
Let me first say, that the post below is not one put together by anyone at Music That Isn't Bad . It is instead an amazing project that was released monthly was described as an around-the-world exploration of untouched/unheard of music, also known as the Music Alliance Pact . It's great work. Although many of these bands might not normally be featured on our site, we feel it only makes sense to re-publish such work, and help it reach more ears. Not to mention, the person behind this project, the leader of the blog Pop Cop, got shut [...]
Con un par de días de atraso les traemos una nueva edición del Music Alliance Pact (MAP), la red integrada por más de 30 blogs de todas partes del mundo, trayéndonos sus informes los días 15 (en teoría) y de la cual Super 45 forma parte. Este mes ocurrió algo trístemente especial: nos enteramos que el organizador de esta iniciativa, Jason, de The Pop Cop, fue víctima de la bajada de su blog por parte de Google/Blogger, tema sobre cual están invitados a leer en su blog temporal . Tras el salto, los [...]

Con algo de retraso ya esta aquí la edición para el mes de Mayo del Music Alliance Pact , esta vez ha sido un gusto demasiado personal, una canción interpretada por Caudillismo y Pedigree, realizada especialmente para "Misterio" una de las pocas buenas series que se hayan hecho para un canal nacional. Este mes no pude participar de la traducción, así que todos los meritos pertenecen a Zona Indie , Super 45 y Oscuro Magazine respectivamente. Para descargar las 34 canciones haz clic aquí . PERU : [...]
May 17, 2010, 1:13am
GLUE
This month's MAP post offers a bunch of good song as it has done monthly for more than one year. Always with the support and permission of the artists, MAP has helped new bands to be heard worldwide and all the participating blogs can say that bands have been very grateful and proud to see [...]

34 songs, 34 music blogs, 34 countries JAPAN : JPOP Lover Tim & Puma Mimi - Aquarium Tim & Puma Mimi is indie electro-pop group that consists of Tim (aka Christian Fischer) from Switzerland and Mimi (aka Michiko Hanawa) from Tokyo. They met in the Netherlands at a party in 2003. [...]

It's the 15th of the month, Music Alliance pact day! Music Alliance Pact (MAP) 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 are put together in this huge blogpost, and presented on the same day in all the MAP blogs. Massive promotion for the bands! This month, there is no Norwegian entry. We'll be back on the next Music Alliance Pact. Enjoy MAP! [...]
ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Verdeoscuro - Allright [audio http://map.zonaindie.com.ar/Ve rdeoscuro-AllRight(Argentina). mp3] This is the musical project of singer-songwriter-producer Diego Acosta. We've been following his evolution since the very beginning of our blog, so we're very fond of the folk-rock vibe, languid guitars and moaning vocals of Verdeoscuro's songs. This is his newest release after the departure of long-time partner Victoria Boano and it was released by a new netlabel called Fuego Amigo Discos. [...]

Mais uma edição do Music Alliance Pact com trinta e quatro temas de trinta e quatro países. Os Soulbizness, Rodrigo Gomes e Filipe Campos, que tocam esta noite no Bombarral e passarão pelo Rock in Rio, no dia 22, às 17h, são uma das bandas independentes, sem uma grande editora nacional, mais bem sucedidas. A sua presença deve-se à edição do seu novo EP, "2nd Shake", do qual nos ofereceram a possiblidade de cedermos, gratuitamente, aos nossos leitores do Music Alliance Pact, o tema "Victimless Crime". Agora ponham os vossos "dancing shoes". [...]
May 14, 2010, 5:15pm
Popop
Eurovisioonini on veel aega, siin on igakuine muusikakogu, kus edetabelit ei moodustada ja on ka võimalik rääkida kunstilisest tasemest. EESTI : Popop Picnic - Too Fast 2006. aastal loodud Picnicus mängivad Rivo Järvsoo (kitarrid ja elektroonika), Andres Soosaar (kitarrid, muud instrumendid) and Marju Taukar (vokaal, klahvpillid, akordion). Voolavad kitarrid segunevad elektrooniliste biitidega ning pole raske märgata 90ndate briti [...]
© Vald Bîrdu Pentru luna aceasta i-am ales pe băieții de la Discoballs, una din cele mai bune și pline de energie trupe de pe scena muzicală românească. Întreaga compilație, AICI ROMANIA : Babylon Noise Discoballs - Watch Out! "From now on, no one is safe, nothing is for sure," announced Discoballs [...]

unlike the previous months, we don't know that much about the singaporean band we're showcasing this time. but we've been enjoying the great empty 's music all the same, so do check it out and pop down to their bandcamp page for a free download their ep desire the creator . this feature is brought to you as always by our local music ambassador brian koh , who selects a singaporean band every month alongside almost 40 other bloggers from all over the world. enjoy! SINGAPORE : [...]

As far as I can see there are ten Irish bands and artists making the trip to NYC for this years CMJ Music Marathon. I just experianced our HWCHs but it's tiny in size compared to the CMJ in New York. Here are the details of where you will find the ten Irish artists. Tuesday 20th October 10.00 pm Stand in the Bowery Ballroom Sample mp3: Torch Thursday 22nd October 7.45 pm: Skibunny in The Suffolk 9.45 pm: General Fiasco in Fontana's [...]

Frank Yang Just before the start of NXNE , I was asked a few questions by The National Post for a festival preview piece along the lines of how NXNE differed from and was similar to SxSW . My answers were basically that there was no comparing the two, acronyms notwithstanding, as nothing anywhere really compares to SxSW in terms of scale and importance, but that in recent years NXNE has come a long way to being a worthy event in its own right. Friday evening, however, I [...]

Kill Krinkle Club—June 19, 2009 @ Holy Joe’s No Age—June 19, 2009 @ Lee’s Palace Experimental Dental School—June 19, 2009 @ Rancho Relaxo
It's Day Two of the NXNE Festival in Toronto. I took the opportunity this afternoon to check out the NXPO ehibit hall. This is a solid idea and a great addition to the festival. The exhibit hall features music related vendors, services, and collectibles. The booths are a little sparse this year, but that's to be expected out of the gates. I hope they keep it up.I also managed to take in a

Mason Hastie If there's one thing I learned from being on the Grand Jury for last year's Polaris Prize , it's that the duties of being a regular jurist are far, far, far, far less stressful. There's a real burden of responsibility when you're one of the 11 whose duty it is to choose Canada's "best album of the year", forcing you to consider each nominee on the short list objectively, checking as much as possible personal biases towards genre, personality, history, whatever. It's a lot of work. And while in [...]

Kill Krinkle Club Genre: Pop / Experimental / Folk From: Dublin, Ireland [...]
And so the end is near and we face the final curtain of the IMRO Showcase Tour 2009. Having kicked off nearly a month ago at the Sugar Club in Dublin, thirty seven of the country's brightest new talents have played live at venues across Ireland. It would be tempting to say that the final line-up at A.L.T. in Dublin this Friday 24th is perhaps the strongest of the whole jaunt, featuring as it does two of our Faces of 2009. So for one last time, here's who to look out for... Heathers [...]

Of all the IRMO gigs announced during the week this has to be the best line-up. Highly recommended! Here's the story ..... €75 for the three gigs, Mark Geary, Mark Dignam and Brendan O'Shea all with tasty special unconfirmed guests and camping. You also have access to the beautiful surroundings of Conary, Co. Wicklow as well as a program of holistic events on the Saturday and Sunday. All sounds great to me! I'm off to buy a tent! [...]