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Werner’s Weekly (week 49)
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:
- Blenko – Only A Matter Of Time
(Wildcard this week)
- Chloe & The Brainwaves – Mind Running Wild
(Wildcard last week)
- Emma Dilemma – Bed All Day
- Shed Seven – Talk Of The Town
- The Sooks – Never Gonna Go
- The Tibbs – Ain’t It Funny
- Abz Winter – Are You Good?
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 48)
Ballad season has started, but luckily I still found some great new up-beat tracks for your listening pleasure. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- The Bad Actors – Help Me Lose My Mind
indie | rock
- Emma Dilemma – Bed All Day
hip hop | indie | pop | rock
- Go-Jo – Loverman
indie | pop
- Trunky Juno – Death On TV
indie | pop | rock
- Shed Seven – Talk Of The Town
indie | pop | rock
- The Sooks – Never Gonna Go
indie | pop | rock
- The Tibbs – Ain’t It Funny
pop | r&b | soul
- Abz Winter – Are You Good?
indie | rock
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
Follow (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 47)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Blenko – Only A Matter Of Time
indie | pop
- Broken Waves – Everything I Need
indie | pop
- Emily Burns – Cheating On Her
indie | pop
- Datura – Cherry Pop
indie | pop | rock
- Naomi Diane – Chasing The Sun
indie | pop
- Francis Of Delirium – Blue Tuesday
indie | pop | rock
- Friday Evidence – Mechanical Dust
indie | pop | rock
- The Kaves – Prevalent
indie | rock
- Abbey Lane – Shot In The Dark
indie | pop
- Luvleelou – Cause I Love You
indie | pop | rock
- Mattyeux – Ouragan
electronic | hip hop | pop
- The Rifles – The Kids Won’t Stop
indie | pop | rock
- Slow Cinema – Pocket Knife
indie | pop | rock
- The Snuts – NPC
indie | pop | rock
- Spyres – Only This Could Happen To Me
indie | rock
- Yurina – Bliss
indie | pop
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
Follow (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 37)
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:
- Nea – Cold Turkey
(Wildcard this week)
- Brooke Alexx – Never Liked Your Name
(Wildcard last week)
- Eut – This Could Be The Last Time
- Trunky Juno – Final Box
- La Pegatina – Dolce Far Niente
- Pete Philly & Perquisite – Hot Sauce
- Skip The Use – We Don’t Mind
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 36)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Aiida – August
electronic | indie | pop
- Baby Queen – Quarter Life Crisis
pop | rock
- Izzy Bizu – Goodbye Hello
indie | pop
- Pip Blom – Get Back
indie | pop | rock
- Codyy – Time 2 Be
indie | pop | rock
- Elba – You Do You
electronic | indie | pop
- Eut – This Could Be The Last Time
indie | pop | rock
- Trunky Juno – Final Box
indie | pop | rock
- Liza Anne – Shania Twain Is Making Me Cry
indie | pop | rock
- La Pegatina – Dolce Far Niente
pop | rock | ska
- Pete Philly & Perquisite – Hot Sauce
hip hop | indie | pop
- Rews – Lock Your Horns
indie | pop | rock
- Segana – Mercy
electronic | indie | pop
- Skip The Use – We Don’t Mind
indie | pop | rock
- Sunbalm – Out Of It
indie | pop
- Thumpasaurus – I’m Cute
indie | jazz | 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 34)
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:
- Hoodzy – Mum Warned You
(Wildcard this week)
- Leith – Good Time
(Wildcard last week)
- Cold War Kids – Run Away With Me
- Devon Cole – Dickhead
- The Covasettes – Say What You See
- Red Rum Club – Black Cat
- Daria Zawiałow – Z Tobą Na Chacie
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.
Wildcard (week 33):
Hoodzy – Mum Warned You
Outside Oceania Michellie Pohutuhutu may not be a household name, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s about to change. The 21-year-old MC, artist name Hoodzy, has roots deep in New Zealand, but was born in Australia. She describes herself as ‘gay, brown skin and chasing the same dream even if the odds are already against me’.
