Words by Rob Ball. It’s the end of our school year here at FOTN, and Team Freshnet (AKA the FreshMods), having listened to over 6500 tracks over the past year, are off on their annual and well deserved August break. However, before packing their buckets and spades and making for the seaside, the 'mods were asked to nominate their favourite track from the past year…
Read MoreThese Fresh Faves were picked by our readers over the weekend - and reviewed by Fresh On The Net Editor Benji Tranter this week. You can hear all these tracks in a single Soundcloud playlist here. APEX JOE MUSIC - I'm Ready To Die Apex Joe describes himself as an entertainer from London. He is a rapper/producer, and also creates & directs his own video productions. The…
Read MoreThese Fresh Faves were picked by our readers over the weekend - and reviewed by Fresh On The Net's Richard Dowling AKA Forest And Dove this week. You can hear all these tracks in a single Soundcloud playlist here. BAY - Desirous Bay are a two-piece from Croydon specialising in trip-hop and electronic music. Desirous is a catchy tune that makes use of many elements,…
Read MoreThese Fresh Faves were picked by our readers over the weekend - and reviewed by Fresh On The Net's Bobby Colcombe (with contributions from Benji Tranter, marked "BT") this week. You can hear all these tracks in a single Soundcloud playlist here. BILLIONAIRE - Reasons To Be Fearful London based BILLIONAIRE last appeared on my debut here on Fresh Net in March 2016 with the…
Read MoreThese Fresh Faves were picked by our readers over the weekend - and reviewed by Fresh On The Net's Benji Tranter this week. You can hear all these tracks in a single Soundcloud playlist here. ANNA PANCALDI - Brother Let's begin this week's Fresh Faves with Anna Pancaldi's moving piano ballad Brother. Pancaldi uses simplicity to her advantage here. 1 vocal + 1 piano +…
Read MoreAnother year is almost over, and yet the fantastic contributions to FOTN have not dried up! Nay, indeed the flow of creativity from our contributors, even through the darkest of months, is as strong as ever. And the pick of this week's crop, as chosen by our readers, is reviewed by Fresh On The Net's Benji Tranter. You can hear all these tracks in a…
Read MoreThis week's free downloadable BBC Introducing Mixtape features tunes from the BBC Introducing Uploader by IDLES, NILUFER YANYA, ARCHIVIST, MAVRICK, BRIDIE JACKSON & THE ARBOUR, TEN FÉ, ROBOCOBRA QUARTET, AMETHYSTS, BEWARE! BEWARE!, WOOD BURNING SAVAGES, LAIL ARAD, BEATY HEART, ANIMAL NOISE, TOM LOW, BAD SOUNDS, GOAN DOGS, WIVES OF FARMERS, DAN SHEARS and LAISH handpicked by Tom Robinson. The BBC Introducing Mixtape is a 60…
Read MoreThese most freshest of Fresh Faves were picked by our readers over the weekend - and they are reviewed here by Fresh On The Net's Benji Tranter this week. You can hear all these tracks in a single Soundcloud playlist here. HONEY STRETTON - The Thrill Of Loneliness Honey Stretton’s new track, entitled The Thrill Of Loneliness, made for a totally soothing and entrancing start…
Read MoreThese Fresh Faves were picked by our readers over the weekend - and reviewed by Fresh On The Net's resident launderette enthusiast Benji Tranter this week. You can hear all these tracks in a single Soundcloud playlist here. BEST BOY GRIP – Fukushima First up is Fukushima, a slick, cool pop-rock track seemingly chronicling a first hand account of the aftermath of the 2011 nuclear…
Read MoreI'm currently halfway through a solo acoustic tour of the UK - on which fellow FOTN moderator Benji Tranter is looking after backline and merchandise for us. On Saturday night our entire touring party of ended up sitting around in the rather unwelcoming lobby of a hotel on the outskirts of Selby called The Wishing Well. The night manager was a bit surly and unhelpful,…
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