
It's been too long. After weeks of ruthless gallivanting, here's ten fresh tracks to start off the week. First some Daytrotter Sessions from the Brazilian Curumin and LA's Princeton. I've tossed in one of the many remixes of Miike Snow's 'Animal' that are circling the interwebs these days and a track by Malians Amadou and Mariam from a few years back. Also, here's my favourite tune off The Black Key's latest album Brothers, the hazy combination of Basque band Delorean and The XX. Add in some remixed Chiddy Bang, Crystal Castles, some Belgian electronic hip-hop courtesy of [...]
Japan Pop Show , canção que dá nome ao álbum do brasileiro internacionalmente reconhecido Curumin , ganha versão cinematográfica. Sim, porque mais do que um videoclip , o excelente trabalho da diretora Priscilla Brasil , funciona quase como um curta metragem. E Curumin funciona muito bem com o visual enquadrado pela diretora. Já sou fã do trabalho do Curumin desde o lançamento deste mesmo álbum. A partir deste video fico fã também dessa promissora diretora brasileira de nome Brasil. [...]

A segunda parte deste programa abre com uma passagem pelo novo disco dos argentinos Gotan Project , voltam ao seu estilo misturando o tango com a electrónica, e nestas escolhas destacaria ainda, em jeito de viagem no tempo, para recordar os Los Destellos, formaram-se nos anos sessenta sob a condução de Enrique Delgado , uma soberba fusão do tradicional, rock e cumbia peruana, um tema retirado da compilação Movers! editada em 2007. Novas descobertas atlânticas com rebeldia sul americana com novos sons do Brasil, grooves de África... e [...]

This is a tricky one. To me, you think Earth, you think trees. Trees are made of wood. And we already did Wood two days ago. But this Chinese mysticism: the Wu Xing isn't meant to be taken literally. There's more to Earth than just trees and dirt. Earth is the elemental aspect representing stability and centrality. Unlike the other four elements, Earth doesn't have a specific season; rather, it represents the period of change in between seasons, encountered every third month. Earth is about yin and yang in equal amounts. It's about getting to wherever you're going [...]
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Presença constante nesse e em tantos outros blogs, Curumin é um dos novos talentos da música nacional, que a década passada legou através não só de uma boa carreira como baterista, mas também através de seus dois trabalhos autorais, " Achados e Perdidos " (2003) e " Japan Pop Show " (2008). Ambos constando nas listas de melhores tanto de seus anos, quanto de sua década. Por quê? Bom, se você já ouviu Curumin , então fica fácil sacar qual a razão. Se ainda não, sempre é tempo. Lembrando [...]
I'm not in this month's MAP, though the eagle-eyed among you may want to query that. "Look", you say, "a little Daily Growl entry for England, just like usual". But no my friends, no. Because of all the hospital shenanigans at the start of the month, I never got round ...

Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks 34 music bloggers across the world to share a track from their home country that they think you should hear. ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Catalina Vin - Caleidoscope Catalina Vin is an Argentine-American singer and songwriter who started learning music at the age of seven. Genuine is her first album, in which her [...]
Jan 16, 2010, 7:24am
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Päevase hilinemisega küll, kuid aasta esimene MAP on nüüd siin. Lisaks Eesti loole soovitan kindlasti kuulata Austraalia, Hiina, Islandi ja Iirimaa lugusid, neile on Popopi rasvane kvaliteedimärk peale surutud. EESTI: Popop UNCANDY - Lovecool UNCANDY (jah, on oluline kirjutada kõik suurte tähtedega) on multitalent Maria Juur Tallinnast. Tema kodulindistused on Eesti indieskeenes juba omajagu kahinaid tekitanud ja kuuldavasti ei pea [...]
Bulan ini kita mengirim Seringai untuk didengar di 34 negara, dan kita juga kedatangan musik dari 34 negara yang direkomendasikan oleh perwakilan blog musik. Kalau mau lansung download 34 lagu klik disini here Jangan lupa tinggalkan komentar ya dibawah. INDONESIA : Deathrockstar Seringai - Mengadili Persepsi (Bermain Tuhan) Seringai are one of the finest Indonesian metal bands, often described as a [...]
ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Catalina Vin - Caleidoscope Catalina Vin is an Argentine-American singer and songwriter who started learning music at the age of seven. Genuine is her first album, in which her roots are reflected through eight indie-pop songs sung in both English and Spanish, with soft string and piano arrangements. Caleidoscope is one of our favourite tracks. AUSTRALIA : Who The Bloody Hell Are [...]
ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Catalina Vin - Caleidoscope Catalina Vin is an Argentine-American singer and songwriter who started learning music at the age of seven. Genuine is her first album, in which her roots are reflected through eight indie-pop songs sung in both English and Spanish, with soft string and piano arrangements. Caleidoscope is one of our favourite tracks. AUSTRALIA : Who The Bloody Hell Are [...]