Over the past years, Hoodzy developed her own brand of fearless, youthfully energetic music. Her sound is part hip hop, part punk, part rave. It’s characterized by her honest and funny rhymes that flow effortlessly and naturally.
On her new single she doesn’t hold back. Hoodzy says about the tune: “Mum Warned You was the one that started the new sound for me. Writing it only took a few hours, it just fell into place so easily. I experimented with so many different styles and genres, but this one really stuck so I ran with it. This track kind of just runs you through the day in the life of me and what it was like when I wrote it. I was in my young, dumb and in my messing around with girls era. I was a teenager at the time so of course my life consisted of not taking anything super seriously. This track captures that perfectly.”
Mum Warned You is based around a White Stripes kind of guitar riff, but most importantly a great sing-along lyric. ‘I’m the kind your mother warned you about’ will sound great coming back from the crowds Pohutuhutu is about to attract. Really great stuff!
This week, Hoodzy’s new single Mum Warned You has been selected as the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. This implies that it will be prominently displayed at the top of the blog for an entire week.
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In the Wildcards 2023 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.
Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 32)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Dirty Blonde – Don’t Cry (It Doesn’t Suit You)
indie | pop | rock
- Elephant Stone – Lost In A Dream
indie | pop | rock
- Ghost Care – Arcade
indie | pop
- Hoodzy – Mum Warned You
hip hop | rock
- Olivia Rodrigo – Bad Idea Right?
pop | rock
- Amber T – Why Try
indie | pop
- Yuke – Small Rotations
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.
Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 30)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Bash! – Captain Sensible
indie | pop | rock
- Cheap Escape – Come Clean
indie | rock
- The Coral – That’s Where She Belongs
indie | pop
- Elle Coves – Summer
indie | pop
- Noga Erez – Quiet
hip hop | pop
- Kula Shaker – Waves
indie | pop | rock
- Lanks – Floating
electronic | indie | pop
- Lapel – I Lose Myself
indie | pop
- Matilda Lyn – Wait For Me
indie | pop
- Middle Kids – Highlands
indie | pop | rock
- Moving Into Tucson – Moving Into Tucson
indie | pop | rock
- Päter – Nicotine Hallelujah
indie | pop | rock
- Philippine – Bleu
disco | indie | pop
- Grace Potter – Lady Vagabond
indie | pop | rock
- Rêve – Contemporary Love
electronic | pop
- Romy – The Sea
indie | pop
- Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers – I Used To Be Fun
indie | punk | rock
- Zia Victoria – ‘05 Baby
indie | pop
- Wet World – Wassup
indie | pop | rock
- Yonaka – By The Time You’re Reading This
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.
Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 15)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Alta Falls – Tried To Forget About
indie | pop
- Bailen – Nothing Left To Give
indie | pop
- Blood Donor – Baby No More
indie | pop | rock
- The Cope – Back On My Bullshit
dance | electronic | indie | pop
- Madison Davenport – Lucky
indie | pop
- Emiline – Oh, Honey
indie | pop
- Erobique – Verkackt
indie | pop | soul
- Evade – Roll The Dice
indie | pop | rock
- Grichu – Ma Ma
dance | electronic | indie | jazz
- Hallie – Cut It Off
indie | pop | rock
- Hoshi – Mauvais Rêve
hip hop | indie | pop
- The Linda Lindas – Too Many Things
indie | punk | rock
- Tilly Louise – Make Me A Robot
indie | pop | rock
- Lucky Lo – Yes To Myself
indie | pop
- Sarah Mickey – Without
indie | rock
- Miss Caffeina – Shanghái Baby
pop
- Miss Molly – 21 Flaws
indie | pop
- Oh Land – Bleeed
pop
- Sharl – Entitled
indie | pop
- Vice Killer – The Red Sky
indie | pop | rock
- Vistas – Last Together
indie | pop | rock
- Jessie Ware – Begin Again
pop | latin
- Waterparks – 2 Best Friends
indie | pop | rock
- Yeah Nah Yeah – Will We Really Let It End Like This?
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.