
Musica italiana, 2012. In soli tre mesi sono usciti i nuovi album di alcuni dei nomi più importanti dello scorso decennio: Il Teatro Degli Orrori con il mediocre " Il Mondo Nuovo ", gli Offlaga Disco Pax con " Gioco di Società ", i Giardini di Mirò con "Good Luck", i Fine Before You Came con " Ormai " e i sempre grandi Uochi Toki con " Idioti ". Tutti nomi comunque profondamente legati agli anni zero. Guardiamo oltre, anni dieci e forte volontà di sdoganare la musica made in Italy oltre i confini nazionali. Tre band molto [...]

A track for Sunday. Iori's Eyes - Matter of Time (Cécile remix) Download it here .

Hey everyone. Another pretty busy week, but I've got a few minutes to bring you people fresh songs I've listened to lately. Para One & Tacteel's remix featured on Jupiter's EP Saké , it sounds very pure, refreshing, they know what they're doing. Jupiter - Sake (Para One & Tacteel Remix) [click to download] [...]
Photo by Egor Shapovalov Cécile is a criminally under-appreciated disco producer from Milan, Italy. Having received some early attention from the French collective Valerie, he is now signed to Gomma Records, "the German DFA." A jack-of-all-trades, he has been known to produce everything from undeniable bangers (including a contribution to the Bloody Beetroots' unforgettable Romborama album), to

In a couple of weeks, London will host the Mother Festival , a rather anti-Lilithfairian, three-day event showcasing women-centric punk bands. Co-curator DJ Jenny Woolworth, proprietor of the Brit-based Women in Punk blog, made an awesome mixtape of all the performing acts that makes us angry we don't live in closer proximity to their venue/on the same continent. Styles on the tape run the gamut from Slumberland/K Records-inspired dreampop and buzzy DIY electronics to Liliputian flair and arcane drone, and while some are familiar faves—PENS!—you'll make some awesome new discoveries, too. (Looking at you, Iori's Eyes!) Check [...]

Imagine The xx brought up on a diet of Patrick Watson, Beach House and dreary Milanese days in place of smoky South London basements and Womack & Womack and you'd have a vaguely striking first impression of Iori's Eyes . And Everything Fits In The Yellow Whale is the latest in a series of bi-annual zines as kitschly cute as micro pigs in push chairs, featuring a plethora of intriguing artwork and an EP by Milan's prime purveyors of lo-fi glimmering glory. Both artistically and musically, Milan distinctly lacks definition yet through this innovative collection of scribbles, sketches and [...]
I was pretty psyched to be living in Sweden next year, mainly so I could become more like Air France. But alas, I will be spending time in Milan instead. So I thought I should find out a little more b Irori's Eyes- Anchor (zshare) Bugo is Cristian Bugatti and has been around since 2000 with his debut release: Bread, Penis, Bugo- Love Boat (zshare)

I'm thinking about us ( even if I don't know you ) L'affetto può anche essere frugale, senza eccessi, quasi silenzioso. Non ha nemmeno bisogno di mostrarsi troppo sentimentale. Almeno non così spesso. Una sola cosa chiede: di essere spontaneo. Niente di meno di una mano offerta che incontra un'altra mano aperta. Ti viene voglia di questo tipo di immediatezza (di questo tipo di carezza) ascoltando And Everything Fits In the Yellow Whale , il gentile EP di debutto dei milanesi Iori's Eyes . Quattro canzoni, [...]
I wasn't really prepared for this month's Music Alliance Project. I came backfrom holiday several days past the submission deadline, then had a mental scramble to decide what to include for England. Normally it's a stand-out from my previous month's blogging, but I was hardly very prolific in June so ...
i've always regarded force vomit as the quintessential singaporean band - lots of attitude and brimming with local flavor - so i'm glad our map correspondent brian koh has chosen to feature them for this month's issue, which includes new additions to the map family, japan and venezuela . enjoy! AMERICA: I Guess I'm Floating Spanish Prisoners - [...]
MAP - Music Alliance Pact #10 Nuovo appuntamento mensile con il progetto internazionale del MAP - Map Music Alliance: 26 blog di tutto il mondo (si sono aggiunti Giappone e Venezuela) hanno selezionato per voi una band emergente e interessante del proprio Paese. Per chi volesse capire di che si sta parlando, queste sono le puntate precedenti: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 [...]

MEXICO: Club Fonograma Hello Seahorse! – Universo 2 Hello Seahorse! is the year's most acclaimed Mexican indie band. With their third album, Bestia, the trio have made the transition into a multi-dimensional group with a masterwork under their belt. Bestia shines in between ghosts and hazy sonic beauty, in a universe of its own, and proves Hello Seahorse! have total control over their [...]
AMERICA: I Guess I'm Floating Spanish Prisoners ñ Kiss The Lawn Goodbye Brooklyn's Spanish Prisoners, fronted by Leo Maymind, create fractured power-pop in the vein of The New Porno's Dan Bejar (Destroyer). They're currently working on a new album but in the meantime they've released a free three-song EP - download it here - from which Kiss The Lawn Goodbye [...]

Here's July'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 Japan and Venezuela into the mix, so this edition showcases 26 tracks from around the world. Some of you expressed how much of a pain in the ass it is to sift through 26 [...]

Luna aceasta, la Music Alliance Pact, avem o piesa noua de la Melting Carousel, cvartetul indie pop din Timisoara, de aceasta data fara vocea feminina dar cu un sunet mult mai interesant. Melting Carousel se joaca cu jazz-ul in doze mici, dar suficient de concentrate astfel incat sa nu fie una dintre multele trupe de indie pop. La fel ca si Kumm in perioada Dan Byron, lasa in urma griul cotidian si da cu fruntea de stele. AMERICA: I Guess [...]

AMERICA: I Guess I'm Floating Spanish Prisoners ・ Kiss The Lawn Goodbye Brooklyn's Spanish Prisoners, fronted by Leo Maymind, create fractured power-pop in the vein of The New Porno's Dan Bejar (Destroyer). They're currently working on a new album but in the meantime they've released a free three-song EP - download it here - from which Kiss The Lawn Goodbye is taken. [...]
AMERICA: I Guess I'm Floating Spanish Prisoners – Kiss The Lawn Goodbye Brooklyn's Spanish Prisoners, fronted by Leo Maymind, create fractured power-pop in the vein of The New Porno's Dan Bejar (Destroyer). They're currently working on a new album but in the meantime they've released a free three-song EP - download it here - from which Kiss The Lawn Goodbye [...]
Mais um mês e mais uma lista de downloads de bandas de vinte seis países. Este mês juntaram-se ao M.A.P., a Venezuela e o Japão.Andrew Thorn, o nome do projecto de João Pedro Coimbra, que tem, desde há dois dias, o seu EP, "Brutes on the Quiet", nas lojas, apresenta-se ao mundo com o download legal e gratuito do seu primeiro single do novo disco, "Me Jane". Este tema tem um vídeo que foi aqui