It's with much excitement that we share something that's been brewing for a while, which is now seeing the light of day. Snakeweed Sessions is a video project that takes place at, as you've guessed it, the legendary Snakeweed Studios in Singapore. For the uninitiated, Snakeweed holds an important place in the annals of local music history. Formed and run by music producer and engineer Leonard Soosay, it has been the setting for many great local albums, featuring some of our more recent favorite bands like B-Quartet and I Am David Sparkle . [...]

We're glad that tons of great bands coming to Indonesia this year including one of the finest import from Singapore our jiran country. The band will do a great Java-Bali tour this December and wish to meet you guys, and here's a few interview questions to introduce them to you. enjoy. Why David Sparkle? And what connection do you have with M. Daud K ... Read the rest

Selection for Day 3 (March 20): Alela Diane I realised I've been going through a folk phase lately, constantly listening to music by talented acts such as Laura Marling , Laura Gibson and William Elliott Whitmore . Now, there's Alela Diane to add to the list. Her second album has received plenty of accolades in the music circles, and for obvious reasons so. "White As Diamonds" conjures an image of [...]
schöne entdeckung: zum teil mit cello, banjo, glockenspiel, fünfköpfige band aus cleveland, letztes jahr mit debut: Unsparing Sea - O!form, O!place Unsparing Sea - Where Serpents Held Esteem Unsparing Sea - The 39 Steps labrador offeriert neue ep, "#4" [...]

Here's the fourth installment of the only music-blog-based global initiative that I know of, Music Pact Alliance, which is best thought of as an indie-fied United Nations: hipsters tweaking their perfectly groomed 'staches and fluffing their v-necked chest hair whilst leading a discussion on the best music the world has to offer. As the first MAP of the new year, this edition aims (indirectly) as a guide for bands to watch for 2009. Whether you're from Brooklyn or the Balkans, you'll want to check out this list. As Nathaniel so eloquently put it last month: "Three [...]
MAP just keeps getting better and better. Again there have been new countries added to the mix and for the first time my colleagues at MAP have been given exclusive songs to share with the world. Check out each song individually or download the convenient .zip file at the bottom. AMERICA – I Guess I’m Floating Blind Man’s Colour – Jimmy Dove Blind Man’s Colour came on our radar in late ‘08 with three excellent Animal Collective covers. With their debut album, Season Dreaming , [...]
MAP - Music Alliance Pact #4 Quarto appuntamento con l'esperimento internazionale del Music Pact Alliance (riassunto delle puntate precedenti: qui , qui e qui ) e si aggiungono nuovi Paesi. Vi annoiate? La lista è troppo lunga da leggere? (devo ancora trovare un buon modo per fare i "post espandibili" su Blogspot). Commenti e consigli su come proseguire al meglio questa collaborazione sono sempre graditi. Per scaricare tutte le canzoni in un solo click, ecco il link . [...]

Every month on the 15th, we present Music Alliance Pact here on Eardrums. 21 music blogs from 21 countries all over the world present their favourite band from their own country. Eardrums represents Norway. Thanks to The Pop Cop -blog for the initiative. Here are this months MAP-bands: AMERICA – I Guess I’m Floating Blind Man’s Colour – Jimmy Dove Blind Man’s [...]
AMERICA – I Guess I’m Floating Blind Man’s Colour – Jimmy Dove Blind Man’s Colour came on our radar in late ‘08 with three excellent Animal Collective covers. With their debut album, Season Dreaming, coming out sometime in early ‘09 and Jimmy Dove as their first explosive single, they’ve got a good chance of becoming my favorite find of 2009 less than one month in. They’ve also got a free EP called Rainbow [...]

Cuarta entrega de MAP y la primera para el 2009, esta vez el turno ha sido para la banda nacional Los Turbopotamos, con su más reciente sencillo "Terrorize You / Disco Flor", han dado que hablar mucho todo el año pasado y de hecho he tenido que incluirlos, la fuerza que va tomando este proyecto va en aumento y por medio de Zona Indie me entero que el periodista Facundo García del diario Página 12 de Argentino ha escrito un extenso artículo sobre MAP, puedes leer la nota desde aquí , o ver una imagen del [...]

Good news : incepand cu 2009, babylonoise face parte din Music Alliance Pact (M.A.P.) o initiativa mondiala menita sa stranga muzica independenta si noua de pe intreg mapamondul in articole ce vor fi publicate in fiecare luna pe data de 15. Momentan sunt 21 de bloguri reprezentand 21 de tari, dar sper ca in curand MAP va putea deveni cu adevarat un fenomen muzical global cu bloguri din toate cele 192 de tari formand Natiunile Muzicale Unite . Ma preocupa problema globalizarii si cred ca MAP face numai lucruri bune promovand muzica independenta din locuri mai [...]
i can't believe it's been a month already! in this issue, we welcome the new addition to MAP , romanian blog babylon noise . interestingly, some of the bands featured this time round have certain geographical references, such as australian band the middle east and icelandic band singapore sling . our own singaporean entry is "jaded afghan" from i am david sparkle . i also have the pleasure of announcing that i am david sparkle has been selected at the sxsw festival in austin texas this march, so those of you who are planning [...]

When I was young, perhaps around five, my dad decided one day that we should take a drive. I asked him where we were driving to but he just grunted. My dad grunts at everything. I once caught him grunting at the tape deck because it was playing 'Hard Day's Night' a nanosecond slower. Yeah my dad knows these things. He may not know that poultry means chicken or that the Internet is not inside the computer but hey, he knows when John's singing a fret lower. So I got to the car. It [...]