Browsing Tag electronic
Werner’s Weekly (week 7)
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:
- Almost Monday – Live Forever (Wildcard this week)
- The Reytons – Jealous Type (Wildcard last week)
- Allie X – Glam! [2021 Version]
- Ferraro – Sugar Rush [2021 Remix]
- Pixey – Electric Dream
- Rebecca Black – Girlfriend
- The Unknown Project – Swimmer
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: Calogero, Dua Lipa, Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, Pale Waves, and more.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Werner’s Weekly (week 6)
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 Reytons – Jealous Type (Wildcard this week)
- Tom Jones – Talking Reality Television Blues (Wildcard last week)
- Eelke – Too Much Too Soon
- President Street – Time Is Up
- Katie Kittermaster – Lukewarm Lover
- Kuzko – My Mama Says
- Tom Aspaul & Funk LeBlanc (feat. Madeleine Wood) – The Program
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: Celeste, Serj Tankian, Vargas & Lagola, and more.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Allie X – Glam! [2021 Version]
Alexandra Hughes began her career by performing in televised talent shows in her native Canada. She continued her career as Allie Hughes, before switching to her current moniker Allie X (not to be confused with Elle Exxe). After moving to Los Angeles, California, she released the song Catch, which reached #55 in her home country.
A few years earlier, in 2013, she recorded a demo for Glam! (Love Me Forever). The song leaked in 2015 but was never put out as a single. Last year, as a bonus track for a special edition double LP of her early albums CollXtion I and CollXtion II, she recorded a new version of the track. This time around, it is a single. More than that, it’s a banger!
Glam! is about Allie X leaving Toronto to start working on her music in LA. In her own words, it’s an ‘unapologetic superpop synth fantasy song about following your dreams’. In my words, Glam! is a very lovable bubblegum-pop track. For fans of Dua Lipa, Kylie Minogue, Charli XCX and Katy Perry.
Follow Allie X on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Yonaka – Seize The Power
Brighton-based band Yonaka’s 2019 debut album Don’t Wait ‘til Tomorrow was a huge success. It racked up a whopping 58 million streams on Spotify alone. No-one would have blamed them for simply copying the formula for their new material. But they didn’t…
Seize The Power is vocalist Theresa Jarvis, bassist Alex Crosby, drummer Rob Mason and guitarist George Werbrouck-Edwards’ new single. An anthemic, self-produced song. Right from the start it’s clear this is a powerful and empowering track. It opens with simple drum hits, a sampled choir and Jarvis’s urgent spoken-word. This immediately grabs you by the ears. Elsewhere, we hear slightly transformed vocals, driving hip-hop inspired beats, screaming guitars and lots of synths. Angry and energetic.
Do you know Dutch band De Staat by any chance? Seize The Power sounds like a female-fronted and more electronic-sounding version. Which is great!
Recommended as well:
Lose Our Heads
Death By Love
Fired Up
Follow Yonaka on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Werner’s Weekly (week 5)
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:
- Tom Jones – Talking Reality Television Blues (Wildcard this week)
- San Mei – In The Machine (Wildcard last week)
- Archie X – Karma Sucks
- Julietta – Not Today
- Lilly Wood & The Prick – You Want My Money
- Lou Hayter – Time Out Of Mind
- Sam & Sounds – Silly
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: Celeste, Pale Waves, Rag ‘n’ Bone Man, and more.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Tom Aspaul & Funk LeBlanc (feat. Madeleine Wood) – The Program
Hot on the heels of his long overdue debut album Black Country Disco, Tom Aspaul is already looking ahead. To be more precise, he’s preparing a remix album, Black Country Discoteque, which will arrive on 15 March. The project is set to feature collaborations with producer MNEK, singer-songwriter Bright Light Bright Light, and retro remixer Initial Talk.
Apart from BCD remixes, the album will also contain some all-new material. One of those tracks is Wanna Love U Boy, a cover of Robin Thicke’s 2005 single Wanna Love You Girl. Another one of those fresh songs is the long-player’s first single, The Program. It’s an uplifting eighties-inspired gem with punchy drums and a euphoric double guitar solo. The opening seconds bring Madonna’s Material Girl to mind. Aspaul made this banger with San Francisco-based producer Funk LeBlanc and Australian singer-songwriter Madeleine Wood.
