Browsing Tag melancholic
Priest – Lost Lions
Priest is electronic-based indie-pop singer Camille Priest from Orlando, Florida. She first set her melancholic vocals to music on her Samurai EP in 2014. Further singles were collected on her eponymous debut album in 2016.
Her new EP The Lost Lions is out now. Four tracks, produced by David Kazyk, including stand-out track Lost Lions. More or less the EP’s title song, it sounds like a female Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark. Gorgeous stuff!
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.
IAMJJ – China
Last year I featured You In My Arms by IAMJJ here already. A great track, that followed Bloody Future and served as a second introduction to this mysterious 24-year-old Danish singer-songwriter. After his third release (and first proper single) Homer, IAMJJ just put out his debut album Bloody Future.
IAMJJ played many of the album’s songs at showcase festival ESNS, in January, and one of the songs that immediately stood out for me, was China. It’s one of the highlights on the album as well.
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 13)
Nice additions this week to the Carte Blanche Music playlist, containing the best new music released in 2018 so far. How about Mama’s Gun, (former?) Everything But The Girls singer Tracey Thorn, Two Door Cinema Club, Kodaline, and Roxette’s Per Gessle & Helena Josefsson, who provide the official song for the World Table Tennis Championship 2018?
But like each Monday morning, last week’s top songs are ordered alphabetically in Werner’s Weekly, your compass to the music that matters:
- Echosmith – Over My Head (Wildcard this week)
- BC Unidos (feat. US Girls & Ledinsky) – Take It Easy (Wildcard last week)
- Arcade Fire – Put Your Money On Me
- Kitty, Daisy & Lewis – The Game Is On
- Liza Anne – Panic Attack
- Portugal. The Man – Feel It Still (‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Remix)
20 minutes is all you need to update yourself with the best new music. Simply listen through the Werner’s Weekly player in the sidebar and click the links above for more information about each track. Enjoy!
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.
Liza Anne – Panic Attack
Liza Anne Odachowski, the critically acclaimed Nashville singer-songwriter better known these days by her stage name Liza Anne, just released her third album Fine But Dying. An intriguing collection of songs, of which I already recommended the first single Paranoia. Album track Panic Attack is an equally honest song. In fact, honesty and/or openness appears to be the main theme of the album.
In Liza Anne’s own words: “Growing up, people would always say I was too happy to be depressed, or too social to have anxiety. In their eyes, because I was one thing, I couldn’t also be something else. I think we all exist in duality, though. I can be everything and nothing all at once.”
In a world where keeping up appearances seems to be the norm, we need more people like Liza Anne.
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 52)
Guess what I found under the Christmas tree? A playlist full of great new music! ‘Great new music?’ you’ll ask? Yes, indeed. Because despite the fact that Spotify curiously didn’t upload New Music Friday playlists in several countries last Friday, there still is a lot to discover, music-wise. I mean, I didn’t exactly have a hard time finding fine new tracks by !!!, Charlotte Gainsbourg, The Hunna, Shy Luv and The Hunna, all of which I added to my container playlist Carte Blanche Music, featuring the best music that came out in 2017.
The hardest part, each week, is narrowing this selection down to only a few tracks, that deserve a spot in my alphabetically ordered ‘best of the best’ playlist Werner’s Weekly. But I managed, and these – apart from the recommendations I’ll post this week – are the last songs I’d like you to consider this year. For your streaming playlist, your radio show, the magazine you write for or just for your own listening pleasure. All of these tracks have the Carte Blanche Music stamp of approval, which means – as I hope you discovered the past year – that they’re catchy, rich in melody and accessible. Whatever the genre.
Well, just check for yourself. You can listen to each of the songs via the Werner’s Weekly player in the sidebar, and find more information by clicking the links below. Enjoy!
- Turin Brakes – Wait (Wildcard this week)
- Delilahs – Bricks (The Outsider) (Wildcard last week)
- IAMJJ – You In My Arms
- Joan – Tokyo
- Shanguy – La Louze
- The Phase – Burnout
But if you’d really rather hear Christmas music these days, without having to plow through the obvious Wham!s, Mariah Careys and Chris Reas, I can recommend this playlist. Happy X-Mess!
