Thanks to everyone who gave their time and expertise this weekend, picking their five favourites from the following list:
ADELINE UM – How You’ll Know
AGAAMA – WhichWay
AGENT STARLING – Valley To Mountainside
BITMAP – Nothing To Be Afraid Of
CHIMA ANYA – Out The Blue
CHRIS BODDINGTON – Ayo
DEAD ANYWAY – None Of It
FLEDGLING – Superheroes
GABBY RIVERS – Paradise
HARRY LAVIN – From A Window
INOCHI – Somebody Out There
LAZY HABITS – Coming Around
LUKE DE-SCISCIO – I’ll Die A Little
MAYA LANE – When You Need Me
ME FOR QUEEN – Toothbrush
NATALIE HOLMES – Tricks
OWEN DUFF – Our Bed Is A Graveyard
SAM REDMORE FEATURING LUMI HD – Just Can’t Wait
SIOBHÁN – Black Hole
SKINNYBOY TUNES FEATURING MILSKY – Beat Of The Drum
SUNNBRELLA – Wrong
TERRY KINGSLEY – Wake Up
THE JOJO MAN BAND – The Sky
TINA BOONSTRA – Martha
VENUS GRRRLS – Violet State Of Mind
The inbox was hard to choose from this week… so many good tunes!
But here are my picks.
CHIMA ANYA – Out The Blue
LAZY HABITS – Coming Around (My track of the week)
MAYA LANE – When You Need Me
SAM REDMORE FEATURING LUMI HD – Just Can’t Wait
TINA BOONSTRA – Martha (My one to watch)
What a great final Listenig Post of the summer! My five this week were
BITMAP – Nothing To Be Afraid Of
DEAD ANYWAY – None Of It
LAZY HABITS – Coming Around
NATALIE HOLMES – Tricks
OWEN DUFF – Our Bed Is A Graveyard
…but we were totally spoiled for choice. The tunes from AGENT STARLING, CHIMA ANYA, HARRY LAVIN, MAYA LANE, ME FOR QUEEN. SKINNYBOY TUNES and SIOBHÁN were also right up my street.
And if you can possibly spare the time, have a browse through this week’s full inbox – https://soundcloud.com/freshnet/sets/inbox456 – there are so many excellent tracks there simply wasn’t room to cram into this list.
In particular do check out these ten: (27) POSTMAN – “Cannot Describe The Feeling”, (46) WEEZY JEFFERSON – “Walk With Me”, (51) HAPPY AS YOU LIKE – “Sometimes Time Doesn’t Heal”, (54) FAUX HEX – “Ning Makka”, (69) LEONIE JAKOBI – “You Had Me at Goodbye”, (109) EUGENE DUBON – “Finish Line”, (116) JOOSTVD – “City Of The Mirrorballs”, (138) DEATHROE KUDOS – “Organ Donor”, (144) ALIEN ALARMS – “No Warriors” and (179) PERFECTPARACHUTEPICTURE – “Silhouette”… you totally won’t regret it.
Have a lovely August everyone, and we’ll see you on the other side…x
Have a lovely weekend 🙂
ADELINE UM – How You’ll Know
AGAAMA – WhichWay
FLEDGLING – Superheroes
LUKE DE-SCISCIO – I’ll Die A Little
MAYA LANE – When You Need Me
Great selection to take us into the summer, Tina Boonstra was my stand-out in a high quality week.
AGENT STARLING – Valley To Mountainside
GABBY RIVERS – Paradise
LUKE DE-SCISCIO – I’ll Die A Little
TINA BOONSTRA – Martha
VENUS GRRRLS – Violet State Of Mind
Have a great summer everyone.
