It's Friday, and #newtunes, a fresh selection of new music, is upon us!
Do you like rock, techno, jazz, or rap? There's something for everyone.
Well-known and unknown (yet) musicians are trying to take over our sound space with new tunes.
Maybe there's a global hit hiding somewhere?
Go ahead and support the artists by listening for a few minutes. If something piques your interest, dive deeper.
If you don't like something, feel free to skip it.
Music4life!
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I'll start with one dinosaur: Bill Wyman. He's the bass guitarist from the Rolling Stones' basic line-up if anyone doesn't know him. He hasn't played with them for years (I think he had enough when he was 75; now he's 87). He enjoyed retirement (if you can call it that) for a while, then he did some more gigging with his band, the Rhythm Kings.
At the end of June this year, he released Drive My Car, a collection of Anglo-American rhythm and blues. He reworks his own old songs and a few other classics, all in the laid-back boogie style that J.J. Cale usually plays.
I can't say that this is a superb work, but Bill still holds his own at his age.
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I have mentioned many times that KGWL has been one of my favorite bands for the last few years, not because of the distinctly psychedelic improvisation of their previous albums but because of their extraordinary creativity. Like a conveyor belt, they usually release three or even four albums a year.
This latest one, Flight b741, is the twenty-sixth in their 14-year career. And the sound here is entirely upside down. No more psychedelic improvisations but more or less endless boogies and country and blues in every song. They have returned to the source, that is, to the old, ever-recurring sounds of the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and the Alman Brothers. Which they also repeat perfectly.
The song Raw Feel is like a new Jessica (for those who know it). I recommend the whole album.
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Dune Rats are Australian neo-pop punks. 'If It Sucks, Turn It Up' is their fifth album, released at the end of July. Pop songs, catchy melodies in a polished, fast punk and surf rhythm with a generous dose of humor and goofiness, the right combination for summer and the beach, with a cold beer in hand.
The song Main Beach is about just that.
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Obaro Ejimiwe, or Ghostpoet, lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He's been making music with a touch of hip-hop, experimental electronica, and a good dose of melancholy since 2014. He's a new name to me. I recently heard one of his older songs on the radio and was intrigued by who it was. In his spare time, he is a Doctor of Arts, Mercury Prize-nominated musician, poet, DJ, activist, and tea addict.
This song is from his latest EP, 'Am I The Change I Wish To See?' released in May.
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Ray LaMontagne is a musician from New Hampshire and a member of the generation of singer-songwriters who began making music at the turn of the century. He released nine albums, most recently, Long Way Home, last week. His music traces its roots back to the first half of the 1970s, and with each album, he goes back in time to the years he was growing up.
The song "Step Into Your Power" is a gorgeous, mature, nostalgic example of the Memphis soul brewing in those years.
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Normans is a noise-punk band from Los Angeles, USA. They released their self-titled debut album in January this year. This is a new band for me.
An energetic cocktail of influences from the LA street music scene, a mix of surf, post-punk, and electro-industrial cacophony, will not go unnoticed. I'll keep them on my radar.
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Marry Cherry is a band from Austin, Texas. They released their debut EP, Knockout, last December. They play modern or neo-psychedelia, a mix of 90's Britpop and 60's garage rock. Distorted shoegaze guitars, sharp synth rhythm, and nostalgic pop vocals are my favorite combination :)
The song New Direction released two weeks ago, is a teaser for their debut album, Don't Lose The Feeling, which will be out soon.
I'm waiting for the album.
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Four years after his last album, the controversial and often shocking Brian Hugh Warner, known on the scene as Marylin Manson, released the single Raise The Red Flag.
We don't know if this is the announcement of a new album, but it's the first recording for Nuclear Blast Records. The music, lyrics and video are in style, no surprises.
🎶That's all for today, and enjoy your weekend with new songs!
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If you're interested in #newtunes suggestions from the past five years, you can listen to them at these links - there are Spotify playlists for each year:
newtunes2019 | newtunes2020 | newtunes2021 | newtunes2022 | newtunes2023
If you like rare and alternative live performances, take a look at my recordings - 3speak video channel, or Seckorama Music Podcast - audio.
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