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single track, wildcardWildcard (week 8): Dylan – No Romeo
Wildcard (week 8): Dylan – No Romeo
London-based, Suffolk-born singer-songwriter Natasha Woods came to the scene as Dylan in 2019. That yearâs EP Purple and its follow-up Red were only the tip of the iceberg in terms of what lies ahead. She already reached many more people through the release of three more singles in 2021. Some of her new fans included Yungblud, Griff and Thomas Headon, who asked Dylan to support them on their tours. By the sound of her new single No Romeo, itâs fair to predict she might be a future super star.
No Romeo is an ultra catchy electro-pop tune. In line with her earlier releases, itâs an empowering track, with honest, meaningful lyrics. The song is a rally call against wasting any more time on those that donât deserve it.
Dylan says about her new single: âI wrote No Romeo with my best friends in mind. I was tired of them going back to their questionable exes and letting themselves be treated like crap (although I think I needed the song as much as they did!) and wanted, as always, to write something empowering. The aim was to write an anthem for the late-night drives with the windows down, the shouting at the sea because LIFE, and the screaming crying throwing up heartbreak moments.â
Last yearâs singles, No Romeo and two unreleased tracks will be on her next EP, due out on 8 April. Itâll be named after the current single. This week, No Romeo by Dylan is the Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. This means itâll feature at the top of the blog for a full seven days.
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In the Wildcards 2022 playlist youâll find all of this yearâs 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.
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Wernerâs Weekly (week 8)
This is Wernerâs Weekly, your compass to new music that matters, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Barks IV & I.Am.Em – Hittin’ It
(Wildcard this week) - Tommy – Alive
(Wildcard last week) - Bugs – In the Middle (Of It)
- Dubstar – Token
- Novustory – Love Me Too
- PĂ€ter – Fan Fan Fan
- Talk In Code – Young Loveâs Dream
Click the links for more info and listen to each of the tracks via the Wernerâs Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist. Also added last week: Rex Orange County, Train, White Lies, 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.
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Wernerâs Weekly (week 7)
This is Wernerâs Weekly, your compass to new music that matters, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Tommy – Alive (Wildcard this week)
- Confidence Man – Feels Like A Different Thing (Wildcard last week)
- Alexa Cappelli – Body Language
- bĂŒlow – Donât Break His Heart
- Dear Rouge – Small Talk
- Findlay – Night Sweats
- Moonradio – Morningbreeze
Click the links for more info and listen to each of the tracks via the Wernerâs Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist. Also added last week: Eddie Vedder, Portugal. The Man, Sharon Van Etten, 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.
single trackDubstar – Token
Dubstar – Token
In the second half of the â90s, electro-pop band Dubstar scored hits with tunes like Stars, No So Manic Now and â my favourite â Anywhere. Four years after they made their comeback with the album One, theyâre about to release a new long-player. Entitled Two (who couldâve guessed?), it will be out on 6 May. All four singles Sarah Blackwood and Chris Wilkie released since One will be on it.
Token is the latest track to be unleashed ahead of the new record. Pet Shop Boys being one of my all-time favourite acts, it truly made my heart jump. The songâs credits prove otherwise, but this could have been a track written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. I think long-time Pet Shop Boys collaborator Stephen Hague, who co-produced Token, is to thank for this. I also hear echoes of The Eurythmicsâ There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) in it, by the way.
All in all, this is a great synthpop song that makes me wish itâd be May already.
Recommended as well:
Dubstar – Tectonic Plates
Follow Dubstar on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify
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.
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Wernerâs Weekly (week 6)
This is Wernerâs 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:
- Confidence Man – Feels Like A Different Thing (Wildcard this week)
- Leony – Remedy (Wildcard last week)
- Betty Boo – Get Me To The Weekend
- Kuzko – Penelope
- OK Cool – Time And A Half
- Rex Orange County – Keep It Up
- The Spitfires – Save Me
Click the links for more info and listen to each of the tracks via the Wernerâs Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist. Also added last week: Bastille, Liam Gallagher, Red Hot Chili Peppers, 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.
single trackFindlay – Night Sweats
Findlay – Night Sweats
2020 was a busy year for singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Natalie Rose Findlay. She released multiple singles and an album with Ttrruuces, a new project with her long-time collaborator Jules Apollinaire. Meanwhile, the two worked on her sophomore album as Findlay. That record, The Last Of The 20th Century Girls, will be out on 13 May.
Last year, she released the singles Life Is But A Dream and Strange One ahead of the album. Night Sweats is their follow-up. Drenched in synth sounds and driving beats, itâs an immediately appealing track. Inspired by â80s new wave music, itâs charming and cheerful.
