow later this year.

Two of these songs are out there now. A Good Song Never Dies came out last March, and you can now put your hands together for Preach. It holds all of the elements I love Saint Motel for: it’s funky, danceable and utterly catchy. If there were a prize for ‘Best bass line’, this would be a contender. Add a ton of synths and horns, and a potential summer hit should be in the pocket!

Recommended as well:
A Good Song Never Dies
Destroyer
Move

For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.

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Wildcard (week 28):
Grace Farriss – All The People

Grace Farriss has lived on an artistic and musical diet all of her life. She grew up in the UK and Australia, as the daughter of Andrew Farriss, the main composer/songwriter for INXS. Growing up, she was always encouraged to play the piano and guitar. Eventually, she became a poet, singer, songwriter, composer, producer, painter, artist, author and environmentalist.

In 2017, she wrote All The People, which celebrates the interconnection between the diverse cultures that shape the world. The song has just been released as her debut single. It’s a ‘70s-inspired funky disco track, driven by a tight drum, horn and bass groove. Think of it as a more organic version of Lola’s Theme by The Shapeshifters. And the guitar that drops in after 1 minute reminds me of the opening riff of Sausolito Summernight by Diesel. What a great way to start a career!

Farriss is set to release her debut album Grace later this year, featuring performances from some of the world’s greatest musicians. The ‘thank you’ section in the booklet will include The Section Quartet, Matt Johnson (Jeff Buckley) on drums, Joey Waronker (Beck) on drums, Abe Rounds (Andrew Bird, Meshell Ndegeocello) on drums, Benji Lysaght (Adele, Father John Misty) on guitar, Ralph Carney (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, The B-52’s) on saxophone, John Kirby (Solange) on keys, and Todd M. Simon (Angel City All-Star Brass Band) on horns.

Grace Farriss’ very first single All The People is this week’s new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard!

In the Wildcards 2020 playlist you’ll find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far.

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werner's weekly

Werner’s Weekly (week 28)

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:

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: Ben Folds, Cold War Kids, Honne, The Kooks, Paul Weller, Semisonic, The Veronicas, and more.

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Nikki & The Waves – Shirts

Don’t mistake this band for Canadian band Nikki’s Wives. Nikki & The Waves are a band from Liverpool with a Dutch touch to it. Front woman Nikki Drenthem Soesman was born and raised in Amsterdam. Three years ago, she moved to Liverpool to study at Liverpool Hope University, where she met the other members. The original plan was to take part in the yearly talent show, but they ended up forming a band.

Nikki & The Waves aren’t easy to pigeon-hole, which is a plus in my book. Their influences range from old funk to indie rock and dream pop. By mixing brass with upbeat guitars and melancholic melodies, they manage to create a modern sound that is nostalgic at the same time.

Nikki says about this: “Liverpool has a very vivid live scene. This inspired me and the other band members a lot. We’ve all done different studies and listened to different music, but I think all of our individual views created a unique sound.”

For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.

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Alice & Moi – T’aimerais Que Ce Soit Vrai

Alice & Moi is the French equivalent of ‘me, myself and I’. It’s the stage name of Parisian artist Alice Vanor. As a young girl she sung Vanessa Paradis songs in front of the mirror, and in 2020 she’s living the dream.

With her sugar-coated electro-pop songs and her sensual voice, she’s built quite a career already. Especially online. Her first single Filme Moi, for instance, racked up 4,5 million Spotify streams in 3 years’ time. It was the title track of her first EP in 2017. Her second EP Frénésie came out two years later. Keeping the intervals constant, her début album will finally come out in early 2021.

T’aimerais Que Ce Soit Vrai is Alice & Moi’s new single. An up-tempo, sunny song once again, that will go down well with her growing army of fans. The colourful video reminds us in a funny way that there’s a difference between Instagram and the real world. Hence the track’s title, which translates as ‘you’d love it to be real’.

For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.

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Lime Cordiale – Screw Loose

Sydney-based brothers Oli and Louis Leimbach started Lime Cordiale in 2009. However, it took them 8 years to release their debut album. In that respect, their sophomore album 14 Steps To A Better You was a quickie. It’s slated to come out on 10 July.

Screw Loose is the duo’s new single. A great track, that reminds me a little of You’ve Got To… by The Young Punx. The song was written by the brothers on a sleepless night in Los Angeles. “We were laughing throughout the whole writing process”, said Louis of the track. “The great thing about working with our producer Dave Hammer is that he never says, ‘no’. Most of the time he just wants to take things further. The kookaburra laugh at the end of the song has been there from the start and we always thought someone would try to convince us to take it out. It’s a pretty dominating sound and very Australian but it places the song in the environment that we want it to be in.”

For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.

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La Oreja De Van Gogh – Te Pareces Tanto A Mí

I’ve been a fan of Spanish band La Oreja De Van Gogh (‘Van Gogh’s ear’) ever since their 1998 debut album Dile Al Sol. I’ve described before how that came to be. The band even sparked a flame in me for Spanish pop/rock music in general. I know, it’s not for everyone. For starters because for most of us it’s not too easy to sing along to. But musically, and especially production-wise, the Spanish scene is on top of it’s game.

La Oreja De Van Gogh sold over 8 million albums worldwide, but mostly in the Spanish speaking world, obviously. Ready to add to that number, the band just finished their tenth studio album. Un Susurro En La Tormenta (‘a whisper in the storm’) will be released on 18 September. Te Pareces Tanto A Mí (‘you resemble me so much’) is the second single off it. A driving, up-tempo track, with a prominent role for the electric guitar, which had been missing from the band’s songs for too long. A great return to form!

Recommended as well:
La Oreja De Van Gogh – Diciembre

For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.

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