
Daar keek ik nou een beetje van op: een nieuw album van Prefab Sprout . Let's Change the World with Music heet de CD. Ik had eerlijk gezegd niet verwacht dat Paddy McAloon (foto) nog met iets nieuws op de proppen zou komen. Hij vecht al jaren tegen een ziekte die zowel zijn gezichtvermogen als zijn gehoor aantast. Het album I Trawl the Megahertz uit 2003 was tot op heden zijn laatste muzikale teken van leven. Maar Let's Change the World with Music blijkt een album te zijn dat McAloon solo opnam in 1993. Het was [...]

Daar keek ik nou een beetje van op: een nieuw album van Prefab Sprout . Let's Change the World with Music heet de CD. Ik had eerlijk gezegd niet verwacht dat Paddy McAloon (foto) nog met iets nieuws op de proppen zou komen. Hij vecht al jaren tegen een ziekte die zowel zijn gezichtvermogen als zijn gehoor aantast. Het album I Trawl the Megahertz uit 2003 was tot op heden zijn laatste muzikale teken van leven. Maar Let's Change the World with Music blijkt een album te zijn dat McAloon solo opnam in 1993. Het was [...]
Welcome to Day 2 of The Rawking Refuses To Stop!'s countdown of the Top 100 Albums of the Decade. To start from the beginning, click below: <- 100-81 Take the jump for today's picks! 80. Harlem Shakes - Technicolor Health As discussed yesterday, indie rock as we used to know it - I think we can draw the line in 2004, with the explosion of Garden State , the Postal Service, the Arcade Fire, [...]
Dylan Mondegreen is the alias of Norwegian singer/songwriter Børge Sildnes, and his debut from 2007 "While I walk you home" is still among my all time favourite albums from my own country (it's on spotify and on wimp ). His soft, melodic and breezy indiepop-songs easily found their way to my heart. Now his second album is finally finished. The album is called "The World Spins On" , and it will be released on August 31. A Japanese version of this album, as well as "While I Walk You Home", will be [...]
I was a bit slack this month in getting some MAP blurb organised, so I did a hurried, last-minute job on Alessi's Ark. I've still got the album to review, and this song has been posted on here several months ago, but see it as a wee taster for the ...

Here's April'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 Finnish blog Glue to bring the total participation to 25 nations. Our contribution this month includes an excellent track from Jersey-based Thing One . Nathaniel's decree has become somewhat of [...]
MAP - Music Alliance Pact #7 Siamo a quota 25 blog da altrettanti Paesi del mondo: l'esperimento internazionale del MAP - Map Music Alliance continua ad allargarsi, e la selezione musicale, pur essendo la più eterogenea e imprevedibile possibile, continua a regalare sorprese interessanti (a un primo ascolto questo giro: Alessi's Ark, Hurtmold, Lisa Mitchell, The Late Call, Thing One, Toxicbiasfleurivy). Per chi si fosse le puntate precedenti eccole qui: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 [...]
Ai está, mais uma edição do Music Alliance Pact, com os Clits a representarem Portugal. Este mês há mais uma nação a juntar-se ao grupo. Somos já 25 (seguindo a ordem alfabética em inglês: América (E.U.A.), Argentina, Austrália, Brasil, Canadá, Chile, Dinamarca, Inglaterra, Finlândia, França, Alemanha, Islândia, Irlanda, Itália, México, Nova Zelândia, Noruega, Perú, Portugal, Roménia, Escócia,
AMERICA: I Guess I'm Floating 4 Thing One – Mop Yards New Jersey's Thing One have been on my radar since last year when I first heard a few tracks from their debut album You'll Be Fine. Mop Yards brings traces of The Smiths and ELO into the new millennium with strange electronic warbles and dancey synth [...]
Another great batch of songs from the blogger of MAP. There's some amazing songs below - chenk `em out. AMERICA: I Guess I'm Floating 4 Thing One – Mop Yards New Jersey's Thing One have been on my radar since last year when I first heard a few tracks from their [...]

MAP (Music Alliance Pact) the global music blogger mixtape is back! 24 music bloggers across the world share a track from their home country that they think you should hear. My track this month is from the excellent 202s and I'm pretty sure this post is the only time you'll ever an Idol winner (above) on this blog! See the full post for all 24 MP3s. AMERICA: I Guess I'm Floating [...]

It's the 15th, and another month with music from around the world in our monthly series Music Alliance Pact (MAP). MAP is a collaboration between bloggers from 25 different countries who present music from their own country. The MAP post is published on the same day on all these blogs, and Eardrums represent Norway. This month, we have a new member of the Pact, - the blog Glue from Finland. Welcome! Here are this months MAP songs! AMERICA: I Guess I'm [...]

Luna aprilie vine cu un nou blog din Finlanda - Glue si cu Persona din Timisoara. AMERICA: I Guess I'm Floating Thing One – Mop Yards New Jersey's Thing One have been on my radar since last year when I first heard a few tracks from their debut [...]
it's time for yet another anticipated issue of MAP, the program that brings you the best music from around the world, as chosen by music blog representatives from their respective countries. an initiative fronted by scotland's the pop cop , MAP now features 25 different countries, with finland's glue being the latest addition. as the local ambassador to MAP, i'm waking up to is proud to bring you the best from singapore, as chosen every month by our local music correspondent brian koh , who plays in singaporean band leeson . this month, [...]

The 15th of the month means Music Alliance Pact day, when music blogs share the best their country has to offer with the rest of the world. Thanks to the latest addition of Finland's Glue , MAP now stands at 25 blogs/members/nations. It is raging out of control but we did create this monster. As Scotland representatives, it's our job to pick 12 acts per year to foist upon an unsuspecting global audience, so we choose very carefully. We hope you agree April's selection is a worthy one, be sure to let us know what [...]
A llegado el 15 de Abril y es hora de otra edición de MAP , especialmente recomendada, vengo escuchando unas cuantas canciones de la colección de este mes y me esta gustando mucho, no te preocupes, esta vez me he dado el trabajo de traducir las descripciones para hacer mas disfrutable tu atención, de hecho es algo que vale la pena, ten en cuenta que son grandes sonidos que quizá nunca llegarías a escuchar, ese fue el objetivo de MAP y se cumple de manera perfecta aquí y en 24 países más. Autobus [...]
Norwegian singer/songwriter Dylan Mondegreen has a new song streaming at myspace for a limited time: http://www.myspace.com/dylanmo ndegreen

I've been waiting since '04 for Kings of Convenience to release a new album (and since '06 for a proper Math and Physics Club follow-up), but apparently Dylan Mondegreen decided to take matters into his own hands last year. While I Walk You Home is a lively parade of major seventh chords and whispered harmonies sung with an aching Norwegian accent; argyle in the wind on an autumn afternoon. It's painfully great, but perhaps the most heartbreaking thing about it is it took a Google Reader suggestion to point me in [...]