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Werner’s Weekly (week 27)
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:
- Baxtr – Bloom (Wildcard this week)
- Hoshi feat. Corine – Larmes De Croco (Wildcard last week)
- Friday – Hey Mama
- Harper Bloom – Walk My Way
- Mads Langer – Life In Stereo
- Mélodie Lauret – À Quoi Tu Penses Quand Tu M’adores ?
- The Allergies (feat. The Cuban Brothers) – Let Them Know
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: Moby, Nothing But Thieves, Prince, Smith & Burrows, 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.
The Allergies (feat. The Cuban Brothers) – Let Them Know
It may be summer for months in large parts of Europe, but meteorologically, it has only just begun. Right on time, The Allergies release their sunny new single Let Them Know.
Bristol’s finest serve up a hotbed of big hip-hop drums, huge funky horns, and dynamite boogaloo rhythms. This provides the perfect backdrop for the vocals of party starters The Cuban Brothers. Boosted by a massively catchy chorus, the track creates a full-on carnival atmosphere.
Let Them Know is the latest single to be released ahead of The Allergies’ upcoming album Say The Word. Let’s get this party started!
Recommended as well:
The Allergies (feat. Andy Cooper) – 2 Much!
The Allergies (feat. Andy Cooper) – It Won’t Be Me
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.
Werner’s Weekly (week 25)
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:
- Julie Bergan – Commando (Wildcard this week)
- Certain Animals – TV (Wildcard last week)
- Fixkes – Dardennen
- Rhea – Under My Skin
- Sarah Wolfe feat. The Flowers – 100 Times
- Self Talk – Food Court
- Tia Gostelow – Psycho
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 ‘Guitar’ Watson, The Snuts, Young Gun Silver Fox, and many 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.
Fixkes – Dardennen
Usually, Dutch people have hardly any problem understanding people from Flanders. Some Belgian dialects however are just too different. Even though the band Fixkes are from just across the border, the dialect of their home town Stabroek sounds like it’s from another planet to us. Who spends just a little more time understanding it however, hears this is a very funny song. Basically, it’s about buying a house in the beautiful Ardennen region. Luckily, music is a universal language. Dardennen is a great, groovy pop tune, with a touch of hip hop, some scratching, an organ, and a banjo.
Sam Valkenborgh and his band Fixkes came to prominence with their debut single Kvraagetaan (2007). It spent no less than 16 weeks at #1 in the Belgian charts. Obviously, they’re never going to top that. But instead of throwing in the towel, they continued making music. Dardennen is the first taste of Fixkes’ upcoming fourth album IV, due out on 18 September. Expect ‘90s style music, with nods to the likes of Pavement, Beastie Boys, and Cake. Very promising…
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.
Werner’s Weekly (week 22)
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:
- Gizmo Varillas – Born Again (Wildcard this week)
- Bloxx – Lie Out Loud (Wildcard last week)
- May-a – Green
- Moby Rich & Bishop Briggs – Friends*
- The Rehats – Nothing But The Truth
- Washington – Dark Parts
- X Ambassadors with K.Flay & grandson – Zen
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: Editors, Ozark Henry, Indigo Girls, The Jayhawks, and many 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.
Werner’s Weekly (week 21)
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:
- Bloxx – Lie Out Loud (Wildcard this week)
- Shade – Morningmaker (Wildcard last week)
- Boniface – It’s A Joke
- Demi Lovato (feat. Travis Barker) – I Love Me [Emo Version]
- Kailee Morgue – This Is Why I’m Hot
- The Academic – Anything Could Happen
- Videoclub – Enfance 80
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, Nek, Sofie Tukker & Gorgon City, and many 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.
X Ambassadors with K.Flay & grandson – Zen
In times of Corona, some artists decide to postpone their work. Others get increasingly productive. And in more and more cases, the latter leads to interesting collaborations, with everyone working from their own homes. This is a fine example.
Zen was written virtually. K.Flay and grandson recorded a verse each, and X Ambassadors worked on the final production. The lyrics are about all the thoughts and anxiety someone can face during isolation.
The track comes with a music video directed by K.Flay. Instead of simply the song’s lyrics, it includes explanations on why each artist needs to ‘zen’.
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.
Videoclub – Enfance 80
Although Adèle Castillon and Matthieu Reynaud were born early this century, their music is firmly rooted in the 1980s. The couple’s electro-pop songs combine a youthful innocence with grown-up elements from the French chanson tradition. But their fun, colourful and romantic videos are equally important. Logical, for a duo that is named Videoclub. This way, each of their releases so far formed a clever package. All in all, these two are inevitably destined for stardom.
Their new single Enfance 80 is another classic French pop song. They manage to combine full-on ‘80s influences with modern production into a timeless masterpiece. The animated video, including cassettes, roller skates and video games, is an ode to the ‘80s in itself. Glamourous stuff!
Videoclub are currently working on their debut album. I can’t wait!
Recommended as well:
Videoclub – En Nuit
Videoclub – Roi
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.
Werner’s Weekly (week 17)
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:
- Dive In – Give Me A Reason (Wildcard this week)
- Izo FitzRoy – Red Line (Wildcard last week)
- Alfie Templeman – Happiness In Liquid Form
- Helmut Fritz – Ça M’énerve [2020 Version]
- Liss – Waste My Time
- Rat Boy – Brave New World
- The Strokes – Brooklyn Bridge To Chorus
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: Billie Joe Armstrong, Christine & The Queens, DMA’s, Florence & The Machine, Hayley Williams, and many 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.
Rat Boy – Brave New World
Jordan Cardy’s musical heroes are Blur, Babyshambles, The Beastie Boys, Kasabian and Rancid. All of these influences shine through in his own music project Rat Boy. In his four active years so far, he put out two EP’s and two full albums.
Ahead of his next long-form release, he just unleashed Brave New World. Yet another energetic single full of swagger, with lyrics that once again reveal his critical views. Musically, it’s the driving cocktail of rap, rock, and grooves that we’ve come to love him for.
Recommended as well:
Victim Of A System
Public Identity
Turn Round M8
Revolution
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.
