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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 36)
Looking at the large pile of releases this week, the holidays are clearly over. Below you’ll find not all, but only the best new music. Added to the playlist (alphabetically):
- Ash – Which One Do You Want?
indie | pop | rock - Balu Brigada – Sideways
pop - David Byrne & Ghost Train Orchestra feat. Hayley Williams – What Is The Reason For It?
indie | pop | tropical - Tilly Fenton – It’s You!
indie | pop | rock - Lance Ferguson’s Rare Groove Spectrum – Dominoes (Jungle cover)
funk | indie | soul - G Flip – Bed On Fire
indie | pop | rock - Lady Gaga – The Dead Dance
disco | pop - mags – Blue
indie | pop - Kelsey Montanez – River Of Light
indie | pop | rock - notyourwife – Pretend We’re Fine
indie | pop | rock - Malu Pierini – Libera Me
indie | pop | soul - Saint Etienne x Confidence Man – Brand New Me
indie | pop - St. Lucia – Lights Off
indie | pop - Slothrust – Spill The Juice
indie | rock - Sports – Nice 2 Meet (Bang Bang Bang)
indie | pop | rock - Stuck On Planet Earth – Roll
indie | pop | rock - Rob Thomas – Machine
pop | rock - Young The Giant – Apartment [In The Open] (album track)
acoustic | indie | pop | rock
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
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 17)
Not all, but only the best new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- The Bankes Brothers – Bedroom Wall
indie | pop | rock - Ava Breeze feat. Westgate Cam – Lemonade (LMN8)
indie | pop - Claptone feat. Henry Camamile (Sea Girls) – Put Your Love On Me
dance | electronic | indie - Disco Mary – Silent Alarm
indie | pop - Flat Moon – Schleep
funk | indie | rock - Franjapan – Fall Down
indie | pop | rock - Haute & Freddy – Shy Girl
electronic | indie | pop - Hemliga Klubben – Förstöraren
electronic | indie | pop - Tilly Louise – Rosie
indie | pop - Roy Paci – Tromba
hip hop | indie | pop | tropical - The Pigeon Detectives – I’m Not Sorry [Alternative Version]
acoustic | indie | pop - renforshort – Feeling Good
indie | pop - Sunset Sons – Magic
indie | pop - Jessy Yasmeen – Sir!
indie | pop | r&b | soul - Zornik – Little Liar
indie | rock
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
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Werner’s Weekly (week 11)
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:

- Giant Killers – One For Georgie
(Wildcard this week) - Nadia Sheikh – How To Lose A Friend
(Wildcard last week) - Áslaug – No One Said

- The Indie Pea – What’s It All For?

- Jason Kimmel – The Actor

- Primal Scream – Innocent Money [Pet Shop Boys Remix]

- The Sooks – Run The Sands

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.
Partly selected via input by Musosoup. Submit your music here. #sustainablecreators
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 10)
Not all, but only the best new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Áslaug – No One Said
indie | pop - Calicos – Rush Rush
americana | indie | pop - Dancer – Not Nothing
indie | rock - Giant Killers – One For Georgie
indie | pop - The Indie Pea – What’s It All For?
indie | pop - Jennie feat. Dua Lipa – Handlebars
pop - Jason Kimmel – The Actor
acoustic | indie | pop - Marble Sounds – Nothing To Get Over
indie | pop - Primal Scream – Innocent Money [Pet Shop Boys Remix]
electronic | indie | pop - The Sooks – Run The Sands
indie | pop - Tash Sultana – Hold On
electronic | indie | 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
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 7)
The best from a crazy amount of new releases. Added this week (alphabetically):
- Anna Of The North – Swirl
indie | pop - Bailen – Call It Like It Is
indie | pop | rock - Nessa Barrett – Bang Bang!
pop | rock - beabadoobee – Glue Song
indie | pop - Black Honey – OK
indie | rock - Cole Bleu – Heartbreakers
indie | rock - Gia Darcy – I’ll Never Drink Again
indie | pop | rock - Desirée Dawson – Lonely
indie | pop | r&b - Death Of The High Street – Not Fair
indie | rock - FloodHounds – Psychosemantics
indie | rock - James Gittins feat. Sophie Naglik – What You Want [Dance Remix]
dance | indie | pop - Tara Hack – Bounce
disco | electronic | funk | indie | pop - The Hengles – Flashes Of Green
indie | pop | rock - Tycho Jones – Risk To My Reward
indie | pop - Daimy Lotus – Friends 😉
indie | pop | rock - Melle – Can’t Come Home
indie | pop - Bea Miller – Cynical
indie | rock - Jason Mraz – I Feel Like Dancing
indie | pop - noelle – Mars
indie | pop - Lo Noom – Too Much For Me
acoustic | indie | pop - Giovany Revelle – Time
indie | pop | rock - Rews – Misery
indie | rock - Bebe Rexha – Heart Wants What It Wants
pop - Bartees Strange – Tisched Off
indie | pop | rock - Temples – Cicada
indie | pop
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
Follow (click ‘♥’) to hear the best new music first.
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Werner’s Weekly (week 7)
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:

- Dolores Forever – When I Say So
(Wildcard this week) - Nell Mescal – Homesick
(Wildcard last week) - Eddie Benjamin – All For Nothing

- Django Django feat. Self Esteem – Complete Me

- Harm & Ease – Meet Me At The Riot

- Kezra – Insane

- Hannah Scott – Into Your Grief

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.
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 6)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added this week (alphabetically):
- Gabrielle Aplin – Be Yourself
indie | pop - Eddie Benjamin – All For Nothing
pop - Bitter Kisses – Pr*y
indie | pop | rock - Crystal Cities – I Should Have Known That This Was War
indie | pop - Depeche Mode – Ghosts Again
electronic | pop - Django Django feat. Self Esteem – Complete Me
indie | pop - Harm & Ease – Meet Me At The Riot
indie | pop | rock - Kezra – Insane
indie | pop | rock - Naia Lika – Gas Station Bouquet
funk | indie | pop | soul - Little Green – Dinner With The Moon
indie | pop - Mal Fantôme – Higher
indie | pop | rock - Manning – Hearts On Fire
indie | pop - Peking Duk feat. Darren Hayes – I Want You
pop - Roe – My Greatest Fear
indie | pop | rock - Hannah Scott – Into Your Grief
acoustic | indie | melancholic | pop - Super Ghost – Don’t Talk About It
indie | pop | rock - Tired All The Time – One Big File
indie | pop | rock - Joshua Ziggy – Can’t Go Back
indie | pop | rock
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
Follow (click ‘♥’) to hear the best new music first.
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Werner’s Weekly (week 40)
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:

- Your Angel – Complicated
(Wildcard this week) - Courteeners – It’ll Take More Than A Weekend Away To Fix This Mess
(Wildcard last week) - Dopha – Frenemies

- Loyle Carner – Nobody Knows (Ladas World)

- Red Rum Club – Vanilla

- Weiners – Se Non Ci Sei

- Young Gun Silver Fox – Rolling Back

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: Angèle, The Go! Team, Paramore, The War On Drugs, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and more.
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Werner’s Weekly (week 39)
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:

- Courteeners – It’ll Take More Than A Weekend Away To Fix This Mess
(Wildcard this week) - Jessia – One Of The Guys
(Wildcard last week) - Ayesha A. Madon – Goldfish

- In Waves – Elephant (Don’t Wake It!)

- Moli – Crying In The Swimming Pool

- Olivia Lobato & Björn Holmgren – Haglar

- Reddi – Bad Pop Song

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: Alma, Editors, Mando Diao, Weezer, and more.
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Wildcard (week 38):
Courteeners – It’ll Take More Than A Weekend Away To Fix This Mess
After forming in 2006, The Courteeners were lauded by Q Magazine as ‘one of the world’s biggest underground acts’. The band lived up to that title, as all of their six album reached the Top 10 of the UK Album Chart. Morrissey and Bono are among the artists who have expressed their appreciation of the band.
This success story started with the band’s 2008 debut album St. Jude, produced by Stephen Street (of The Smiths and Blur fame). In 2012, they dropped ‘The’ from their name, continuing as Courteeners. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of their debut, the band re-recorded the album and released that version as St. Jude Re:Wired. 13 January 2023 there’s another jubilee to be celebrated, and a 15th Anniversary Edition of the album will come out. This expanded version will include the original album plus b-sides, non-album singles and demos.
One of these bonustracks is It’ll Take More Than A Weekend Away To Fix This Mess, an ‘unearted’ song from the original recording sessions. The reflective, laid-back tune sees front man Liam Fray croon over a largely acoustic guitar-led instrumental before keys, lovely trumpets and chanted backing vocals are introduced in the triumphant final part. The title may appear to be impossible to sing, but ends up having a hypnotising effect on the listener.
Courteeners’ It’ll Take More Than A Weekend Away To Fix This Mess is the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. That means 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.
I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.

