Fresh Sounds Podcast

Mark Berniker and Brendan Hasenstab
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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 searching the domestic and global indie universe for their favorite songs. The Fresh Sounds podcast isn’t an algorithm, it’s two great old friends keen to share great music with listeners worldwide.

  1. 08/05/2022

    Fresh Sounds Podcast, Episode 95, August 5, 2022

    This week's show covers new music from Catalonia’s Rosalía, from Malian guitarist and singer Vieux Farka Touré backed up by Houston’s Khruangbin, a new tune from Durham, NC’s The Mountain Goats, and Cambridge, England’s Anish Kumar.  For the archive track this week, Brendan whips out a favorite from 14 years ago, from Melbourne’s Cut Copy. This is perhaps their signature song, “Lights & Music,” expertly produced by Tim Goldsworthy, then affiliated with DFA Records. While it came out in 2008, it has some many elements from dance and indie music that is still sounds great, all these years later.  Of course, there are six more bonus tracks, but you have to sign up for our email newsletter to get those. (Great music is included there, too, ladies and gentlemen.) It's pretty easy to do, if you just click this link.  (And do so without fear. We won't misuse your email address, as this show is run by two guys, Mark and Brendan; Not some faceless corporation.) Lastly, don't miss our fabulous Spotify playlists. We make one for each episode of the show, so grab the latest if you are up to date, and dig into previous episodes if you are new here, or just curious. Have a terrific week!

    17 min

  2. 07/29/2022

    Fresh Sounds Podcast, Episode 94, July 29, 2022

    This week's show covers new music from Cambridgeshire’s SBTRKT, Newcastle Upon Tyne’s Kathryn Williams, London’s Jessie Ware, and West London’s George Riley.  For the archive track this week, Mark breaks out of our recent ‘90s fixation with a tune from the aughts, 2007 in fact. Off to Paris for the Michael Jackson besotted “D.A.N.C.E” by the one and only Justice. (They soundtrack that electric Volvo XC 60 ad too, though with a different tune.) Yes, time is a flat circle and music from 2007 still sounds futuristic.  ;) Of course, there are six more bonus tracks, but you have to sign up for our email newsletter to get those. (Great music is included there, too, ladies and gentlemen.) It's pretty easy to do, if you just click this link.  (And do so without fear. We won't misuse your email address, as this show is run by two guys, Mark and Brendan; Not some faceless corporation.) Lastly, don't miss our fabulous Spotify playlists. We make one for each episode of the show, so grab the latest if you are up to date, and dig into previous episodes if you are new here, or just curious. Have a terrific week!

    17 min

  3. 07/24/2022

    Fresh Sounds Podcast, Episode 93, July 22, 2022

    This week's show covers new music from London’s Hot Chip, Brighton’s Wax Machine, a collaboration between Chicago’s Sam Prekop and John McEntire, and the team-up of Paris’s Biche with the LA band Pearl & The Oysters.  For the archive track this week, Brendan goes back to 1992 for some mutant hardcore punk on the melodic side of that scene. This band was signed to Sub Pop Records at the time, which was about the best indie label on the scene in those days. The track in question is by the Tacoma, Washington band Seaweed, and it’s called “Recall.”  Of course, there are six more bonus tracks, but you have to sign up for our email newsletter to get those. (Great music is included there, too, ladies and gentlemen.) It's pretty easy to do, if you just click this link.  (And do so without fear. We won't misuse your email address, as this show is run by two guys, Mark and Brendan; Not some faceless corporation.) Lastly, don't miss our fabulous Spotify playlists. We make one for each episode of the show, so grab the latest if you are up to date, and dig into previous episodes if you are new here, or just curious. Have a terrific week!

    15 min

  4. 07/15/2022

    Fresh Sounds Podcast, Episode 92, July 15, 2022

    This week's show covers new music from Melbourne’s The Pro-Teens, London’s Two Shell, Brooklyn’s Mice Parade, and Toronto’s Alvvays.  For the archive track this week, Mark goes back to 1994 for a slice of what was called slowcore back in the day, from a California band who went as Idaho. The song in question is entitled “Sweep,” from the band’s This Way Out album. Not the happiest lyrics, but slowcore was generally known for that sort of somber songwriting. (Brendan considers this genre to be the antidote to grunge and all the bombast of the early 1990s.) Of course, there are six more bonus tracks, but you have to sign up for our email newsletter to get those. (Great music is included there, too, ladies and gentlemen.) It's pretty easy to do, if you just click this link.  (And do so without fear. We won't misuse your email address, as this show is run by two guys, Mark and Brendan; Not some faceless corporation.) Lastly, don't miss our fabulous Spotify playlists. We make one for each episode of the show, so grab the latest if you are up to date, and dig into previous episodes if you are new here, or just curious. Have a terrific week!