He says about it: “It feels like the perfect progression sonically – we’re definitely in a new decade – and I’m actually relieved to be singing about something other than heartbreak! Having Madeleine Wood on board with vocals is a bonus too, her voice really complements mine and her songwriting is incredible.”
Recommended as well:
Tom Aspaul – Black Country Disco
Follow Tom Aspaul on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Kuzko – My Mama Says
Danique van der Vlugt en Sam Ouwehand are from the Dutch town of Rotterdam. After releasing two singles as Kuzko in 2019, they both went on an exchange programme. It was their intention to really focus on their music upon their return. That was early in 2020, just before… well… you know.
Not the ones to let their head hang down, they started recording their debut EP, that’ll come out in the Summer. Prepare for a synth-heavy affair, with one purpose only: to make you dance. Full of quirky, funky sounds, it’s best compared to Aussie act Confidence Man.
Talking to The Daily Indie, Danique explained how their infectious new single My Mama Says came about. “We were on my verandah and Sam was working on a beat. Suddenly this lyric popped up in me: ‘My mama says, that I’m a fucking catch’. Next we started building a story around that, like we were writing a mini script.”
The duo ended up with a song full of high school drama and passionate love affairs. Hence the quarrelling in the pre-chorus, which wraps up the whole idea behind the track.
Follow Kuzko on Facebook | Instagram | Spotify
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Katie Kittermaster – Lukewarm Lover
Kent singer Katie Kittermaster built quite a fanbase opening for acts like Soul II Soul, Kaiser Chiefs, Rick Astley, Olly Murs and Lucy Spraggan. COVID-19 may have temporarily stopped the touring, but it didn’t stop the singer from touching new hearts. The songs she put out in 2020 were supported by over 80 radio stations in Great-Britain alone.
Kittermaster has a knack for wrapping up honest, melancholy lyrics in uplifting instrumentation. Her new single Lukewarm Lover takes this concept to a new level. It’s a cleverly crafted pop song, that’s more modern, electronic and danceable than her songs so far.
Talking about the track, she says: “Lukewarm Lover is a track about a relationship where the spark has fizzled out. Both parties are just going through the motions, but don’t know really how to bring it to its natural conclusion. (…) It’s less apologetic and doesn’t dance around the evidently tricky situation, I love this about it, as I feel it shows real personal growth as well as (hopefully) my development as a writer too!”
Follow Katie Kittermaster on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Werner’s Weekly (week 4)
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:
- San Mei – In The Machine (Wildcard this week)
- Black Honey – Believer (Wildcard last week)
- Baby FuzZ feat. LP – Before Our Time
- Baby Queen – Raw Thoughts
- Monowhales – Out With The Old
- Son Mieux – 1992
- Twan Ray – It Never Feel Right
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: Weezer, Gin Wigmore, Royal Blood, and more.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Archie X – Karma Sucks
Only five months ago, Belgian duo Archie X’s maiden single Loud Boy made a big impression. On me, at least, and I launched my most powerful promotional weapon: I made it the Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. This means a song is highlighted on my blog for a whole week. And then… nothing much happened, really. A bloody shame, I still think it’s one of the strongest debuts in recent years.
But, one can also win a match in the second half. And Charline D’Hoore and Tom Lodewyckx’ sophomore single Karma Sucks is another winner! Even though it’s a totally different track than their first.
Karma Sucks is a dreamier affair. Its first part reminds me a bit of one of 2013’s finest moments: Everything At Once by Lenka. Throughout the song, the production is ace. The combination of an acoustic piano with a subtle electronic beat and dosed vocal effects is accessible, but with an edge. People with ears on their head will put this on their (radio and streaming) playlists.
For those still in doubt: Archie X’s very first band repetition ever will be live streamed on their Facebook page, Saturday 6 February at noon. How about that for self-confidence?
Recommended as well:
Archie X – Loud Boy
Follow Archie X on Facebook | Instagram | Spotify
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