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.
IAMJJ – You In My Arms
After the ingenious online campaign #whothefuckisjj it was revealed that IAMJJ is the artist name of a 24-year-old Danish singer-songwriter, who writes and performs in English. Following in the footsteps of his heroes Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen, his tracks are drenched in melancholy. Both musically and lyrically. A modern crooner!
His first proper single Homer will be out in January 2018, followed by his debut album Bloody Future on 23 March. This was also the title of his introductory teaser single. I like the second teaser track You In My Arms even better. It features a piano melody that makes me think of David Sylvian (whose music I love). Check it here:
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 42)
Do you love new music, but don’t you have the time to find it? Have a radio show and like suggestions what to play? Have your playlist ready, but need some additional information about the bands? A fellow blogger who could use some inspiration? Carte Blanche Music is a one-stop shop for everyone who is actively involved in new music, as well as anyone who just likes to know the best music that has just come out.
The information is presented in three ways. Choose for yourself which suits you best, depending on the amount of time (or curiosity ? ) you have:
- my daily updated Spotify playlist Carte Blanche Music (a must-follow if you don’t want to miss a thing; added this week: Bad Sounds, Beck, Dagny, Marmozets, Zak Abel and many more)
- my recommendations on this blogs (usually two posts a day)
- my alphabetically ordered ‘best of the best’ playlist Werner’s Weekly (updated each Monday morning; you can listen to the tracks through the Werner’s Weekly player in the sidebar)
Below, you’ll find the latest edition of Werner’s Weekly. Each link reveals more information about the respective track. Feel free to leave a comment or suggestion!
- Les Gordons – Let The Music Speak (Wildcard this week)
- Isaac Gracie – Silhouettes Of You (Wildcard last week)
- Absynthe Minded – Beam
- Alex Lahey – I Love You Like A Brother
- Dangers Of The Sea – Mathilda
- Efecto Pasillo – Las Banderas
- Firewoodisland – Dearest Brother
- Spoon – I Ain’t The One
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.
Dangers Of The Sea – Mathilda
If you like classic songwriting, acoustic guitars and beautiful harmonies, you’d better read (and listen) on. Dangers Of The Sea, consisting of five friends, all members from Danish bands like Saybia, Slaraffenland, Folkeklubben and Efterklang, has lined up its second album Our Place In History for release on 20 October. It has been four years in the making since their debut came out.
What can you expect? Think Neil Young, R.E.M. and Midlake… The album features the singles You And I, Can You Hear Me and this beautiful new track: Mathilda.
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.
Skott – Mermaid
When Skott came to the scene last year, she was surrounded by mystery. The only things we knew about her, were that she was from Sweden and that she had grown up in a commune of folk musicians. Only much later, she got to know pop music. Her own songs sound like a hybrid of Lorde and Florence & The Machine, but are before all very much ‘Skott’.
My personal favourite Skott song is Amelia, but here is her new single Mermaid. Her latest track is actually her oldest song. She wrote an early piano version three years ago, but the finalised version is out now. It’s as mysterious and magical as ever…
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.
Nerina Pallot – Ta Chance
Ever since her debut album Dear Frustrated Superstar, from 2001, I’m a big admirer of Nerina Pallot’s. Her second album Fires, especially, is a favourite of mine. Singles like Everybody’s Gone To War and Learning To Breathe are still on high rotation on my imaginary radio station. In 2014, she released an EP every month. These tracks were collected on the album My Best Friends Are Imaginary: A Year Of EPs, which was released digitally only in September 2016.
Later this year, Nerina Pallot will put out her new album Stay Lucky. The title track was released as its first single. Alas, it went by largly unnoticed. But now that she releases a French version of that same song, all the pieces seem to fall into place. In the first place perhaps, because of her flawless French pronunciation (probably thanks to her father being half-French). It’s a timeless, classic song, worthy of your attention.
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.
