
first cousins Young Rakim n Young Bob have had this is the works for a minute now. They dropped a snippet of a bomb on us with As We Enter left us fiending for a while. Ofcourse Juniour Gong first teamed up with Nasty Nas on the eerie Road To Zion but now theyve had us hungry stans salivating over their Distant Relatives album. Should be out round the top of twenty-ten. The hype machine is in full grind. First up the Distant Relatives Forum [...]
"Confidants" is the 1st single from Crippled Cute, the new album from the Italian trio named as Damien*. The video above was filmed in an old country house in the San Leo castle village... **Summary** Go to website for downloads, videos & more.
I love this track "Confidants" by Damien*. It's a catchy Strokesesque head bopping song with elements of britpop splashed in there. With how much Julian Casablancas I've been listening to lately, this song fell into my lap at the perfect time. Damien* - Confidants http://www.myspace.com/weareda mien http://www.damienlive.com/

We've dished out quite a bit of content this week, so I suppose I'll get to the music list early. If you're just tuning in, I've switched up the way these Radio Dick posts go, attempting to offer a little more commentary on the tracks I'm posting. This week, I've got an interesting mix of material from around the globe. The scene's been a tad quiet with all of the madness going on at CMJ. Hopefully, our writer James, who just spent the week rambling around NYC, will hit you with any coverage he was able to either 1) document, [...]

Once more, here is October'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. This month we've welcomed one new country: Estonia !. This edition showcases 34 tracks from bands around the world and marks the one-year anniversary since IGIF's inaugural edition of MAP debuted [...]

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. It's been a year since the MAP was launched, and Indiecision is proud to have been part of it for the past three months. This month we picked New Delhi electronica act Teddy Boy Kill 's 'Tonic' as the Indian representative on this massive international indie mixtape. The [...]

Es 15 de Octubre, momento de otra edición de MAP, ya te comentaba ayer que hoy se cumple un año de creada esta comunidad cuando, te invito a checar los detalles aquí. Emergency Blanket son nuestros representantes para esta edición, la banda está integrada por Paco Holguin - Voz, Gino Solano - 1ra Guitarra, Jaime Urteaga - 2da Guitarra, Lufo Armestar - Bajo, Jeremy Castillo - Bateria, los Blanket han venido haciendo mucho eco en nuestra escena a base de logros y esfuerzo, el pasado mes de Noviembre del 2008 lanzaron su segundo trabajo titulado [...]
ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Lipgloss - Land Of Lords This band from Buenos Aires released their first EP a couple of months ago and Land Of Lords is our favorite song from it. Lipgloss sound like they've been listening to British rock all their life and you sure can feel the influence of bands like The Stone Roses at the end of the song, with the psychedelic guitars and all. If you like it, [...]
MAP - Music Alliance Pact #13 Il progetto internazionale MAP - Map Music Alliance compie un anno e continua a crescere: questo mese ben 34 (!) blog di tutto il mondo hanno selezionato per voi una band emergente e interessante del proprio Paese e ve la fanno ascoltare. Per chi volesse capire di che si sta parlando, queste sono le puntate precedenti: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / [...]

It's the 15th, Music Alliance pact day! Here is this months M.A.P., 34 songs by 34 bands from 34 countries presented by 34 music blogs. Music Alliance Pact 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 is put together in this huge blogpost, and presented on the same day in all 34 blogs. Massive promotion for the bands! This month we have been joined by Popop ( http://popop.wordpress.com/ ) from Estonia, while Deaf Indie Elephants [...]
well, what do you know? this month marks the 1st year anniversary of MAP , with its original contingent of 12 countries rallied and led by jason from scottish blog the pop cop . we here at i'm waking up to are honored as always to be bringing you the best music from singapore, especially through the recommendations of our local music ambassador brian koh . this month, our treat is the beautiful voice and music of inch chua , whose latest ep the bedroom is available for free download on her website [...]

Astazi e un an de cand The Pop Cop a inceput Music Alliance Pact alaturi de alte 11 bloguri. Astazi sunt 34 de bloguri care lunar incearca sa schimbe perspectiva asupra muzicii de pe intreg mapamondul. Din Romania, avem pentru octombrie, Vive La Noiz, cvartetul de rock alternativ din Bistrita/Cluj. Vive La Noiz - Bird Song Vive la Noiz could be seen as the usual alternative/indie band. Two girls and two boys starting a band in [...]
Neste calor de Outubro temos, muito convenientemente, a música dos Real Combo Lisbonense para dançar, no terraço de um casino, com oportunidade para um mergulho na piscina. Queremos o bar aberto, de preferência. Do Real Combo Lisbonense já, certamente, ouviram falar. Caso não tenham ouvido, não vos vou contar porque eles são para escutar e dançar. Além da possibilidade de fazerem aqui, na Music

JAPAN: JPOP Lover Henrytennis - Valencia Raincoats Another progressive band in the Tokyo music scene, Henrytennis feature instrumental dynamism influenced by post-rock, IDM, jam and progressive rock. Their members come from such outstanding Japanese bands as 4 Bonjour's Parties, Hula Hooper, Kuruucrew, Oceanlane and Shugo Tokumaru. Their excellent second album R.U.R. is released on November 11. ARGENTINA: Zonaindie [...]
It's been a year since Jason from The Pop Cop started Music Alliance Pact, a loose group of country specific blogs such as the one you're reading to showcase to each other's readership. Each month I choose a song that I think reflect the best of Australian music has to offer to the blogs. They are not necessarily the biggest hits or the most popular songs, but more what I think has the best chance of being listened to in the international blog readership. I hope you've enjoyed them because we will continue to do this as long [...]

October 15 is a landmark day for The Pop Cop as it is precisely one year since we introduced the world to the Music Alliance Pact. It really has been a global effort to get this far. From the initial 12 blogs/nations who joined the project, MAP has expanded to the 34 you see here today, the latest additions being Popop from Estonia and Deaf Indie Elephants , who are standing in for our regular Venezuelan contributors. Big or small, democratic or communist, there is a place [...]

Death in Bologna Come qualcuno forse ha già letto, purtroppo Banjo Or Freakout sabato non aprirà il concerto dei Fiery Furnaces al Covo Club, dato che ha annullato l'intero tour . Pare proprio che Alessio abbia una maledizione con l'Italia. La buona notizia, almeno per me, è che a sostituirlo all'ultimo minuto è stato chiamato Death In Plains , ovvero il progetto solista di Enrico Boccioletti, già voce dei Damien (di cui riparleremo presto, visto l'imminente nuovo album). Su queste pagine ne [...]