Some of these books have already been mentioned elsewhere on the blog, but chatting about them with Nineties Boy today reminded me we ought to bring them together in one place for handy reference. Most songwriters, most of the time, do pretty much everything except write songs. Here are six assorted books to help inspire us to do more of it, and remind us why…
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This week we present a guest post and Soundcloud playlist curated by Joakim Haugland, boss of Smalltown Supersound records and Festival Programmer for Norway's by:Larm festival. by:Larm will take over the city of Oslo from this Wednesday 26 February - to Saturday 1 March, showcasing the very best of Nordic music. For those that don't know it, it's essentially the biggest platform for Nordic music…
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BARE JOHN - All Love Makes Stoke-on-Trent five-piece Bare John sound like Fleetwood Mac. And when I say that they sound like Fleetwood Mac, I mean that they absolutely, undisputedly sound like Fleetwood Mac, unlike some pretenders to their throne (I’m looking in your direction, Haim). All Love Makes has all the hallmarks of a track that should be found slap bang in the middle…
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Top tunes from AUTIZMO, BIRD, BIRDEATSBABY, BURGLARISED, EAT YOUR ROBOT, HEAD OF LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT, HUGH, HUMOR, I AM HORSE, PAUL TAYLOR, PLYMOUTH BRETHREN, RAEL JONES, ROWEN BRIDLER, THE ANCHORESS, TO BE FRANK and YOUNG & THE HOOKS The BBC Introducing Mixtape is a 60 minute radio show and podcast broadcast on BBC Radio 6 Music from 2-3am every Sunday night/Monday morning. Each show is available…
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MATTHEW SAXON performs Jóga from Björk's 1997 album Homogenic. Matt Saxon - frontman with Newcastle's Grandfather Birds and drummer with NWKS (Nateley's Whore's Kid Sister) - has given us the exclusive first view of this live performance video: his radical re-imagining of the Björk classic Jóga as a delicate acoustic guitar ballad. "Apart from looking up the lyrics online I arranged this version of Jóga…
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This week’s Fresh Faves were chosen by readers on our Listening Post over the weekend and are reviewed here by Amazing Radio DJ, blogger and Team Freshnet writer Shell Zenner. BED - Bother I’m pretty obsessed with Portlandia (the TV show) which I was drawn to for the increasing number of bands that I hear from Portland that I fall for. So it’s no surprise…
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Top tunes from SCORPIO LOON, AFUA, ZUBY, DECENT LOVERS, WELL RED, LITTLE DUSTY, BAXTER DUNLOP, CAFFE COLLECTIVE, THIS WICKED TONGUE, RORY SMITH, FLIES AND FLIES, CULTURAL OTHER, MATT WATSON, GOOD GIRL & THE BAD TIMES, SCULPTURE MUSIC, and HARLEQUIN DYNAMITE The BBC Introducing Mixtape is a 60 minute radio show and podcast broadcast on BBC Radio 6 Music from 2-3am every Sunday night/Monday morning. Each…
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This week’s Fresh Faves were chosen by readers on our Listening Post over the weekend and are reviewed here by Team Freshnet's very own Sam Lee. ADAM HALOGEN - So With warped, disembodied vocals, So is a wonderful example of slowburning, soulful electro, blurring the line between the organic and the synthetic. Fans of Cyril Hahn’s beautifully downtempo remixes should enjoy this track, the first…
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Top tunes from THE 1957 TAIL-FIN FIASCO, JO BYWATER, BARNESY, PATRICK GARDINER, GUIYE FRAYO, TIGER MENDOZA, CARPOOL CONVERSATION, JUPITER FALLS, THE BEGGARS WHO GIVE, EMPIRE OF THE ANTS, FINS A LUMINOUS, THE CRADLES, KRISTIN MCCLEMENT, PASSPORT TO STOCKHOLM, OAKE ADAMS, CAVAN MORAN and THE MOTH LANTERN The BBC Introducing Mixtape is a 60 minute radio show and podcast broadcast on BBC Radio 6 Music from…
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Every week we say it on our upload page when people send their music to Fresh On The Net: "For radio play your track must be uploaded to BBC Introducing. No upload = no airplay." Every week people send excellent new tunes to our inbox which I can't include on my BBC Introducing Mixtape because they haven't been uploaded to, erm... BBC Introducing. Obviously -…
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