    15 min

  5. 07/01/2022

    Fresh Sounds Podcast, Episode 91, July 1, 2022

    This week's show covers new music from Nashville’s Soccer Mommy, Hamburg’s Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek, Detroit’s Omar-S with Supercoolwicked on vocals, and Brisbane’s Moses Gunn Collective.  For the archive track this week, Brendan goes back to 1996 for a slice of melodic grunge track from Ash, a band from Downpatrick, Northern Ireland. If you know of Ash, you will probably know this tune, as it was a Number 5 hit on the UK Top Ten that summer. It’s a quiet-loud-quiet 1990s tune; what’s not to love? Of course, there are six more bonus tracks, but you have to sign up for our email newsletter to get those. (Great music is included there, too, ladies and gentlemen.) It's pretty easy to do, if you just click this link.  (And do so without fear. We won't misuse your email address, as this show is run by two guys, Mark and Brendan; Not some faceless corporation.) Lastly, don't miss our fabulous Spotify playlists. We make one for each episode of the show, so grab the latest if you are up to date, and dig into previous episodes if you are new here, or just curious. Have a terrific week!

    16 min

  6. 06/24/2022

    Fresh Sounds Podcast, Episode 90, June 24, 2022

    This week's show covers new music from Bristol’s Ishmael Ensemble, remixed by Medlar, London’s Sports Team, and while we are there, a new tune from Dry Cleaning, and similar from LA’s MUNA.  For the archive track this week, Mark goes back to 1993 for a slice of electronic music from the Scottish act Finitribe. This song’s title is “An Unexpected Groovy Treat” and it sits right on the line between industrial music and the influence of early acid house. Sampling was primitive, but an integral part of Finitribe’s approach. Plus, it certainly qualifies as a banger of its era!  Of course, there are six more bonus tracks, but you have to sign up for our email newsletter to get those. (Great music is included there, too, ladies and gentlemen.) It's pretty easy to do, if you just click this link.  (And do so without fear. We won't misuse your email address, as this show is run by two guys, Mark and Brendan; Not some faceless corporation.) Lastly, don't miss our fabulous Spotify playlists. We make one for each episode of the show, so grab the latest if you are up to date, and dig into previous episodes if you are new here, or just curious. Have a terrific week!

    15 min

  7. 06/17/2022

    Fresh Sounds Podcast, Episode 89, June 17, 2022

    This week's show covers new music from NYC’s Grace Ives, a new track from London’s Greentea Peng, some fusion electronics from The Range, and a new collaborative single between West London’s Lava La Rue and Cork, Ireland’s Biig Piig.   For the archive track this week, Brendan takes us back to 1992 to the debut album from Aphex Twin, for what used to be called “ambient techno.” The song here is the undying “Xtal,” which one could argue put Richard D. James on the map as one of the key producers in modern electronic music.  Of course, there are six more bonus tracks, but you have to sign up for our email newsletter to get those. (Great music is included there, too, ladies and gentlemen.) It's pretty easy to do, if you just click this link.  (And do so without fear. We won't misuse your email address, as this show is run by two guys, Mark and Brendan; Not some faceless corporation.) Lastly, don't miss our fabulous Spotify playlists. We make one for each episode of the show, so grab the latest if you are up to date, and dig into previous episodes if you are new here, or just curious. Have a terrific week!

    16 min

  8. 06/10/2022

    Fresh Sounds Podcast, Episode 88, June 10, 2022

    This week's show covers new music from the French band Phoenix, from a new synthpop project from Morgan Geist and Kelley Polar, called Au Suisse, a track that blends Dap Tone retro with Bollywood and Turkish elements from the pairing of El Michels Affair and Piya Malik, and a soulful new reggae cut from Horace Andy.  For the archive track this week, Mark is heading back to 1993 and the debut album by Porno For Pyros, and “Cursed Female.” This was Perry Farrell’s attempt to move beyond Jane’s Addiction, his previous band. (This track has all the 1990s crunch you might want!)   Of course, there are six more bonus tracks, but you have to sign up for our email newsletter to get those. (Great music in there, ladies and gentlemen.) It's pretty easy to do, if you just click this link.  (And do so without fear. We won't misuse your email address, as this show is run by two guys, Mark and Brendan; Not some faceless corporation.) Lastly, don't miss our fabulous Spotify playlists. We make one for each episode of the show, so grab the latest if you are up to date, and dig into previous episodes if you are new here, or just curious. Have a terrific week!

    17 min
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About

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 searching the domestic and global indie universe for their favorite songs. The Fresh Sounds podcast isn’t an algorithm, it’s two great old friends keen to share great music with listeners worldwide.

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  • Creator
    Mark Berniker and Brendan Hasenstab
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    95
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2022 Fresh Sounds Podcast
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