Paul x
AGENT STARLING – Valley To Mountainside
FLEDGLING – Superheroes
HARRY LAVIN – From A Window
MAYA LANE – When You Need Me
VENUS GRRRLS – Violet State Of Mind
What an inbox to see us into summer break! Here’s my 5. Have a lovely break everyone and see you in September. L x
ADELINE UM – How You’ll Know
DEAD ANYWAY – None Of It
LAZY HABITS – Coming Around
SAM REDMORE FEATURING LUMI HD – Just Can’t Wait
SKINNYBOY TUNES FEATURING MILSKY – Beat Of The Drum
So hard this week with four of my original top five in the list plus so many others I loved. So it’s been hard to leave out The Jojo Man Band, Skinny Boy Tunes, Dead Anyway and Chima Anya. But it’s a stellar list all round so congratulations to all the artists. Have a great weekend everyone. Stay safe, happy voting and see you all in September. xxxx
AGENT STARLING – Valley To Mountainside
GABBY RIVERS – Paradise
INOCHI – Somebody Out There
LAZY HABITS – Coming Around
ME FOR QUEEN – Toothbrush
My 5 this week :
AGAAMA – WhichWay
CHIMA ANYA – Out The Blue
DEAD ANYWAY – None Of It
LAZY HABITS – Coming Around
OWEN DUFF – Our Bed Is A Graveyard
Also from the full inbox enjoyed tracks by Faux Hex, Sii, Robbie xEx + Caitlin LM.
Gonna miss all the new tunes that get me through the working day so look forward to fresh on the nets return in September. X
Starting 2022, here at FOTN, we’re inviting people involved in the independent music scene to be weekly guest moderators to stir up the pot, encourage diversity, and highlight the work done by guest moderators in support of the grassroots music scene. This week our guest moderator is Phoebe Coco [@phoebecoco].
London-based artist and composer Phoebe Coco released her acclaimed debut album in 2020, ‘My White Horse & I’; earning local, national, and international radio play, including BBC 6 Music. That same year, Phoebe was nominated for best female artist of the year in the Radio Wigwam awards.
Phoebe Coco currently performs and writes songs about and for the environment, in particular, trees, with a project entitled ‘Tree Song’. She currently has a musical ‘Tree Song Tree Trail’, where her songs can be heard, installed in green spaces across London. Her recent writings and performances about trees have been aired by renowned author Robert Macfarlane on BBC 4 Front Row. On this occasion, Phoebe performed her own special vocal arrangement of his ‘Charm-against-Harm’: ‘Heartwood’.
As well as upcoming new releases, you can also catch Pheobe live on air this Saturday at 2 pm on Hoxton Radio (performing at the Hoxton Summer Fair) and on Thursday the 28th of July at The George Tavern (London). Check Phoebe’s linktr.ee and be sure to follow her socials for further info about live shows & future releases and other musical projects.
https://linktr.ee/phoebe.coco
How hard is this?! But how fantastic to hear so many incredible tunes. Sorry to miss out Skinny Boy Tunes, Agaama, Fledgling and Sam Redmore. The Maya Lane song really spoke to me too. Good luck everyone and happy summer!
DEAD ANYWAY – None Of It
LAZY HABITS – Coming Around
TERRY KINGSLEY – Wake Up
TINA BOONSTRA – Martha
VENUS GRRRLS – Violet State Of Mind
Hello, Hello,
Smashing Inbox to go into the summer break… well worth having a listen through – lots of gems to discover. Here are my picks:
AGAAMA – WhichWay
BITMAP – Nothing To Be Afraid Of
LAZY HABITS – Coming Around
OWEN DUFF – Our Bed Is A Graveyard
TINA BOONSTRA – Martha
**Blurb**
AGAAMA – WhichWay
– Vocals whisper slip across sonic bursts & explosions – Cine Pop Oddity
BITMAP – Nothing To Be Afraid Of
– Dirty Scissor Sisters set funky against filthy electric six-string rust – Spank it!
LAZY HABITS – Coming Around
– Brassy stabs & swirls; beat smacked & syncopated; words delivered in rolls, flicks, and rolls. – Funk from bass to hat.
