Browsing Tag pop
single track, wildcard
Wildcard (week 18):
Wildcard (week 18):
Arkells – Imagine Barcelona
Carte Blanche Music regulars Arkells turn 20 this year. They named themselves after Arkell Street in Hamilton, Canada, where the band members lived and practiced their music. Their new single Imagine Barcelona is an easy-going, radio-ready song with bright summer vibes and a folky, Come On Eileen-like violin solo.
Imagine Barcelona by Arkells is the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. It will be prominently displayed at the top of the blog for an entire week.
More of Arkells @ Carte Blanche Music
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You’ll find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far in the Wildcards 2026 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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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 18)
Not all, but only the best new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Arkells – Imagine Barcelona
indie | pop - David Byrne, Natalia Fourcade & Mexican Institute Of Sound – ¿Cuál Es La Razón?
indie | latin | pop | tropical - Editors – Call It In
indie | pop | rock - Das Pop – Different Class
indie | pop - Roe – Adrenaline
indie | pop - Suzi – Short Lived
indie | pop | rock - Young The Giant – Evergreen indie | pop | rock
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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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.
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Wildcard (week 17): Suki Waterhouse – Tiny Raisin
Wildcard (week 17): Suki Waterhouse – Tiny Raisin
Backed by an irresistible groove, laid down by Suki’s rhythm tandem, her vocals are front and centre on this new single. ‘That’s my man, hot damn!’ she sings on Tiny Raisin, which is clearly an ode to her husband and fellow actor Robert Pattinson. It´s the second single off her major label debut album Loveland, due out on 10 July.
Tiny Raisin by Suki Waterhouse is the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. It will be prominently displayed at the top of the blog for an entire week.
More Suki Waterhouse @ Carte Blanche Music
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You’ll find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far in the Wildcards 2026 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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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 17)
Not all, but only the best new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Beach Bunny feat. Aly & AJ – Clueless indie | pop
- Blossoms – Joke About Divorce indie | pop
- Graham Coxon – Billy Says indie | pop | rock
- Daphnie – 28 indie | rock
- Duran Duran & Nile Rodgers – Free To Love indie | pop
- Egoism – Summer Again, Sung To The End indie | rock
- Icona Pop – Dance To This
dance | electronic | indie - Lights – Right Through You electronic | indie | pop
- Miki Núñez – Un Altre Cop
latin | pop | ska - The Waterboys – Too Close To Heaven [Soul Version] indie | rock | soul
- Suki Waterhouse – Tiny Raisin pop
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
Add it to your library (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.
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Wildcard (week 16):
Wildcard (week 16):
They Might Be Giants – Get Down
Extremely prolific and always original, They Might Be Giants have been Carte Blanche Music favourites for over 40 years now! Get Down, the focus track off the Brooklyn legends’ 18-track 24th studio album The World Is To Dig, is an unstoppable, groovy dancefloor filler.
This week, Carte Blanche Music gets down to the new They Might Be Giants single. It’s our Wildcard and will be prominently displayed at the top of the blog for seven whole days.
More They Might Be Giants @ Carte Blanche Music
Follow the band on Facebook | Instagram | B | Spotify
You’ll find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far in the Wildcards 2026 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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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 16)
Not all, but only the best new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Luke Armstrong – 2000 indie | pop
- The Bad Actors – Six Figure Sammy funk | indie | pop | rock
- Hard-Fi – Looking For Fun indie | pop | rock
- Lime Garden – Cross My Heart indie | pop | rock
- Lucia & The Best Boys – You Look Like Somebody In Love indie | pop
- Leona Rue – Start Again indie | pop
- Scratching – Malvern Star indie | pop | rock
- They Might Be Giants – Get Down indie | pop
- Who Parked The Car – Prête?/Sugar Rush
funk | indie | jazz
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
Add it to your library (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.
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Wildcard (week 15):
Wildcard (week 15):
Young Martyrs – Is There Anybody Out There?
Both topical and timeless, Is There Anybody Out There? combines themes like space travelling, love and loss. It captures the emotional weight of distance, disconnection and longing, and the feeling of being cut off and searching for connection in the emptiness of space and humanity.
Is There Anybody Out There? by Young Martyrs is the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. It will be prominently displayed at the top of the blog for an entire week.
Follow the band on Facebook | Instagram | Spotify
You’ll find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far in the Wildcards 2026 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.
playlist
Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 15)
Not all, but only the best new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Aviva – Monsters indie | pop | rock
- Graham Colton – Back To You indie | pop | rock
- Dead Pony – Freak Like Me indie | rock
- Janet Devlin – Working For The Man indie | pop
- The Favourite – Sitting Alone indie | pop | rock
- Lewis Knaggs – Living For Something indie | pop | rock
- Lenka – Sunshine Girl indie | pop
- Mamas Gun – Joy indie | pop | soul
- SKT & Gaia – Tropicalia
latin | pop
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
Add it to your library (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.
single track, wildcard
Wildcard (week 14):
Wildcard (week 14):
Ghinzu – Snow White
Much loved and critically acclaimed Belgian art rock band Ghinzu are back. Their forthcoming fourth studio album W.O.W.A. (released the 29th of May) will be their first in 17 years. New single Snow White combines frontman John Descamps’ falsetto with electronics, percussion and a jittery bassline.
Snow White by Ghinzu is the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. It will be prominently displayed at the top of the blog for an entire week.
Follow the band on Facebook | Instagram | Spotify
You’ll find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far in the Wildcards 2026 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.
playlist
Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 14)
Added to my weekly bucket of musical Easter eggs today (alphabetically):
- The Allergies – This Feeling funk | indie | pop
- The Boo Radleys – Bring Them Back Again indie | pop | rock
- Ghinzu – Snow White indie | pop | rock
- Louis Oliver – What You Doing Now? indie | pop | rock
- Nian Tong – Gradually indie | pop
- Young Martyrs – Is There Anybody Out There? indie | pop | rock
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
Add it to your library (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.
