THIS WEEK:VINNY PECULIAR Vinny Peculiar is a songwriter/poet based in Manchester - with an acute pop music sensibility running through his work. It's as if he's logged all the best bits of 20th and 21st century UK culture, distilled them at Gas Mark 6 for a while, and then re-imagined them in the form of a shapely new song. There's something familiar and trusting in…
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Team Freshnet's very own Simon Poole chatting to Shaun Keaveny on the BBC Radio 6 Music Breakfast Show on Tuesday 29th January 2013. Simon's Song Of Praise was "Boredom" by The Buzzcocks. Programme information: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01q9shj Simon at Silent Radio: http://www.silentradio.co.uk/author/Simon-Poole Simon at Fresh On The Net: https://freshonthenet.co.uk/simon
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MUSIC VIDEOS Lux Lisbon - Get Some Scars Get Some Scare is the new single and video by London based band Lux Lisbon. The single will be included in the new EP of the same name that will be released on March 25th, a 4 tracks EP that also includes their already popular song Your Heart Is A Weapon The Size Of Your Fist. Lux…
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Notes on this week's bumper crop of Fresh Faves come from new team member and blogger Simon Jones from Rumbles And Grumbles. To see all tracks, click Read more » BURNING CONDORS - Honey Trap Is this blues, rock, punk? Genres can be so misleading. What this is is a grab you by the ears and not let you go track, from the opening drums…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK; BYE POLAR BEARS Bye Polar Bears is the project name for an anonymous musician, writer and producer based in Wiltshire. I think his biography explains this so much better than I could do in a month of sundays:- It started when not gigging or recording, jobless and skint; the music is a specific style, electronic, acoustic, pop, folk it's all in there. Its either a…
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Dear Pariah - So Close The Divide Charlotte Hinchcliff is Dear Pariah a London based singer, songwriter and musician with a voice that will honestly send shivers down your spine. If not, well then you're soulless I'm afraid ;) Originally from Somerset but now based in the big smoke, Charlotte's donned her mantle as she says, when she was at University making music, she felt…
Read MoreNowadays bands don’t need labels - they can do almost everything themselves online when it comes to promotion and distribution. I've put together some tips on the importance of taking your online strategy seriously. And I've also provided some specific ideas for Tumblr users on how to get the best out of your artist blog on that platform. Read more »
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Thank you once again to all bands and listeners for your contributions this week. This feels like the most eclectic bunch of tunes yet. Here are your Fresh Faves number 45... BENJAMIN JOSIF - The Border Benjamin calls this his Mexican border song and whilst not quite like norteño superstars Los Tigres Del Norte this does conjure images of desert, refried beans, sangrita and dust…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK: ROSE BETTS Rose Betts is a singer/songstress based in London Town. And what a great pianist,songwriter & singer she is. Its my humble opinion that her song Dreamland would be praised to the roofs across the lands if it was Regina Spektor's latest single so why shouldn't we praise it anyroad up as its that good! New talent right here with fine work,worthy…
Read MorezHappy New Year! We are back on business. I hope you had a nice time during holidays. I see your ears dusty and with spider nets so let’s put them in shape with some good music from our Fresh On The Net bands. Enjoy! MUSIC VIDEOS Ruth Stavric - Deep Dark Ruth Stavric is a singer-songwriter with an incredible voice and a broken heart. I…
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