OWEN DUFF – Our Bed Is A Graveyard
– Inspired folktronica tones collide & contrast; drums drop deep & distant; Vocals descend in melancholic melody. – Raw Emotion captured in musical form.
TINA BOONSTRA – Martha
– When I heard this song last week, it broke my heart. One of the stand-out tracks of the year for me. A courageous act of songwriting sublimely crafted and heartbreakingly understated in its delivery.
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That be that. I wish you all a very wonderful summer… and if you find yourself in need of new music, my New Independent Music Friday refreshes 100% every Friday.
And my own new single ‘Panic’ will be out Friday 5th August on all platforms; along with my debut LP ‘We Need Light in the Dark’ out the same day on an exclusive early release via Bandcamp. Previews & Pre-Saves via my tobisonics.com website – any and all support is greatly appreciated!
Roll on September!
Tobi.
AGAAMA – WhichWay
AGENT STARLING – Valley To Mountainside
OWEN DUFF – Our Bed Is A Graveyard
SKINNYBOY TUNES FEATURING MILSKY – Beat Of The Drum
THE JOJO MAN BAND – The Sky
congrats ALL for making The Listening Post – & good luck to EVERYONE!
As always, an incredibly strong Listening Post – much thanks & appreciation to the Moderators who go through nearly 200 tracks in the inbox each week to narrow down to the 25 – enjoy the summer break!!!
a bit like being asked to throw 20 of one’s favourite possessions out of the window (i.e. next to impossible to choose just 5) — these survived the defenestration:
AGAAMA – Which Way [sonically decadent & dangerous…& utterly thrilling: both viscerally & intellectually]
AGENT STARLING – Valley To Mountainside [Trademark Agent Starling ‘Möbius spirals of bass and vocal mantra’; a wayward mescaline-waltz; soundtrack for a mash-up of the graveyard scenes from Wicker Man & Easy Rider; and – in the instrumental breakdowns – sublime in a spaced-out Country Joe & The Fish\Incredible String Band beautiful & disturbing manner]
OWEN DUFF – Our Bed Is A Graveyard [masterclass of songwriting: music, words & arrangement – the ebb & slow-build swells incredibly powerful; plus spectacular fine sonic detail intensifying crucial moments; superb!)
SKINNYBOY TUNES FEATURING MILSKY – Beat Of The Drum [slightly reminiscent of the brilliant Isaac Chambers\Dub Princess collaborations in the inch-perfect tones and textures; the ‘laid-back chill’ saturation of the horns & the plaintive melodica; delicious wah-guitar weaving around the ace vocals; & – around 2:24 – rhythmic magic!!!]
THE JOJO MAN BAND – The Sky [if Syd Barrett had made a guest contribution to The Beatles’ White Album it might have sounded a little like this; wonderful chord progression and fingerpicking – & w/ the words and melody – uplifting & sad at the same time; stunning guitar figures & subtle and evocative psych processing; & absolutely perfect runtime]
Leo Slayer (loathsome guitar strangler for Junkyard of Silenced Poets)
Thanks for the tunes everyone! 🙂
DEAD ANYWAY – None Of It
LAZY HABITS – Coming Around
NATALIE HOLMES – Tricks
TINA BOONSTRA – Martha
VENUS GRRRLS – Violet State Of Mind
BITMAP – Nothing To Be Afraid Of
GABBY RIVERS – Paradise
MAYA LANE – When You Need Me
SIOBHÁN – Black Hole
THE JOJO MAN BAND – The Sky
Special special mentions to MR JONES, ALIEN ALARMS, MINDS IDLE and HEDDLU, who particularly caught my ear in the full inbox at https://soundcloud.com/freshnet/sets/inbox456 .
See you in the Autumn, have a great summer!
