Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically): Brooke Alexx – Never Liked Your Name indie | pop Noah Bates – Coffee In Japan indie | pop The Beaches – What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Paranoid indie | rock Rye Catchers – Stupider indie | pop Cookin’ On 3 Burners feat. Stella Angelico – I’m Coming Home To You indie | pop | r&b | soul Astrid Cordes – Surrender indie | pop The Darcys feat. Mae Martin – You Up? indie | pop | rock the ghost tapes – Ballad For The Twenty Something indie | pop | rock Glass Violet – Too Late To Come By indie | po ..read more

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: Palace Winter (feat. Penny Police) – Richard (Says Yes) (Wildcard this week) Little Quirks – Florence’s Town (Wildcard last week) A Girl Called Eddy – Been Around Charles – Far Gone Creature Comfort – Woke Up Drunk Genes – Super Single Lauran Hibberd – Boy Bye 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 constantl ..read more

Oliver Pesch is a singer-songwriter who grew up a stone’s throw from Rotterdam in the Netherlands. His songs are a mix of the old and modern American Westcoast sound. This year, he’ll release his debut album Kid With The Dice. It brings together everything that drives him in music. The long-player will contain 11 fresh, critically thought out songs, accessible and convincing. Shelly (Lollapalooza) is Pesch’s second single. It has a seemingly carefree, vintage sound, but lyrically it goes deeper than that. As always, he shares his most personal stories with his audience. Can you imagine a sound ..read more

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: Monowhales – He Said/She Said (I Wait) (Wildcard this week) Kalie Shorr – Amy (Wildcard last week) Ali Barter – You Get In My Way Eyjaa – Don’t Forget About Me Louis & The Shakes – How Badly Do You Want It? Lucy Daydream – Fast Forward Penfriend – Cancel Your Hopes 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 ..read more

This is Werner’s 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: Get Well Soon – My Home Is My Heart (Wildcard this week) Placebo – The Prodigal (Wildcard last week) Bash! – Mental Hygiene La Pegatina feat. Youthstar – Where Do We Go? Oliver Pesch – Shelly (Lollapalooza) Two Year Vacation – Lemons youproblem – Wasting Time 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 con ..read more

Tiarni Hope is a 24-year-old singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who works as a session drummer, among other things. On the Australian Gold Coast and in Brisbane, she built up a strong reputation with her powerful live shows. Now, it’s time to spread her wings. Three years after her debut single Resist, she drops her second track. Salt In The Wound is a powerful song with influences ranging from country and blues to rock. Americana from down under, is that even possible? About the meaning of the track, Hope says: “When I was writing this song, I felt like I was drowning under the weig ..read more

Although they never went away, The Calicos’ single Nova felt like a comeback last Spring. Two years earlier, the Belgian band followed their victory in Humo’s Rock Rally contest with three singles. Next, they took their time to fine-tune their songs and sound. Nova was the first result of their collaboration with producer Tobie Speleman (Geppetto & The Whales, Blackwave. and others). Now, The Calicos serve up their new track Heartbreaker. I don’t know if it’s because of that title, but I hear Tom Petty all over it. It may not be a lockdown song, but lyrics like ‘Another day waste ..read more

Louis Antoniou (lead vocals), Jamie Lawson (lead guitar), Manny O’Donnell (drum) and Will Finnerty (bass) are Louis & The Shakes. They may be a London four-piece, but their music sounds as American as can be. In their infectious, hard-hitting songs they combine blues, Americana, and psychedelic indie-rock into a distinctive cocktail. Up-tempo new single How Badly Do You Want It? is no exception to the description above. In other words: it’s one’s for fans of Queens Of The Stone Age, Arctic Monkeys and The Black Keys. It even adds a Long Train Runnin’ kind of funky guitar to the mix. Front ..read more

Creature Comfort produce music that sits somewhere between country and americana. Although both are not my favourite genres, their new single is simply beautiful. Woke Up Drunk drips with melancholy, courtesy of a gorgeous string arrangement, wonderful choirs and acoustic fingerpicking. These ingredients make this one of the band’s most intimate tracks. Woke Up Drunk is the latest cut that Creature Comfort are sharing from their upcoming album. Titled Home Team, it’s set to be released on 30 October. Lead singer-songwriter and guitarist Jessey Clark tells PopMatters: “This is probably the most ..read more