Browsing Tag ska
Wernerโs Weekly (week 17)
This is Wernerโs Weekly, your compass to new music that matters, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Angรจle – Libre
(Wildcard this week)
- Lauran Hibberd feat. DJ Lethal – Still Running (5K)
(Wildcard last week)
- Estella Dawn – Easy To Fall
- Friday – Feels So Good
- Losun – Crossroad
- The Indiana Drones – To Be Free
- Vaughn Ahrens – Small Talk
Click the links for more info and listen to each of the tracks via the Wernerโs Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist. Also added last week: Duran Duran, Editors, Florence & The Machine, The Fratellis, and more.

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.
The Interrupters – In The Mirror
*SONG SNACK*
Infectious tune that combines legendary โ80s 2 Tone ska with contemporary energy.
Follow The Interrupters on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify
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.
Vaughn Ahrens – Small Talk
*SONG SNACK*
Tongue-in-cheek take on a bad relationship, driven by electric guitar and analog synth.
Follow Vaughn Ahrens on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify
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.
Wernerโs Weekly (week 15)
This is Wernerโs 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 Wonโt) Keep Me Down (Wildcard last week)
- รslaug – 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 Wernerโs 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.

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.
Wernerโs Weekly (week 14)
This is Wernerโs 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:
- The Spitfires – (Just Wonโt) Keep Me Down (Wildcard this week)
- Hollie Col – She Knows (Wildcard last week)
- Izo FitzRoy – Red Line
- Lime – Surf N Turf
- Magnus Bechmann – What Do You Know
- Saint Motel – A Good Song Never Dies
- Shingai – Coming Home
Click the links for more info and listen to each of the tracks via the Wernerโs Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist. Also added last week: Dua Lipa, Pearl Jam, Sondre Lerche, and many more.

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 13):
The Spitfires – (Just Wonโt) Keep Me Down
Nothing is as effective in beating negativity โ even in these trying times โ as a ska song. This great new single by The Spitfires, for instance. Even the title, (Just Wonโt) Keep Me Down, sounds like a message of hope (and a middle finger to COVID-19). Itโs a powerful, infectious, brass-infused stomper of a song.
Frontman Billy Sullivan, bassist Sam Long, and drummer Matt Johnson formed The Spitfires five years ago. When playing live, the three-piece is augmented by three more musicians. Listening to their music, it isnโt hard to imagine their concerts being one big party.
The band recently signed to the legendary Acid Jazz Records label and just announced their upcoming album. Life Worth Living is set to be released on 5 June. It was produced by Simon Dine, who was behind the desk for several Paul Weller albums.
(Just Wonโt) Keep Me Down, The Spitfiresโ new single, is this weekโs Carte Blanche Music Wildcard!
In the Wildcards 2020 playlist you can find all of this yearโs 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.
Wernerโs Weekly (week 3)
This is Wernerโs 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:
- Overcoats – The Fool (Wildcard this week)
- Harry Styles – Treat People With Kindness (Wildcard last week)
- Beverly Girl – Iโm Your Girl
- Charmplay – Hurry
- Pet Shop Boys – Monkey Business
- Rat Boy – Victim Of A System
- Set It Off – So Predictable
Click the links for more info and listen to each of the tracks via the Wernerโs Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist. Also added last week: Ash, Circa Waves, Deacon Blue, Georgia, Halsey, Selena Gomez, Tame Impala, The Wombats, and many more.

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.
Rat Boy – Victim Of A System
Rat Boy (Jordan Cardyโs alter ego) doesnโt keep his critical views to himself. He has the courage to stick out his neck. In that respect, the title of his new EP Government Vacation is self-explanatory. Musically, his driving cocktail of rap, rock, and grooves adds fuel to the fire.
Victim Of A System is the EPโs new single. On it, Rat Boy enhances the aforementioned formula with infectious horns and a pinch of ska. Another track that screams for the volume to be pumped up.
Recommended as well:
Rat Boy – Public Identity
Rat Boy – Turn Round M8
Rat Boy – Revolution
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.
Wernerโs Weekly (week 47)
This is Wernerโs 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:
- The Mowgli’s – Fighting With Yourself (Wildcard this week)
- Halie – Good Kids (Wildcard last week)
- Deva St. John – The Information Age
- Dubioza Kolektiv & Manu Chao – Cross The Line
- Jaguar Jonze – Kill Me With Your Love
- Lauran Hibberd – Sweat Patch
- Vant – Mary Donโt Mind
Click the links for more info and listen to each of the tracks via the Wernerโs Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist. Also added last week: Angรจle, Fall Out Boy, Neon Trees, Noel Gallagherโs High Flying Birds, Pet Shop Boys, Sam Fender, The Veronicas, and many more.

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.
Dubioza Kolektiv & Manu Chao – Cross The Line
Dubioza Kolektiv are a must-see live act from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Their live performances are characterized by power, energy and high-spirited flamboyance. Meanwhile, they balance heavy melodies and important statements.
Their new single Cross The Line is no exception. Musically, it contains their signature blend of traditional Balkan flavours, ska, punk, reggae, electronics, hip hop and rock. Lyrically, it holds an empowering message of freedom. It’s an ode to the determination, courage, and strength needed to leave oneโs homeland and face all challenges of an uncertain future. Not for the first time, Dubioza Kolektiv team up with their friend Manu Chao (of Mano Negra fame).
Cross The Line is the bandโs first new single ahead of their ninth studio album #fakenews, out in January 2020.
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.