Once more, here is this first MAP of the new decade, January's edition of the Music Alliance Pact . For those of you who don't know about MAP, it's a collection of music blogs from around the world who band together once a month to shed light on up-and-comers from their home countries. It's sort of like the WTO without the human rights violations. After the jump you'll find music from 34 nations spanning the globe. If you'd like to be considered for this feature, drop by the comments section with a [...]
a new year, a new setlist of great music from around the world, delivered to your doorstep through the music alliance pact which now 34 countries strong. in this issue, our faithful local music correspondent brian koh features veteran indie band sherene's closet with their early sessions at the green room. recorded in the mid-90s, the green room sessions was a distinctive record of the local music scene during that era, and also captures an early glimpse of now-famous local superheroes electric co. enjoy! [...]

It's the 15th of the month so that means it's time for the Music Alliance Pact, the planet's greatest mixtape. The rules are pretty simple: one song per blog, one blog per country. And on behalf of Scotland, we take immense pleasure in introducing the world to the aural delights of GALLERIES , one of our hottest 10 tips of 2010 no less. SCOTLAND : The Pop Cop Galleries [...]

The Music Alliance Pact is a collective of 34 of the world's top music blogs and webzines from 34 countries spanning six continents. Every month, each of these 34 sites picks one hot local song that gets posted on all these great blogs and zines. This month we picked New Delhi boy-girl punk duo Seven Degrees ' 'Shadows In The Dark' as the Indian representative on this massive international indie mixtape. The song is featured on Stupid Stupid Stupid and comes from an EP called Be The Change . You can download [...]

It's the 15th of the month, 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 new band from our 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 is the January edition, and the Norwegian band this month is Sacred Harp. Enjoy MAP! NORWAY : [...]
Jan 15, 2010, 12:40am
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Time for the first MAP post of the year. We have 34 songs from all around the world selected by the 34 contributing bloggers. The Finnish representative this month is Ville Lankinen with his electronic music project Vishnudata. Remember that you can download all the songs together with the link at the bottom of the [...]
Novo ano e vida nova para a Music Alliance Pact, com mais um mês com 34 apostas de trinta e quatro países.Janeiro leva-nos novamente ao Porto com o projecto de Sérgio Costa (voz e guitarras) com André Couto (baixo), Edgar Moreira (samplers) e Filipe Pereira (bateria). Todos os fãs das bandas que os Malcontent citam como referências (Jesus & Mary Chain, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club,...),

34 songs, 34 music blogs, 34 countries JAPAN : JPOP Lover Green Blossoms - Hana Akari Green Blossoms are folky duo Aiko Koga and Anthony Guerra. Aiko sings and plays ukulele, Anthony plays the other instruments. They released their second album, Whiskey Leaves, on US-based Digitalis Recordings last summer. Hana Akari is beautiful, softly-intoned songwriting and its ghostly incantations will stick [...]