The New Cue #348 January 12: Erika de Casier, Flamango Bay, Waxahatchee, Fat Dog, Sprints, The Smile, Gruff Rhys, Bill Ryder-Jones, Jamie xx

"You’ve got to go ‘Fuck ‘em’ and listen to yourself"

Good morning!

Welcome to your first Recommender edition of 2024. But not the last. That would be ridiculous. Where would we put all our new music recommendations every Friday? We’d have to stop strangers in the street, hand them a pair of headphones and go ‘listen to this’ and then try say ‘no no wait, seriously, it doesn’t properly kick in until the second verse’ when they try and make a premature escape. Nah, not into that, much better we slip into your inbox instead. Hey, don’t be like that, you invited us!

We’ve got the full gang back as Ted makes his comeback. The three amigos. The T. The N. The C. The menage a trois. Three is the magic number. Yeah, all that jazz. There’s a mind-blower from The Pretenders’ James Walbourne too. It’s all happening, but if you’re not a paid subscriber then it’s behind a paywall, which is quite sad. Click Subscribe Now to turn that frown upside down. Here, have this week’s playlist:

Enjoy the edition,

Ted, Niall and Chris

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