Thank you once again to everybody who has contributed to the listening post this week, to the artists for their music and you, the listeners, for your ears and thoughts. ELIA & THE LOW TEARS – Violins Super tight production and melodies from this London outfit that describe themselves as a mixture of Prince, Joni Mitchell and now (as in current). This is the current…
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THIS WEEK: THE FOLK The Folk are a 3 piece all girl acoustic pop group from Hertfordshire. The Folk should be familiar to regulars of Fresh on The Net as they have twice had songs featured on our Fresh Faves & in turn been played by our own Tom Robinson on his BBC 6 Music shows After hearing them on FOTN I approached a lovely lady…
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Another batch of Fresh Faves as voted by YOU! Thanks for lending us your ears... To see the full list, click on Read More BLANK MAPS – Just Call Taken from this Newcastle band's new EP released on August 13th on sterling North East indie Tiny Lights Recordings, Just Call sees Thom, Ben, Jake and Nick really come into their own. There's that steady driving…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK: WEIRD SHAPES Weird Shapes are a 5 piece indie rock band from Stockton-on-Tees. A great band that have featured on these very pages through their fine songs & have been championed by no less than the Fresh On The Net head honcho Tom Robinson Don't take your eye off this band for a minute, they are on a upward trajectory that will likely end…
Read MoreSeaming has a massive voice. In fact the British-Chinese singer is operatically trained and boy can she play piano. This track Sodaslow (sipped) is soaring, otherworldly and frankly fantastic, she’s playing some shows live soon with her Mum, that’s how she rolls. At 1'22" it's goosebump central. (more…)
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Sincere thanks once again to all of you who came by over the weekend to tell us your favourite five tracks on our latest Listening Post. The Democratic Process has once again produced a bumper collection of best-loved songs from across the interwebs, and as ever, they're listed in alphabetical order. To see the full list, click on Read More ANNIE DRESSNER – September Born…
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It's that time of year again and festival season is well and truly underway. Isle of Wight was a wash-out. So was Parklife. And with July looking wetter than a duck in a shower, there are no signs that any of the upcoming musical extravaganzas we Brits are treated to each summer will be any better. Regardless of the weather though, we persevere and enjoy…
Read MoreThis Week: STICKBOY Stickboy is Macclesfield-based multi instrumentalist composer/songwriter Craig Edmondson. He has selfreleased three albums and a handful of EPs which have all sold out and are now highly sought-after. I was knocking about on Soundcloud the other day (as you do - coffee in the morning, a little music to help it down) and discovered for myself a brilliantly talented composer/songwriter called Stickboy. I say…
Read MoreIt's been our hardest-ever weekend on the Listening Post. Thirty of the best new tunes we've ever had together in one place - but then quite unbelieveable numbers of people showed up with a strange bias towards one particular artist. Our warmest thanks to all the loyal friends who gave up their time to listen to all thirty tracks and agonise over the five they…
Read MoreHere's another helping of business wisdom received via Twitter and worth passing on. The whole thing started when I received this tweet from our old friends Hold Your Horse Is (above). @HoldYourHorseIs: hello sir! We're finally releasing our album! We'll send a copy over! @freshnet: is album streaming somewhere we can hear it? @HoldYourHorseIs: not streaming just yet, we'll email you a link though. Just…
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