Fresh Sounds Podcast

Fresh Sounds Podcast

By Mark Berniker and Brendan HasenstabMusicMusic Commentary
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Fresh Sounds Podcast episodes

  • Fresh Sounds Podcast, Episode 26, December 11, 2020

    This week, we start off with Babe Rainbow, an unsigned act from Vancouver, BC. Next, a new song from the Superwolf pairing of Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney. Then a great new track from Glasgow's CHLOBOCOP. (Yes, we spelled that correctly.) Over to London, next, for a dark new song from folktronica act Tunng, and finally to Los Angeles for an Archive Gem from the late, lamented, Elliot Smith. 

    14 min
  • Fresh Sounds Podcast, Episode 25, December 4, 2020

    This week we start out in the middle of America, and a great new track from Wichita’s Jordana. Then it’s off to London by way of Lahore, Pakistan, and Tenderlonius’s latest underground global jazz interpretation. Our next stop is back in the Midwest and St. Joseph, Missouri’s Radkey with a punk rock outfit that lets it rip. We then move out to Seattle, and wonderful new song from Polyrhythmics for some Afro-Psycho-beat with a jazzy feel. And finally in this week’s archive track, we take the pod to Germany in the summer of 1996 for a very trippy techno classic from Porter Ricks.

    16 min
  • Fresh Sounds Podcast, Episode 24, November 27, 2020

    The five-song global indie podcast makes stops this week in London for Loyle Carner’s great new track “Yesterday.” Then we turn to Bristol and the terrific group Django Django. Then its off to the Pacific Northwest and Seattle's Delvon Lavarr Organ Trio for some serious funk, jazz and soul. Then back to Europe and Refused for a taste of some hardcore Swedish punk. Then for the archive pick, we turn the clock twenty years and a mellow piano rendition of Grandaddy’s “Chartsengrafs.” That, and tastes of six more Bonus Tracks, on our latest episode. 

    14 min
  • Fresh Sounds Podcast, Episode 23, November 20, 2020

    This week we start out in Minsk and some terrific new electronic music from Molchat Doma that has shades of 80’s dance. Then we make a stop in Leeds, where we find a post-punk, spoken-word dark comedy track, which is hilarious, from Yard Act. Then it’s a few hours north to Edinburgh, and the return of Teenage Fanclub with a very homespun covid track. Then we’ll introduce you to a Brooklyn Ukrainian rapper who goes by Your Old Droog. Then in the weekly archive track, we turn the clock back to Benin and the early 1970’s and T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo.

    14 min
  • Fresh Sounds Podcast, Episode 22, November 13, 2020

    The five-song global indie podcast makes stops this week in London with a partnership between Ultraista and The Cinematic Orchestra. Then it’s off to another part of London, and Catherine Anne Davies and Bernard Butler. Then we move to Nottingham, and Sleaford Mods with a banging new track called “Mork n Mindy.” Next stop, Reykjavik and Sólstafir’s latest effort in the realm of Icelandic post-metal.  And then we turn to a reissue from the Manchester legends The Fall, and a cover of a 1969 classic from The Kinks, pulled from deep inside the Fresh Sounds digital archive.

    15 min
  • Fresh Sounds Podcast, Episode 21, November 6, 2020

    This week we start in our home away from home: Glasgow, Scotland with a great new track from Mogwai, then in it’s off to London for an emerging terrific artist: she’s Greentea Peng. Our third stop on the global indie weekly tour is Barcelona, Spain and the band: Mourn. Then it’s a new one from an oldie but goodie, The Smashing Pumpkins with a major new release. Then we turn the clock back to 1985, with a song from Paul Weller and the British legends known as The Style Council. 

    16 min
  • Fresh Sounds Podcast, Episode 20, October 30, 2020

    Discover some great songs from around the global indie scene. In our weekly new music podcast, we make stops in London for new tracks from living legends The Clientele and the folktronica group Tunng. Then it’s off for some new Americana from Knoxville’s Briston Maroney. Then it’s off to Stockholm, Sweden and the latest from Viagra Boys. And then we turn the clock back to 1987, and Scottish indie giants The Pastels for a Glaswegian classic: “Crawl Babies.” Five songs, a quick trip around the world, and a bunch of great music!

    15 min
  • Fresh Sounds Podcast, Episode 19, October 23, 2020

    This week we offer a sonic buffet with a wide variety of treats in the form of songs. On the pod, we take you around the global indie scene in less than 15 minutes. This week we start out in the Las Vegas desert with Isola and some great electronic dance music, then Pakistani Londoner Nabihah Iqbal that has shades of the Cocteau Twins. Then we are off to Dublin with a terrific uptempo rocker from the band Inhaler. Our final new song is a bit of a mystery, the artist is Sven Wunder, who might be from Turkey, and has released an awesome track based on a Japanese children’s song. Then we turn the clock back to 1984, for a deep cut from then-West Germany’s Alphaville. 

    15 min
  • Fresh Sounds Podcast, Episode 18, October 16, 2020

    Discover some great songs from around the global indie scene. In our weekly new music podcast, we make stops in San Antonio with an assist from Philadelphia, then it’s off to London for a super jazzy Aftrotronica song. We also have some warped dance(?) music from Sheffield, England, and a sweeping dreampop track from Helsinki, Finland. Then in the archive pick, we turn the time machine to 1968 on a new/old song. How does Elton John doing a very Sgt. Pepper's style song. It’s cool, and pretty weird, too. Jump on, not even fifteen minutes of podcast and plenty more on the playlist!

    14 min
  • Fresh Sounds Podcast, Episode 17, October 9, 2020

    Discover some Fresh Sounds from around the global indie scene. In our weekly new music podcast! We start with a drive-by in Sweden and a band called I Love Your Lifestyle, (What’s not to like about that?!) Then we go down under and explore the Melbourne jazz funk and rhythm scene with The Pro-Teens latest track. Then a great new song with an Irish interpretation of America. Then we drop down to Christchurch, New Zealand and an unheralded and legendary indie band known as The Bats. Then we turn the clock back for the archive pick, and a classic hard bop track from Hank Mobley. It’s a lot of music in less than 15 minutes!

    12 min

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The Fresh Sounds Podcast takes you around the world in five songs. Short reviews, song samples and a fair share of banter. Your hosts Mark Berniker and Brendan Hasenstab are avid music zealots…