AGENT STARLING – Valley To Mountainside
CHIMA ANYA – Out The Blue
HARRY LAVIN – From A Window
LUKE DE-SCISCIO – I’ll Die A Little
NATALIE HOLMES – Tricks
AGENT STARLING – Valley To Mountainside
CHRIS BODDINGTON – Ayo
FLEDGLING – Superheroes
NATALIE HOLMES – Tricks
SKINNYBOY TUNES FEATURING MILSKY – Beat Of The Drum
What a list! Good luck everyone and enjoy your summer! x
AGAAMA – WhichWay
CHRIS BODDINGTON – Ayo
DEAD ANYWAY – None Of It
TERRY KINGSLEY – Wake Up
THE JOJO MAN BAND – The Sky
Here’s my 5:
HARRY LAVIN – From A Window
INOCHI – Somebody Out There
SUNNBRELLA – Wrong
TINA BOONSTRA – Martha
VENUS GRRRLS – Violet State Of Mind
Enjoy the summer break everyone…
DEAD ANYWAY – None Of It
FLEDGLING – Superheroes
MAYA LANE – When You Need Me
SIOBHÁN – Black Hole
SKINNYBOY TUNES FEATURING MILSKY – Beat Of The Drum
I would have picked Bitmap for sure, but Luke (aka Bitmap) masters my albums so I don’t want to show favouritism, because I think everything he does is great
Have the best of weekends all
xx
FLEDGLING – Superheroes
LAZY HABITS – Coming Around
OWEN DUFF – Our Bed Is A Graveyard
SUNNBRELLA – Wrong
THE JOJO MAN BAND – The Sky
What a list! So hard to choose, here’s five I really liked…
BITMAP – Nothing To Be Afraid Of
INOCHI – Somebody Out There
ME FOR QUEEN – Toothbrush
TINA BOONSTRA – Martha
VENUS GRRRLS – Violet State Of Mind
Hey all!
So glad ‘Tricks’ is being enjoyed 🙂
Reading everyone’s comments and listening through myself has really hammered home just how different songs speak to different people, regardless of rating them on the scale of ‘good’. <3
My top 5 cos they hit me in different ways are:
Dead Anyway – None of It (slap in the face wow)
Lazy Habits – Coming Around (VIBE, couldn't not move to this!)
Gabby Rivers – Paradise (a few lyrics really hit home – 'life's not one big competition ;)')
Me For Queen – Toothbrush (super organic vocals cut right through and made me smile)
Agent Starling – Valley to Mountainside (because the instrumentation is just so different and refreshing!)
Was a pleasure to listen through to all of these!
Natalie x
ADELINE UM – How You’ll Know
MAYA LANE – When You Need Me
SAM REDMORE FEATURING LUMI HD – Just Can’t Wait
SIOBHÁN – Black Hole
TERRY KINGSLEY – Wake Up
ADELINE UM – How You’ll Know
FLEDGLING – Superheroes
MAYA LANE – When You Need Me
ME FOR QUEEN – Toothbrush
TINA BOONSTRA – Martha
ADELINE UM – How You’ll Know
CHRIS BODDINGTON – Ayo
FLEDGLING – Superheroes
INOCHI – Somebody Out There
MAYA LANE – When You Need Me
AGAAMA – WhichWay
CHIMA ANYA – Out The Blue
LAZY HABITS – Coming Around
OWEN DUFF – Our Bed Is A Graveyard
THE JOJO MAN BAND – The Sky
My picks this week are:
ME FOR QUEEN – Toothbrush 🪥🎶
SAM REDMORE FEATURING LUMI HD – Just Can’t Wait 🐄🔔😁
SUNNBRELLA – Wrong 🙌🏼
THE JOJO MAN BAND – The Sky 🌤
VENUS GRRRLS – Violet State Of Mind 🔥 Top Pick 🔥
Have a great summer everyone!! Thanks Tom and team for the opportunity to discover fab new music!! 🙌🏼🎶🎶
Missed doing this. Could have chosen many more. These tracks gave me a little festival ‘head wander’ and I would totally want to see Venus Grrrls headlining on my ‘main stage’. Have a lovely summer all and thank you Tom and the Moderators (brandname alert) for all you do! x
AGAAMA – WhichWay
FLEDGLING – Superheroes
SKINNYBOY TUNES FEATURING MILSKY – Beat Of The Drum
SUNNBRELLA – Wrong
VENUS GRRRLS – Violet State Of Mind
My 5 for this week. Have a great summer everyone.
