Browsing Tag rock
Angels & Airwaves – All That’s Left Is Love
Angels & Airwaves started in 2005 as a blink-182 spin-off, fronted by Tom DeLonge. A few years ago, he officially parted ways with his original band, and made Angels & Airwaves his fulltime occupation. In 2019, after a short break, the project was resurrected. Following Rebel Girl and Kiss And Tell, All That’s Left Is Love is the band’s third single of what will become their next album.
Although it’s unclear when the uplifting track was recorded, its lyrics appear to mirror society’s self-isolation. ‘The world is different now / We feel more of us’, DeLonge sings on the soaring space rock song. ‘When the days are getting tough / A little bit’s enough / When all that’s left is love’.
All proceeds from the new single will benefit non-profit organisation Feeding America.
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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.
Yours Truly – Composure
The last years, Yours Truly played numerous festival gigs and support slots. Taking this extensive live experience to the studio, the Sydney rock band are currently preparing their first long-player. After two studio EP’s and a live EP, their debut album will come out later this year.
Composure is the new single of the band, whose average age is just 21. The track will go down well with fans of bands like Paramore. Frontwoman Mikaila Delgado says of the track: “Composure is about trying to keep your cool at the end of a relationship and how difficult it can be. It’s natural to be upset, angry and a million different other emotions at once. I wrote it at a time when I really needed to reclaim my self worth after losing so much of it, I was over being miserable waiting for acceptance.”
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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.
Eli – Ghosts
Elias Breit is a 22-year-old Berlin-based singer-songwriter. He learnt every instrument from the drums to the violin, but it was the guitar that truly ignited his passion. The last years, Eli has been splitting his time between L.A. and Germany, writing new music and playing top festivals. But even though he amassed over 70 million streams with his 2018 debut single Change Your Mind, and played the Lollapalooza mainstage last year, his real breakthrough has yet to come. But it can’t be far away…
Ghosts is Eli’s new single. An upbeat track with an exuberant sound that echoes Post Malone’s Circles. Speaking of the new track, Eli says: “Ghosts is about that moment after a breakup when you feel incredibly lonely. Yet, at the same time, you have a feeling that this person you parted ways with is still haunting you. Like a ghost by your side, that doesn’t let go.”
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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.
Wildcard (week 16):
Dive In – Give Me A Reason
Dive In released two EP’s in 2015 and a handful of singles the year after. The Glastonbury band just put out their first track in four years. ‘And certainly not the last’, they promise on social media.
Let’s hope so, for new single Give Me A Reason has an epic sound. Equal parts electronic and guitar-pop, it’s made for festivals. The one in their backyard for starters, although that’ll have to wait until 2021.
By the way: also check out the artwork to Dive In’s releases, which has been remarkably consistent (as well as beautiful) throughout the years.
In the Wildcards 2020 playlist you can find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far.
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 16)
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:
- Izo FitzRoy – Red Line (Wildcard this week)
- Roquemore – Blame (Wildcard last week)
- AKA George – Bad For You
- Bessie Turner – Donkey
- Jealous Of The Birds – Ode To Fire
- Liza Anne – Bad Vacation
- Sondre Lerche – You Are Not Who I Thought I Was
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: The Aces, Izzy Bizu, The Kooks, Rat Boy, Twenty One Pilots, 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.
Liss – Waste My Time
Danish quartet Liss were just teenagers when they first gained international acclaim with their debut single Try in 2015. It was the first display of the band’s grungey take on r&b, soul and alternative pop.
They just released a brand-new double single, featuring the tracks Waste My Time and Off Today. I like the first best. Waste My Time is an up-tempo, summery indie pop song about youthful confusion in an overly large world with endless possibilities. Its slightly melancholy tone is perfectly complemented by the danceable instrumentation, including a catchy guitar hook.
Liss’ third EP is expected later this year.
Recommended as well:
Liss – Talk To Me
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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 Strokes – Brooklyn Bridge To Chorus
At the start of this year, it seemed highly unlikely The Strokes would ever put out a sixth album. The title of 2013’s Comedown Machine appeared prophetic. But then, in February, there was the single At The Door, quickly followed by Bad Decisions.
Third time lucky, the band’s latest single Brooklyn Bridge To Chorus is by far the best of the three. If you know a little bit about song structures, it’s title is a good laugh. But that’s not all, the track comes with an intro that could be mistaken for ABBA’s Money, Money, Money, or even (I Just) Died In Your Arms by Cutting Crew.
What follows, is a great tune, produced by Rick Rubin no less. He was at the helm of the whole of The Strokes’ new album, which saw the light last week as well. A welcome return!
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 15)
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:
- Roquemore – Blame (Wildcard this week)
- The Spitfires – (Just Won’t) Keep Me Down (Wildcard last week)
- Áslaug – In My Head
- Awolnation feat. Alice Merton – The Best
- Hope D – Second
- James Righton – Start
- Kakkmaddafakka – Moonshine
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: Pet Shop Boys, The Weeknd, Zuzu, 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.
Spector – When Did We Get So Normal?
London-based band Spector are the bundling kind. They just combined their three most recent singles with one new track on the ‘Extended Play’ EP. And 29 April, they’ll release ‘Non-Fiction’, a compilation of their three most recent EP’s.
The fourth and final track to be taken from Extended Play is new single When Did We Get So Normal? Although it was written and recorded before the global crisis, current circumstances add a new layer to its lyrics.
Frontman Fred Macpherson: “We wrote it back when everything in life was starting to feel a little too repetitive and routine, which feels a long time ago now. It’s inspired by the pathos of spending too much time with the same people, getting bored of seeing, hearing and eating the same things as everyone else, looking in the mirror and realising your life is no longer the adventure it once felt like. I guess we’re all in the same boat now though. Even the sexy interesting people are staying in watching TV and waiting for packages. So maybe it’s a good soundtrack to the new normality. I’ll never complain about Cornwall again.”
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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.
