
We're so excited about this month's Music Alliance Pact we could explode since it gives us the exclusive privilege of inviting the world to download an incredible song by Scotland's best new band of 2010 and makes us want to use exclamation marks in a frenzied fashion!!! As ever, each country's mp3 selection and the words that go with them come courtesy of the individual blogs, who simultaneously post the entire collection you see below on their own sites. Here for your pleasure then is the world's greatest monthly mixtape... SCOTLAND: [...]

It's the 15th of November, Music Alliance pact day! Music Alliance Pact (MAP) is a collaboration between 34 blogs from all over the world, and every month, each of us present a band from our own country. All presentations are put together in this huge blogpost, and presented on the same day in all the MAP blogs. Massive promotion for the bands! This month is kind of special for the us at Eardrums, since it's 1YEAR since we first started representing Norway in the Music Alliance Pact . Yay for us! I've [...]
Nov 15, 2009, 4:27am
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Jälle aeg igakuiseks uue muusika süstiks. Nagu ikka 15. kuupäeval, 34 värsket lugu üle maailma. Ja kohe võib hakata pakkuma lugusid detsembrikuusse. Aga läksime siis: EESTI: Popop Antonina - Itsuyorimo Kui Helene alustas muusika kirjutamist, mängis ta tänavatel, et saada taskuraha, lõi keskkoolis punkbändi, mis kaua ei püsinud ja laulis [...]
over the 12 months of being part of MAP , we've brought you the best of singapore music, from the established veterans ( concave scream , force vomit , astreal ) to the current flag bearers ( i am david sparkle , the fire fight ), spanning across genre from electronica ( MUON ), folk and acoustic ( jon chan , inch chua ), indiepop ( leeson ), post-hardcore ( a vacant affair ), and some good ol' rock ( nuance ), faithfully curated by our local music ambassador brian koh . this month, [...]
ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Entre Ríos - Frontera Finally we get the chance to showcase this great indie-pop band from Buenos Aires on MAP. Entre Ríos is a musical project led by Sebastian Carreras (vocals, keyboards, guitar) that has been around since 1998. Their first albums were recorded with Isol as the main singer, but since her departure in 2005 they've featured different guest vocalists live and in the studio. Frontera is a MAP-exclusive [...]
Dia 15 é o dia de Santa Aliança em que damos a volta ao mundo com tantos temas como os blogs aliados a esta Music Alliance Pact. Este mês, os representantes de Portugal são da Figueira da Foz e exigem roupa formal e disposição para gin tónico, dando preferência a quem domine o poker. É claro que nada disto é necessário mas a sua música leva-nos para os ambientes de um Casino. De um Casino Royal.

E 15 noiembrie, ceea ce înseamnă o nouă ediţie a megacompilaţiei MAP [download] . Silent Strike reprezintă luna asta România, iar dacă numele nu vă zice nimic, el e omul care a făcut muzica pentru reclamele promo la Sibiu, capitală culturală, în 2007. Silent Strike - 27 Silent Strike (Ioan Titu) is a 27-year-old electronic music composer and sound designer from Bacau. He is influenced by Aphex Twin, Future [...]

34 songs, 34 music blogs, 34 countries JAPAN: JPOP Lover Sebastian X - Tour Star People Sebastian X are an impressive Tokyo-based outfit with indie-pop and punkish leanings. Their brilliant debut album Wonderful World was finally released last week. The band, who don't use guitars, have catchy melodies driven by the cute pop vocal of Manatsu Nagahara. [...]
Bulan ini kami mengirim Santamonica sebagai perwakilan dari Indonesia ke forum Music Alliance Pact, semoga dengan ini musik berkualitas dari Indonesia dapat lebih didengar lagi. :) dan seperti biasa, apakah sudah siap keliling dunia melalui lagu-lagu terbaik bulan ini? Scroll sampai bawah untuk mendapatkan link download keseluruhan materi. ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Entre Ríos - Frontera Finally we get the chance to showcase this great indie-pop [...]
Scott Kirkpatrick is the frontman of Crossroads of America Records band Chemic . One of Louisville's best up-and-comers. He's also a movie enthusiast. Since we like good music and (mostly bad) movies, we've asked Scott to school us cinematic neophytes (Blake excluded). Here's his first attempt, a series about everyone's favorite whipping boy, Woody Allen . There's been much dialogue about the validity of Woody Allen's contributions to the world of film. There's also been quite a bit of rhetoric about Woody [...]