FLEDGLING – Superheroes
LUKE DE-SCISCIO – I’ll Die A Little
OWEN DUFF – Our Bed Is A Graveyard
SKINNYBOY TUNES FEATURING MILSKY – Beat Of The Drum
TINA BOONSTRA – Martha
My votes
Have a good summer break
AGAAMA – WhichWay
AGENT STARLING – Valley To Mountainside
CHIMA ANYA – Out The Blue
INOCHI – Somebody Out There
THE JOJO MAN BAND – The Sky
AGAAMA – WhichWay
FLEDGLING – Superheroes
NATALIE HOLMES – Tricks
TINA BOONSTRA – Martha
VENUS GRRRLS – Violet State Of Mind
Cracking post this week 🙂
My five are ,
AGENT STARLING – Valley To Mountainside
BITMAP – Nothing To Be Afraid Of
DEAD ANYWAY – None Of It
LAZY HABITS – Coming Around
SUNNBRELLA – Wrong
Lots of good stuff again this week- nice to hear Chima Anya again, also outstanding lyrics on ‘Toothbtush’.
CHIMA ANYA – Out The Blue
INOCHI – Somebody Out There
ME FOR QUEEN – Toothbrush
NATALIE HOLMES – Tricks
TERRY KINGSLEY – Wake Up
Once again some great tunes here. Also enjoyed Gabby Rivers, Harry Lavin, Me for Queen (great name), Owen Duff, Siobhan, Skinnyboy Tunes, The Jojo Man Band and Venus Grrrls very much but settled on these five. The songs from Adeline Um and Tina Boonstra were immense. If you get time to listen to this week’s Full Inbox there’s plenty of great stuff there too – please check out “Sunflowers” by FRANKIE MORROW especially.
ADELINE UM – How You’ll Know
FLEDGLING – Superheroes
MAYA LANE – When You Need Me
SUNNBRELLA – Wrong
TINA BOONSTRA – Martha
Wow! A really, really strong selection this week!
Managed to whittle the selection down to five, Harry Levin & ME for Queen would have also been choices, but really stiff competition!
Stunning!
AGENT STARLING – Valley To Mountainside
BITMAP – Nothing To Be Afraid Of
INOCHI – Somebody Out There
THE JOJO MAN BAND – The Sky
TINA BOONSTRA – Martha
Another difficult week to choose!
My Five:
ADELINE UM – How You’ll Know
LUKE DE-SCISCIO – I’ll Die A Little
MAYA LANE – When You Need Me (this is my absolute favourite this week!)
SAM REDMORE FEATURING LUMI HD – Just Can’t Wait
SKINNYBOY TUNES FEATURING MILSKY – Beat Of The Drum
Wow, what a fabulous line up for the final listening post before the break! I swear this gets harder and harder by the week.
Here are 5, but only as I’m forced to make impossible choices….
ADELINE UM – How You’ll Know
CHIMA ANYA – Out The Blue
SAM REDMORE FEATURING LUMI HD – Just Can’t Wait
SKINNYBOY TUNES FEATURING MILSKY – Beat Of The Drum
TERRY KINGSLEY – Wake Up
This week, I’ve gone for a catchy and refreshing post-punk-disco fusion (“Nothing To Be Afraid Of”), a bright and exuberant slice of joyous abandon (“Ayo”), a perfect marriage of dance-rock and spoken word (“None Of It”), an unmitigated funky barnstormer “(“Just Can’t Wait”), and an arresting electro-folk miniature (“The Sky”). Hope you all have a brilliant summer!