Findlay says about it:Â âNight Sweats came to me in a kind of stoned fever dream. I was on holiday in Lisbon when the riff just came into my head and I was wandering around my Airbnb singing it for ages, then when we got home and came to put down the riff it sounded miles better faster. It was a pretty instant decision then to make it more ’80s sounding as the riff lent itself to that in a big way.â
Recommended as well:
Waste My Time
Follow Findlay on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify
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.
single trackAlexa Cappelli – Body Language
Alexa Cappelli – Body Language
Alexa Cappelli is a 22-year-old singer-songwriter from Southern California. She already started taking voice lessons at 7, which helped her come out of her shell. At the Orange County School of The Arts she studied Commercial Music. Judging from her recent songs, she paid very good attention.
Ahead of her second EPÂ Confused @ 22Â â due out on 22 February â she releases her new single Body Language. An addictive song with equal parts electro-pop and darkwave, and above all a great groove.
âThe song is about getting to know someone in every possible way except for in personâ, Cappelli says on the track. âIt could be a long distance fling, or a new someone you meet online. They call and say all the right things, but in the heat of the spark, you remember they donât actually know the real you. This song is a fun take on the idea to not judge a book by its cover, or even the preface for that matter. Good intentions are important for romantic relationships, but so is having a safe, accepting, and fun physical presence. How can you know when you havenât spent much time in the same room?â
Follow Alexa Cappelli on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify
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.
single track, wildcardWildcard (week 5):
Wildcard (week 5):
Confidence Man – Feels Like A Different Thing
Iâve mentioned it before, but Iâve got the impression the â80s influences in todayâs pop music are slowly shifting towards the early â90s. Take Confidence Manâs brilliant new single for instance. Itâs called Feels Like A Different Thing, but it sounds wonderfully familiar. It made me think of Right Said Fredâs Iâm Too Sexy and Going Back To My Roots by FPI Project. House piano galore, and that gospel vibe is an absolute bliss. What a banger!
The Australian duo say about their new single: âFeels Like A Different Thing isnât here to mess around. Two lyrics, one riff, no fuss. Itâll get your blood pumping. Itâll make your ears bleed (in a good way). Itâll steal your car and burn down your house and youâll still say thanks.â
Following last yearâs Holiday, Feels Like A Different Thing is the second track to be released ahead of the bandâs sophomore album Tilt. Itâs due out on 1 April, a date thatâs marked in our agenda in flickering red neon lights. For starters, the new single is this weekâs Carte Blanche Music Wildcard, so itâll feature at the top of the blog for a full seven days.
Recommended as well:
Try Your Luck
Bubblegum
Follow Confidence Man on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify
In the Wildcards 2022 playlist youâll find all of this yearâs 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.
werner's weekly
Wernerâs Weekly (week 5)
This is Wernerâs Weekly, your compass to new music that matters, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Leony – Remedy (Wildcard this week)
- Nile Marr – Only Time Can Break Your Heart (Wildcard last week)
- Caroline & Claude – Itâs Not That Bad
- Ederlezi – Run, Run, Run
- Ellis Newman – Leaving The Party
- Mitski – Love Me More
- Sarpa Salpa – Somebody
Click the links for more info and listen to each of the tracks via the Wernerâs Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist. Also added last week: Bloc Party, Charli XCX feat. Rina Sawayama, Franz Ferdinand, George Ezra, Selah Sue, 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.
single trackKuzko – Penelope
Kuzko – Penelope
Kuzko are Danique van der Vlugt and Sam Ouwehand, two artists who do everything themselves. They may be Rotterdam-based, but their music has international potential. Their catchy synth-pop will go down well with fans of acts like Confidence Man, Sofi Tukker and Purple Disco Machine. Meanwhile, their lyrics are witty, and deal with everything from consumerism and high school dramas to cliché love adventures.
As they recently proved with their show at the ESNS 2022 festival, Kuzko are a fun live act. But donât be mistaken, theyâre skilled musicians as well, and Van der Vlugt is a really good singer. During the set they played tracks off their first EP Teardrops On The Dancefloor. But they also premiered two brand-new songs: Rich And Famous and Penelope.
The latter is the duoâs new single. In the best Kuzko tradition itâs a colourful tune with plenty â80s influences and another one of their contagious vocal hooks. Sure to put a smile on your face! Penelope is the first track to be released ahead of their sophomore EP thatâs scheduled to appear this spring.
Recommended as well:
My Mama Says
Follow Kuzko on Facebook | Instagram | Spotify
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.
