It should come as no surprise to Fresh on the Net fans, that when we were offered the chance to review We Came As Strangers upcoming album, Eyedom, due out 31st August, we jumped at it, and with gusto! Having previously had the pleasure of featuring their work on this site, we knew we were in for something special, and boy, were we on the money. In…
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THIS WEEK: OLD TRAMP Old Tramp is... ah, that's the question. Who or what exactly is Old Tramp? Here at Fresh On the Net we do our darnedest to try and keep a level playing field for all artists, regardless of age, genre, gender or reputation. It's our proud boast that we always pick tunes for our Listening Post based 100% on what comes out…
Read More[soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/3911671" params="" width=" 100%" height="450" iframe="true" /] Too much great music, too little airtime... The amount of fine new music being submitted to blogs and radio every week is truly daunting. We can only fit 30 tracks onto our Listening Post each week - and my BBC Introducing Mixtape only has 60 minutes' airtime a week on 6 Music. It's heartbreaking not being able…
Read MoreSoundcloud moderation page for our Fresh On The Net dropbox Have just spotted the following comment by Barrie Jones: Hi Tom + team Freshnet. Apologies for communicating about this via the comments section, but my browser doesn’t seem to recognise the email link. We sent a track to the Freshnet dropbox, it was the last batch, #50. Of 31 in total ours was the only…
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THIS WEEK : SONS BETWEEN GUNS Sons Between Guns are a duo from South East London making electronica with a tinge of folk & a splash of indie.To be honest its hard to pin them down to any particular genre and its all the better for that imho. This is music for the soul with sounds for the heart thrown in for good measure. (more…)
Read MoreAlas we can only fit 30 tracks onto our Listening Post every Friday and my BBC Introducing Mixtape only gets 60 minutes' airtime on 6 Music. But to give you an idea of the quality of tracks we get sent every Monday to Thursday, here's a Soundcloud set of 30 further gems we got sent this week that I also enjoyed. They're all interesting artists…
Read MoreAnother week, another bumper crop of great independent music springs forth from the Listening Post. Thanks to all the artists who took part this week and made my job easier by writing great music and - to the other artists on this weekend's Listening Post - we very much salute you. Here are your Fresh Faves, Batch 47: AMY SPENCER - Reverie To start us…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK: LONESOUND Lonesound is an Indie Guitar Pop act based in Dalston, London - in which James Ewers writes and arranges the songs - and also plays everything, bar the drums. James is blessed with a gift of a voice that sounds great on record, on radio and (alright, this is an educated guess) live too, I'm willing to bet. It sounds like The…
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When choosing new tunes to play on the radio, fancy packaging or press releases don't come into it: the only thing that counts is what comes out of the speakers. However if you have a track that you really want me to hear, please don't send me a physical disc. Unpacking, loading, playing & ejecting a CD or vinyl record takes five times longer than…
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So it’s Monday and once again it’s time for our latest batch of ‘Fresh Faves’. As usual, massive thanks to all the artists who submitted their tracks and to all the Fresh On The Net listeners who dropped by to hear them. BYE POLAR BEARS – High Tide High Tide is a delicious blend of swirling guitars and glitchy electronica, with a vocal hook that…
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