BITMAP – Nothing To Be Afraid Of
CHRIS BODDINGTON – Ayo
DEAD ANYWAY – None Of It
SAM REDMORE FEATURING LUMI HD – Just Can’t Wait
THE JOJO MAN BAND – The Sky
I am sure I am not alone – I am really going to miss the weekly excitement and anticipation that this wonderful platform affords artists and fresh new music over the summer. I can also imagine that it will be a much needed break for everyone who commits so many hours a week to bringing artists their moment of glory. A vital recharging of batteries. Huge thank you to everyone who is involved from someone who has been both sides of the fence. Such a great selection to choose from, as ever. Happy Summer Hols everyone!
DEAD ANYWAY – None Of It
GABBY RIVERS – Paradise
ME FOR QUEEN – Toothbrush
SKINNYBOY TUNES FEATURING MILSKY – Beat Of The Drum
THE JOJO MAN BAND – The Sky
Thanks all… and thanks to the moderators & everyone involved. Have a good break – see you later.
DEAD ANYWAY – None Of It
FLEDGLING – Superheroes
NATALIE HOLMES – Tricks
SKINNYBOY TUNES FEATURING MILSKY – Beat Of The Drum
THE JOJO MAN BAND – The Sky
A great playlist this week,
My 5
DEAD ANYWAY – None Of It
GABBY RIVERS – Paradise
NATALIE HOLMES – Tricks
SIOBHÁN – Black Hole
VENUS GRRRLS – Violet State Of Mind
I also loved Owen Duff, Lazy Habits and Terry Kingsley
If anyone is coming to 110 Above Festival, thanks for the support.
The more the merrier.
Look out for me and come and say hi.
Just look for the old fart in the red hat.
Have a great and safe summer all
Describing words for my five favourites this week include: catchy; original; slinky; crafted and woah why isn’t that no.1 in every chart?
AGENT STARLING – Valley To Mountainside
MAYA LANE – When You Need Me
SKINNYBOY TUNES FEATURING MILSKY – Beat Of The Drum
THE JOJO MAN BAND – The Sky
TINA BOONSTRA – Martha
Well done to all and happy summer!
One of those weeks where there’s simply too many great tracks to vote for!
DEAD ANYWAY – None Of It
FLEDGLING – Superheroes
LAZY HABITS – Coming Around
SIOBHÁN – Black Hole
SKINNYBOY TUNES FEATURING MILSKY – Beat Of The Drum
CHRIS BODDINGTON – Ayo
FLEDGLING – Superheroes
ME FOR QUEEN – Toothbrush
OWEN DUFF – Our Bed Is A Graveyard
VENUS GRRRLS – Violet State Of Mind
really good week… really wanted JoJo Man Band again and Skinnyboy Tunes again.. both superb tracks.. and a few others too.. but my 5 are:
FLEDGLING – Superheroes
INOCHI – Somebody Out There
MAYA LANE – When You Need Me
SUNNBRELLA – Wrong
TINA BOONSTRA – Martha
Thanks to FOTN for a huge contribution to my new music bank for 2022. See you later in the year.
What a difficult week to make just 5 choices….it could easily have been an alternative 5…have a great summer break.
ADELINE UM – How You’ll Know
DEAD ANYWAY – None Of It
ME FOR QUEEN – Toothbrush
SKINNYBOY TUNES FEATURING MILSKY – Beat Of The Drum
TINA BOONSTRA – Martha
BITMAP – Nothing To Be Afraid Of
LUKE DE-SCISCIO – I’ll Die A Little
OWEN DUFF – Our Bed Is A Graveyard
THE JOJO MAN BAND – The Sky
TINA BOONSTRA – Martha
DEAD ANYWAY – None Of It
FLEDGLING – Superheroes
LAZY HABITS – Coming Around
ME FOR QUEEN – Toothbrush
TINA BOONSTRA – Martha