The New Cue

3 weeks ago | thenewcue.substack.com | Ted Kessler

It’s Friday!That’s a fact, unless you have saved it to read on another day, which is fine, it’s your edition, you can do what you want with it, you can even tell all your friends about it and encourage them to become subscribers, that’s totally fine, we don’t mind:Today we have some standard Recommender shenanigans from your hosts Ted and Niall, directing you to all the good music and none of the bad music they’ve heard this week, plus a Release Valve Q&A with Elisabeth Elektra.

3 weeks ago | thenewcue.substack.com | Ted Kessler

Good morning,It’s June. That’s nice, isn’t it? Got a pretty feelgood ring to it. And what better way to keep the mellow vibes than in the company of Meg Remy, the mega-talented singer-songwriter and producer (and author and composer) who has been releasing music U.S. Girls since 2008?

1 month ago | thenewcue.substack.com | Ted Kessler

Hello there,Whoa edition four-hundred and ninety-six. Maybe we should start thinking about doing something special for edition number 500. Or maybe it’s too late. Or maybe there’s enough pat on the back-ery going on out there and we should just keep marching on.

1 month ago | thenewcue.substack.com | Ted Kessler

Good morning,Today we’ve got a rare Tuesday delivery for a rare band, a Life & Times interview with Jack Barnett, frontman and musical ringleader of These New Puritans. The Southend duo, made up of Jack and his twin brother George, released their fifth album Crooked Wing last week, a record I (hello, Niall here) can safely say will probably be my album of the year come December.

1 month ago | thenewcue.substack.com | Ted Kessler

Good morning, or afternoon, wherever and whenever you are reading this, you are most welcome. Before we get started, an announcement from Ted about two forthcoming events that are happening to promote the July 3 book that he’s written with Hamish MacBain called A Sound So Very Loud: The Inside Story of Every Song Oasis Recorded. There’s some info about the book, a link to order and some ridiculously over-the-top quotes for it at this link.