With his spectacular "My Recurring Dream" video, André Chocron leapt up my list of most promising new music video directors and his follow-up video for Jonas Alaska 's "If Only As A Ghost" continues to show his mastery of composition and reverse-film / underwater filming techniques, but in a much more intimate and intensely focused setting.
Beautiful song/video (directed by André Chocron ) for Jonas Alaska's "If Only As A Ghost"

Er det én festival jeg angrer på at jeg ikke dro på i år så er det Pstereo. De hadde en fantastisk lineup med blant annet The Tallest Man on Earth, Washed Out og Best Coast. Forhåpentligvis blir ikke neste år noe dårligere. Nå har i alle fall første artistslipp kommet, og så langt lover det bra. De første artistene er Team Me, Jonas Alaska, Driver Drive Faster, Rustie og Raga Rockers . Festivalen skriver selv: "Britiske Rustie og Driver Drive Faster har gjort furore med nyskapende og [...]

Today's feature, Jonas Alaska, is a discovery I made through Spotify's "What's New" section. Jonas (born 1988), from Åmli, Aust Agder, Norway, released his self-titled debut album in September on Jansen Plateproduksjon. Despite his young age, Jonas Alaska is an incredibly talented lyricist and songwriter with a characteristic sound and a strong voice. After a series of shows, including by:Larm in Oslo in February, many have their eyes on the talent from the south. As a consequence of those concerts, Jonas has played many of the larger festivals in Norway this summer. Artists like Paul Simon, John [...]
Jonas Alaska The first time I heard Jonas Alaska on the radio without really knowing who he was, I was immediately thinking of Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes). The Norwegian singer and songwriter who currently resident in Liverpool, have already been compared with the likes of Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Paul Simon. With these comparisons [...]

"Been a lot to the movies lately, the last one ruined my heart" Whata-hunk-a-spunk! His name is Jonas and like the only other person I know by that name he comes from the land called Norway. I have a huge place in my heart for Scando's...so any food, clothes, art, literature or music that comes from this area of the world will always have a pretty big head start in finding their way into my list of preferences. But in this case, the music feels less like its from the place of all year [...]

We had some server issues our first go around with Music Alliance Pact this month, but technology be damned - we're ready to unleash February's MAP of 2011! For those of you who don’t know about MAP, it’s a collection of thirty-five 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 35 nations spanning the globe. If you’d like to be considered for this feature, drop by the [...]
To download all 33 songs in one file click here ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Iguana Lovers - Bloqueada The history of Iguana Lovers goes as far back as 1991 when they released Universo, their first album, which had a limited run in cassette format. Along with big acts such as Babasónicos and El Otro Yo, they managed to create a whole new movement within [...]
The Music Alliance Pact is a collective of 33 of the world’s top music blogs and webzines from 33 countries spanning six continents. Every month, each of these 33 sites picks one hot local song that gets posted on all these great blogs and zines. This month we picked New Delhi hardcore act IAFWAY 's 'Unsaturated' (from their debut EP Engravings ) as the Indian representative on this massive international indie mixtape. You can download ‘Unsaturated’ along with 32 other tracks from regions as [...]

15 de Febrero y ya es tiempo para una nueva versión del Music Alliance Pact (MAP), iniciativa del blog escocés The Pop Cop , de la cual Super45 es un orgulloso miembro desde hace más de 2 años. Este mes damos un abrazo de bienvenida a los amigos de Música y Más , quienes representarán a Venezuela de aquí en adelante. Nuestro destacado para Febrero es Namm -alias del músico electrónico y fundador del netlabel Jacobino Discos , Pablo Flores- cuyo último EP Saba ha sido publicado con licencia [...]

El Music Alliance Pact es sin duda uno de los proyectos bloggeros más interesantes ahora mismo. Por iniciativa de The Pop Cop , el 15 de cada mes se presenta una edición en donde 33 países destacan sus sonidos locales recomendándonos una banda. SoTB va girando en esto poco más de 2 años y hoy presenta nuevo episodio. En esta ocasión contamos con la participación de Kanaku & El Tigre , su música y estilo se han convertido prontamente en imprescindibles para el explorador musical. Y puedo estar seguro que así [...]

Star Slinger, England's representative as chosen by The Guardian Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks 33 music bloggers across the world to share a track from their home country that they think you should hear. Then the results are posted on those 33 blogs on the 15th of each month, downloadable in one file or playable one by one on each blog. This month: Música y Más have been subbed in as Venezuela's representatives, and Birds Sometimes Dance ) have agreed to carry [...]

The 15th of the month = Music Alliance Pact day. It's the day that The Pop Cop takes full advantage of its tartan-tinted view of life to foist a musically-gifted so-and-so from Scotland upon the readers of music websites all across the world, and each of our MAP counterparts do likewise. Today's choice is REVERIE , you should get to know her... To download all 33 songs in one file click here [...]

MAP, eller Music Alliance Pact , er et samarbeid mellom 35 blogger (33 denne måneden) fra hvert sitt land rundt omkring i verden. Det fungerer sånn at alle representantene hver måned velger ut et band og en låt fra sitt eget land, og alt sammen samles opp og postes hos alle. Vårt bidrag denne måneden er singer-songwriter Jonas Alaska med låta "In The Backseat". klikk her for å laste ned alle 33 sangene i en fil NORWAY : Birds [...]

Este mês, no M.A.P., Portugal traz um artista mas também um projecto de um português. Com um espírito algo semelhante ao do Music Alliance Pact, a divulgação intercultural de artistas locais mas com a adicional tarefa de colocar músicos, de Portugal, Macau e Hong Kong, a colaborar conjuntamente, foi a ideia de David Valentim, para a compilação "T(h)ree". Esta, que é a primeira compilação de outras que se adivinham, com o mesmo objectivo, do lado português, teve a participação de: The Allstar Project, A Naifa, AbztraQt Sir QBalla, Bernado Devlin, [ch'os], Erro!, [...]

Luna asta vă propunem o trupă care deja şi-o construit un nume destul de mare pe scena românească, atât prin concerte dar şi prin mult lăudatul album de debut. Vorbesc de White Walls și al lor Mad Man Circus . Chiar daca muzica e mai agresivă decât ce-am avut pe aici în ultima vreme, e foarte bună, iar puţin metal nu strică niciodată. Photo: Ada Taleb ROMANIA : Babylon Noise [...]