
All of the downloadable tracks from the past week in one single download for your listening pleasure! TRACKLIST: 1. "A Few Empty Waves" / Cats On Fire 2. "I Can Reach The Top"Now"" / Rhum For Pauline 3. "Abraham's Daughter" / Arcade Fire 4. "Nothing's Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me / Justin Townes Earle [...]

It is happening again. After two dormant weeks of doing virtually nothing (OK, very little is more like it), evenings this week were spent spinning vinyl by The Smiths and painting Andi's sewing room in preparation for putting in the bamboo flooring this weekend. Next up will be my record room, which will be a big pain; moving thousands of CDs, LPs and 73 Singles is not a task I will find enjoyable (hence the top photo). But the finished product will be the ultimate reward. I digress. [...]

Now, while I don't agree with their cat burning policy, I do agree with the wonderful indie-pop-rock that Cats On Fire lay down in "A Few Empty Waves." Light on it's feet, and with an acoustic pep behind it, "A Few Empty Waves," is an enjoyable listen that does a wonderul job with directing it's sound: rising and falling, rising and falling. Just like waves. Cats On Fire's new album All Blackshirts to Me , is out now. Check it out! MP3 [...]

Things have been busy over here at MFR Headquarters and thank goodness for all of the great music being released currently. This may be the best HOTT Mix yet, good work internet. Spread the word and be sure to support the artists you enjoy. Delta Spirit - “California” Best Coast - “The Only Place” Free Energy - “Electric Fever” [...]

Finland's Cats On Fire returns with a new LP called All Blackshirts To Me on Matinee Records. Within you'll find the dreamy indie-pop tune "A Few Empty Waves". With Smiths-esque vocals, hints of a jangle rhythm guitar, and an occasional space-y post-rock one. With its instantly memorable vocal chorus and the employment of vibraphone, this is Cats On Fire at their finest. And it doesn't stop their. All Blackshirts To Me capitalizes on the band's prior work, including 20072s The Province Complains and [...]

I'm really pleased to have discovered Soliti Music over the last year; they introduced me to Finnish acts Big Wave Riders and New Tigers, put out the new Cats on Fire , and now this wonderful new signing, Paperfangs . It's a more electronic dream pop then the majority of the stuff I've been into lately, but those down-trodden vocals and mixture of samples near the end of this track really stuck with me. Before they get huge, you can also go [...]
Podcast #9 is available for streaming online or downloading and listening at your leisure! Live broadcast radio shows are 9pm Thursdays (EST) on PMCRadio.org . Track List: 1) Of Monsters & Men Into the Woods Little Talks ICELAND 2) Ring Them Bells When I Hear the Whistle Blow DENMARK 3) Titus Andronicus Titus Andronicus LLC Mixtape Vol. 1 Upon Viewing Oregon's Landscape With the Flood of Detritus 4) Holograms [...]

Si hace unos días nos fijábamos en Strawberry Whiplash, uno de los últimos lanzamientos del sello discográfico Matinée Recordings , hoy el turno es para sus compañeros de sello Cats On Fire, ya que los finlandeses regresan con un nuevo trabajo llamado "All Blackshirts to Me", en el que se incluye la canción A Few Empty Waves, que nos regalan como adelanto. Website Facebook [...]

Presentamos la edición de marzo de Music Alliance Pact (MAP), iniciativa del blog escocés The Pop Cop , que compila canciones destacadas de músicos locales de más de 30 países, y de la cual Super45 forma parte desde hace más de 2 años. Este mes destacamos a Matías Cena & Los Fictions con su tema "Raíz", perteneciente a su flamante álbum Arauco Cajún . CHILE : Super 45 Matías Cena & Los Fictions - [...]
Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the whole 38-track compilation here . ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Yataians - What A Man's Got To Do Yataians is a Buenos Aires-based band with a rocksteady sound heavily influenced by Jamaican artists from the 60s and 70s, such as The [...]

El Music Alliance Pact es una comunidad con sede en 38 países y tienen como finalidad dar a conocer sus sonidos al resto del mundo, esta gran labor viene proponiendo alternativas musicales desde hace más de 3 años y SoTB es parte de ella. Es 16, sí, ha habido un retraso y voy a castigarme por ello. A disfrutar! Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the whole 38-track compilation here [...]

Hepimiz bir şeyden korkarız; korku soyutlanmış halde var olamaz, hep bir şeyle ilintilidir. Kendi korkularınızı biliyor musunuz? İşinizi kaybetmekten, yeterince yiyecek veya paraya sahip olamamaktan, komşularınızın veya toplumun hakkınızda ne düşündüğünden ya da başarılı birisi olamamaktan, toplumdaki yerinizi kaybetmekten, küçümsenmekten veya alay konusu olmaktan duyulan korku; acı ve hastalık, hükmedilme, sevginin ne olduğunu asla bilememe, sevilmeme, eşinizi veya çocuklarınızı kaybetme, ölüm, ölüme benzer bir dünyada yaşama, can sıkıntısı, başkalarının zihinlerindeki imgenize layık olamama, inancınızı yitirme korkusu; bütün bunlar ve sayısız başka korkular. [...]

Este mês, o Music Alliance Pact traz um tema (e o vídeo), "The Strangest Friend", de uma banda de Coimbra que, apesar de "Drunken Sailors & Happy Pirates" ser já o seu terceiro álbum, é praticamente desconhecida no seu país, Portugal, para além daqueles poucos que seguem e divulgam com interesse e amor a nossa música. No entanto, a sua obra já lhes rendeu glórias em alguma imprensa internacional como, por exemplo, na revista francesa Les Inrockuptibles, o que é, como sabemos, sempre um grande passo para serem conhecidos e divulgados em Portugal. Com a [...]

"All Blackshirts To Me" es el tercer trabajo de los fineses Cats On Fire, disco que saldrá a la venta a finales del presente mes en el sello Matinee y del que nos adelantan este "A Few Empty Waves" A Few Empty Waves.mp3

Earlier this Year, I was contacted by Matthew Pollesel, the man behind long-running Canadian music blog i(heart)music . Matt had decided to give blogging a rest, and in doing so was looking for someone to take over the Canadian leg of the Music Alliance Pact (MAP), a monthly jaunt around the musical globe featuring contributions from bloggers all over the world, who put together a collective post featuring their favourite new music from home. I was honoured to be asked, and proud to join the MAP ranks. Today's marks my initial contribution, and MAP's debut outing on Quick Before [...]

Enjoy the musical stylings of Sterling EQ.Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an song, or grab a file of the whole compilation here . SOUTH AFRICA : Musical Mover & Shaker! Sterling EQ - Bach's Kittens At Play Sterling Electric Quartet, affectionately known as Sterling EQ, burst on to the scene with their genre-defying musical style [...]

The delicate, precious sounds of Mike Nisbet represent Scotland in this month's Music Alliance Pact - he truly is an outstanding prospect. The Pop Cop's counterparts in Colombia, El Parlante Amarillo , made a neat video about this project which features an interview with our Mexican MAP blogger. Check it out here, señoras y señores: Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an [...]

(c) Dominique Hammer Once again, we bring to you the most interesting new and free tracks from around the world, curated by 38 music bloggers with an eye on their local scene. In March, we are featuring the wonderful Giantree with their song Communicate from We All Yell , out on March 23 on monkey. ( listen and read more here ). Right-click on a song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the whole 38-track compilation here . AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig [...]