Fresh Faves: Batch 102

Thanks to everyone who came by and gave their time at the weekend to listen through to the handpicked selection of tracks on Listening Post 102 and tell us which ones they liked best. Here, in alphabetical order, are your ten favourites - which you can also hear all together in a separate Soundcloud playlist here. ANTIQCOOL – Girl In A Room One word comes…

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Fresh Faves: Batch 91

This week’s Fresh Faves were chosen by readers on our Listening Post over the weekend and are reviewed here by Team Freshnet member Simon Poole from Silent Radio: BOSS CLOTH - Dancer There's no easing you into this week's Fresh Faves, but that aint no bad thing when it's Boss Cloth's track Dancer clearing the wax from your lugholes. This duo from Wiltshire have only…

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Fresh Faves: Batch 72

AKIINE - Sunglassey Akiine's hometown is Blueberry Mountains. My geography isn't that good, but after a little search it turns out it's in Sweden. From the sound of Sunglassy you could easily imagine that the Blueberry Mountians are on a future colony on some far away planet where everything is just perfect. She's currently living in London, so let's hope the doom and gloom of…

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Fresh Faves: Batch 61

This week’s Fresh Faves were chosen by genuine readers of our Listening Post over the weekend and are reviewed here by Team Freshnet member Simon Poole from Silent Radio: They say laughter is the best medicine, and it's a good point, but in my books, music is even better. Being from Salford and being a Manchester United fan it's been quite a sad week, but…

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Fresh Faves: Batch 53

This week our Fresh Faves are reviewed by Simon Poole from Silent Radio: Here we are again, it’s Monday and it’s time to give you the best of the best from last week’s music. I must admit that this week has been pretty easy on the writing up duties. This may be down to us raising the bar a little on the last lot of…

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Fresh Faves Batch 41

Well its big ol’ week on the Fresh Faves front with no less than 14 tracks being included. This surely is a bonus for everyone involved, especially me as I get to find out a little more about each of the chosen many, as opposed to just listening and deciding if I like them or not in the Listening Post stages. So without further or…

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CAREFULLY PLANNED #2

Team Freshnet’s live pick for this weekend in Manchester My choice of Manchester recommended gig for the upcoming weekend comes in way of an urban festival in its second year. And what a second year it will be. This really has got to be the daddy of any two day intimate independent event. Last year A Carefully Planned Festival brought more than 60 national and…

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Fresh Faves: Batch 33

Reviewed by Team Freshnet’s Simon Poole A while back a comment had been left saying that there doesn't seem to be much diversity in the genres of music being chosen in our listening posts, well this week should dispel that comment. There's a great mixture this time round so feast your ears with another 10 tracks chosen by us and more importantly you the dedicated Fresh On…

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TROUBADOUR TRUAX

Team Freshnet’s live pick for this weekend in Manchester Any regular listener to Tom’s BBC Radio 6 Music shows over the years will undoubtedly have heard of the artist playing my choice Manchester gig for this weekend. If you haven't, you really should listen more often - because Thomas Truax is the kind of special, one-off artist who gets picked up on by any radio presenter…

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HUSKY HANG OUT IN HOTEL

Team Freshnet’s live pick for this weekend in Manchester It’s been a few weeks since my last recommended gig, but I think I’ve found a little cracker taking place at Manchester’s bijou backroom establishment The Castle Hotel. Yet again it’s another band I only discovered last week called Husky. Husky are a four piece band from Melbourne, Australia and are playing a handful of shows…

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