
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 [...]
An occasional series that attempts to give the Irish man and his acoustic guitar the auld el kabong. Are you listening there Corgan at the back? The Laundry Shop - Stranger In The Headlights More Info: The Laundry Shop Rate This Tune! Seeping into our hearts more like. Seeping Into Cinemas - Chipped Teeth More Info: Seeping Into Cinemas Rate This Tune! Put on your sad shoes

While talking to Bobby outside Jeffrey Lewis last week, the question of good Irish albums released this year came up. We cited Dry County, Super Extra Bonus Party, Delorentos, So Cow and Thinguma*jigsaw as examples of well-received Irish albums (as well as the forthcoming all-ready-well-received Cathy Davey album) yet as the Irish album poll I conducted here last year proved to me, it's hard to pick 5 Irish albums you heard never mind albums you liked. It seems EPs are where it's at this year. Excellent Irish EPs released so far include Adebisi Shank, [...]

This is the first in a continuing series of posts where I'll be highlighting Irish bands and artists worth checking out on MySpace. Now that they have revised their terms and conditions clarifying user ownership of any content a user uploads, it's OK for artists to put up their songs. With MySpace being so ubiquitous, I think it's a great way of getting to what's important about a band quickly - i.e - the tunes. So let's begin.... Band on an Island are good friends of mine from my hometown in Newbridge, Co. Kildare consisting of [...]