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Brand New Friend – Girl
Punk rock isn’t dead. Each decennium has its heroes, from the Ramones and Sex Pistols via Green Day and The Offspring to Sum 41 and Blink-182. Will Brand New Friend be next in that list?
Brand New Friend is a band from Northern Ireland, led by brother/sister vocalists Lauren and Taylor Johnson. They released their debut EP American Wives in 2016, but their first full length album Seatbelts For Aeroplanes is due for release on 27 April. Girl is the first single off it.
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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Werner’s Weekly (week 38)
Last week was a great week for new music. Only in the past seven days I added great new songs by David Gray, Foo Fighters, Honeyblood and Shout Out Louds to my 2017 container playlist Carte Blanche Music. Even Skipper Wise, who scored his last (and only) hit Standing Outside In The Rain in 1990, is back with a beautiful new track.
As every Monday morning, you can find my favourites of this whole bunch – in alphabetical order – in Werner’s Weekly, below. The tags underneath this post indicate the variety you will experience while playing these songs. You can do this through the Werner’s Weekly player in the sidebar. For more information about any of the tracks, simply click the respective link. Enjoy!
- Sol Heilo – America (Wildcard this week)
- Calogero – 1987 (Wildcard last week)
- Frida Sundemo – Gold
- Girli – Hot Mess
- JohnnySwim – First Try
- Pacific – Life In Short
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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Girli – Hot Mess
Milly Toomey, better known by her stage name Girli, is a rising London pop star. A girl with attitude, as song titles like So You Think You Can Fuck With Me Do Ya, It Was My Party Last Night, Girls Get Angry Too and her new single Hot Mess prove.
Hot Mess holds themes of resentment against the music industry as well as staying true to yourself. Speaking of the track, she says: “It’s about all the times I’ve been talked down to, patronised, told that I should change my songs, my look, my presentation…” Have I got news for you: she won’t listen to such advice.
Hot Mess is the title track of Girli’s new EP, set to drop 26 September. The video shows the singer accompanied by her girl gang of skaters known as the Bowl Babes. If you liked Trouble by Shampoo in the mid 90’s (when Girli wasn’t even born yet), you’re sure to like this as well. If you don’t remember that one, I guess you’ll like Hot Mess anyway 😉
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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Werner’s Weekly (week 32)
As the summer moves on, so does the music. Great new tracks by Broken Social Scene, Everything Everything and Jimi Charles Moody are among the ones I moved into my 2017 container playlist Carte Blanche Music for your listening pleasure. And when you click the Werner’s Weekly player in the sidebar, you can hear my ultimate, ‘best of the best’ selection, that is also listed alphabetically below:
- Skott – Mermaid (Wildcard this week)
- Wolf Parade – Valley Boy (Wildcard last week)
- Arcane Roots – Off The Floor
- Freak – No Money
- Gin Wigmore – Beatnik Trip
- Julia Michaels – Worst In Me
- Rebecca & Fiona – Pay Me
Interested in what I have to say about each of them? Then simply click the links.
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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Freak – No Money
The times you could (very) roughly say: ‘pop comes from Britain, rock from the United States’ are far behind us. On the contrary: the most interesting developments in British music are based in rock (although they have yet to translate into the charts, for what that’s worth). You can find numerous good examples of this on Carte Blanche Music. Let me give you another one…
19-year-old Connar Ridd (vocals, guitar) goes by the name of Freak and has already been described as a ‘one-man Nirvana’. But he probably likes Arctic Monkeys as well. And he went to the same school as Rat Boy, who uses the same kind of rap-rock to express himself.
No Money is Freak’s new single.
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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España Circo Este – Lo Stomaco E Il Bullone
An Italian band with Argentinian roots. So, it’s completely logical that their music is a red hot melting pot. ‘Tango punk’, they call it themselves. More specifically, España Circo Este mixes rock, ska, latin and Balkan music. You can think of them as Mano Negra for a new generation.
After over 500 shows, the band are tight like a sweater when playing live. But don’t believe my word for it, just go and see for yourself. There are plenty opportunities the coming months.
Hot on the heels of their current tour they will release their second album Scienze Della Maleducazione. An album that will be danceable as ever, but with more of a punky edge. Excellent festival material! The first single gives a good impression of what to expect…
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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Bad Nerves – Dreaming
I told you before about my fascination with songs of under two minutes. This is another one…
Bad Nerves is an upcoming indie garage punk rock quartet from London (not to be confused with The Bad Nerves from Canada, who operate in the same field). They (the British ones) released Wasted Days and Can’t Be Mine via SoundCloud and Dreaming is their first track to appear on other streaming services. It even has a video:
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.