DA FIVE BEST WOODY ALLEN FILMS I EVER SEEN BY ANTONY BATTAGLINO (AKA TONY BATTS) 5. INTERIORS MY FIRST FUKIN WOODY ALLEN FILM! WEIRD TING IS, DAT I AINT EVEN SEEN WOODY'S COMEDY FILMS BEFORE I SAW DIS ONE. LIKE, I WAS A BIG FAN OF INGMAR BERGMAN'S WORK BEFORE DAT, MOST ESPECIALLY DA 7TH SEAL. FUCKIN CLASSIC SHIT, YO. BENGT EKEROT PORTRAYING DEATH IS THE SHIT. SO ANYWAYS, I LIKED BERGMAN, AND I HEARD DIS WAS INSPIRED BY IT, SO I'M LIKE, IMA FUCKIN BUY IT. AND [...]

OK, so Cover Riddle #6 was dependent on being able to identify all the people in the pictures. Let's see... Brent Spiner as Data in Star Trek Paul Simon guest hosting Saturday Night Live Kirsten Dunst in the title role of Marie Antoinette Wallace Shawn as the voice of Rex in Toy Story Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct director Todd Field ( In the Bedroom , Little Children ) [...]

Dispenser Lab covers project Questo post è chiaramente solo una scusa per mettere un'altra volta questa foto pesissima del nostro Fede MC, non più residente bolognese ma sempre régaz nel cuore. Dispenser, la trasmissione che conduce su Radio2, dalla settimana scorsa è passata al suo formato estivo denominato Dispenser Lab . Tra le varie novità, è partito una specie di "covers project", in cui ogni giorno qualche classico della storia del rock viene riletto da diverse fra le migliori band della scena indipendente italiana. Oltre alle versioni [...]

No se muy bien donde conocí a este grupo, creo que fue en el tristemente desaparecido blog mira el péndulo, pero tampoco estoy muy seguro. El caso es que tras escuchar la canción "Cómo lo ves" decidí buscar algo más de la banda, por lo que me pasé por su página oficial en donde me pude descargar su disco de forma totalmente gratuita, desafortunadamente esa página no está activa actualmente, por lo que toda la información que tenemos del grupo es la que nos ofrecen a través de su myspace. Son de Orense, forman el grupo Héctor (voz [...]

Welcome to the Jingle! Venerdì 25 e sabato 26 aprile il club For Sale di Piacenza ospiterà la prima edizione del festival Welcome to the Jingle : due palchi, tanti nomi che suoniamo spesso anche da queste frequenze, un botto di simpatici banchetti del merchandising e pure un biglietto dal prezzo decisamente basso. Ci si vede a banco! Qualche bonus tracks per il ripasso: Annie Hall - Ghosts' Legs (live on MAPS) Ex-Otago - [...]

Annie Hall back to Bologna Torna la primavera e tornano gli Annie Hall in città. Questa sera, intorno alle otto e mezza, la band bresciana sarà in concerto al Circolo Sesto Senso (Via Petroni 9c). A suo tempo avevamo presentato Cloud Cuckoo Land , il loro bell'album d'esordio, anche a polaroid . Poi gli Annies avevano restituito la cortesia, venendo a realizzare un sessione unplugged negli studi di Via Berretta Rossa, all'interno di MAPS . Stasera si replica, perché di hugs [...]

Serate autunnali Sopra Bologna è calata quella foschia novembrina che fa rintanare nelle sciarpe e cercare con le mani un'altra tazze di tè. Arriva giusto in tempo, quindi, anche il doppio concerto di questa sera al Locomotiv Club , che vedrà sul palco gli Annie Hall e gli australiani Aviator Lane , band votate a un pop acustico dal respiro folk particolarmente disteso, perfetto per questa stagione. I bresciani vengono a presentare il loro bell'album di debutto, [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Annie Hall suoneranno dal vivo, il prossimo 29 Novembre a Roma, al Circolo degli Artisti, all'interno della Sporco Impossibile Live Nite . Cos'è onesto? Un piatto di pasta col pomodoro è onesto. Un piatto di pasta e un buon bicchiere di Montepulciano non pretenderanno mai di essere caviale e champagne, ma forse danno più soddisfazione di qualsiasi altra cosa. Insomma...cos'è onesto? [...]