Dian, Tantri, Inu, Jojon, and Iqbal of Annemarie! A fact overlooked by many people is that Indonesia actually has one of the best pop music scenes in the world right now, with tweepoppers Annemarie leading the way. They've appeared on compilations from both Fruit Records and Plastilina Records , and released an absolutely stellar EP in 2005 on Sweden's Music Is My Girlfriend label. This past Monday their debut album ABC on TV was co-released by the aformentioned Music Is My Girlfrtiend and Plastilina labels. [...]
I wasn?t really expecting a new relationship, but this one has brought unexpected pleasures. It began with the excellent *Sixeyes introducing me to Annemarie in a recent post and proceeded from there. I loved the Indonesians? music and attitude, and it was love at first listen. Following the trail over to their record label?s website, whom do I find at Music is My Girlfriend but friends I?ve been relating to for some time now? You might have, too, but in case not, here they are. *Sixeyes still has [...]
Bronx Cheerleader - Canada It was quite a while back when I happily stumbled upon this band and after linking some mp3s from the label ( Yummy Recordings ) was contacted by Yummy head honcho and future Bronx Cheerleader member, Joe Lapinski. He (or was it Bronx Cheerleader leader, Scott Warren) sent me a copy of the album, Tough Guy Cliches . I raved about it, or in my own low key 'don't-make-too-much-noise-'ca use-you-don't-want-to-draw-too -much-attention-to-yourself-'c ause-i'm-a-shy-and-private-kin da-guy' way, raved about it here at *Sixeyes. But don't take my word for [...]
I'm been aware of the existence of Swedish label Music Is My Girlfriend for quite some time (primarily because Celestial is signed to the label), but I've never really listened to any of the many downloads they offer for free . But the other day J.A. advised me to give a few of the bands/songs a listen and I'm glad I did, because this is probably as close to indie pop heaven you'll ever get. And when the guys behind the label state that they have [...]
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